Vick looked pedestrian in the Spring Game. Not expecting 11-0 for sure. ** -- UTPr0sim 08/14/2019 9:58PM Yeah, and Whittaker took at pot shot at him during that Spring game too. ** -- RJHokie 08/14/2019 10:08PMInsert a Link
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Looking back 20 years: How was the 1999 season anticipated in August '99? -- MikeVT85 08/14/2019 10:50AM Vick looked pedestrian in the Spring Game. Not expecting 11-0 for sure. ** -- UTPr0sim 08/14/2019 9:58PM Yeah, and Whittaker took at pot shot at him during that Spring game too. ** -- RJHokie 08/14/2019 10:08PM I know season tix ballooned prior to the season. By like 10k or something -- HokieDon 08/14/2019 6:24PM Does We're Going still post on this board? -- StudentHokie 08/14/2019 4:33PM Posted not too long ago, but very infrequently. ** -- Nortazhokie 08/14/2019 9:34PM Those were different times ** -- bigbadbird 08/14/2019 4:06PM Expectations were very high, mainly 'cause we had a nasty defense returning -- Zanderhokie 08/14/2019 3:04PM Expectations in '99 were sky high. ** -- reestuart 08/14/2019 1:38PM Yep, with both fans & the media, Athlon's had us at #6... -- BROman Hokie 08/14/2019 1:56PM I believe there was one #1 AP vote in the preseason poll as well ** -- bluehokie 08/14/2019 2:44PM Correct. From a sports writer from the Midwest, I believe. -- Atlee Hokie 08/14/2019 11:18PM Here it is. VT was 13th in the preseason AP with one #1 vote -- bluehokie 08/14/2019 3:37PM Duke got one too -- Vienna_Hokie 08/14/2019 2:51PM No, was former RT sports editor, Brill; may he roll over in his grave ** -- rmhokie 08/14/2019 3:55PM Which poll? (Not AP) -- 48zip 08/14/2019 4:07PM He always had them #25 ** -- GoobyPls 08/14/2019 3:24PM It was the first year I had season tickets -- Vienna_Hokie 08/14/2019 1:13PM I remember a convo I had with Nic Sorensen in the summer of ‘99 -- Pride_and_Joy 08/14/2019 12:40PM We should've won that game. Outgained them by 2:1 ratio. -- YBYSAIAHokie 08/14/2019 4:55PM Got criticized for a weak schedule that year too .... ** -- Coastal Hokie 08/14/2019 12:46PM ACC was extremely weak those first few years we won it too...IMO ** -- VaPoly07 08/14/2019 1:37PM Actually, the league waa pretty decent in 2004 -- VTECHFAN 08/14/2019 1:46PM Thats what i meant, weak conf plus avoided big name teams ** -- VaPoly07 08/14/2019 1:48PM Well, IIRC, Miami and UVA were probably the second and third best teams -- VTECHFAN 08/14/2019 1:57PM The Big Least was always considered to be the weakest BCS conference -- VTHokie2000 08/14/2019 12:54PM Yup. Those were the beauty pageant days... -- AirForceHokie77 08/14/2019 4:25PM Which is funny because the ACC at the time was 1 team -- Vienna_Hokie 08/14/2019 1:09PM It’s kinda that now -- OrangeHokieFan 08/14/2019 1:23PM Thats pretty much all the conferences now though -- Vienna_Hokie 08/14/2019 1:36PM I disagree with your "AL and the rest" statement and maybe even -- VTHokie2000 08/14/2019 3:34PM Look at the playoffs since they started -- Vienna_Hokie 08/14/2019 3:45PM Just because it's always AL, doesn't mean there aren't other good to very -- NokieHokie 08/14/2019 3:56PM Never said there weren't...but the rest of trying for a second spot -- Vienna_Hokie 08/14/2019 4:00PM Okay. But it's not the same as "FSU and the 8 dwarves." It's more like "the -- NokieHokie 08/14/2019 4:05PM Sure, on a year to year basis its not like it was then -- Vienna_Hokie 08/14/2019 4:14PM I disagree that the ACC had princes when FSU joined the conference -- VTHokie2000 08/14/2019 4:36PM Agreed. FSU joined the ACC in '92 and went on a 90-6 run. However ... -- 86TechHokie 08/15/2019 09:33AM Correct, but Vienna_Hokie suggested that the current perception -- VTHokie2000 08/15/2019 10:15AM Other conferences have more parity -- OrangeHokieFan 08/14/2019 1:45PM Maybe last year, but in general the ACC is just like the others -- Vienna_Hokie 08/14/2019 2:37PM True, but perceptually the ACC's worse teams were still better quality -- VTHokie2000 08/14/2019 1:15PM Expectations were pretty high; 98 was a promising year (9-3) -- phonedude 08/14/2019 11:48AM Clark was fine, not great when healthy, problem was he was hurt -- Vienna_Hokie 08/14/2019 2:43PM I remember player comments coming out in 98, and they all said... -- EDGEMAN 08/14/2019 12:23PM Agreed, we all love Al Clark. -- phonedude 08/14/2019 12:30PM Make that "mid-engine C8 supercharged+turbo" QB -- EDGEMAN 08/14/2019 12:33PM Never thought I’d be down with the c8.. -- AirForceHokie77 08/14/2019 6:37PM Not sure, but there was one reporter from Michigan I -- santafe 08/14/2019 11:21AM Ask Lee Corso. -- NoHuddle 08/14/2019 11:03AM Hype was high, but Vick was such an unknown factor... -- banishedtothelounge 08/14/2019 11:00AM I'm not about to blaspheme and -- crazylane 08/14/2019 1:21PM That Miami game was a nasty on both sides.. -- AirForceHokie77 08/14/2019 6:45PM He was a freshman and had played 1Q of CFB when we played Clemson -- Vienna_Hokie 08/14/2019 2:58PM The point was -- crazylane 08/14/2019 10:20PM Oh, history assumes that team was ALL MV, which was SO shortsighted... ** -- banishedtothelounge 08/14/2019 1:26PM First game against JMU was difficult to get a scalped ticket . -- Ardmorehokie 08/14/2019 10:56AM I just think back on that game and wish he'd never flipped into the endzone -- Fightin Gobbler 08/14/2019 10:58AM Yep.. we likely go back yo back MNC games... -- hokeeron1 08/14/2019 12:29PM
