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Fans of Virginia Tech athletics have referred to the teams by the nickname Fighting Gobblers since the early 20th century. According to the Virginia Tech university relations, the name originated in 1909, when football coach Branch Bocock initiated his players into the "Gobbler Club", a name which appeared in print that same year.
Virginia Tech's sports teams are called the "Hokies". The word "Hokie" originated in the "Old Hokie" spirit yell created in 1896 by O. M. Stull for a contest to select a new spirit yell when the college's name was changed from Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (VAMC) to Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (VPI) and the original spirit yell, which ...
Hokie Bird – mascot of the Virginia Tech Hokies; Holly the Husky – mascot of the Washington-Bothell Huskies; Hook 'em – longhorn mascot of the Texas Longhorns; Hoot and Owlsley – co-mascots of the Florida Atlantic Owls; Hootie the Owl – mascot of the Keene State Owls and the Oregon Tech Hustlin' Owls; Hooter T. Owl – costumed mascot ...
The Virginia Tech Hokies football team represents Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in the sport of American football.The Hokies compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference.
Virginia Tech's Burruss Hall VT's 6th president, Paul Brandon Barringer Virginia Polytechnic Institute logo in the 1899 yearbook. In 1872, with federal funds provided by the Morrill Act of 1862, the Reconstruction-era Virginia General Assembly purchased the facilities of Preston and Olin Institute, a small Methodist school for boys in Southwest Virginia's rural Montgomery County.
TODAY show co-anchor Hoda Kotb's college roommate Mary Robertson shared the nickname Hoda's Tri Delta sorority sisters knew her by at Virginia Tech.
This is an incomplete list of U.S. college nicknames. If two nicknames are given, the first is for men's teams and the second for women's teams, unless otherwise noted.
Washington apparently has a new team name picked out, but a trademark fight is reportedly halting the process. Redskins' nickname options have been trademarked by Virginia man [Video] Skip to main ...