Apparently Chris Colston Wants to Fight Me

by furrer4heisman on Jul 27, 2010 5:25 PM EDT Comment 13 comments

I received my copy of Chris Colston's Hokie Annual the other day and after initially reading it, I can say it's even better than I thought it would be. There's a lot of great content in the book and it will be just as indispensable for Hokie fans as Phil Steele's guide is for hardcore college football fans and degenerate gamblers alike.

(You can buy the Hokie Annual at the University Bookstore or if you have to buy online, go to ChrisColston.com, which will save you a bundle on shipping.)

However, there was one part of the book that made my eye twitch:

The Annual's media critic is furrer4heisman at Gobbler Country, SB Nation's Virginia Tech community. He's not a Hokie per se but did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night.

This is the part of the western where the guy in suspenders playing piano suddenly stops, the bartender stops cleaning a glass and the whole room goes silent except for someone in the background who drops their mug and I tell Chris I'll see him at high noon.

Not a Hokie per se? As a card-carrying Hokie Club member who spends most of his discretionary income on seeing the Hokies play football in person and a good chunk of his free time swatting away certain segments of the ACC population who troll the comment sections here, I definitely consider myself to be a Hokie. Even if I didn't go to Tech.

So if Chris Colston's looking for a fight, he can find me after seventh period in the playground next to the monkey bars. Bring it on!

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Hokie fight!!

BC Interruption, SBN's Boston College Eagles blog

by Brian @ BCI on Jul 27, 2010 5:29 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs

From a fellow Hokie blogger, you sir, are more of a Hokie than we could hope to be. If they want a fight, I’m bringing the trident.

(I assume I’m the Brick Tamland of the Hokie blogging community.)

by C Gally on Jul 27, 2010 9:45 PM EDT reply actions

Ditto to what C Gally said. Dibs as Champ. Who’s got a grenade!

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by The Miz on Jul 27, 2010 10:02 PM EDT reply actions

You are a benchmark in the Hokie news community, and i would stand aside you anytime someone offends your Hokie Loyalty, i did not goto Tech either, but i garuntee you that i was the Biggest Hokie fan at VCU, and I hate when someone says you are not a real Hokie if you didn’t goto VT, i’m willing to stand toe to toe with any VT grad for Hokie fandom that wants to face me, i’ll be right behind you bro

by Gobbler on Jul 28, 2010 1:42 AM EDT reply actions

Stand down Mr. Colston

As another Hokie who didn’t attend the Mecca of my college football world, I’m with you on that. Being a fan of a D-I university and going to a D-III and doing their play-by-play for four years sometimes makes it hard to stay as involved with the school as you’d like. But I’m proud to say that I managed to stay much more involved than what seemed humanly possible, even if it meant sleeping through my 8:00 class the next morning because I partied too hard at a Hokie game and just made it back to my dorm in the wee hours of the morning. Also see sleeping through my 9, 10, 11, etc. I didn’t graduate with any latin words after my name, but I did have fun being a Hokiefan. So I’m backing you on this 100 and (whatever extra percent I need to equal Tebow or “Psycho T” Tyler Hansbrough) on this one! Don’t sweat it. You know who you are, and even being mentioned by him is a good thing. It means at least he’s listening. Plus anyone who aggressively campaigns for Will Furrer for Heisman, much less even remembers who Will Furrer is (what with the new generation of Hokies who think Tyrod Taylor is the best player we’ve ever had) is a true Hokie in my book…which is not on sale, but every bit as good. And serious props to BC Interruption on the graphic and the headline on his comment. I about pissed myself when I saw it.

by chicagomaroon on Jul 28, 2010 1:48 AM EDT reply actions

+1

Anyone who disagrees with that above is a fool. I didn’t go to Tech cause a little thing called 9-11 happened and I joined the US military. So anyone want to say I am less of a hokie because I didn’t go to VT? So if I can still be a hokie, and only chip in my 2 cents every once and a while, you sir are what they down here like to call a bon-e-fide.

by hokiewolf on Jul 28, 2010 6:21 AM EDT up reply actions

I do what I can. Gotta back up my boy, f4h. We will reign supreme once again in cornhole one of these days …

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by Brian @ BCI on Jul 28, 2010 12:26 PM EDT up reply actions

Agreed. Some of THE biggest Hokie fans I know didn’t go to Tech at all. Does that make them less of a Hokie? Hell no! There’s more to being a Hokie than where you went to school—it’s a lifestyle, a commitment, and a community.

LET’S GO…

Winging It In Motown

by Casey Richey on Jul 28, 2010 8:35 AM EDT reply actions

Really honored

Thank you guys for all the kind words. They were unexpected and mean a lot.

As the tags suggest, I really don’t have a beef with Chris and this was all tongue in cheek. In fact, I can’t thank Chris enough for allowing me to contribute to his publication and allow me to plug this site in it.

In all seriousness, the book is a must-have if you’re a Hokie fan. I give it a ringing endorsement and would do so even if my work wasn’t in it. It really is THAT good.

A bullhorn, a bottle of whiskey and a dream. GobblerCountry.com

by furrer4heisman on Jul 28, 2010 9:52 AM EDT reply actions