GO TECH GO Volume 1: The Inside Story Behind the Rise of Virginia Tech Football

By Chris Colston

Do you find yourself yearning for the glory days of Virginia Tech football? When the Hokies were a nationally ranked football contender? When there were no "decommitments" or "transfer portals"? When fans packed Lane Stadium and made it rock? Then this eight-volume series is for you. GO TECH GO: THE INSIDE STORY BEHIND THE RISE OF VIRGINIA TECH FOOTBALL puts you behind the scenes as Virginia Tech reinvented itself from a middling regional independent--a school without a bowl victory--to a national title contender in 1999. GO TECH GO tells the story in a series of easy-to-read anecdotes. You can pick it up and stop at any time. In Book One, SEEDS OF A DREAM, you'll learn how far Virginia Tech had to climb from the valley of defeat. Author Chris Colston shares inside nuggets from people who experienced it first-hand: players, broadcaster, and insiders such as Ken Haines, Mickey Fitzgerald, Marty Brennaman, John Moody, Roe Waldron, Dave Smith, Tory Smith, Matt Mead, Ellis Savage, Mike Cannaday, Steve Jacobsen, Sidney Snell, Mike Borden, and others. Colston worked in the Virginia Tech Athletics Department from 1985-96 as editor of The Hokie Huddler, and went on to cover the MLB, NFL, and NBA as an award-winning reporter for Sports Weekly and USA TODAY. "Why should you care what Chris Colston thinks? Because outside that locker room, there might not be anybody who knows that team better," wrote the Roanoke Times in 2012. "Colston isn't just a Tech graduate; he's a Tech expert, a Tech historian. A Tech lifer." Colston offers a unique perspective on how Virginia Tech rose to national prominence and built an intense fan base along the way.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1670101029
• ISBN13: 9781670101020
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 148 Pages
• Weight: 0.37 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.0" x 8.0"