Since I haven't watch a Virginia Tech game since last year's Orange Bowl, I did a little poking around for some intel on our adversary and found a good Va Tech blog called "The Key Play." It looks like it has quite a bit of good content--especially under its "Film Study" tab where you'll find a number of respectable-looking diaries about previous Hokie games, including one which looks like a poor-man's UFR of the Georgia Tech game. Their SB Nation site is Gobbler Country.
Gobbler Country comes highly
Or it could be called Hoke v.
Or it could be called Hoke v. Hokies, or something along those lines.
I like it!
Almost as good as yesterday's Vikings/Broncos match up, Christian Ponder vs. Christian Pondering...
You have to play this game like somebody just hit your mother with a two-by-four. ~Dan Birdwell
This article is pretty interesting
We'll need to watch out for bubble screens.
http://www.thekeyplay.com/content/2011/december/4/bitter-pills-lessons-learned-crushing-defeat
Abort, Retry, Fail?
Bitter Pill article
Interesting, and also very encouraging. According to that guy, Virginia Tech does not have a single 4-star athlete among its starting front 7 on defense, which he says makes them vulnerable to big plays in the running game--seems like something #16 and #28 ought to be able to take advantage of. He also says their O-Line has been disappointing, which is always good news.
"You will suffer humiliation when the team from my area defeats the team from your area." -- The Onion
I have no idea why Tech fans
I have no idea why Tech fans think their O-line sucks. David Wilson has only run for about a million yards this season, so it can't be all bad.
"We've beaten Michigan the last four years. So where's the threat?"
- Mark Dantonio
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Vick University
Vick University
"He has an uncanny ability to get kids to believe in him and believe in themselves. He doesn't do it with smooth words. He's not smooth. He does it by being the same genuine person day after day." ~Jason Whitlock on Brady Hoke
And for anyone wondering, as
And for anyone wondering, as I did, what the fuck a Hokie is:
http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1735/whats-a-hokie-besides-bein...
http://www.vt.edu/about/hokie.html
Got a quarter?
Great summary.
This is exactly what I'm talking about in my post below.
What is a Hokie? The origin of the word "Hokie" has nothing to do with a turkey. It was coined by O. M. Stull (class of 1896), who used it in a spirit yell he wrote for a competition.
Hoki, Hoki, Hoki, Hy.
Techs, Techs, V.P.I.
Sola-Rex, Sola-Rah.
Polytechs - Vir-gin-ia.
Rae, Ri, V.P.I.
mmkay
Bricka-bracka-firecracka!
Bricka-bracka-firecracka! Sis-boom-bah!
Bugs Bunny! Bugs Bunny! Rah-rah-rah!
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Ok, I'm sorry but that is the stupidest damn thing I've ever seen. So a guy gets rip-roaring drunk, makes a 'chant' with a bunch of crazy sounds/bizarre word mixtures in it, and it becomes the school mascot? How did that ever catch on?
"All I've had today is, like, six gummy bears and some scotch"
I mean...we took an animal
I mean...we took an animal that's not even native to Michigan and made it our mascot.
University of Tom Brady, B.A. '10; University of Peyton Manning, J.D. '13.
Blasphemy dude...
there were once wolverines in Michigan.
"I promise you we would have walked to the University of Michigan." - Brady Hoke
But you
can find wolverines in Michigan(rare but they are in the state) and are bad ass. MANBALL!
I thought the last wild
I thought the last wild wolverine (was tagged) in Michigan was found dead last year?
Still though; back in the day we had them.
Blue is Faster
I watched a special about wolverines
on Netflix(if that's not diehard I don't know what is) and they said the wolverine is one of the hardest animals to track. They are in the state but are hard to track.
2 years ago on the local
2 years ago on the local news, 2 wolverines were put in the Detroit Zoo. An MSU fan who worked at the zoo named them "Sparty" and "Bucky." Somehow, this qualified as news.
I'm not sure if they're still at the zoo or not.
Go Blue! Always!
Educate Yo Self.
Avatar is a reference to this. Go Blue!
"Native" or not
A wolverine lives wherever it goddamn well pleases.
We were named the Wolverines
We were named the Wolverines after the border dispute with Ohio over Toledo. The dispute ended up with Ohio getting Toledo and Michigan getting the UP. Ohioans said that Michiganders fought like "wolverines."
Additionally, General Custer and his Michigan Brigade during the Civil War were known as the "Wolverines."
Who knows?
100 yrs from now people might wonder why Michigan are named the "Fightin Lloyd Bradys"?
Love & Hate are horns on the same goat.
Answer...
because if you have Big House tix as awesome as Lloyd Brady, you have to fight to hold onto them.
"I promise you we would have walked to the University of Michigan." - Brady Hoke
Humans were very different
Humans were very different animals in the 17th century.
Yes, the 1600s were quite a
Yes, the 1600s were quite a different time.
Trapids
Not quite a trap, not quite a rapid, but man, oh, man...
"Hokie Birds"
The article is accurate about the origin, but I was in Blacksburgh this summer to do research, and one of my bosses who had lived in Christiansburgh her whole life (neighboring town) explained that a "Hokie Bird" was turkey, like the turkey statues that were all over town. The source of this confusion is can actually be teased out of the truth of that article: both were (seperate) symbols of the football team/ university, so they became associated with one another.
Warning: My imagination is inefficient.
Some of the comments there
Some of the comments there are interesting. Apparently some of them are trying out the Walmart Wolverines jab. It's really funny and maybe even inspiring how quickly they get fired up with dislike for Michigan even though we've never actually played a game against them. I guess that's cool though.
Having lived and worked in
Having lived and worked in Southwest Virginia (like south of Roanoke where people refuse to aknowledge exists), I can say VT has no right trying to take jabs at people who cheer for teams who they have not attended school at. That being said, this should be a very loud Sugar Bowl, and I'm looking forward to the match up.
Great
If things go well, they will actually have a reason to hate Michigan when they look at the scoreboard. Bring it on...
I'd better get over there
I'd better get over there stat.
Best comment on
Best comment on gobblercountry so far, lol. I can't believe he's seriously comparing Michigan to Arkansas... STATE!
But I think Denard Robinson doesn’t provide nearly the same matchup threat to our defense that Tajh Boyd and his weapons did. This should be more of an Arkansas State style offense that we played pretty well against.
For my privacy, my new username is "non-Oriental non-Andrew"
Blog-crush
I read some of there posts about the bowl game. All I saw was a bunch of chest pounding and no analysis. I guess I'm spoiled here because even the casual user here typically adds something, even if its just something to make you laugh. I have a blog-crush on mgoblog. So much so that I'm sure the vigilance of my fellow mgousers will direct my attention to noteworthy items on the VT boards, probably provide succint abstracts, along with counterpoints and exploration of said noteworthy items.
Go Blue.
I always feel lucky that we
I always feel lucky that we have mgoblog and the analysis that Brian and the community do. People like Mathlete aren't common on other boards and it's always awesome to see what the numbers say about things.
No kidding. I wandered
No kidding. I wandered through RCMB last night and had to take a shower after. Typical comment/rejoinder: "dumbass troll eat a bag of dicks." So clever.
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One of my favorite past times is checking out other teams' blogs to see their take on news/games relating to their team and I have come to the same conclusion. The amount of worthwile content and insightful/funny comments on MGoBlog make it second to none in terms of sports blogs. We are really lucky to have the community and site.
"I'm the guy who does his job. You must be the other guy."
I feel like those blogs are
I feel like those blogs are like ghost towns. There just isn't a lot of activity on either board really...
techsideline.com has pretty
techsideline.com has pretty active forums and I'm guessing thats where most of the VaTech faithful congregate.
ACC championship is on ESPN U
ACC championship is on ESPN U right now. It's also playing tomorrow some time or you could try to download it somewhere.
As said before, KeyPlay is
As said before, KeyPlay is pretty good, and is pretty hilarious on Twitter. All he does is type in caps during football season. Big friend of EDSBS too.
Hoping for a good game between these two teams.
On the keyplay blog
They have a Pick 6 game, except theirs is called 6 pick.
It's tough being Blue in Columbus!!!
I went to the Orange Bowl a few years ago
I saw VA Tech play the Bearcats and I have to say their fans are pretty good overall.One thing is they have this Turkey call thing they shake and its pretty annoying .
Thats how I roll!
Is it as annoying
as Oklahoma's band?
It's tough being Blue in Columbus!!!
Can't be much worse than the freaking cowbells Miss St had last year and the chant ESSS EEEE SSEEE
That was a great atmosphere
There was even a sign in the Jaguars' stadium saying you couldn't bring in noisemakers like cowbells. And yet...
I respected them for that. Basically just gave a middle finger to that and brought in their cowbells. Mississippi State fans were real friendy too.
They were quite friendly, had a couple students in our section that were funny and friendly. Those cowbells are just annoying, I thought hearing just 1 or 2 was worse than hearing 1000
VT
Is a really solid and well coached team. I'm married to a Hokie so I've watched most of their games. Logan Thomas and David Wilson are serious weapons and Bud Foster their D coordinator is as legit as they come. Expect a solid game plan that will be executed well. They do have some injuries on D so if we avoid mistakes there will be points to be had. All in all I expect a tight (as the line suggests) game that will probably come down to one or two big plays either way.
Go Blue!
Looking at the teams they
Looking at the teams they have beaten, they don't worry me that much. But taking in to consideration from now until January 3rd, they're going to constantly hear how they don't deserve to be in this game (or ANY BCS game), that does worry me a bit.
Go Blue! Always!
They hear this pretty much
They hear this pretty much every year (except when they play the Big East), and look how that's turned out.
Most years (at least
Most years (at least recently) they have dominated an ACC that has had at least a few decent teams and had a big OOC win. This year they've done none of that and been blown out twice. VT in the top ten was a joke... They're barely a top 25 team.
I'm not saying they should be overlooked . This is college footall after all and they are well coached. But we should win this one decisively.
I just moved to Blacksburg
I just moved to Blacksburg for work and I've been regularly listening to the Sean Bielawski show. He's a "good ole boy" and not over-the-top like a lot of local college stations. The show is streamed online and has some podcasts:
http://espnblacksburg.com/local-shows/the-sean-bielawski-show.html
Gobbler Country comes highly recommended by this UVA blogger. I've traded question and answer sessions with them for four years now. Good stuff. Key Play isn't bad either.
This ought to be called the Key Bowl since fans of both teams jingle 'em.
"We've beaten Michigan the last four years. So where's the threat?"
- Mark Dantonio
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