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The 2008 Virginia Tech Hokies football team represented Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University during the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team's head coach was Frank Beamer. Prior to the season, the Hokies were expected to be in a rebuilding mode, recovering after the graduation of several key players.
In 2010 Virginia Tech went undefeated in league play, defeating Atlantic Division winner Florida State in the league championship game in Charlotte, North Carolina, 44–33. In 2011 Virginia Tech lost to Clemson for a 2nd time that season, their only two season losses. In 2016, Virginia Tech would fall short to Clemson, making a 3rd loss.
Each year, Virginia Tech holds commencement ceremonies at the end of the academic year in May, as well as at the end of the Fall semester in December. Since 1990, a separate Graduate School Commencement Ceremony has been held to confer degrees to master's and doctoral students.
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Michel Faulkner – All-American at Virginia Tech; played for New York Jets in 1981–1982; Brandon Flowers – defensive back for the San Diego Chargers; selected by the Kansas City Chiefs with the 35th overall pick in the 2008 NFL draft
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.
This is a list of American football quarterbacks who have started for the Virginia Tech Hokies football team and the years they participated on the Virginia Tech Hokies football team. Six Virginia Tech quarterbacks have been taken in the National Football League draft since 1936. Michael Vick was the first overall selection in the 2001 NFL draft.
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