To kick off the 2010 college football season, I wanted to renew my acquaintance with Virginia Tech’s program. For me, the years with Sean Glennon were sort of a turd in the punch bowl as far as my appreciation of the team.

Additionally, players like Ike Whitaker and Cory Holt haven’t exactly lived up to the hype that came with their signing. Until Tyrod Taylor’s performance last season, I feared he’d fall into the same group.

Led by Taylor, the Hokies are the preseason favorite to win the ACC. As with every year, if they run the table (especially including a defeat of Boise State to open the season), they’re in contention for the BCS National Championship.

But it hasn’t always been that way.

In honor of the Hokies’ current stature, a ranking of those who, other than head coach Frank Beamer himself and Bruce Smith, have done the most to get VT respect as a national program. These are the top 10 quarterbacks in Virginia Tech Hokies history (with a couple of “bonus” mentions to open).

One small note: in circumstances where I was unable to locate a picture for a player, I used the Hokie Bird instead.  In those cases, not only was that player not the Hokie Bird, but Virginia Tech was probably known as the VPI Fighting Gobblers at the time.

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