There are times when the Hokie backbone must be lifted. There are the fourth-quarter breakdowns, when a dejected soften settles over the coliseum and someone must cheer. That task, of course, falls to the cheerleaders. "Our go to predilection is the arena yell," said Jonathan May, a fifth-year Virginia Tech cheerleader.
"You get half of them contemporary with the LET'S GO!" said Dan Frantzen, another fifth-year cheerman. "And the other half effective with HOKIES!" Last year's last failure to Boston College was a wink of an eye for the colosseum yell, they said. So was at the rear week's delayed disappearance to East Carolina University -- a triumph over that hung in the air, perhaps, as the maroon-and-orange bunch gathered at the Roanoke Civic Center Friday evening. It was a sprightliness pick up for the recent football ripen and, for a pair hours, all was a cheerleader.
Not just of football, but of Tech's engineering prowess. To one party of the events center, Tech students showed off their projects: a human-powered submarine, a hybrid-electric vehicle, surrounded by them. The Hokie mascot and mentality train Frank Beamer appeared. Inexplicably, so did Jared Fogle, the Subway spokesman. The tune was filled with pom-poms (the cheer up squad), with raised camera phones (the fans), with euphonious trumpets blaring "Tech Triumph" (the Highty-Tighties marching band).
And shortly, with a "LET'S GO HOKIES!" (everyone).
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