Seeing that video got me thinking about some of the more memorable West Virginia-Virginia Tech clashes through the years, going all the way back to the first one that took place on Saturday, Nov. 16, 1912 in Blacksburg, Virginia, when was the Hokies were still the Gobblers and Tech was known as Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College.
Realizing that Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College was somewhat sesquipedalian - especially with milk and mashed potatoes in your mouth - one of the Techies decided to drop the “Agricultural and Mechanical College” bit in 1944 and become known as Virginia Polytechnic Institute, or simply VPI.