It
was pouring. It was cold. It was perfect. The Hokies were supposed to be just
another rung on the swagger ladder for the resurgent Miami Hurricanes. With a
hype machine gone nuclear, the Hurricanes strolled into rainy Blacksburg to face
the forgotten and media-jilted Hokies. But something happened on Miami's fast
track to "Back Land" - the Hokies lined up, grunted and snorted a
couple of times and physically whipped the Hurricanes at the line of scrimmage.
It was an old-fashioned demonstration of hit-them-in-the-mouth toughness - a
complete beat down in the muddy trenches. And the message was sent loudly and
with unmistakable clarity to Miami's strong safety Randy Phillips: you and your
teammates were just steamrolled by "Beamer Ball" ... and your
"Shannon Ball" still has a lot of work to do.