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RJHokie
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Yes he did.

He envisioned VT being a large enrollment land grant university, convinced the Virginia Department of Education and legislature of this vision and got the ball rolling. It took a while, but over subsequent administrations his dream flourished to what we have now. ** Edited by RJHokie at 5/6/2024, 7:45:16 PM
Posted: 05/06/2024 at 07:44 PM ET
(In response to this post by IB4TECH)

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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