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The_Stratman
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The_Stratman
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We look at more than just the split

I agree with you that the split of D1 in the late 70s helped to kill the rivalry, but we argue that the rivalry started to die even earlier than that with looks at the end of the game being played in Roanoke, the introduction of a civilian male student body in the mid-60s, and other factors.
Posted: 05/03/2024 at 10:28 PM ET
(In response to this post by RJHokie)

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Teaser for a documentary on the end of the VMI rivalry
The_Stratman • 05/03/24 09:21 PM ET
VPI's actions? Seems like it was just a matter of natural evolution
Riverguy • 05/04/24 01:18 PM ET
As it turns out, my current boss (our CEO) played for VMI in the 1981 game.
RLFDHokie • 05/04/24 07:59 AM ET
One of coldest games I ever been to in Lane ..
JRHokie • 05/05/24 06:09 AM ET
Frigid...drank a pint of Rebel Yell. Which you could easily walk in with.**
hok1eboy • 05/05/24 07:12 PM ET
Good ole Days... Yep..
JRHokie • 05/06/24 05:52 AM ET
Yes I was there as well and painfully remember. **
SCHokie1103 • 05/05/24 06:36 PM ET
The coldest for me in Lane-ever. I think the loss cost us a bowl bid, too.
VT One • 05/05/24 04:18 PM ET
The wind was just nasty...and it was cloudy with a few flurries. **
Tuckahokie • 05/06/24 12:12 PM ET
I have not yet warmed up- crazy cold**
turkeywinghokie • 05/05/24 12:01 PM ET
Does he still have all his fingers and toes? Or did he lose some from
hokiepro • 05/04/24 09:43 AM ET
All intact, Haha!**
RLFDHokie • 05/04/24 01:47 PM ET
I was at that game... LOL Everyone talks
Riverguy • 05/04/24 01:14 PM ET
Coldest one (and coldest game I EVER attended, was 1977 game. It was so->
HOKIERIT • 05/04/24 03:11 PM ET
Yeah but that wasn’t as cold as 1981 game**
hokiepro • 05/05/24 08:01 PM ET
'81 may have been between when I graduated and when I started ->
HOKIERIT • 05/06/24 08:35 AM ET
sophomore year at VT it was unbelievably cold **
knapnhokie • 05/05/24 09:41 PM ET
Cool clip of the Highty Tighties... back when they played "Dixie" regularly**
Palmetto Hokie • 05/03/24 10:20 PM ET
That may be the only video of the old Miles Stadium which used to be
GloucesterHokie • 05/05/24 04:23 PM ET
Fairly sure VT library archives has quite a few.
RJHokie • 05/05/24 04:33 PM ET
Story was state outlawed playing Dixie..
swordsman1 • 05/03/24 10:29 PM ET
Question?
The_Stratman • 05/03/24 10:34 PM ET
And the Confederate flag on the Highty Tighties drum
Hokie1992 • 05/04/24 07:05 AM ET
Good**
DarylS • 05/04/24 11:43 PM ET
Pretty sure I remember hearing
76 Glen Allen Hokie • 05/03/24 11:40 PM ET
You are correct about "Dixie" being played during fall of 1972
VTHOKIE76 • 05/04/24 11:33 PM ET
I could be wrong about how it got banned or by whom
swordsman1 • 05/03/24 10:46 PM ET
I believe it was actually in the late 60’s when they took down
RJHokie • 05/03/24 10:39 PM ET
RJ, you got a great memory **
JRHokie • 05/04/24 06:49 AM ET
It’s really rather simple -
RJHokie • 05/03/24 09:53 PM ET
Simply vmi couldnt compete with big university
DMV Gobbler • 05/04/24 08:13 AM ET
Agree, that is how I remember it happening !**
FLKEYSHOKIE • 05/04/24 12:03 AM ET
After the beatdown in 81 VT had to end it. That's my recollection :)**
40ozDistrict • 05/04/24 12:40 AM ET
That's cold man! Cold!**
vthhhi • 05/04/24 08:04 AM ET
I see that you attended that game...gotta' be the coldest day game evah**
Tuckahokie • 05/04/24 08:29 AM ET
1977 game vs VMI**
HOKIERIT • 05/04/24 03:14 PM ET
Beatdown? VMI won 6-0 in 1981. Are you referring to 1984?
RLFDHokie • 05/04/24 08:01 AM ET
That's what I'm saying. VMI beat us so we ended. A joke attempt. **
40ozDistrict • 05/04/24 06:34 PM ET
Don't pay any attention to me, I was never the sharpest tool in the shed**
RLFDHokie • 05/05/24 02:00 PM ET
We look at more than just the split ◄
The_Stratman • 05/03/24 10:28 PM ET
Part of what killed it was Tech leaving the Southern Conference at the end
Hokie1976 • 05/04/24 11:51 PM ET
Yeah, the beginning of the end started in 1964 when enrollment
RJHokie • 05/03/24 10:35 PM ET
I enrolled in the fall of 64 and was glad that the corps was voluntary.
IB4TECH • 05/05/24 09:52 AM ET
We look into that heavily
The_Stratman • 05/03/24 10:36 PM ET
Hahn commenced an enrollment binge and building the required
RJHokie • 05/03/24 10:49 PM ET
There was a thing called the baby boom and Hahn answered.**
IB4TECH • 05/06/24 07:21 PM ET
Yes he did.
RJHokie • 05/06/24 07:44 PM ET