| Virginia Tech 45 - Miami 56 |
Unseasonably-cold and snowy weather blanketed Blacksburg during the Miami game week, and the wind-chill hovered in the teens as the Hokies boarded buses to start the trip for their final regular season game of 2002.
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Boarding their Air Miami charter at Roanoke Regional Airport, the Tech travel party was looking forward to heading to South Florida - both for the warm weather and to play a great football game against the nation's top-ranked team.
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Flying out of the Star City, the team and staff were treated to great views of the snow covered mountains surrounding Roanoke, the New River Valley and Virginia Tech.
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At the Miami Orange Bowl, Coach Frank Beamer chatted with ABC announcers Bob Griese and Brad Nessler during the team's walk-through.
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The Hokies stayed at the swank Marriott Biscayne Bay, overlooking the waterfront, a cruise ship port and the downtown Miami skyline.
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More than 6,000 Tech fans made their presence felt among the crowd of 76,108 gathered to watch the Hokies take on No. 1 Miami.
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