.500 is for Champions!

From the heights of Hokie delusion to their fans just hoping for a .500 season, it's been a beautiful 2012 for the staff at the ETC blog. But a new joy awaited us yesterday in the Washington Post with the following quote:

For Virginia Tech Coach Frank Beamer, this week has been about
emphasizing one slogan: “I’ve never been to a bad bowl game.”

Beautiful. Simply beautiful. The slogan has gone from national champion wannabe and 'Logan Thomas for Heisman' to "oh god please, just let us make a bowl game!"

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A Tech Player Wearing #7 is "Dogging" It?

C'mon man...you can't dog it when you're wearing #7. That jersey has history, doggone-it!

The following video, posted on Deadspin, shows just how much Tech is mailing it in now that they're 4-6 and filling that trophy case with tears. The video shows Marcus Davis (#7), identified with a white arrow, and he obviously takes every blocking play off.

Sadly, the direct link video was removed by a Tech website.
But you can still see the video in all its glory at Deadspin.

Davis responded to the Washington Post, saying a few plays were mental errors or him reading the wristband wrong. Really...a redshirt Senior who played in every game for the past two and a half seasons can't read a wristband? Actually, that kinda makes sense. 'Wristband Reading' is a 500-level graduate course.

Trent Dilfer tweeted it "was a disgrace to all the Hokies that invest so much." But it really couldn't be that bad; based on the number of empty seats, a lot of fans didn't invest anything on Thursday.

Are you guys even trying anymore?

Delusions of Grandeur, Even in the NFL

Don't let graduation stop those delusions of greatness. Former Hokies' running back David Wilson has played in six NFL games, only rushed for 87 yards in six games,  and his most famous moment is crying on national television after an embarassing fumble on his second career carry.

But that won't stop him from building an empty trophy case for that future bust in the Hall of Fame. Next level, baby!

“I think at the end of my career, I’ll be in the Hall of Fame,” the rookie told Newsday, "when I get my opportunity, the sky is not the limit. I think it’s past it."  Yes, that's correct, not only will he be in the Hall, but he will be so incredible he will be in the stratosphere.

Oh yeah, and then he compared himself to birth control. “I’m like birth control,” Wilson said. “You have to believe in me."

Shocking No One. Tech Does Not Contend for Titles.

Today, in Stewart Mandel's College Football Mailbag on Sports Illustrated's website, he got a simple question that Hokies have been delusional in answering for years. What does someone outside the maroon cult think? Well, it turns out he thinks the same thing we all do.


Question:

So, with Virginia Tech's annual failure to live up to its ranking, is anyone going to admit that perhaps VT isn't really an elite program? Perhaps writers just like Frank Beamer too much and keep fooling themselves into thinking that VT is an elite program.

Answer Excerpt:

As for whether Virginia Tech is an elite program -- what, may I ask, is your definition of elite? If it's a program that regularly contends for national titles, then no,
Virginia Tech is not elite. 

Read more:  http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/writers/stewart_mandel/09/19/alabama-lsu-national-title-contenders/index.html#ixzz271ETiHo0

Happy 2012 Empty Trophy Case Day!

The trophy case remains empty for another year as today Pittsburgh, you know that team that was 0-2 and lost to two touchdowns to an FCS school, demolished the Hokies and gave their head coach his first career win. The Hokie "Heisman" QB completed just 45% of his passes with three interceptions.

Wait, wait, wait. Did we already say that Pittsburgh lost to an FCS school by two touchdowns? But we can't hate on 'em too bad; congrats to Pittsburgh for being a two-time participant in Annual Empty Case Day. They were also proud participants in 2002.

Pittsburgh 35 - VT 17

Oh hai, we can haz trophy?

We'll Miss You Seth

Picked this up while trolling some other sites. Poor Seth. We'll miss you buddy.

You've gone off to that magical NIT in the sky.

King Hippo Seth!

Hahaha, someone just sent us this gem. it completely captures Greenberg's ungodly rants on the sideline.