The Evolution of a Rivalry

Despite fear of opening the freshly healed wound that is the "Notre Dame-Boston College is it or is it not a rivalry" debate, Big Bhang Theory takes a videographic stroll down the memory lane that helped give birth to the Boston College - Virginia Tech Rivalry, Atlantic Coast Conference style.

2006
Unranked Boston College blows out then #22 Virginia Tech 22-3 at Alumni Stadium leaving Hokie Coaches and Players believing that they just left the Big House in Ann Arbor. But, as seen in the video below, not all Tech players took the loss so hard.


2007
"And Lane Stadium goes SILENT!" What BC fan will ever forget the call on ESPN of Matt Ryan's Boston College Eagles pulling off one of the most improbable victories in BC history - with all due respect to the little man from Natick.


2007 Part Two
The 2007 ACC Championship was Boston College's long awaited shot at redemption from the pasty white ghostly memories of a Championship-less decade of Tom O'Brien. The stars were aligned for Matt Ryan and the Eagles on that sunny December day, until the second half began....


While this game may not be the second coming of the Red River Rivalry, BC and VT have developed a potent brew. The Eagle's October 12, 2006 victory was Virginia Tech's first road loss in the ACC. Entering tomorrow's game, they are 16-1 as the visitor. BC's October 25, 2007 win at the loud and proud Lane Stadium was the first Thursday Night home loss for the Hokies.

With both squads being Big East defectors, there is a sense of kinship sufficient to warrant both brotherly love and rivalry. Eagles' fans are hoping for more October magic, and a third consecutive regular season win, in tomorrow night's affair.