Students who carried their lunch often did so in a re-purposed pail or tin of some kind. And then everything changed. The year: 1950. You might as well call it the Year of the Lunch Box ...

These are just a few of the characteristics that make the famed Lunch Pail what it is, a battered and rusting box that became the identity of Virginia Tech football's defense. The tradition of the ...

“I told them that what would win it again for us was our ability to be a lunch pail team. We need to be workers.” To drive this blue collar, hard working approach home, Walton installed a ...

BLACKSBURG, Va. -- A battered lunch pail has long been the trademark of Virginia Tech's rough-and-tough defense. Virginia Tech's lunch pail will carry a card with the ...

BLACKSBURG, Va. — Pierson Prioleau waited two long years to get his hands on the lunch pail, so the moment he finally did, right after Virginia Tech’s season-opening win against Rutgers in ...

Coach Steve Donahue has emphasized grit and hustle in his tenure. This year, the lunch pail has come to symbolize the team's commitment to that mentality. Credit: Chase Sutton Grit is an intangible.

Fred Carlson of Hillsboro went to grade school in the 1960s, the early part of the lunch pail craze. "But I never had one," he said, hands in his pockets. One look at his home, however ...

BLACKSBURG — The lunch pail is punching off the clock. The iconic symbol that defined Virginia Tech’s defense during the Bud Foster-era won’t be given out to players anymore on a weekly basis.

Students who carried their lunch often did so in a re-purposed pail or tin of some kind. And then everything changed. The year: 1950. You might as well call it the Year of the Lunch Box ...