Where did the Hokie Update come from?
The Hokie Update began in the fall of 1995 as an email entitled Top Ten Things To Watch For In Tonight’s Boston College Game. We had just come off the successful Gator Bowl campaign the year before and there was great hype amongst the Hokie faithful. I was so disturbed by our season opening loss to BC, that I wrote a scathing email to Mark Dennis about the game. That email has since been lost. Mark lived in Florida and had limited access to Tech info as most games were only broadcast on radio or local TV. So, I updated Mark and seven other original subscribers of the Hokies’ progress throughout the season. The column continued in email form, and as the Hokies met with more success on the field, many more readers were mysteriously contacting us to report they were forwarded the column. The email format continued with several hundred people receiving the update each week until the website was launched in 1999. With our run to the national championship that year, readership soared. Last y
