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'Can we do that again?'
One of the best parts of game day is the grand entrance through the tunnel
Updated: April 10, 2013, 11:00 AM ET
By
Ryan McGee | ESPN The Magazine
This story appeared in ESPN The Magazine's August 23, 2010, issue. Subscribe today!
"Do you hear it?"
Tyrod Taylor and his fellow Hokies were crammed chest-to-back inside the Avery Tunnel, a 200-foot-long portal that dips into the ground alongside the practice fields before spilling onto the north end zone of Virginia Tech's Lane Stadium. "I said, do you hear it?!"
As his veteran teammates barked the question into his face mask, Taylor, a freshman, ...
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