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With Vince Hall, Sam Wheeler, and Eddie Royal injured and Tyrod Taylor's first game back from a high ankle sprain, not to mention the injury to Glennon and Lewis replacing Ore during the game, I would say this game was anything but a certain victory. Remember when FSU beat Alabama? How about BC? I currently attend FSU, and the Seminoles are truly a Jekyll and Hyde team. You hope to see the version that lost to a dreadful Miami squad. Also, I'd argue that past years' performances do play a part in the excitement here. Particularly in 2005, VT was heavily favored to win the ACC Championship, yet Bowden's Noles still found a way to overcome the odds. I was at best cautiously optimistic this time around, and I definitely understand why fans rushed the field.

Of course someone who attends FSU is going to say that it was appropriate for Tech fans to rush the field. Whatever our recent record against FSU is, the fact is that the Seminoles are a shell of what they once were and even with injuries Tech should still have won the game. Beating a team that is ranked higher than you may call for rushing the field, winning the ACC would call for rushing the field, but beating an unranked team that you are favored against absolutely should not call for rushing the field.

we've rushed the field at many games where it was rather expected that we would win; for intance, against UVA three years ago. rushing the field isn't always just because it was a difficult game. it's a triumph, and fans want to celebrate with their team. besides, what other game this season has been worth rushing? none. and miami won't be worth it either. so calm down and just enjoy the win.

Amen-a top 15 team beats an unranked team and we rush the field? Believe me, no one was more excited than me to finally beat the Noles, and it was the best game I've seen in Lane since 2003. BUT you dont rush the field for unranked teams, even if they are Bowden's Noles. Save that for upsets and championships. That must have been a freshman-lead charge.

Were you even at the game? The game was thrilling, and the atmosphere was crazy. Of course we were supposed to win, but with all of the excitement, I think it was perfectly OK to rush the field. And yes, I did rush the field.

Maybe all of you have lower expectations than I do when it comes to Virginia Tech football. Rushing the field should be warranted only when a major upset occurs at home (Kentucky over LSU). Stanford/USC and App State/Michigan would have qualified as field-rushers had they been played at the victor's home stadium. While I don't always expect us to win, at this point in the history of the VT football program, I don't think there is any game that qualifies as a field-rushing upset.

Okay, I didn't rush the field, but I thought it was totally warranted for fans to rush the field. We HADN'T BEAT THEM in 32 years. 32 YEARS and Beamer had never beat Bowden?! Who are you people to say we shouldn't... do you write the rules on when it's appropriate to rush the field? Mr. Knoll, you are lame.

Field rushing is all about respect, and when we rushed the field Saturday, we showed FSU MUCH MUCH more respect than they deserved. The number one rule in field rushing etiquette is that you have to UPSET the other team. We were the clear favorites. All you fans that rushed the field Saturday were indicating that you think FSU is a lot better than us. Way to support our team. Thanks.

The fact that all of you go to a football school( I do not go to Tech), one that is almost ranked in the top 10, you should EXPECT to win. and you should definitely EXPECT to win when you play the unranked seminoles. When you are expected and favored to win, at a very football savvy school, you should not be rushing the field. I agree that it was probably a freshman induced rush. Mr. "Knoll" you are the man

OK, lets take this in order. first of all, jason t, please make a few more excuses of why that win might have been a big win for us. the fact is, like all the sane people who have commented on here before me have said, we were supposed to win this game, regardless of any injuries we have, no matter if fsu "jekyll" of fsu "hyde" shows up. On that basis alone, the field should not have been rushed by anyone but players and coaches. next a-1, i like your steak sauce...but trying to defend us rushing the field against UVA, one of the worst college football programs in the country (and we will expose how bad they are in two weeks despite how some people see theyre record through one of the weakest schedules in the nation) makes me lose all respect for anything you have to say. a top 15 team beating an unranked opponent is not a triumph, please look that word up. to answer your question, no other game has been worth rushing, thats what makes rushing the field a special event, you arent assured a one rush quota a year. Jack, yes it was thrilling, so go do a cartwheel, but stay off the field. rushing the field doesnt communicate to the nation "im thrilled, what a game!" is says "i cant believe we won that game, that was amazing" beating fsu was anything but amazing, as thrilling as it was. Taylor has the one decent excuse on here, but again, we werent playing the same bobby bowden of the last 32 years, and the fans should recognize that. great accomplishment for beamer, but I'd be willing to bet he would be the fisrt person to tell you that that result was expected, so rushing the field is out.

and by the way, kevin "knoll" is the man

oh please john. my name isn't A-1, it's A-L. pointing out the rushing of the field against UVA was meant to show that we do not always take a step back and think, hey, they were supposed to lose, so we'll just leave quietly. that was the year that we won the ACC championship. i was pointing it out to show that rushing the field is done in a fit of joy, not because we're trying to show the world what we think of FSU. if all we're doing by rushing the field is telling OTHER schools and OTHER teams what we think of FSU, instead of rushing to celebrate our own team, then that's stupid. the entire four years i was at tech, i took it as a time to celebrate. if you're going to take a step back and say it isn't worth it, fine. go home. obviously it wasn't a "small minority" of students who hold the opinion that rushing was fine, since there were plenty of people on that field. give me a break and stop your whining.

So you say just because we didn't have any games to rush the field yet, we should take advantage while we can? What if we ended the season with Duke and W&M instead of FSU and Miami? You might not be able to step on the field all year!!! OH NO!!! This just in... other parts of the campus have grass. "Hey everybody! Let's go rush the horticultural garden!" Let me guess... you are the person who taped the whole game, went home afterwards, and played it back frame by frame to show all your friends which idiot is you. "Look! Thats me in the orange and maroon!" Call me when we win the ACC, then i will rush the field with you.

To all you people who think beating Bowden is grounds for rushing the field, consider this: Bowden is on his way out at FSU. Retiring or quitting or asked to resign, whatever. Say he still wants to coach. He wants a challange, though, so he goes to some small school with a crappy program to take over, lets say FIU. Now, 5 years from now we schedule FIU and beat them. Are you going to rush the field because -gasp- WE JUST BEAT BOBBY BOWDEN!!!? Of course not. Our football team plays against other football teams. I think Bowden is a great guy, but Vince Hall and Xavier Adibi would put the guy in the hospital (see: Joe Paterno). You rush the field for beating great TEAMS not COACHES. 10 years ago, FSU had both. Now they only have 1. Thanks for making ME look like a dumb fan on national television, everyone.

Sorry Mike, I forgot to mention when I said that I CURRENTLY attend FSU that I am a VT alum, and I always take Hokies over Noles. A quick general comment: it's as simple as this: VT beat FSU, fans got excited, fans rush field to show excitement and support. Let's stop pretending that there's some etiquette or criteria involved and just see this for what it is: youthful exuberance. Why do we have to overanalyze everything?

Youthful exuberance is the same thing as joyful ignorance. Here is some criteria to determine whether field rushing is warranted: Number one, and this is a must, it must be an upset or a championship-cliching game. For example, if we had beated BC, rush the field. If UConn wins out and gets the Big East Championship, the game that clinches it should have a field rush (this only qualifies if they weren't expected to win the Big East). Number two: You must be at your home stadium. The only exception might be at a neutral site (like Jacksonville in the ACC Championsip game). Number three: look around. If the whole stadium is pouring out of the stands onto the field, go! If you and your drunken bozo of a friend are the only ones, get back in the stands.

to "a-l is wrong"-- i did not imply that we need to rush the field every season. i was pointing out that this game, in my opinion, is the only one that would be worth rushing this season (unless we had beat BC). i have only gotten to go to one game this year, since i now live up in boston, and i never thought, "hey, since this is the only one i get to go to, if we win, we should rush." i totally agree with Jason T. it's youthful exuberance. i can't believe that people get so wound up about this.

In that case, they should have gotten back in the stands.

no need to be so insulting. you don't see me telling you that i think you're an idiot and should get over yourself. which, btw, i am still not going to say.

I conducted a survey today on this topic with graduates and rabid fans from Penn State, Florida State, West Virginia, and Alabama. All of us agreed. In the current state of our favorite football programs, there is no game that warrants a field rush. The level of football played at these schools means that there is no longer such thing as an upset. Field rushing is for upsets. At home. a-1, you must be a freshman. Coaches tell players who score touchdowns to act like they've been there before. You clearly haven't been involved enough in our football program to realize that, at this point, we have always been there before.

'a-1 is a bozo' brings up a good point. id add that winning a conference championship qualifies, and that a win over BC would have qualified as well

seriously...i love a-1 steak sauce...but a-1 needs to take a step back and look at the big picture. we have an elite program at tech. most of us hold our team to higher standards in which we don't rush the field in a "fit of joy" when we beat a mediocre conference opponent. but seriously, your steak sauce is delicious.

actually. i'm an alumna of VT. again, no need to be rude. what is the deal with you guys?

Youthful exuberance, joyful ignorance, call it what you will. Hell, some people still don't understand that it's bad form to cheer loudly when your team is on offense. At least rushing the field has no impact at all on the game. The atmosphere is electric at Lane Stadium, and sometimes that electricity turns into rushing the field. It's a football game, not an emo concert. You don't have to stand there with your arms folded. I, for one, have never rushed the field after any game, but I really have no problem with people who choose to. This business of acting like we're better than everyone sounds like something we should leave to the folks at UVA. Live and let live.

Jason T, have you ever been to a Hokie football game where we win and people fold their arms and look like emos? No. But do we rush the field after every win? Of course not. Don't you think it's possible to be excited and leave the stadium happy WITHOUT rushing the field first? Fans around the country do it week in and week out. And they save their dignity. Being self-conscious may be a bad thing, but don't we care about our school's image? Do we want the rest of the country thinking we're as uninformed of fans as the Wahoo?

Kevin, I was being facetious, but my point is that everybody needs to lighten up. By the way, I've revised my opinion, not because I think it was a disgraceful display to rush the field, but because I was informed that they asked students over the PA not to rush the field. To me, that alone should render the entire argument moot.

Rushing the field should not have happened. It is ultimately inconsequential, but the people who rushed the field were probably inebriated sloppy fools.

and there is nothing wrong with being sloppy fools, "a-1 steak sauce IS good, but a-1's sauce is not good steak"... unless you are wearing a tie and eating cheese.

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