BLACKSBURG, Va. — Adam Ward was supposed to be sitting in section 510, row G, in either seat 1 or 2 at Lane Stadium on Monday night with his dad Charles “Buddy” Ward. He was supposed to be wearing a Virginia Tech hat, polo, tube socks and tennis shoes, because that’s what he always wore.
He was supposed to have driven from Roanoke with his dad — his eternal seat mate — and met up with best friends Zach Barefoot, Allen Bowman and Tyler Perry. They were supposed to be groomsmen in his wedding next July.
All five die-hard Hokie fans graduated from Virginia Tech and weren’t going to miss one of the most anticipated games of college football’s opening weekend with No.