I wasn’t even a Virginia Tech student yet the first time I heard Enter Sandman. I didn’t listen to rock music growing up, so I discovered this particular Metallica song around the same time that I was indoctrinated to what it meant to be a Virginia Tech Hokie.

This VT pre-game tradition that some people call the “Blacksburg Bounce” (although by some people I really just mean ESPN, who are the same people who have been trying to make “VAH-TECH” happen for years) is synonymous with HOKIES FOOTBALL. Routinely lauded as one of the top entrances in all of college football, seeing this pre-game ritual in-person is really REALLY intense.

Today, I think of Enter Sandman becuase our football team is riding a high after beating the Ohio State Buckeyes.  I can only hope that we won’t overlook EC, but it was actually this game against ECU a few years back when I first heard and saw this Enter Sandman-Blacksburg Bounce combo. Best. Entrance. Ever.

In the video below, it was the Hokies’ first game following the tragedy of 4/16. The next year was my first VT football game (also against ECU, but I was a freshman watching from the residence halls) but it was a neutral site event in Charlotte. In the past, ECU has always played us very, very closely. They are definitely not a team to be overlooked. But let’s just hope our football team can keep their eyes on the price – that is, the game that’s in front of us.

BEAT ECU!