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hokieone

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There is a very good article on ESPN


about the 2001 Miami team that goes through every game that season and goes back and talks to the Miami players. Miami had beaten their rival FSU by three TD's the week before the VT game, and VT was all that stood between them and the NC game.

Ken Dorsey talks about how everyone knew about Miami/FSU, but not everyone knew how tough Miami/ VT had become at the time. Dorsey went on to say that the older Miami players knew they were in for a rock fight when they came to Blacksburg, and that they got exactly what they expected, the toughest game they played all year.

There was no moral victory that day. I don't believe in them, but I do take pride in the fact that the collection of players that VT had in 2001 didn't back down one bit from what many call the most talented team in college football history, and even more so in the fact that said great team knew VT wouldn't back down before they even arrived in Blacksburg that day. That knowledge probably saved Miami's season that day (along with 5 turnovers, but we won't go there).

But that is what I want to see from VT again. Just a "we don't give a damn if everyone thinks you're better" attitude, and a chip the size of a redwood permanently affixed to their shoulders.

[Post edited by hokieone at 11/19/2021 10:42AM]

(In response to this post by VT ChemE 1986)

Posted: 11/19/2021 at 10:38AM



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