ACC Predictions of the Week

GT_LUVER

GT_LUVER

Helluva Engineer
Joined
Feb 15, 2005
Messages
2,228
VT @ Clemson- I think Clemsom will bounce back this week to beat the Hokies of VT! Should be a good game to watch. One question though, What are hokies?

Bowling Green @ BC- BC may struggle early on but Boston College takes this one fairly easy in the end.

Miami @ NC- I think Miami takes this one in a close game. I will be pulling for the Tar Hills though.

WF @ Duke- Can Duke add another win to the season? They can but it wont be this week. WF big over Duke.

NC State @ FSU- FSU coming off a big win over the Tide. I think FSU will take this one in a really close game.

UVA @ Middle Tenn- Who cares? Im just ready for UVA to get back into ACC play and start losing a couple of ACC games. UVA wins this week.

FINALLY

GT @ Fairyland (My bad I mean Maryland)- I think we all know whats going to happen here. GT totally dominates the game and Marylands QB ends up going to therapy for nightmares of Phillip Wheeler and that GT defense!
 
The origin of the word "Hokie" has nothing to do with a turkey. It was coined by O. M. Stull (class of 1896), who used it in a spirit yell he wrote for a competition. Here's how that competition came to be held. Virginia Tech was founded in 1872 as a land-grant institution and was named Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College. In 1896, the Virginia General Assembly officially changed the college's name to Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute, a name so long that citizens shortened it in popular usage to VPI. The original college cheer, which made reference to the original name of the institution, was no longer suitable. Thus, a contest was held to select a new spirit yell, and Stull won the $5 top prize for his cheer, now known as Old Hokie:
Hoki, Hoki, Hoki, Hy.
Techs, Techs, V.P.I.
Sola-Rex, Sola-Rah.
Polytechs - Vir-gin-ia.
Rae, Ri, V.P.I.
Later, the phrase "Team! Team! Team!" was added at the end, and an "e" was added to "Hoki."
Stull later said that he made up the word as an attention-grabber. Though he may not have known it, "Hokie" (in its various forms) has been around at least since 1842. According to Johann Norstedt, now a retired Virginia Tech English professor, "[Hokie was] a word that people used to express feeling, approval, excitement, surprise. Hokie, then, is a word like 'hooray,' or 'yeah,' or 'rah.'" Whatever its original meaning, the word in the popular cheer did, as Stull wanted, grab attention and has been a part of Virginia Tech tradition ever since.
 
gsu_paintballer said:
The origin of the word "Hokie" has nothing to do with a turkey. It was coined by O. M. Stull (class of 1896), who used it in a spirit yell he wrote for a competition. Here's how that competition came to be held. Virginia Tech was founded in 1872 as a land-grant institution and was named Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College. In 1896, the Virginia General Assembly officially changed the college's name to Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute, a name so long that citizens shortened it in popular usage to VPI. The original college cheer, which made reference to the original name of the institution, was no longer suitable. Thus, a contest was held to select a new spirit yell, and Stull won the $5 top prize for his cheer, now known as Old Hokie:
Hoki, Hoki, Hoki, Hy.
Techs, Techs, V.P.I.
Sola-Rex, Sola-Rah.
Polytechs - Vir-gin-ia.
Rae, Ri, V.P.I.
Later, the phrase "Team! Team! Team!" was added at the end, and an "e" was added to "Hoki."
Stull later said that he made up the word as an attention-grabber. Though he may not have known it, "Hokie" (in its various forms) has been around at least since 1842. According to Johann Norstedt, now a retired Virginia Tech English professor, "[Hokie was] a word that people used to express feeling, approval, excitement, surprise. Hokie, then, is a word like 'hooray,' or 'yeah,' or 'rah.'" Whatever its original meaning, the word in the popular cheer did, as Stull wanted, grab attention and has been a part of Virginia Tech tradition ever since.
Click to expand...
Wow, thats pretty cool. Always like to hear about the history of schools, some interesting stuff sometimes. Thanks for the info.:biggthumpup:
 
gsu_paintballer said:
Stull won the $5 top prize for his cheer, now known as Old Hokie:
Hoki, Hoki, Hoki, Hy.
Techs, Techs, V.P.I.
Sola-Rex, Sola-Rah.
Polytechs - Vir-gin-ia.
Rae, Ri, V.P.I.
Click to expand...

:roflmao:
Stull was overpaid.
 
I still like the old story, that a gobbler is a male turkey and a hokie is one that's been castrated.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top