In the minds of college football fans, however, the two are inexorably intertwined. That's because the Hokies have played Metallica's 1991 hit "Enter Sandman" before their team takes the field for ...

Metallica finally brought “Enter Sandman” to Virginia Tech’s Lane Stadium — 25 years after it became a school tradition as the Hokies’ game-day hype intro.

In a recent ranking from 247Sports Grant Hughes, Virginia Tech and its playing of Metallica's Enter Sandman was the top gameday tradition in college football: ...

"Exit light. Enter night. Take my hand. We're off to never-never land" is what the Virginia Tech Hokies hear before they take the field for a home game at Lane Stadium. And that tradition was ...

At last year's ACC media day kick, Hokies head coach Brent Pry talked about coming out of the tunnel to Enter Sandman and why Virginia Tech has the best gameday atmosphere in the country: "Thank ...

Metallica caused an earthquake during their encore performance of 'Enter Sandman' at Virginia Tech's Lane Stadium on Wednesday, May 7.

What started as a fan's choice between three songs -- "Enter Sandman," "Welcome to the Jungle" and "Sirius" -- when Virginia Tech debuted its new video board in 2000 became an iconic tradition at ...

For the last 25 years, Virginia Tech begins every game at Lane Stadium the same way: by blasting Metallica ‘s “Enter Sandman” while the Hokies take the field.

They are an odd couple to the uninitiated—Metallica, long a Bay Area institution, and Virginia Tech, an unassuming school in the rural South. In the minds of college football fans, however, the ...