Film Room The First Battle of the Techs - 1990

[BobintheATL99]

Just posted this on another social media site and thought y'all would enjoy this. It's not the whole game, but it's got Kim King and Al Ciraldo calling the game that was never broadcast. It's a GREAT find and a fine waste of half and hour...

 

[Supersizethatorder-mutt]

Just posted this on another social media site and thought y'all would enjoy this. It's not the whole game, but it's got Kim King and Al Ciraldo calling the game that was never broadcast. It's a GREAT find and a fine waste of half and hour...

Coming after the BIG win at UVA, this game was way too close for comfort.

 

[Sidewalking]

I was at that game with a buddy. Super exciting game of stout defense and field goal kicks. Didn't see that kind of game much even back then. Unheard of now. Good crowd on a very cold day and the wind gusts were nuts.

 

[Gtbowhunter90]

That was a very sloppy game! Awesome piece of history

 

[Supersizethatorder-mutt]

Just posted this on another social media site and thought y'all would enjoy this. It's not the whole game, but it's got Kim King and Al Ciraldo calling the game that was never broadcast. It's a GREAT find and a fine waste of half and hour...

That was even more frustrating to watch than I remembered. Willie Clay sure had a banner day though, without him, and Sisson finally coming through in the 4th quarter, we would have lost.

 

[bobongo]

Thanks for posting this. I remember listening to Big Al and Kim King on the radio, and I never forgot the score of this one. Close call!

 

[Wrecked]

Really miss Al and Kim, I do thing Sean Bedford is an incredible color guy.

 

[Coloradojacket]

It was a windy day. After the game Bobby Ross said that wind can be worse than rain.

 

[Gray Fox]

as we were about to snap for the winning FG, VT called timeout. Lucky for us b/c the wind was really circling wildly at that moment. After the TO it was still blowing but considerably more favorable than had we kicked before the TO.

 

[RickStromFan]

Scott Sisson 2
state of VS 0

Was at this game. Thank the gods for bourbon - very cold day both weather-wise and the team.

 

[croberts]

was at the game. Cold, cold windy day.

 

[neb llarmus]

as we were about to snap for the winning FG, VT called timeout. Lucky for us b/c the wind was really circling wildly at that moment. After the TO it was still blowing but considerably more favorable than had we kicked before the TO.

Yep, remember that well.

 

[bobongo]

as we were about to snap for the winning FG, VT called timeout. Lucky for us b/c the wind was really circling wildly at that moment. After the TO it was still blowing but considerably more favorable than had we kicked before the TO.

Wow, that time out may have saved us a national championship.

 

[7979]

"...It's a GREAT find and a fine waste of half and hour........"
Wow...Thanks BiA99.... It really,really was "a fine waste of half and hour".... Loved it!
VT 1990 replay was as painful to watch as it was painful to watch in person....always remember "Never-Missing-Sisson" missing the two FGs with the wind and making the two into the wind.........our offense stunk it up..We shoulda fired the coach!

 

[whitegoldsphinx]

The first half was a comedy of missed field goals. One VT miss, I swear the kicker hit his own lineman in the back. No score at half, but during halftime, the Hokie mascot kicks a mid range field goal through the uprights off a tee. When VT kicks a FG either late 3rd or early 4th quarter, can't remember which, I thought we were done. It was that kind of game. But we did tie it at 3-3 with about 6 minutes left. Got the ball late deep in our end, but Shawn Jones did his thing getting us downfield very quickly so Scott Sisson could do his thing. Everything about that game seemed so surreal. If we could somehow pull out a win out of that mess of a game, then winning out and having a shot at the national championship suddenly seemed like destiny.

 

[Yoda]

I was there as a 13 year old with not much body fat for insulation. It was cold AF.

 

[BobintheATL99]

I was there as a 13 year old with not much body fat for insulation. It was cold AF.

You and I are about the same age. I was in Connecticut at the time wishing I could be in the south. My brother was a student at VT at the time.

 

[MWBATL]

<waiting for someone to say we should have been running CPJ's option and we would have won easily....and someone else to claim that Collins would have blown this game>

It seems like every thread devolves into this one way or another these days...

 

[BobintheATL99]

<waiting for someone to say we should have been running CPJ's option and we would have won easily....and someone else to claim that Collins would have blown this game>

It seems like every thread devolves into this one way or another these days...

 

[5277hike]

Thanks for posting this. I remember listening to Big Al and Kim King on the radio, and I never forgot the score of this one. Close call!

I listened also. Was deer hunting and lost the signal just after we tied it up. It was late that evening before I could get the score. That really was a special year.