Go Tech Go: The Inside Story Behind the Rise of VT Football, Part 16

 

Bill Dooley, photo courtesy Virginia Tech Sports photography
Bill Dooley, photo courtesy Virginia Tech Sports photography

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The Injunction Bowl

On December 11, 1984 – just five days before the Independence Bowl – Outland Trophy winner Bruce Smith filed suit in Montgomery County Circuit Court on his own behalf against Virginia Tech and the NCAA to play in the bowl game. He had no choice, after Dr. William Lavery’s recent appeals to the NCAA failed.

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