Birth of the Hokie Nation: Virginia Tech's Path to the 1999 National Championship GameLulu.com, 24 nov 2015 - 200 pagina's Virginia Tech hired Frank Beamer in December 1986 to take over a football program rocked with scandal and on NCAA probation. After the 1992 season, many assumed the university administration would fire him when the Hokies finished the year with a 2-8-1 record. The ad-ministration was patient. Starting in 1993, the Virginia Tech football team set upon a path that would lead to the National Championship game of 1999 played on January 4, 2000, at the Sugar Bowl. This is the story of the games played between 1992 and that January night when, for a few minutes, Virginia Tech reached the pinnacle of the college football world. While Frank Beamer never won a national championship as coach, this book is about the teams that put Beamer and the Hokies in the stratosphere where dreams became goals, and the quest for those goals changed a university. |
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The National Championship Game | 1 |
Freak Play Halts Deep Tech Drive | 7 |
Hard Luck | 11 |
1992 Season Results | 20 |
Hokies Hold Momentum | 21 |
The Streak Begins | 23 |
1993 Season Results | 32 |
FSU Strikes Twice | 33 |
1996 Season Results | 85 |
Failed Fake Field Goal Leaves Margin at 21 | 87 |
Recruiting Win Brightens Disappointing Season | 89 |
1997 Season Results | 101 |
Vick Twists way to Late First Half TD | 103 |
Close Losses and a Bowl Win Over a Very Special Team | 105 |
1998 Season Results | 128 |
Tech scores FG two TDs to take the lead | 129 |
Big East RunnerUp | 35 |
1994 Season Results | 43 |
Hokies Finally Get on the Board | 45 |
Big East Champions | 47 |
1995 Season Results | 67 |
FSU Speed leads to 14 Quick Points | 69 |
Two Top Tier Bowls in a Row | 71 |
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