tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30515988099395409772024-03-18T21:26:42.695-07:00Hokie GamesGet your copy of Hokie Games, Virginia Tech Football Game by Game 1945-2006. It's the story of every game the Hokies played over 62 seasons. 677 games, a lifetime of memories!Rich Tandlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00217363186948078873noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3051598809939540977.post-76988220465356976822008-07-24T08:37:00.001-07:002008-12-11T03:59:57.275-08:00Hokie Games: Virgina Tech Football Game by Game 1945-2006<span xmlns=""><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:18;"><strong>If you're a Hokie football fan, you've got to have this book!<br /></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size:14;">Hokie Games: Virginia Tech Football Game by Game is the complete history of Hokie football. There has never been another book like it about Virginia Tech football, ever. It is the most complete book ever written about any college sports team, ever.<br /><br />Relive the tradition of Virginia Tech football, or learn about the team's glorious past for the very first time!<br /></span></p><ul><li><span style="font-size:14;">Find out more <a href="http://hokiegames.blogspot.com/2008/07/about-book.html">about the book</a>.<br /></span></li><li><a href="http://hokiegames.blogspot.com/2008/07/read-excerpts-from-hokie-games.html"><span style="font-size:14;">Read excerpts</span></a><span style="font-size:14;"> from Hokie Games.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:14;"><a href="http://hokiegames.blogspot.com/2008/07/how-to-order-hokie-games.html">Order online</a>.<br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size:14;">Hokie Games is available at many <a href="http://hokiegames.blogspot.com/2008/07/hokie-games-retail-locations.html">fine retail locations</a>.<br /></span></li></ul><p><a href="http://hokiegames.blogspot.com/2008/07/contact-us.html"><span style="font-size:14;">Contact the author</span></a><span style="font-size:14;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:18;"><strong>Just go to the ordering box on the sidebar and order today! Just $1</strong></span><span style="font-size:18;"><strong>9.95!</strong></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span><span xmlns=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_b0n-xa1GMafL2qUunE4Y-cn_wRfNlerwI4ztSsyncKbEZuhLx7CQBHcWRnj9-VKfwE3QXnkZizvA8jgivuqZzFZ_OzyDYuDQvwAKCWJ0XkzUvcH0F9zZqFRnlSd_HtOHDCd1iW5TDTg/s1600-h/Hokies2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_b0n-xa1GMafL2qUunE4Y-cn_wRfNlerwI4ztSsyncKbEZuhLx7CQBHcWRnj9-VKfwE3QXnkZizvA8jgivuqZzFZ_OzyDYuDQvwAKCWJ0XkzUvcH0F9zZqFRnlSd_HtOHDCd1iW5TDTg/s400/Hokies2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226607798500695074" border="0" /></a></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJD0fGuL_FltJ4CZvFcqoa_TQgX0Gfybp8Q7zCBicDNEIRKuKtEOg_VY_y7dMXLxurdd6DTCdDQgyiAwilij5jJ-la1MutTQKSQBxtT8m8NQ8FIjzLjGMHVVaLByxmI0IvBcMrRI4zC4o/s1600-h/Bruce_Smith.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJD0fGuL_FltJ4CZvFcqoa_TQgX0Gfybp8Q7zCBicDNEIRKuKtEOg_VY_y7dMXLxurdd6DTCdDQgyiAwilij5jJ-la1MutTQKSQBxtT8m8NQ8FIjzLjGMHVVaLByxmI0IvBcMrRI4zC4o/s400/Bruce_Smith.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226607344800610738" border="0" /></a></p></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK0gDgTVNJhFC2CSn5HfywLpzEYn6mqyhfqlkLYTZiUYfjFbT1CWPl8aswClvaEwD4hEroqCne6CSqtbPvHR0FCFSOR-BdI_HcJMgv-thSuewPTFineiimPKFWGnOqeEspLH27vJZiveA/s1600-h/Lane.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK0gDgTVNJhFC2CSn5HfywLpzEYn6mqyhfqlkLYTZiUYfjFbT1CWPl8aswClvaEwD4hEroqCne6CSqtbPvHR0FCFSOR-BdI_HcJMgv-thSuewPTFineiimPKFWGnOqeEspLH27vJZiveA/s400/Lane.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226608598650223138" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0f8v3-uJIRUNfunBiaq1EmxluTVcLXJp8dnoSoH94PLnrMlKE1h7zPswz98pYdaAw37b6S6wZFApVO0QbqLzGU03HXVNIWgubRKXf93VMSrrGJqvOicrmmeSYSQfMyCHeWzKffKdMHpY/s1600-h/Hokies7.jpg"><br /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJMzuLZVz1LI1Gd26PjEwF7oah8NhRlb9FXRN5woseiCnK_NXulZYJmo8C2EyCLXbnVLM3QNZGe7JZ0Cy9kYcW5cpBk6LYJiJXV-_72v_HUJOchX4kVCzfbmh_h4FPKMZwXHzYGJQoP5Y/s1600-h/Hokies-1954.jpg"><br /></a>Rich Tandlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00217363186948078873noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3051598809939540977.post-89984930646938810522008-07-24T07:18:00.001-07:002008-07-24T07:18:17.003-07:00Hokie Games retail locations<span xmlns=''><p style='text-align: center'><span style='font-size:14pt'><strong>How else can I get the book?<br /></strong></span></p><p>Order from <a target='_blank' href='http://www.amazon.com/Hokie-Games-Virginia-Football-1945-2006/dp/0972384529/'><strong>Amazon.com<br/><br/></strong></a><strong>Retail locations<br/><br/>Barnes and Noble </strong>throughout Virginia<br/><br/><strong>University Bookstore</strong> (on campus and Volume Two)<br/><br/><strong>Tech Bookstore<br/></strong>118 S. Main St., Blacksburg, VA<br/>(540) 552-6444<br/><br/><strong>Campus Emporium<br/></strong>207 North Main St., Blacksburg, VA<br/>(540) 552-1051<br/><br/>If it's not at your local book retailer, go in and demand it!</p></span>Rich Tandlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00217363186948078873noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3051598809939540977.post-22098582101469762152008-07-24T07:15:00.001-07:002008-07-24T07:15:39.339-07:00Contact us<span xmlns=''><p><strong>Game by Game Sports Media<br/></strong>5705 Laurel Trail Rd.<br/>Midlothian, VA 23112<br/><br/>Author and Publisher <strong>Rich Tandler<br/><a href='mailto:rtandler@comcast.net'/></strong>rtandler@comcast.net<br/><br/><strong>804.647.6527</strong></p></span>Rich Tandlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00217363186948078873noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3051598809939540977.post-84484626282045192762008-07-24T07:11:00.001-07:002008-07-24T07:14:22.863-07:00About the author<span xmlns=""><p>It was 1974. Jimmy Sharpe was the Virgina Tech football coach and Frank Mosley was the athletic director. VPI, as the school was more commonly known as back then, was an independent program. I went to school in Blacksburg for a year before finances dictated that I suspend my pursuit of higher education for several years.<br /></p><p>Although I ended up graduating from another Virginia college (George Mason) I remained a fan of Tech--both the school and the football team. It is out of appreciation for Virginia Tech's past, present, and future that I am writing this book.<br /></p><p>This will be the third book I have published. The other two have covered a football team that many Hokie fans are also interested in, the Washington Redskins. One of them is out of print, the other is very similar in structure to what Hokie Games is. It's called <a target="_blank" href="http://www.redskinsgames.com/">The </a><a target="_blank" href="http://www.redskinsgames.com/">Redskins </a><a target="_blank" href="http://www.redskinsgames.com/">From A to Z, Volume 1: The Games.<br /></a></p><p>I live in Midlothian, Virginia with my wife Andrea, who will certainly be nominated for sainthood for her patience with all of the things that have gone undone around the house during the long gestation period for these books, and daughter Katie and son Patrick (Virginia Tech Class of 2007). And, oh yes, our dogs Zoe and Daisy won't stop barking at me unless I mention them, too.</p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bleacherreport.com/images_root/user_pictures/0000/9374/Orange_Bowl_2008_051_profile_page.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://bleacherreport.com/images_root/user_pictures/0000/9374/Orange_Bowl_2008_051_profile_page.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></p></span>Rich Tandlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00217363186948078873noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3051598809939540977.post-27343080914785773392008-07-24T06:53:00.001-07:002008-07-24T06:55:35.696-07:00Read excerpts from Hokie Games<span xmlns=""><p>Since there never has been a book like Hokie Games,<br />we know you'll want to take a look before you buy it.<br />Here, you can link to some sample chapters from the<br />book and then you'll see how Hokie Games brings the<br />tradition of Virginia Tech football to life!<br /></p><ul><li><a href="http://home.comcast.net/%7Ertandler/hokies/1968HokieGames.pdf">1968</a>--All American linebacker Mike<br />Widger leads the Hokies to a Liberty Bowl<br />bid<br /></li><li><a href="http://home.comcast.net/%7Ertandler/hokies/1986HokieGames.pdf">1986</a>--The Hokies face some tough<br />games but earn their first bowl win ever<br /></li><li><a href="http://home.comcast.net/%7Ertandler/hokies/1992HokieGames.pdf">1992</a>--Frank Beamer's Hokies struggle but<br />show signs of greater glory to come<br /></li><li><a href="http://hokiegames.com/2004HokieGames.pdf">2004</a>--Tech takes the ACC by storm in its<br />first season in the conference</li></ul>Just go to the sidebar to order today!<br /></span>Rich Tandlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00217363186948078873noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3051598809939540977.post-14039258198690431802008-07-24T06:18:00.001-07:002008-08-10T13:08:14.860-07:00About the book<span xmlns=""><p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Hokie Games</span> is a game by game history of Virginia Tech football. It is the most complete book ever written about any college sports team, ever.<br /></p><p>This book has the story of every game the Hokies have played from the start of the 1945 season right through the end of 2006. .<br /></p><p>The first Hokie game you ever watched? It's in there.<br /></p><p>Forgotten classics? Got 'em all.<br /></p><p>Experience the '72 game when <strong>Don Strock</strong> lit up Houston for 527 yards in the air or the 1966 VMI game when <strong>Tommy Francisco</strong> got into the end zone six times. Remember watching a great game with your kid or your dad? You can relive it.<br /></p><p>Hokie Games chronicles every game of the exploits of <strong>Schweickert</strong>, <strong>Loria</strong>, <strong>Widger</strong>, <strong>Freeman, Smith</strong>, and the rest of the Hokie legends. It's 62 seasons of turning points and clutch plays. Are the details of the '99 thriller at West Virginia, the one that featured <strong>Vick</strong>'s jaw-dropping run and <strong>Graham</strong>'s clutch kick that kept the national title chances alive a little fuzzy? Hokie Games brings back every detail. It's 677 games, 62 seasons, and a liftetime of memories.<br /></p><p>Everyone whose Hokie football memories predate Beamer Ball will find this book rekindles memories you thought were long forgotten.! Read every game of the exploits of the <strong>1954 team</strong> (pictured below) that went undefeated. Read every single game of the on-field exploits of All-America selections like quarterback <strong>Bob Schweickert,</strong> end <strong>Carroll Dale</strong>, and safety and return man extraordinaire Frank Loria.<br /></p><p>Do the names <strong>Mike Cahill, Mike Hvozdovic, Jake Adams, Mike Widger, Terry Smoot, Al Kincaid, or Dickie Longerbeam</strong> ring a bell? Then this book is for you!<br /></p><p>You've got the idea. The story of Virginia Tech football over the past 60 seasons in detail, game by game. If you're a Hokies fan, you have to have this book.<br /></p><p>Just go to the sidebar and order today.</p></span>Rich Tandlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00217363186948078873noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3051598809939540977.post-37783872989724760642008-07-24T06:00:00.000-07:002008-08-10T12:54:15.843-07:00How to order Hokie Games<span xmlns=""><p>Just go to "Order Hokie Games" in the sidebar on the right. Enter the quantity you want and click "add to cart". Your shopping cart will appear and you can change quantities there. When you check out, you will be able to add any coupon codes you may have.<br /></p><p>Payment is by Visa, Mastercard or Paypal. There also is an option to send a check or money order.<br /></p><p>If you'd prefer to do it all by mail, just send $19.95 per copy plus $4.95 shipping and handling to:<br /></p><p>Game by Game Sports Media<br />5705 Laurel Trail Rd.<br />Midlothian, VA 23112<br /></p><p>If you have any issues, just contact me at <a href="mailto:rtandler@comcast.net">rtandler@comcast.net</a>.<br /></p><p>Thanks, and Go Hokies!<br /></p><p>Rich</p></span>Rich Tandlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00217363186948078873noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3051598809939540977.post-24289376992986262432008-07-23T13:09:00.000-07:002008-08-10T13:11:45.521-07:00Welcome TechSideline.com Readers<span xmlns=""><p>Welcome readers of TSL to the <strong>Hokie Games</strong> website. I have a special offer for you fans of <strong>the</strong> premiere Virginia Tech sports website.<br /></p><p>Get <strong>free shipping </strong>on your order and <strong>help out the Virginia Tech Athletics</strong> at the same time. I'll also be happy to personally autograph your book.<br /></p><p>The book was written for Hokie fans like you, fans who can't get enough about Tech football. It has the story of every game the team played from 1945-2006. You'll get all of the details, all of the memories of 677 games over 62 seasons of Virginia Tech football.<br /></p><p>You can <a href="http://hokiegames.blogspot.com/2008/07/about-book.html">read more about Hokie Games here</a> and you can <a href="http://hokiegames.blogspot.com/2008/07/read-excerpts-from-hokie-games.html">check out some actual excerpts from the book here</a>.<br /></p><p>Once you're ready to order, just to the box in the sidebar of any page and enter the quantity you want (for <a href="http://hokiegames.blogspot.com/2008/07/how-to-order-hokie-games.html">complete ordering instructions go here</a>). Then, on the next screen you'll see a box to enter a coupon code. Just enter <strong>TSL</strong> and I'll <strong>waive the $4.95 shipping and handling cost</strong>. On top of that, I'll <strong>donate 10% of the proceeds to the Hokie Club</strong> to benefit Virginia Tech athletics.<br /></p><p>After you proceed to checkout, you'll see a space to enter in personalized autograph information. I'll be happy to make it out to you or, if it's a gift, the recipient (and imagine how nice it would be to have all of your holiday shopping done for every Hokie fan on your list). Just let me know.<br /></p><p>If you have any questions, please feel free to get in touch with me at <a href="mailto:rtandler@comcast.net">rtandler@comcast.net</a>.<br /></p><p>Thanks, and Go Hokies!<br /></p><p>Rich Tandler<br /></p></span>Rich Tandlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00217363186948078873noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3051598809939540977.post-24109448773185850262008-01-15T15:47:00.000-08:002008-12-11T15:08:36.776-08:00Get nostalgic Hokie posters from HistoricFootballPosters.com<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.historicfootballposters.com/Img/1960_Clemson_vs_Virginia-Tech.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 354px; height: 480px;" src="http://www.historicfootballposters.com/Img/1960_Clemson_vs_Virginia-Tech.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span xmlns=""><p><a href="http://historicfootballposters.com/fp_gallery.php?school=Virginia-Tech"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><strong>Find Hokie posters here</strong></span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;"><strong><br /> </strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;"><strong>KENSINGTON, Md.</strong> – As the year 1945 dawned, Uncle Sam was sitting on a flustered Adolf Hitler, pinning his head to the ground with his left hand. His right foot was being put to equally good use---pressing Hideki Tojo against the wall.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;">Which left his right hand free for a more immediate concern---holding up a portable radio that was broadcasting the Duke-Alabama Sugar Bowl.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;">Just six weeks earlier, Harvard fired its tank against Yale's football troops in a 1942 battle of the trenches.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;">Hobo Day was the answer to a trivia question that cost many a German soldier dearly. Within the United States the annual meeting between South Dakota and South Dakota State was known mostly to the residents of the Mount Rushmore state, but American troops knew that any fellow P.O.W. s claiming to come from South Dakota were spies if they didn't know about it.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;"> Football is war and America's illustrators fired away while designing game day programs in the golden age of sports. From George Clooney's recent "Leatherheads" to the blockbuster "Seabiscuit," the sporting scene from the early 20th century has proven to be immortal. Now, a Kensington, Md. company is resurrecting the great sports artists with a stunning re-created portfolio of some of their long neglected work.<br /></span></p><p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><strong>HistoricFootballPosters.com </strong>has more than 800 illustrated game day covers from 155 schools on its website. From the 1898 Brown-Harvard game to a 1981 Penn State-Alabama meeting between Joe Paterno versus Bear Bryant, schools relied on talented artists to illustrate a part of Americana that has largely slipped away. After six years of precise image reconditioning <span style="color:black;">and legal approvals, HistoricFootballPosters.com is making available as fine art posters some of the best sports cover art from the early-to mid 20th century.<br /></span></span></p><p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><br /></p><p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><strong>"This is part of American sports history,"</strong> says Michael Geraghty, an Odenton, Md. equine artist and co-owner of Historic Football Posters. "We're looking at caricatures. The compositions that these artists were welcomed and encouraged to execute would never go over today. Look at overtures of war from the 1942 Harvard-Yale cover.<span style="color:black;"> Even though it's pure caricature, it's doubtful an artist could tie a 21<sup>st</sup> century football composition to the Iraq war."<br /></span></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;">Andy Moursund has spent half century collecting these vintage programs. Intrigued by the combination of sports, history and artwork, the retired Bethesda, Md. bookstore owner created the new company in order to showcase these ephemeral cover illustrations that were originally created for but for one game. With the help of Geraghty, a nationally-renowned artist specializing in thoroughbred racing, the tandem have created their own virtual museum thanks to computer whiz Jon Gwinn of Maryland City, Md. Fans from Alabama to Stanford and Texas to Harvard – plus many small schools whose football teams were long ago benched – can recapture lost moments in their schools' history.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;">"<strong>Big rivalries, stadium dedications and big victories</strong> – I selected games that were important at the time," Moursund said. "When we get all the licenses [from colleges], we'll have a selection of images that isn't duplicated anywhere else, either on the internet or in a museum. And the ones that aren't yet licensed will still be available for viewing on the website."<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;">The 1920-45 era was the golden age of covers, says Moursund. Army, Navy, Yale, Harvard, Michigan, Ohio State, Indiana and Wisconsin were among the best art, but any number of smaller schools also produced artsy covers.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;">The 1925 Bucknell-Haskell program cover showing an Indian galloping on horseback while shooting a buffalo with his bow and arrow won't ever be repeated, given Haskell is now an NAIA school. Baldwin Wallace and Western Reserve (now Case Western Reserve) have become Division III schools since their 1933 meeting. The College of Ozarks has disbanded football since that 1935 game against Arkansas, when Lucky Strike cigarettes sponsored its program cover.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;">The artwork is both stunning and nostalgic. Something you just don't see anymore.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;"><strong>"For 20 years, my life has been about making art which resonated with the largest number of people,"</strong> Geraghty said. "When I saw Andy's program collection, from a compositional standpoint, I couldn't find a flaw. I said, 'What's there not to like?' The question is: What grabs people's attention today when every ad and magazine cover is perfectly staged, airbrushed and PhotoShopped? We're not used to seeing hand-done illustrations anymore, and that's sad because there's an enormous element of class to hand-done art. Our posters reflect a gentler time in America."<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;">As you examine the collection at HistoricFootballPosters.com, you can see the changing of America. There aren't many styles of art which appeal to most everyone, but Geraghty and Moursund have found the vintage look of these game day programs appeal not only to male sports fans, but equally to women. Collectors include academic historians, fans of classic illustration and alums with great institutional pride.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;">Certainly, the posters appeal to those seeking an unusual and affordable gift for a college alumnus. They sell for $35 matted and $70 to $100 framed.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;"><strong>"Buyers range from their teens to their 80s,"</strong> Moursund said. "If they know anybody that went to a college, that was the connection. They didn't even have to be football fans."<br /></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" ><br /> </span> </p></span>Rich Tandlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00217363186948078873noreply@blogger.com1