ESPN College Gameday Pregame - first game back post 4.16 tragedy Virginia Tech Hokies v. ECU Pirates

VT Hokies take on ECU pirates....very emotional college football game. Watch the whole thing to include the intro and the special movie played on jumbotron. Crazy!!! and insane!!!

[@topay]

This WAS a great moment, a critical step in VT's healing process. On a lighter note, I couldn't help but look at ESPN's scroll of upcoming games and see #5 Michigan vs App State...nobody would have guessed how that would turn out!

[@LukeMiestr]

Coming from a diehard ECU fan, I will not forget the day the Hokies grew stronger in their resolve to overcome the tragedy of those 32 brothers and sisters lost. My brother is a current Hokie, and being a Pirate, watching him go through that, I will never forget the passion I saw in your faces that day. Great game. No one will ever forget. Go Pirates! Go Hokies!

[@dtcarpediem]

I still remember that tragic day. I’m a diehard Florida State fan but I made it my business to see at least the opening of this game just because of the emotional tie. Respect for how this school was able to rebound. It shows not just their resilience but also how sports can really help people.

[@MalkinFan25]

I attended this game while I was a graduate student at Virginia Tech. One thing that is not mentioned nearly enough are the schools that helped us through this horrific time. Not just through donation, but through signs, collages, prayer, or just a simple embrace to students who were in dire need of hope. Our prayers will always go to the victims families, we will always remembered those lost, and we thank all of the universities that are still there for us to this day. Thank you. Go Hokies.

[@blxbrg2169]

I remember Clemson faithful really supporting the Hokies and their fans with a true show of support and sadness. Class act those Tigers. I was there and it was truly moving to see the posters and Hokie colors being worn

[@blxbrg2169]

Very very true statement. I remember Clemson being so great and were a big part for me and my enjoying things again

[@Thebeatles19632]

@@blxbrg2169now todays college sports teams have no class

[@spenserswain7885]

I've been to most of the home games since I was born and seen some of the craziest games but this is one game that I will never forget.

[@hokiechip]

It's been 4 months and that scene still gives me goosebumps. God Bless the 32 and God Bless Virginia Tech.

[@johngriffith2892]

Touching, Go HOKIES

[@mikeholton9876]

Tech and ECU have a rivalry, but its like no other rivalry in college football. they relish the game but the hate associate with most rivalries isn't there. a lifelong Hokie fan, and for the last several years an ECU fan as well mad props to the Pirates community for the support for the Hokie Nation after the tragedy that beset the Blacksburg campus (where my niece is currently studying). a true Hokies fan will never forget.

[@vincentjamesderamo5940]

When this happened my mom was in the next building

[@Juvenal10]

mike holton East Carolina will always have a special place in my heart after their show of support. Thanks ECU. They persevered through hard times of their own and grew stronger.

[@joshuasudduth2877]

Thanks for posting this I remember watching this game I remember getting emotional watching the video tribute, R.I.P to those lives lost in the shooting at Virginia Tech.

[@NAI917RAH]

HOKIES ROCK! I WANNA BE A HOKIE 4 LIFE PERIOD! THAT IS THE BEST VIRGINIA TECH I'VE EVER SEEN! THIS HAD ME HOPPIN' OUT OF MY SEAT! ALL 32 HOKIES ARE IN GOD'S HANDS! you rock HOKIE4LYFE! WE WILL PREVAIL WE ARE VIRGINIA TECH!

[@cammpotter982]

So much respect for Virginia Tech, they've been through so much these last eight years and yet they still persevere. Heaven has 32 angels watching over Hokie Nation! God bless Virginia Tech, and God bless the families of the victims.

[@houseofsports8122]

Camm Potter and 1 heartless demon

[@mattakastarkill3r402]

@@houseofsports8122 he was a victim as well.

[@Thebeatles19632]

@@mattakastarkill3r402how was he a victim

[@HammerPowered]

I'm a Sooner fan, and I was so touched by this originally, and when I saw it here added this to my favorites here. What a moment.

[@tsmithjr2288]

I remember watching this game and I broke down crying when they did the tribute video

[@zatchHBK85]

I watched this before the Mizzou/Illinois game that year. GO HOKIES!

[@swananoa1]

my mom cried at this. my sister was a senior at vt at the time of the shooting and she was able to get us tickets into the game. you were right this wasnt about who won and who lost. it was about how after a tragedy people came together as one. lets go hokies.

[@leemcdonald1342]

I actually watched this in my late grandfather's house. That game was really emotional Saturday in Blacksburg. Virginia Tech has my respect. I really dispies the 4 down votes. Even Cavalier fans wouldn't go that far.

[@NDPIRATE]

I'm a Pirate, but what a moment. I had goosebumps the size of golf balls.

[@tooshort1067]

Love my Hokies So glad I went to the game...

[@StFidjnr]

this is college football history in the making.

[@Seussenshmirtz]

On that day, every single person in that stadium was a Hokie

[@mrclean8586]

I am a student, I was there, and I still teared up.

[@great9800]

This is so deep. God bless VT

[@Tazoutlaw8]

i seen this n it brought tears to my eyes

[@loofy26]

Hokie Strong. cheers from France

[@BlazNnVA]

vt has the greatest entrance, my favorite team coming out to my favorite band

[@DeAngeloStevens]

2007 A Year of Tragedies: From Darrent Williams, Chris Benoit

[@themurph2000]

The 3 who voted this down don't have a soul.

[@mattakastarkill3r402]

Or it was a shit video

[@EMStechy]

Matt AKA Starkill3r hey asshat have some respect you don’t know what this school went threw! My brother went through what happened here!

[@kalamar_from_slovakia]

@@EMStechy L

[@dtcarpediem]

@@EMStechy I’m sorry truly I am 🙏🏾

[@EMStechy]

@@dtcarpediem thanks it was a hard day luckily hours later we heard from my brother

[@jberkhimer]

LET'S GO HOKIES!! MISS YOU 32!

[@michaelhall1616]

love my alma mater 🧡, hokie for life!

[@Rucks90]

I LOVE THIS

[@blacksocks345]

Never forget. God Bless.

[@StFidjnr]

4:07 the vintage gobbler. Not officially used in over 25 years but a corso favorite.

[@NJhokie07]

never forget....show your colors Hokie or not. We are Virginia Tech

[@StFidjnr]

even through I am a blue devil fan that is the best moment of my life would be even better if I was there in lane stadium.

[@eodfan]

i watched that that game on the tube and when i heard the music and the saw the vid i cried i'll admit it rip the folks who lost thier lives in the shooting

[@PizzaTimeGamingChannel]

Who the hell would dislike this video?

[@pedro501100]

i truly felt it

[@chiquito1988]

I don't know what a Hokie is, but, God's one of them

[@mattswaggy7804]

Hard to believe that this was the same year that the greatest player in program history was arrested for dogfighting.

[@3123Alpha]

Dang, the Hillborough Disaster on the 15th, Va Tech shootings on the 16th and the Tornados in Tuscaloosa on the 27th..... April sucks!

[@mathewhodge5469]

I was at this game.

[@Lukabrasii44]

GOOOOOOO PIRATESSSSS!!!! ARGHHHH

[@StFidjnr]

@ 3:36 back to Chris, lee and Kirk for Kirk's pick and headgear time

[@MeganW_88]

I was there.

[@yobro250]

Seung Hui Cho, Eric Harris and James Holmes lol

[@boraphyll]

12 years

[@bammybound]

It's gonna be a honor for Alabama to play them opening weekend this fall at the Georgia Dome...A real class school...ROLL TIDE!

[@yobro250]

Seung Hui Cho, Eric Harris and James Holmes disliked this video

[@hughjanus2]

Seung Hui Cho can rot in hell for taking the lives of people who had ambitions for the future and were working hard for them. Still makes me tear up knowing people my age were robbed of their lives in a matter of minutes. May they rest in peace

[@DeAngeloStevens]

WWE was reeling from the Benoit Incident

[@StFidjnr]

and @ 4:07 shades of 1999 vs Miami

[@StFidjnr]

HOKIES!!!

[@StFidjnr]

ala bowl game but it's week 1 there's a long way before that.

[@StFidjnr]

how can you top that.

[@yobro250]

James Holmes, Seung Hui Cho and Eric Harris disliked this video

[@StFidjnr]

Go Blue Devils! Go Hokies!

[@StFidjnr]

even lee puts on the gobbler.

[@StFidjnr]

3:38 my bad

[@klpinvestments]

pirates rule

[@StFidjnr]

@ 4:05 gobbler time.

[@bubbanater07]

@PizzaguylolXD communists thats who disliked this video LOL.