CALS guy all the way. There was no place else -- VTCALS72 07/15/2021 1:25PM
Picked in state school farthest from Va Beach -- McHokie93 07/14/2021 08:48AM
Similar story, applied site unseen, went with a friend to visit his sister -- BRVT 07/14/2021 09:26AM
1969-------> -- bourbonstreet 07/13/2021 5:44PM
@bourbonstreet I think about your dad every time I'm on 460 heading home -- Hokie Fiji 07/13/2021 6:24PM
1961, when I enrolled at William & Mary. At the time, the engineering -- FLKEYSHOKIE 07/13/2021 8:10PM
Did you have to have a double major at W&M back then or was that later ? ** -- ChrisLords 07/14/2021 03:38AM
Neither, I was enrolled in Mechanical Engineering at (VT/ W&M) and was -- FLKEYSHOKIE 07/14/2021 4:57PM
...thanks! And I knew that was in the (maybe) works... tho where did the -- bourbonstreet 07/13/2021 6:44PM
...wait a min... saw a new H.Bill... is this right below Cole Chevy? -- bourbonstreet 07/13/2021 6:54PM
Yep. All good! ** -- Hokie Fiji 07/13/2021 9:55PM
UT fan through HS. They has John Ward and Sunday show. -- TomTurkey 07/13/2021 4:59PM
Father was a huge VMI fan and would take me to the Thanksgiving Day game -- Hokie Knight 07/13/2021 4:50PM
I grew up next door to Waddey Harvey who was a DT there in the mid 60's. -- UsherDog2008 07/13/2021 3:48PM
Didn't he marry Cheryl Beamer's sister? ** -- VTCALS72 07/15/2021 6:23PM
Yes he did. ** -- UsherDog2008 07/15/2021 7:50PM
Yes. ** -- RJHokie 07/15/2021 6:44PM
I have his practice helmet from his playing days -- hokiewasp 07/13/2021 3:54PM
My dad was class of '58 at Tech. -- Gobble Gobble 07/13/2021 2:06PM
Within family budget (barely) and I qualified. But became a Hokie the -- gtbahokie 07/13/2021 2:05PM
When i was born into it in 78 -- VPIFightnGobbler 07/13/2021 2:00PM
Going to Victory Stadium in Roanoke to see Tech play on Turkey Day! Great -- HokieNLot11 07/13/2021 1:37PM
Great games -- waterman73 07/14/2021 08:51AM
Clarification -- waterman73 07/14/2021 09:26AM
Fall 1984 from TN, cheapest best engineering school in SE. All in $6500 Y1 -- Mighty Fine Catch 07/13/2021 1:32PM
Mom's family were locals. They had a home on Roanoke Street right where the -- Guy LeDouche 07/13/2021 1:25PM
Went to school here ** -- Riverguy 07/13/2021 12:23PM
I really did not know much about VT at all -- fnhokie 07/13/2021 11:46AM
Lifelong fan and second generation Hokie here -- Hokie Fiji 07/13/2021 11:31AM
Had a friend whose Dad was the local FBI agent -- hokieone 07/13/2021 11:23AM
I became a Hokie in my early teens as both my older brothers -- OlderHokie 07/13/2021 11:17AM
Fall of 1985 -- Go VT 07/13/2021 10:52AM
I believe the date was September 22, 1984..... -- QuadHokie 07/13/2021 10:39AM
In an afterthought when I wasn't quite ready to be drafted -- OldRetiredHokie 07/13/2021 10:17AM
1973 - Watching NIT finals in Danville (older brother was freshman) -- GSOhokie 07/13/2021 09:58AM
When I visited for a football weekend -- EDGEMAN 07/13/2021 09:50AM
Moved here from Toronto, ON. Neighbor was an old Hokie. Took my bro and I -- HoakieBS 07/13/2021 09:41AM
1980 as a student... -- Winchester Hokie 07/13/2021 09:11AM
Same year and similar story for me ** -- Tuckahokie 07/13/2021 10:50AM
Born into a Hokie family. Dad was class of '51 . . . -- HokieKip 07/13/2021 08:38AM
Similar story here... -- Albukerkee Hokie 07/13/2021 12:32PM
A neighbor talked me into coming to VT for school -- UpperQuad 07/13/2021 08:20AM
When I enrolled as a freshman in 1987 -- Hokie1992 07/13/2021 06:26AM
Watching the Bill Dooley show on Sunday Mornings. ** -- VaTechHokiesACC 07/13/2021 05:15AM
“This is a sweep-style play to the left that went for some good yardage" ** -- HokieKip 07/13/2021 09:45AM
Must watch tv after Sunday breakfast at Dietrick ** -- Burke Hokie 07/13/2021 08:29AM
Watching Jimmy Sharpe's show on Sunday mornings. -- 1980VT 07/13/2021 07:45AM
Either when I accepted admission to VT or started class in 1991. -- ChrisLords 07/13/2021 03:49AM