3,000 (or so) days in possession of the Commonwealth Cup
Today is a milestone for Virginia Tech in its Commonwealth Cup possession, the 3,000th consecutive day the Hokies have been in possession of the Commonwealth Cup, the yearly traveling trophy awarded to the winner of the UVa-Tech game.
Or tomorrow. It depends on how you like to count days.
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The Hokies’ nine-game winning streak began on Nov. 27, 2004 with a 24-10 win in Blacksburg against the Cavaliers. They haven’t lost to their state rival since, making it the longest winning streak for either team in the history of the series.
If you count that as the first day in possession of the Cup, today would mark 3,000 days (eight years times 365 days, two days for leap years, four to finish out November, 31 in December and January and now 12 in February).
But, as HokieSports.com webmaster Damian Salas has pointed out, if you’re counting true days — as in exact 24-hour periods since that first game ended — 3,000 won’t come until 4:06 p.m. Wednesday. He even linked to a countdown clock.
It’s semantics, really. The bottom line is the Cup has been in Blacksburg for a while. As some have pointed out, the streak has out-lasted a pope.
The Cup has only existed since 1996, although there have been longer droughts in the rivalry. Virginia won the first eight games, which spanned from 1895 to 1904. Virginia Tech won the next two, the first in 1905 and the next in 1923.
The game only has been played annually since 1970. Virginia Tech holds a 27-15-1 record since then. Since the Cup was made, the Hokies are 14-3.
And yes, you can tell it’s the offseason if this is what we’re discussing.
February 12, 2013 - 11:12 AM
add another 365 days to the record this fall!
As long as we have the CC, I’ll enjoy reading about it.
I’m hoping we reach 10,000 days.
Let’s go Hokies!
Keep the Cup on Lockdown!
Are we not worrying about the fact that 2008 and 2012 were leap years…?
Oh, the leap years are included. You just left them out of your calculation.
Yeah, they’re in there. I just forgot to include it in the article. I’ve added them. Thanks.
and this is vt’s greatest accomplishment ? that they’ve defeated a medicore program 10 years straight. same ol’ same ol’: big fish in a little pond
Garry, I don’t see any suggestion that this is our “greatest” accomplishment. It’s simply a fact that is being reported. Perhaps you should consider getting your reading comprehension issues examined by an expert before you embarrass yourself further.
Really Garry??? Really???
UVA is just another cupcake team that has afforded the Hokies the dubious luxury of running up more inflated offensive and defensive statistics. The last time Virginia had a good team was when Schaub was there; that is probably the last time they beat VT. UVA had a competitive team this season so they might beat the Hokies because it appears VT will have little more than a 6-6 season.
Greg, Websters lists many synonyms for “milestone” and although “greatest” isn’t on the list, its nearly the same.
BTW, what IS vt’s greatest accomplishment in football ?
Is it going to so many bowl games in an era of 35 bowl games/year ?
Is it so many wins in consectutive seasons against a weak conference division and nonconference schedule ?
Is is so many division championships in a weak division ?
or is it something else I’ve overlooked.
Must be slow day in the world news. Va. is pitiful.
#8 garry, if you think VT is a big fish in a little pond because they continually crush the hoo’s, I guess that makes the hoo’s minnows in the same small pond.
It doesn’t matter that UVa is pathetically weak in football. They are our rivals, and we are theirs. We continue to dominate them because they play football like small French children. Meaning, every time we crush them once again, they want to talk about soccer. Or rowing. Or women’s tennis. Even when we are historically bad? We still keep our boot on their necks.
I take it back. 10,000 days isn’t long enough.
I read this bog everyday and rarely comment, but today just for fun I would like to tell the all knowing Barry to shut up for once in your miserable life. Andy gets it, the regular commenters get it, I get it, hell Stevie Wonder could see the fact that you aren’t a VT fan who likes to troll a VT blog and make stupid comments. If GT was so intriguing with their gimmick offense and jerk of a head coach, maybe we would all take the time to troll their blogs as well. The fact that you call UVA mediocre to try and belittle VT only points out that while we have been busy owning them, they have managed to put a whooping or 2 on your beloved GT. I can’t sit here and feel comfortable telling you what I think any ACC team’s record will be next season yet.
Clearly anytime you beat the other major program in your state it’s a feather in the cap and has to help with recruiting.
Funny ol’ Barry talks about “cupckaes”. While VT has been in the ACC poor GT has struggled against that “cupcake” from C’ville posting a disappointing 4-5 record. Barry must also forget during the “Johnson era” VT’s strength of schedule has averaged a rank of 39th nationally and GT’s? 53rd… Annoying facts.
Ol’ Barry the one man wrecking crew…wrecking GT’s cred one post at a time…
Gary, if you have a team, which I doubt, has it ever played for the National Championship? Has it ever finished ranked #2? Didn’t think so!
Judging form these comments, then is beating uva vt’s greatest accomplishment ? thats all vt posters seem to be able to point to on here. why not find a new rival, like clemson or just go join the sec and really see what you’ve got.
3000 days and counting. Two words make this statement important.
AND COUNTING
No matter what the comments are, it is better to have defeated UVa than to lose to them.
Let’s go Hokies !!!
Bob, is that it; 0-1 in NC games (how many years ago ??) and an empty NC trophy case. I guess you put me in my place. Alambama must be scared now.
#18 garry, the Hokie posters are talking about the topic of the blog – the fact that VaTech has held the Commonwealth Cup for 3000 days. They earned the right to hold it that long by continuing to dominate the hoo’s virtually effortlessly in football. Year after year after year after year after year after year after year after year. AND COUNTING…
So that is why the Hokie posters are discussing the topic of this thread. It’s also why you’re searching desperately for a way to change the subject, probably to some French sport. Enjoy the thread, because tomorrow is another day. 3001…
“And yes, you can tell it’s the offseason if this is what we’re discussing.” says the article. However, the football “off season” is actually basketball and baseball season everywhere else but please do keep re-hashing the big-fish-in-a-little-pond stories that are vt football.
garry no one here has ever said VT is a great CFB team. Very good yes and we can go over ad nauseum their record and rankings (I take that back, I’m not, I’ve done that enough). It’s a VT football blog in the middle of winter and Andy even referenced it being “that” time of year. UVa’s football team has struggled of late and are not what they once were for sure but it remains important to beat your instate rival. So what? And for those complaining about this being a “slow day” etc and you’re not a VT fan then I ask what the —- are you doing here? Man it’s gotta be slow for anyone other than a VT fan to come on here in the middle of winter, post and then complain about the VT fans posting. Talk about needing a hobby.
garry at least poor Barry, as defenseless as he leaves himself, has the fortitude to let us know what his team is. Care to follow his lead?
crookedroad, i am talking about the topic too and my point is that if thats all you’ve got to crow about then maybe you should just be quiet because it makes you look even less significant. just sayin’
This is a football blog. I am a football-only beat writer. This is what I write about, even in the offseason.
I just don’t get why a fan of one school would bother to come and post on the blog of another school..especially over and over again…doing something like that would never even occur to me….it’s pretty pathetic IMO…
#25 garry, we’ve got lots to talk about with VaTech football. That is why AB – who, like he said, is paid to write about Hokie football – writes a new thread every day about a different facet of Hokie football. That’s why there is so much discussion on here about so many different Hokie football features.
Of course, that also appears to be why you’re getting strangled on sour grapes over our Hokie domination of the weak little hoo’s in football. Your sour grapes? How very French…
Oh come on yuse guys, you know how it is when there is competition. Like the tee shirts that say “I AM FOR THE DALLAS COWBOYS AND ANYONE THAT IS PLAYING THE REDSKINS”. The jabs are all in good fun and competitive spirit; I don’t like it because VT has beaten GT several times when I feel the Jackets “coulda, woulda, shoulda” beat the Hokies. I just can’t get over it so I have to meddle with things! I can’t wait until Fall to see GT get another chance and I like to make life miserable for the Hokie Nation until we get there. Andy is kind enough to let me hang around but he usually nixes anything that is not in the correct spirit of things.
Put it in the trophy case where you reserved for a national championship trophy. This space will never be used.
crookedroad, if beating uva is your claim to fame, then thats on you. how can you be so proud of that and then, out of the other side of your mouth, say how “weak little” etc they are. now, bay island hokie, that is whats pathetic here.
Come on garry. Fill int the blanks, my team is________.
“17.Gary, if you have a team, which I doubt, has it ever played for the National Championship? Has it ever finished ranked #2? Didn’t think so”
woooooooooo, ranked #2; isn’t 2nd place just the first loser ?
#31 garry, nice try on the tangent, but I’m not falling for it. The Hokies are far too good of a team to have as their primary claim to fame that they dominate your hoo’s so thoroughly. We’ve got lots of claims to fame, but this thread is NOT about that. It’s about how the Hokies have kept their boot on the neck of your hoo’s for over eight years now – 3000 days and counting. See, we can keep this up as long as you keep weeping into your hankie.
To put it in a language you hoo keeps protesting would understand – C’est ta chose.
It seems like all the haters have on VT is that they haven’t been the best of the best. Pretty weak if that’s all you got. What VT has accomplished in the last 15-20 years is still better than over 100 of the 120 teams out there.
I thought Barry resigned.
Wahoowa!!! I give Coach Dream credit for trying to spin the impossible which is UVA football. Wonder how long the fans stay onboard the Dream Liner before it finally sinks.
No, I decided y’all really need me to ensure equity on this blog. Sometimes it is just too twisted and delusional.
just when you think it couldn’t get any worse, Barry announces he is also a Cowboy fan!
AB, those were clean. I’ll refrain from further use of the link below…
http://www.systransoft.com/french-translation
I’m sure they were. I just couldn’t risk it. Apologies to the Franco-Americans on the blog who enjoyed those comments in their native tongue.
scott, my team, win or lose, is my alma mater, vmi keydets, a school not known for football but doesn’t need football to be their identity. but in what matters to you when uva and vt play I root for uva. ok ?
#42 AB, well, them and the hoo’s, though that seems redundant.
Yep, that is what I want to know. How about dem’ Cowboys???
If you folks would stop responding to the Garry’s, Barry’s and other trolls, they’d eventually get tired and go away. You’re giving them what the crave, attention.
. . .or just answer my question back at #12 instead of always making snide,personal remarks about non-hokie fans.
#35 jerry, I stated my case in #12 and so far I’ve heard no rebuttal.
lol, same ol’ cHokie tactics, when your team absolutely sucks at basketball, revert to football talk, even though football season is over 5 months away.
As Corey Moore used to say,,Woodshed!!
Greg +1
Bob +1
Thanks guys.
Folks won’t stop responding to us because they know we are telling the truth about the Hokies at least 99% of the time.
Garry…you rock…..you really do know what you speak of. The facts just don’t lie. All one really has to do is examine the last three games that Tech has played Clemson.
It’s funny that a VMI alum would root against a team whose school has one of the only corps of cadets in the country. Apparently they don’t teach esprit de corps at VMI, so do us a favor and go flame you’re own blog if they even have one. Andy you need to break out the ban hammer on these fools it only causes trouble.
And Barry you wouldn’t know the truth if it bit you on your ass. Really Andy why let them come onto here spread lies and stir trouble something bad is going to come out of all this flaming and petty lies they try to spread like they are so much better than us. Loco Bendecos.
Clemson and FSU just came back to respectability only about 3 years ago so the ACC Coastal wasn’t always the weaker. VTs non conference schedule has been weak for the last 2 years so try going back a little further with your research ummkay? And last but not least come up with 20 football programs in the entire country that have accomplished more than VT over the last 15-20 years. Not a bad place to be unless you’re a jealous delusional hater and can’t see the facts for some cooked up fantasy that belittles what VT has done
To all the faithful Hokie Fans… I like how you dog UVA Football, and brag about having the “Cup” for 3000 days… Well at least you have something to brag about.. One sport.. Football.. Guess none of you watched the Men’s Basketball game earlier tonight.. Or the one last month? Or the women’s the other night?? Oh yeah.. Before you Hokies respond, let me give your answer to all of them….”Only Football Matters in sports” LOL That’s because that is all you have… So, in closing I would like to say, I am happy your happy for having the Cup for so long.. Tell Frank to put it in his National Championship Trophy Case, because that’s as close to one as the “Chokies” will ever get to one…. However if you want an actual Championship trophy to go in there, I am sure UVA will be glad to loan you one of its 20 that they have…
Well now let’s get basketball going in same direction with wins before it’s too late! May be already!
Bob above says : ”
17.Gary, if you have a team, which I doubt, has it ever played for the National Championship? Has it ever finished ranked #2? Didn’t think so!”
I know it wasn’t a final ranking but uva was ranked # 1 in the early 90s; has vt done that ?? don’t think so.
OK i’m done now.
The UVA guys here at work always point out that VT was never ranked #1 while UVA was (once).
I usually answer that by saying, oh yeah, I remember that year, we beat you guys 38-13 that year……
The squeaker of the century: VT 48, UVA 0, 1983 (I think) in Charlottesville. Brill claimed it would be the squeaker of the century.
In a show of outright class, the Hokie fans at Charlottesville tore down the goalposts in Hooville. There weren’t any UVA fans around at the finish to stop them…..
This sounds like beating up your brother every day. Not much to brag about, because you are 10 years older than him. Oh my GOSH!! What a joke.
Hey Barry from the ATL, how long is the streak with UGA?
Brill was the same guy who said VT WOULD NEVER WIN ACC CHAMPIONSHIP IN ANY SPORT.
Look out HOKIES you are starting to let this turn into the Garry and Barry show.It is what it is or they are what they are. Garry, even though he is a VMI alum and I respect him for that, is a HOKIE hater and Barry is a GT instigator and as he said in #29 he does if for the fun and competition. As was said earlier if you don’t add fuel to the fire it will slowly burn out. I don’t think that is possible with Barry though. He is in it for the long haul. GO HOKIES – day 3002 and counting.
This “blog” is hilarious. Hopefully this provides good therapy for you Hokie fans who have nothing to look forward to outside of football. Silly Hokies, you’re being dominated in every other sport!
51,296 days and counting, Let’s go CHOKIES.
hokies like toss out lots of single game scores etc. why not just look at overall head-to-head records. vt has won 55 %; hardly domination but go ahead thinking that you’re legends in your own minds.
Marinehokie: lots of other corps out there: Citadel, Tx A&M, West Point, Naval Academy, AF Academy and some others but leave it to vt to think they have “one of the only corps of cadets in the country”
Marinechokie—-what kinds of lies are you talking about? Didn’t Clemson Tigers maul the Hokies three times in a row lately? Has VT ever beaten a top 5 team (maybe Miami??) Have they ever beaten a top team in a bowl game? (Don’t say Texas because they didn’t beat many teams that year in the regular season that were any good, maybe one?) Haven’t their 10 win seasons consisted mainly of beating cupcake teams or ACC teams that were less than .500? Weren’t two of their ACC championships against teams that the starting QB was out of the game? They have been a good team but nothing great.
VT had better keep the cup, it’s all they have.
How many days (or so) has that NC Trophy Case been empty?
jerry, every team that has won the nc in the last 20 years has done more than the hokies in the last 20 years; so theres your list.
To the Hokie haters that root for other ACC schools….if you want VT’s strength of schedule to improve then get your team to stop dragging it down. Clemson and FSU have done their part but who else?
Also love how some UVA fans jump to other sports anytime the mention of VT domination comes up. First of all, this a football blog. That means that on this blog we talk about…..Football. Second, I’m ndot so sure about how much there really is to brag about in winning national championships in rowing against 40 other teams with the likes of Harvard, Yale, etc. Smart guys probably but not traditional power sports.
Football may not be the only sport that matters but it’s the one that matters the most in terms of revenue and fan base.
And I don’t hate the Hoos. I wish them well and hope they make the BB NCAA tourney.
vt = 1 trick pony
UVa #1 the way I remeber is this. They rose there in a stretch of 2 bye weeks out of three and at least 7 to 8 teams in front of them lost. By end of year totally unranked. They where not a stones throw from top ten when Hokies mopped them up. Remember hearing Beano Cook in preseason predict they would get to #1 because of week schedule and everybody ahead of them played each other so mathematically was going to happen. As to VT only winning 55% of matchups. Take out the Welch era and nimbers trend closer to present. Before Welch considered the worst FB program in country. Last major team to get a bowl bid. Claim to fame is a co~ACC title with Duke. So there. AND COUNTING
First comment. Guy’s like garry and barry from ivy are the reason Hokie fans love to beat their teams. If they are sharks, why are they swimming in the Hokies small pond. I think since they think the water is so stagnant in the Hokies small pond they must be suckers. When you don’t have a good team of your own to brag on, try tear down your most serious threat.
#72 – how’s it feel to be the trick?
right alwaysoandm, if you took out some of uva wins then it would look better for the hokies — that has to be the dumbest statement on here.
why is this even a discussion? overall, vpi doesn’t come close to uva academically, or overall in sports. 2 different worlds.
#73…do you remember who the first team was that knocked off UVA that year and went on to win the co-national championship? Yes, it was the Ramblin Wreck from Georgia Tech. How many co-national championships have the Hokies won? Actually the UPI voted GT the national champion. The Jackets were stinging!!!!!!!!
Garry. Post #78. Let me type this real slow. Meaning of my post. Terrible bsfore Welch, terrible after Welch. Bind squirrel theory at work here. Take away the Beamer era nad the dominance still exists. Also UVa fired Welch, which tells me it is a total misconception of why you play the. To quote Herm Edwards “You play to win the Game”. For a VMI guy (have the utmost admiration for that title) thought I could get by with implying what I meant. My fault. Barry, post #76. When I posted, wondered how long for the pounce. Impressed. You have to give me some credit for that ally oop for a slam dunk. So the meaning of this post. Barry = humorous and qick to the punch. Garry = VMI guy that has hung around UVa too much.
Ohiowahoo,
This isn’t an academic blog.
This isn’t a non revenue sports blog (who cares about having a good cricket team anyway?).
This is a FOOTBALL blog. Take your “holier than thou” academics attitude and your “we are champions at Chess” comments to another Blog.
BTW, Playboy magazine ranked UVA the #1 party school in the nation. What was that you said about academics?……
http://www.wdbj7.com/news/wdbj7-uva-ranked-no-1-party-school-by-playboy-20120925,0,4359837.story
Barry,
Wasn’t that the same year they bareley beat VT 6-3 when our kicker missed like 5 field goals and you trailed 3-0 going into the 4th quarter?
Wow, football was really down that year……
Ohiowahoo, you can cite all the academic rankings you want. In my twenty years in tech industry, I have not meet any non-Wahoo that would hire a UVA engineer over a VT engineer. I’ve heard several times from other managers “UVA has an engineering school?” This is not SWVA based experience either. When it comes to technical fields, it is VT hands down. And nobody but a few pansies cares about your rowing championships.
So if a program won a national championship then averaged 6-7 wins a season for the other 14-19 years it would be better than the consistent success that VT has had? Umm ok. It just proves my point that the haters are just blind to reality. Or maybe you’re like ol Barry here who likes to relive the glory days of a 90s GT team
oandm: 55% = dominance ? like i said, you guys are legends in your own minds.
jerry, at least those teams can call themselves national champions and not “10 time winners of the commonwealth cup”. and each of those teams defeated a top 5 team along the way. so go on and keep racking up meaningless wins over weak football teams in a basketball conference; thats what you do best.
Exaxtly. AND COUNTING. Really looks as no end in sight. Garry, I have to say you have created a new term I have never heard before. Wahoowannabe. BTW Deal with people daily from all over the country that are avid fans of college sports. Quite frankly more people know of the VMI tradition than UVa which basically has none. Played football against VMI in mid to late 70s. Nobody deserves more respect than those guys.
Ouch! That game last night has emboldened the anti-Hokie crowd for sure. Will just quickly say to garry that I understand his animosity toward VT, or I am sure, VPI back in his day. I could be wrong, but I suspect he is an old time alum. Back then, and I joined the fray late in 1968 as a Highty Tighty, VMI and VT were THE state rivalry. The corps hated each other. VMI because they were jealous of the fact that VPI had women on campus, I suspect, but rightfully I’ll freely admit, they thought they had a tougher row to hoe in their corps. As the Hokies passed them by, VMI grads had to move on, and they did for the most part, but I think a poll would show they are by and large not Hokie fans.
Hoos have another point. They are a fine school with some nice achievements in athletics and academics. Still, I hate them with a passion and hope they lose every game they ever play in any sport whatsoever as long as we both shall live. No need to say why, both sides of the faithful know very well why. So let ‘em gloat, I say. Right now, they have the right. Having been in attendance when the Hokies beat the ‘Hoos in their #1 ranked year, yeah they did lose QB Shaun Moore before the game, but check out who their backup was, and the time we got ‘em 48-0 in the ‘ville, and the time their trainer, Gieke tried to trip our guy on the game sealing interception/score, the game that sent us to the ’95 Sugar Bowl…well, I will hang my hat on football and rout for the other sports to catch up.
Go Hokies.
Perch,
If I wanted for any school to be good at one sport, football would be the sport I would choose.
Hard to get excited about Cricket and Chess……
no hatred, animosity or envy here; just can’t let you vt fans off so scott free. so much media drone daily over vt football for some other hollow accomplishment. i don’t think ive stated anything incorrect on here. you just can’t stand hearing how the rest of the world sees you. none of you can respond to my questions above except trying to belittle the messenger. (you guys are really thin skinned about this, aren’t you ?)
Good stuff! The chess and cricket comments were funny. Of course, we have never won in those, to my knowledge. When you have to resort to making things up, you have lost. We have the overall win record in every sport, except for softball and football. Those are facts. If you don’t care about the kids that work hard in basketball, baseball, soccer, Lax, etc…..then that is your problem to deal with. We do care about those kids. Do I want Virginia football to be better? Hell yes. VPI def has the upper hand in football right now. Overall athletics and academics better at UVA, no doubt. That’s athletics and academics for those who can’t process clearly.
Imagine UVA winning a championship in football, I know I know it’s tough, and then having a typical UVA season for the next 15. Yeah not too pretty and in the big picture it would be a program that falls far short of VT. I don’t think anyone would consider them a national champion or give them much respect after those 15 pathetic seasons. Do you realize how stupid you sound? Okay if you want to talk conferences how about VT crushing UT 37-14 in 09? Oh but that doesn’t count because…it’s VT. UT did finish 7-5 in the SEC that year so ooops there goes the VT-would-only-win-4-games-in-the-SEC argument
then go join the sec since the acc’s schools are holding you back; have jim weaver go tell the sec officials how you beat uva 10 years in a row and hope just maybe sec has never heard of jmu. theres another scenario for you jerry. (btw,your gym is a dump.)
HA JERRY REMEMBER WHEN THE CHOKIES BACKSTABBED THEIR WAY INTO THE ACC AND WHAT TONY KORNHEISER CALLED THE CHOKIES, LET ME REFRESH YOUR MEMORY HE CALLED THEM THE BIGGEST VILLAINS OF ALL. THEY’RE TREACHEROUS,LECHEROUS SLUGS CRAWLING OUT FROM UNDER A MUDDY,SLIMY ROCK. STEGER,WEAVER AND THE CHOKIES BOARD OF VISITORS CAN EXPECT CONTINUED VENOM AND THEY WELL DESERVE IT. THE SCHOOL THAT NOBODY WANTED. SUCK ON THAT JERRY.
Sir, your caps lock appears to be stuck. Simply press that button again to remedy the situation.
If i want to put in lower case or in upper case i will. Football season is over it’s time for you to HIBERNATE.
Then don’t come to a football blog. That’s all we talk about here.
Careful, Andy, you might scare off the sore losers. It’s kinda fun to read their spittle punctuated vitriol. Reminds those VT fans that say they support any team from Virginia except when they’re playing the Hokies why some of us could not pull for the BooHoos if they were playing for the survival of the modern world.
I seem to recall a time in the 1980s when the Hoos played the Russian bball team in an exhibition game at the Richmond Coliseum. I wasn’t there, buy I heard that a bunch of Hokies made the trip wearing T shirts that said “Better Red than UVA” and cheered for the Russkies. Man, I sure wish I’d have been on that trip.
Sorry to bring up the roundball on a football blog, but darn, I sure hate on them Hoos. And garry is bringing back the old days and reawakening my animosity toward some VMI grads that I thought had faded with their relevance. I remember my rat year, we beat VMI so badly in football that we almost got turned early. Don’t remember the score, but if it had reached 72-0 we’d have been done ratting. I remember thinking in the fourth quarter that we might be able to pull it out, but I think we showed them some mercy with our fourth stringers or something. Too long ago for clear memories, but I remember it was a great day. I also remember a snowball fight between the corps one year that almost got out of hand. Wonder who our next rival will be now that UVA has faded from relevance for us on the gridiron.
perch, indicate where Ive said anything that was inaccurate on here.
in early 70s when co-ed tech was really starting to act big time (nothing has changed) and probably had 20x student body of vmi, the keydets won in 73 and 74; so continue to gloat over your wins against smaller schools and weak conference teams, its really all you have. (we always thought you guys in the white hats were selling ice cream at those games)
garry, good one about the ice cream.
You have ignored several comments on this blog giving you respect for being a VMI grad, and if you’ll re-read my initial comment, I think you’d be able to suss it out from me, as well. I, for one, am not gloating over wins over smaller schools or weak conference teams. I am, sir, merely indicating support for my alma mater. I do remember how it ticked you guys off when we would get dates from the ladies at Southern Sem, though.
I get the feeling, however, that none of that matters to you. You’re just getting your kicks messin’ with the Hokies. VMI, UVA, it’s all the same to us these days, not relevant.