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Anyone else find it amusing
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Michchamp
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even the idiots at MGoBlog noticed that, like last week.
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TheVictors
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I think there was an on-line headline following the BCS Bowl Show that used the play on words.
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Is it "Hokies" or "Hoakies"? What is a Hoakie anyway?? Anything to do with the hoagie sandwich?
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It's a turkey or something, isn't it?
http://www.hokiesports.com/whatsahokie.html
Ahhh .... very "interesting?"
http://www.hokiesports.com/whatsahokie.html
Ahhh .... very "interesting?"
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it's more of a state of being... <blockquote>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.'"</blockquote>and they have a turkey mascot. Unrelated to the "hokie" term... kinda like the WKU Hilltoppers that have that goofy red blob guy as their mascot.<blockquote>The team mascot is the HokieBird, a turkey-like creature. The teams were originally known as the "Fighting Gobblers," and the turkey motif was retained despite the name change.</blockquote>
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I don't know about anyone else, but Beamer's goiter sort of makes him look like a turkey ..
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Ok, thanks Perfesser! Since it is on the VT website I'll take that as the explanation.
I know what I'll be eating for the game on Jan. 3rd.
GO BLUE! BEAT THE TURKEYS!
I know what I'll be eating for the game on Jan. 3rd.
GO BLUE! BEAT THE TURKEYS!
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a couple years ago, I was watching them play in some bowl game with a friend of mine.
we noticed that every time Beamer was on the screen, he had his mouth open and a confused look on his face. It didn't matter what had just happened... TD, Pass interference, fumble, big gain, small gain, no gain, etc.
I started saying in a redneck voice... "Na ha in the hell you gone let that boay do [insert what just happened on field] on ya?" whenever they put him on camera.
it became a tradition whenever we saw a VaTech game, like last year when Stanford kicked the crap out of them.
we noticed that every time Beamer was on the screen, he had his mouth open and a confused look on his face. It didn't matter what had just happened... TD, Pass interference, fumble, big gain, small gain, no gain, etc.
I started saying in a redneck voice... "Na ha in the hell you gone let that boay do [insert what just happened on field] on ya?" whenever they put him on camera.
it became a tradition whenever we saw a VaTech game, like last year when Stanford kicked the crap out of them.
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