The Boys are Back in Town

Greetings from Blacksburg, yall! Sorry its been a while, transitioning back into my busy life at school has taken precedence over my blogging as you can see! It feels so great and refreshing to be back in Blacksburg! I missed all my friends and just the atmosphere in general so much I can't even put it into words. The infectious feeling of joy I get every time as I pull off of 460 onto Southgate Drive, passing the maroon spray-painted bushes, the late summer breeze in the air lets me know that I'm finally home again. Virginia Beach may be my home, but Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University is my life.

My first two weeks back were filled with late nights and early mornings with the people who make my life amazing (being in shambles as usual), going to classes where I'm actually engaged and interested in what I'm learning (which may I say is so refreshing), and meetings upon meetings getting back into the swing of things with all the organizations across campus that I'm involved in. But enough about me, although I'm sure some of you only read this to get an insider view on the going-ons of my personal life. Sorry bout it but I have way better things to talk about than my non-existent love life.

This past weekend marked the return of my favorite past time..  COLLEGE FOOTBALL SEASON. I don't mean to sound like one of those girls who complain about how they're "going to be alone forever," but if you know me well you know I always say " Football isn't going to wake up one morning and tell me it doesn't love me anymore or that it just wants to be friends." Saturday felt like Christmas morning as my Sportscenter alarm went off at 7:30am. Waking up my roommate and suite mate to Enter Sandman was also a fabulous way to start the day off right, forget the Wheaties. Entering Coach Frank Beamer's 25th season, all Hokie fans and myself alike know that we are not settling for anything less than greatness. I am happy to say we demolished Appalachian State yesterday afternoon. Sorry to all the haters and skeptics alike who said they predicted an upset for yesterday's game. The final score was 66-13, one of the highest scoring games in Virginia Tech football history. Congratulations to Logan Thomas on an impressive first start as QB for the Hokies. I think we all can say that he has big shoes to fill thanks to Tyrod, but I really can't complain about his performance yesterday. I mean don't get me wrong, there's always room for improvement, but he shut a lot of skeptics up yesterday with his performance, well at least until next weekend when we travel to Dowdy- Ficklen stadium to face the CUSA East Carolina Pirates. Im not going to sugar coat it, ECU is a great football program and has a great and energetic fan base down in Greenville.  I am excited to see Logan get better each week, along with the rest of the Hokies team.

Yesterdays game hopefully set the tone for the rest of the season. With our schedule being on the lighter side, we have no reason not to be in the ACC Championship game come this winter. As Hokies, we all know that we're great, the coaches know we're great, and so do they players who go into the trenches every weekend and bring home the victory regardless of the blood, sweat, and tears. I am anxiously waiting for next weekend to come to see what our team can do, and hopefully we can prove to the nation that we are Virginia Tech and that we are destined for greatness.

In the words of The Vince Lombardi (but slightly modified) this season I plan to live this out to the fullest:

God, Family, and the Virginia Tech Hokies.



Have a great week, yall!

HB