Reliving 1995 Game-by-Game, Part 4: Miami

Virginia Tech was 0-2 after a humiliating 16-0 home loss to Cincinnati in the pouring rain, and Miami was coming to town.  Not many folks gave the Hokies a chance, but they pulled it out 13-7 in a game in which they dominated in the trenches.   The full video of the game is below…

To make this series more immersive, I recommend watching the game – or at least key parts – before reading my article.  If you pretend like this is actually 1995, this will be a lot more fun.

Like all articles in this series, I’ve written the article as if we were currently living 1995.  I imagine this is what I’d have written had I been writing day-after articles back in 1995.


What a difference a week makes.  Sure, Miami appears to be down, but did anybody actually think the Virginia Tech team that lost to Boston College and Cincinnati could beat the Hurricanes?  I sure didn’t, but it was a much-needed win.

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