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We took America back and the Hokies beat the Irish.

Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2016 2:07 am
by Attila T Hun
Everything is OK.

Re: We took America back and the Hokies beat the Irish.

Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2016 4:19 am
by Bay_area_Hokie
What a game....it was 28 with the wind chill....I took two of my kids. They loved it.Image

One of Russian Hokies photos from FB


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Re: We took America back and the Hokies beat the Irish.

Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2016 4:54 pm
by fatman
Good for you Bay Area. ND is the #1 spot on my football bucket list. I always wanted to take my father there for a game, but never made it happen. I hope to take my boy someday.

Re: We took America back and the Hokies beat the Irish.

Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2016 4:59 pm
by Major Kong
Didn't go but watched on TV...a game of two ½'s and the TD for the Hokies near the end of the 1st ½ was hugesous :!:

My favorite part of the game:

Re: We took America back and the Hokies beat the Irish.

Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2016 5:05 pm
by ip_law-hokie
Attila T Hun wrote:Everything is OK.
I'm very much looking forward to oak's report. Hopefully he attended mass this morning and discussed politics with the priest.


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Re: We took America back and the Hokies beat the Irish.

Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2016 5:15 pm
by UpstateSCHokie
Attila T Hun wrote:Everything is OK.
My only concern is, this seems like the year where everything you thought couldn't happen did happen. Such as:

1) Brexit
2) Cubs winning World series
3) Trump winning the GOP nomination & Presidency.

Could this be the year where the next unthinkable thing happens - the hoos beat the Hokies?

Re: We took America back and the Hokies beat the Irish.

Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2016 6:31 pm
by HooFighter
It was a great time with the exception of the weather. And was I the only one surprised at how antiquated the ND stadium is? How can a school being bankrolled by NBC (and presumably with a lot of rich alumni) not have a jumbrotron? The sound system is also terrible and there aren't nearly enough bathrooms. Traffic was atrocious getting in and out of there too. Still, the stadium staff was exceptionally polite and helpful. Great win for the Hokies.

Re: We took America back and the Hokies beat the Irish.

Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2016 6:33 pm
by USN_Hokie
UpstateSCHokie wrote:
Attila T Hun wrote:Everything is OK.
My only concern is, this seems like the year where everything you thought couldn't happen did happen. Such as:

1) Brexit
2) Cubs winning World series
3) Trump winning the GOP nomination & Presidency.

Could this be the year where the next unthinkable thing happens - the hoos beat the Hokies?
Yes, but the theme is cucks losing...and nothing says cuck like UVA fans.

Re: We took America back and the Hokies beat the Irish.

Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2016 7:01 pm
by Major Kong
HooFighter wrote:It was a great time with the exception of the weather. And was I the only one surprised at how antiquated the ND stadium is? How can a school being bankrolled by NBC (and presumably with a lot of rich alumni) not have a jumbrotron? The sound system is also terrible and there aren't nearly enough bathrooms. Traffic was atrocious getting in and out of there too. Still, the stadium staff was exceptionally polite and helpful. Great win for the Hokies.
That's what I've heard from several people.

I feel bummed...back many years ago we were in Elkhart, IN and I had a chance to go to a Purdue @ ND game (before the stadium was expanded) and didn't go.

Re: We took America back and the Hokies beat the Irish.

Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2016 12:28 am
by Vienna_Hokie
HooFighter wrote:It was a great time with the exception of the weather. And was I the only one surprised at how antiquated the ND stadium is? How can a school being bankrolled by NBC (and presumably with a lot of rich alumni) not have a jumbrotron? The sound system is also terrible and there aren't nearly enough bathrooms. Traffic was atrocious getting in and out of there too. Still, the stadium staff was exceptionally polite and helpful. Great win for the Hokies.
Huge lines to the bathrooms on the upper deck. Went down to the 1st level and the bathrooms were empty except for the students hanging out in there texting to keep warm.

Very underimpressed with the stadium. I told my ND buddy that the reason they don't have a jumbotron is to make sure the fans don't get to see the homer calls are BS. If they had to face the reality that they need help to be mediocre it would hurt their precious little feelings. Worst of all was when they were playing music over the PA like the band was playing it, but the band was playing a different song.

Re: We took America back and the Hokies beat the Irish.

Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2016 2:05 am
by CWHOKIECPA
HooFighter wrote:It was a great time with the exception of the weather. And was I the only one surprised at how antiquated the ND stadium is? How can a school being bankrolled by NBC (and presumably with a lot of rich alumni) not have a jumbrotron? The sound system is also terrible and there aren't nearly enough bathrooms. Traffic was atrocious getting in and out of there too. Still, the stadium staff was exceptionally polite and helpful. Great win for the Hokies.
Probably has everything to do with tradition and everyone experiencing the game as they have in the past. While that is nice, it seems you would want to update some things.

Re: We took America back and the Hokies beat the Irish.

Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2016 2:36 am
by ip_law-hokie
CWHOKIECPA wrote:
HooFighter wrote:It was a great time with the exception of the weather. And was I the only one surprised at how antiquated the ND stadium is? How can a school being bankrolled by NBC (and presumably with a lot of rich alumni) not have a jumbrotron? The sound system is also terrible and there aren't nearly enough bathrooms. Traffic was atrocious getting in and out of there too. Still, the stadium staff was exceptionally polite and helpful. Great win for the Hokies.
Probably has everything to do with tradition and everyone experiencing the game as they have in the past. While that is nice, it seems you would want to update some things.
I think it's nice that they have a road uniform and a home uniform, and you can always tell what their school colors are.


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Re: We took America back and the Hokies beat the Irish.

Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2016 3:12 am
by Vienna_Hokie
CWHOKIECPA wrote:
HooFighter wrote:It was a great time with the exception of the weather. And was I the only one surprised at how antiquated the ND stadium is? How can a school being bankrolled by NBC (and presumably with a lot of rich alumni) not have a jumbrotron? The sound system is also terrible and there aren't nearly enough bathrooms. Traffic was atrocious getting in and out of there too. Still, the stadium staff was exceptionally polite and helpful. Great win for the Hokies.
Probably has everything to do with tradition and everyone experiencing the game as they have in the past. While that is nice, it seems you would want to update some things.
jumbotron is going up next season. Big building has been built in their south end zone and the video will be mounted to it.

Re: We took America back and the Hokies beat the Irish.

Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2016 3:00 pm
by Bay_area_Hokie
Yeah the stadium was a throwback. The benches were hilarious. They looked like boards that came of the Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria.

We got to the stadium about 45 minutes before the game started, so we went into the art gallery next to the stadium. Holy crap. They had a large room full of 17th century italian/christian-themed oil paintings. It was like a room out of the Vatican. I couldn't believe it.

We will have to do our best to be nice to their fans when they visit. They were all very nice. They had campus tour type volunteers who would come up to me and my boys all over campus, asking if we needed anything.

The campus was nice. It had a lot of buildings in the same architecture style as Eggleston, Vawter, etc. I guess you call that "gothic"? I am not sure really.

O'Hare was full of Hokies on Sunday. We flew to NYC which is where we are this week for Thanksgiving with some relatives.

Re: We took America back and the Hokies beat the Irish.

Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2016 3:04 pm
by HokieJoe
ip_law-hokie wrote:
CWHOKIECPA wrote:
HooFighter wrote:It was a great time with the exception of the weather. And was I the only one surprised at how antiquated the ND stadium is? How can a school being bankrolled by NBC (and presumably with a lot of rich alumni) not have a jumbrotron? The sound system is also terrible and there aren't nearly enough bathrooms. Traffic was atrocious getting in and out of there too. Still, the stadium staff was exceptionally polite and helpful. Great win for the Hokies.
Probably has everything to do with tradition and everyone experiencing the game as they have in the past. While that is nice, it seems you would want to update some things.
I think it's nice that they have a road uniform and a home uniform, and you can always tell what their school colors are.


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I dig ND's old school uniforms.

Re: We took America back and the Hokies beat the Irish.

Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2016 3:48 pm
by Major Kong
HokieJoe wrote:I dig ND's old school uniforms.
I hate those ugly green alternate uniforms they wear at times and that shamrock helmet is yuck.

Re: We took America back and the Hokies beat the Irish.

Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2016 4:52 pm
by HokieJoe
Major Kong wrote:
HokieJoe wrote:I dig ND's old school uniforms.
I hate those ugly green alternate uniforms they wear at times and that shamrock helmet is yuck.

Yeah, I prefer the blue and gold unis.