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Enter Sandman. " Enter Sandman " is a song by American heavy metal band Metallica. It is the opening track and lead single from their self-titled fifth album, released in 1991. The music was written by Kirk Hammett, James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich.
Enter Sandman: Beginning in 2000, Metallica's "Enter Sandman" is played as the football team enters the field through the tunnel behind the North end zone. As the music begins, The Marching Virginians lead the stadium in jumping in place, which has become known as the " Blacksburg Bounce ".
The 2000 Virginia Tech Hokies football team represented Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University during the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. Virginia Tech competed as a member of the Big East Conference. The Hokies were led by Frank Beamer in his 14th year as head coach. The team finished 11-1, including a Gator Bowl ...
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 ...
Known as "The Spirit of Tech" and established in 1974, the band performs at Virginia Tech football games, fundraisers, and charity events. [2] The Marching Virginians also hold their own yearly charity event, Hokies for the Hungry, during which canned food is collected by band members prior to a Virginia Tech home football game to benefit the Montgomery County Christmas Store.
Miles Stadium was a college football stadium located on the campus of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) in Blacksburg, Virginia. It was the home field of Virginia Tech's football team from 1926 to 1964, until the new Lane Stadium opened in 1965. [1] Miles Stadium opened in 1926 with 3,760 permanent seats. [1]
Kotb was the keynote speaker at her alma mater for the 2008 Virginia Tech graduation [16] and in her speech, played Metallica's "Enter Sandman" over her iPod. [17] In 2010, Kotb was elected to a three-year term to the Virginia Tech Alumni Association Board of Directors. [18]
History. As of the 2017–18 season, the team has played more than 1,250 games in 125 years under 34 different head coaches. Five head coaches have led the Hokies in postseason bowl games: Jimmy Kitts, Jerry Claiborne, Bill Dooley, Frank Beamer and Justin Fuente. Two coaches have won conference championships: Jerry Claiborne, in the Southern ...