Virginia Tech is one of three ACC members (FSU and Pitt being the other two) who currently has an all-time series lead over the Jackets. The Hokies are 8-4. The first meeting was a nail biter back in 1990 at home the week after Tech's exciting upset at Scott Sisson Stadium. Tech turned the ball over far too many times on a cold blustery day on Grant Field against a good Hokie squad. Tech's D created a late TO which led to a Scott Sisson FG to win the game, 6-3, in the final minutes for the 2nd week in a row.
Tech will honor the 1990 National Champions at this game. Should be added fun with a wonderful walk down memory lane. Hopefully, we will see these awesome retro uniforms...
(I wouldn't mind having the guy in the uniform too :>)
Since the Hokies have joined the ACC with the first game in 2004, they have pretty much dominated the series with a 8-3 record. Of course, one of the more bizarre Tech games I've ever attended never actually happened back in 2000 on Labor Day night in Blacksburg which was supposed to feature a 10th ranked Michael Vick-led Hokies team against a Jackets team coming off an 8-4 season where we finished #20. Lightning and strong storms drove us fans into the concessions area packed in like sardines before the game was eventually suspended.
A deeper look within the 8-3 run by the Hokies as ACC members provides a not-so-surprising stat for Yellow Jacket fans and one that will hopefully be broken this upcoming November 12th. VPI&SU is a perfect 5-0 against Tech on Thursday nights. The Good Guys are 3-2 against the Hokies on Saturdays (including last year's exciting win in Blacksburg when Butker hit at the time his biggest FG of his career to win it at the end). The Hokies won in OT 3 years ago in Blacksburg on Labor Day night.
This series has created a nice rivalry over the last decade. I think both schools have a mutual respect for one another on the gridiron. A lot of Hokies and Jackets engineers work side by side particularly in the mid-atlantic and Carolinas. It has been well documented that since the ACC moved to divisions, only once (Duke 2013) has the Coastal Division been represented in the ACCCG by someone other than having "Tech" in their name.
The Hokies of course have an outstanding D-Coord in Bud Foster. The chess match between CPJ and CBF is always interesting to follow. The Hokies return a lot of talent (as usual) on defense. I see their defense like I do CPJ's offense. It just reloads. It doesn't rebuild. The Hokies return Michael Brewer at QB. This game will be on ESPN Thursday night national TV - though it will compete for eyeballs with the NFL's Jets-Bills game by around 2nd quarter of the Tech game when the NFL game kicks off. If history is any indicator, this game could very well decide the Coastal title yet once again.
Here's some video from that 1990 game on Grant Field...
Here's last year's game in its entirety...
#19 Jackets upset #4 Hokies in Atlanta in 2009...
My favorite day in Blacksburg back in 2006 (though last year was a very very close 2nd)...
Tech will honor the 1990 National Champions at this game. Should be added fun with a wonderful walk down memory lane. Hopefully, we will see these awesome retro uniforms...
(I wouldn't mind having the guy in the uniform too :>)
Since the Hokies have joined the ACC with the first game in 2004, they have pretty much dominated the series with a 8-3 record. Of course, one of the more bizarre Tech games I've ever attended never actually happened back in 2000 on Labor Day night in Blacksburg which was supposed to feature a 10th ranked Michael Vick-led Hokies team against a Jackets team coming off an 8-4 season where we finished #20. Lightning and strong storms drove us fans into the concessions area packed in like sardines before the game was eventually suspended.
A deeper look within the 8-3 run by the Hokies as ACC members provides a not-so-surprising stat for Yellow Jacket fans and one that will hopefully be broken this upcoming November 12th. VPI&SU is a perfect 5-0 against Tech on Thursday nights. The Good Guys are 3-2 against the Hokies on Saturdays (including last year's exciting win in Blacksburg when Butker hit at the time his biggest FG of his career to win it at the end). The Hokies won in OT 3 years ago in Blacksburg on Labor Day night.
This series has created a nice rivalry over the last decade. I think both schools have a mutual respect for one another on the gridiron. A lot of Hokies and Jackets engineers work side by side particularly in the mid-atlantic and Carolinas. It has been well documented that since the ACC moved to divisions, only once (Duke 2013) has the Coastal Division been represented in the ACCCG by someone other than having "Tech" in their name.
The Hokies of course have an outstanding D-Coord in Bud Foster. The chess match between CPJ and CBF is always interesting to follow. The Hokies return a lot of talent (as usual) on defense. I see their defense like I do CPJ's offense. It just reloads. It doesn't rebuild. The Hokies return Michael Brewer at QB. This game will be on ESPN Thursday night national TV - though it will compete for eyeballs with the NFL's Jets-Bills game by around 2nd quarter of the Tech game when the NFL game kicks off. If history is any indicator, this game could very well decide the Coastal title yet once again.
Here's some video from that 1990 game on Grant Field...
Here's last year's game in its entirety...
#19 Jackets upset #4 Hokies in Atlanta in 2009...
My favorite day in Blacksburg back in 2006 (though last year was a very very close 2nd)...
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