Written by C Gally | 23 October 2007

Yes, it's finally here. This is not a dream. THE Thursday night game is upon us. Boston College is coming to town, ranked #2, and their fans are trying to decide who they would rather play in the National Championship. It's pretty easy to get excited.

The name of the game is experience. We have already played a game against the then-#2 team in the country. Granted, it didn't go so well, but we've grown. The last time we played the then-#2 ranked team in the country in Lane Stadium was 2003... against Miami. 31-7. And the last time we played BC was last year, and we were, frankly, embarrassed.

Is this a good reason why we will win? Of course not. We are going to win because of the title of this post.

Other reasons to dislike BC:

• BC head coach: "The fans will not be a factor" in reference to the Virginia Tech Hokie fans filling Lane Stadium when Virginia Tech takes on BC this Thursday. Jagodzinski added "We just came from Notre Dame, the crowd will not effect us." In the words of Tom Jackson, "Are you retarded?"
• We still have to listen to Doug Flutie.
• Their senator killed someone.

Let's just say, it's go time.


So the stage is set. The lights are on. The box is locked. It's robot fighting time. This is THE game of the year. And here's the first poem to ever appear on The North End Zone:


'Twas the night before Thursday and all through the Burg,
Not a person was studying, only "Sandman" was heard.

The students were nestled all snug in their beds,
While visions of tailgates danced in their heads.

When all of the sudden, Thursday night had arrived,
I pinch myself once to be sure I'm alive.

"Sandman" plays loud as we jump up and down,
The roar can be heard throughout all of town.

Faster than Eagles, the Hokies they came,
Frank whistled and shouted and called them by name:

"Now Eddie, now D.J., now Victor and Hall!
On Xavier, on Harper, on kickers and all!
To the best of the conference, to the best all around,
This is the start, and we're BCS bound!"

I awoke late on Friday with a smile and gleam,
The fortnight, I thought, had just been a dream.

But just then I realize, the result was for real,
Number 2 had gone down, it had seemed so surreal.

For the Hokies had smiles, and BC had none,
When I woke up on Friday, the Eagles were seven and one.


GO HOKIES!!

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