I was there and I think you are probably correct, just one of those nights where the crowd did make a difference.. Good comparison to that ND game

I was there as well. It seemed as though it started out insanely loud and it kept getting louder. It was so loud, you literally could not have a conversation with the person next to you. One of my all time favorite nights as a Hokie fan!

This game had Marcus Vick, Michael's younger brother playing in it. He wasn't on his big bro's level by any means. He was a great athlete but didn't put the work in.

Virginia Tech was still riding the recruiting momentum from the Mike Vick era. The top runningbacks all wanted to go to tech to play in their run-oriented offense back then and Marcus obviously went there because of his brother.

Unfortunately these days you are correct. We have had a number of them over the years just not year after year. Hokies new coaching staff has made it priority #1 to go back to our roots and recruit the top players in Virginia more. I imagine we will see a uptick, question is how big will it be. Beamer and Foster made it work with a rare 4 or 5 star but typically a class of 3 stars or not rated. Sorry for the babbling

If by Dynasty you mean One National Title.....

Very underrated DB school. The list goes on with the talent through the years. Brandon Flowers being the best corner IMHO. But a lot of other talent.

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@@Bleedblue6487 Tech has had an amazing defense for many years & alotta that success came by way of Defensive Coach Bud Foster. The man was a Defensive Guru who's Defensive squad's were always Top Shelf & wreaked havoc on opponent's Offense's. Coach Foster was an amazing coach who stuck w/ Coach Beamer up until the end of his coaching career. They were truly a dynamic pair who worked so well together & I think alotta that had to do w/ Coach Beamer trusting Coach Foster & giving him full control of his Defense. Of course you also must remember the fact that we (Virginia Tech) have had so many great defender's on the team's over the years. Bruce Smith always comes to mind but more recently we've had player's like Brandon Flowers, DeAngelo Hall, all of the Fuller brothers & so many more. Anyone who know's anything about the school, it's football program & Coach Beamer is also gonna know that Beamer coached w/ that blue collar mentality which was associated w/ a hard work ethic & he was also in charge of the Special Teams guy's & those guy's definitely were always ranked in the Top 5 or 10 in the country. Seeing Tech block a couple punts/kicks & returning them for 7 wasn't an unusual thing to see each weekend w/ these teams. They were alotta fun to watch back then, especially getting to see a dynamic young Michael Vick who could rarely be controlled much less stopped. It's obvious I'm biased, my family all went there but it was a good time for us & me getting to enjoy seeing Tech finally reap some of the rewards they were deserving of... 👣🐾

@@Bleedblue6487 Based on the eye test I would say D Hall was the best but Ronyell Whitaker will always be my favorite

@@spenserswain7885 D-Hall was the best playmaking corner in VT history, but Flowers, from a coverage and technical standpoint, was the best in Tech's history. Think Kyle Fuller deserves a mention as one of the best, as well.