Hokies Football Team Helps Campus Heal

By John Appicello
WSLS10 Sports Anchor
Published: April 16, 2008

SPRING...IS THE TIME OF RENEWAL--
THAT’S CERTAINLY THE SITUATION WITH VIRGINIA TECH’S YOUNG...BUT TALENTED FOOTBALL SQUAD..
IT’S ALSO A TIME FOR REJUVENATION..OF THE HOKIE SPIRIT. CORNERBACK MACHO HARRIS SAYS THEY’LL TRY TO HELP THE NATION ALONG AT THIS YEAR’S SPRING GAME.
“WE’RE HERE TO HEAL THE CAMPUS, THAT’S WHAT WE ARE DOING. HOPEFULLY THE SPRING GAME, EVERYONE IS REMININCING ON APRIL 16 OF LAST YEAR, HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THEIR MINDS OFF OF IT THIS SATURDAY, JUST CLEAR THEIR MINDS AND JUST GET EVERYBODY JUMPING AROUND AND EXCITED AND STUFF.”
A YEAR AGO LANE STADIUM FELL SILENT. THE SPRING GAME WAS CANCELLED, AND FOOTBALL BECAME AN AFTERTHOUGHT. BUT WHEN THIS TEAM RETURNED TO THE FIELD YOU COULD ARUGE THE TEAM CARRIED A MUCH GREATER RESPONSIBILITY. HEAD COACH FRANK BEAMER SAYS THE HOKIE NATION NEEDED SOMETHING TO BRING THEM TOGETHER FOR A COMMON CAUSE, AND HIS TEAM WAS HAPPY TO COMPLY.
“ I THINK WE DID OUR BEST, AND I THINK THAT’S ALL THAT TECH PEOPLE EVER WANTED--WE HAD TO PLAY HARD TO WIN THAT ACC CHAMPIONSHIP, AND WE GAVE IT A GREAT EFFORT, GREAT PLAY, AND I THINK OUR KIDS WANTED TO DO THAT FOR EVERYONE CONNECTED WITH VIRGINIA TECH..AND WE DID. “
QUARTERBACK SEAN GLENNON EXPLAINS THAT THE ACC TITLE THE HOKIES CLAIMED, WAS EVEN SWEETER BECAUSE OF THE JOY IT BROUGHT A CAMPUS, AND A FAN BASE, THAT NEEDED A BOOST.
“WE MIGHT HAVE HAD SOME HELP FROM ABOVE, WE HAD A FEW BUMPS IN THE ROAD AND WE DIDN’T THINK WE WER EGOING TO GET THERE BUT GETTING IT DONE, YOU KNOW, I’VE BEEN A PART OF SOME SPECIAL SEASONS HERE, BUT NOTHING LIKE THAT. IT JUST MEANT SO MUCH TO THE TEAM AND OBVIOUSLY THIS WHOLE COMMUNITY. “
SATURDAY---LANE STADIUM WILL OPEN ITS DOORS FOR ALL HOKIES..WHO KNOW DOUBT WILL COME WITH FULL HEARTS....TO CELEBRATE THE RENEWAL. THE ANNUAL SPRING GAME IS SET FOR 2PM, AND ADMISSION IS FREE.