Favorite GT-VT memory

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I went up to Blacksburg in 2018 with low expectations since Marshall was out and Tobias Oliver was getting his first start. Him and Jordan Mason was a two headed monster that just couldn't be stopped that day.
"The Yellow Jackets (4-4, 2/3 ACC), playing without starter TaQuon Marshall, finished with 465 yards -- all on the ground. Jordan Mason also scored three times as Georgia Tech won its third straight against the Hokies and third straight in Lane Stadium -- without completing a pass."
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gtcole said:
I went up to Blacksburg in 2018 with low expectations since Marshall was out and Tobias Oliver was getting his first start. Him and Jordan Mason was a two headed monster that just couldn't be stopped that day.
"The Yellow Jackets (4-4, 2/3 ACC), playing without starter TaQuon Marshall, finished with 465 yards -- all on the ground. Jordan Mason also scored three times as Georgia Tech won its third straight against the Hokies and third straight in Lane Stadium -- without completing a pass."
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Taquon completed two the year before, so that means Paul's offense completed two passes in two years and won both games against VT.
 

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bobongo said:
Taquon completed two the year before, so that means Paul's offense completed two passes in two years and won both games against VT.
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I'd be perfectly happy with us doing the same this year. Pyron at 100 yards, haynes at 100 yards rutherford and singleton with 50-60 each on jets and boyd with a 30 yard touchdown off a pitch. with alexander addign another 60 on 7 carries and a TD.
 
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jgtengineer said:
I'd be perfectly happy with us doing the same this year. Pyron at 100 yards, haynes at 100 yards rutherford and singleton with 50-60 each on jets and boyd with a 30 yard touchdown off a pitch. with alexander addign another 60 on 7 carries and a TD.
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Dude, you realize that’s over 400 yards on the ground? Cool if they can do it, though! 😀
 

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Justin Thomas scoring on that run to the right pylon in 2014 was pretty awesome

But I was dressed in full GT gear in the VT student section in 2006 when Calvin took the ball 50 yards for the TD. After we went up 21-0 the students started throwing liquor bottles at me and had me removed from the section. I was nearly thrown out out for allegedly cussing at two kids (they cussed at me - I told them to look at the scoreboard). I went to the (real) Tech section and we hung on to win. My VT friends were lame that night after. I should have gone out, but hung out anyways and made another memory (if you ever see me ask about it and maybe I’ll tell you depending on the setting 😉).
 

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My wife and I were in the crowd.

It was the final UGA loss that did him in. That game didn’t help, though

We need more games that look like this

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I watched this game at a pub and I've seldom had a better time. Calvin was stupendous, Reg never had a better game, Choice was great and Guyton was beyond belief. And, yes, we might could use more games like this.
 

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In 2014, Tech was 3-0 headed to Blacksburg against one of Coach Beamer's last teams. It was a back and fourth game that had its share of weird plays. With less than 2 minutes left , Tech was fourth and fifteen from its own forty down by seven. Not ideal for the triple option. Justin Thomas went back and found Deandre Smelter who had went out about 17 yards and turned around, On the money- first down. Two plays later the two connected again on a 40 yard hitch and go route for the tying TD. On VT's first play on the series to retake the lead, DJ White peeled off his coverage with a leaping interception. Paul then milked the clock down and Harrison kicked a short FG for the game winner on the last play of the game.
 
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Strangely enough, my favorite memory of this rivalry was watching the 2014 game on TV from campus. Up to that point, all I had experienced in the rivalry was Frank Beamer and Bud Foster finding new and ridiculous ways to beat CPJ in heartbreaking fashion. After close wins over Tulane and Georgia Southern, I felt that this team would not be as good as they were the year before. Watching our team play with poise and find ways to overcome adversity to pull off the victory showed me that I was mistaken and that this team was different. Finally managing to defeat the Hokies felt euphoric. The sky looked bluer; the grass looked greener; the birdsong on 8th street sounded sweeter. That was the one year that I didn’t do band, and that game was one of the reasons I convinced my dad to come with me to Athens for COFH, which has become one of my favorite memories with him.

It would be another 2 years before I got to see a win over the Hokies in person when I got to watch Matthew Jordan lead us to victory in my only visit to Lane Stadium to date.
 

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TromboneJacket said:
Strangely enough, my favorite memory of this rivalry was watching the 2014 game on TV from campus. Up to that point, all I had experienced in the rivalry was Frank Beamer and Bud Foster finding new and ridiculous ways to beat CPJ in heartbreaking fashion. After close wins over Tulane and Georgia Southern, I felt that this team would not be as good as they were the year before. Watching our team play with poise and find ways to overcome adversity to pull off the victory showed me that I was mistaken and that this team was different. Finally managing to defeat the Hokies felt euphoric. The sky looked bluer; the grass looked greener; the birdsong on 8th street sounded sweeter. That was the one year that I didn’t do band, and that game was one of the reasons I convinced my dad to come with me to Athens for COFH, which has become one of my favorite memories with him.

It would be another 2 years before I got to see a win over the Hokies in person when I got to watch Matthew Jordan lead us to victory in my only visit to Lane Stadium to date.
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Are you going to VT this weekend if not... get your *** on a plane.
 
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The one game I saw in person was a 28-22 win over #17 VPI in 2017 at Grant Field, notable for Taquon's passing stat that day: 2-8 for 140 yards and two touchdowns. How often do you see that - two passes completed all day, for two long TDs? Ajani Kerr swatted away the Hokies last gasp pass into the end zone on the last play of the game to preserve the win.
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I had forgotten about one other GT/VT game I saw, a 26-17 win for the Hokies in 2021. All I remember was that it seemed a sorry effort and a poorly coached game. Who else was in attendance that day? The crowd was restless. Insipid, vapid performance under TFG. My least favorite GT-VT memory.
 
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