Go Tech Go, Part 57: Hokies Overcome West Virginia, but BCS Rankings Prove Troublesome

The Hokies put their unbeaten record on the line at West Virginia in 1999. (Virginia Tech sports photography)

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Some have dubbed what happened on November 6, 1999, the “Miracle in Morgantown,” even though the Hokies led most of the game. But it was the night when Michael Vick transcended the level of “really good” and rose to the status of “truly great”—and cemented his status as a Virginia Tech legend.

Was the game-winning drive Vick engineered a miracle? Or was it just great football by a world-class athlete working gloriously under pressure?

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