IT'S OFFICIAL ... TONIGHT - COLLEGE FOOTBALL SEASON IS BACK. THE FIRST THRUSDAY NIGHT GAME OF THE SEASON KICKING OFF IN LESS THAN AN HOUR. ONE OF OUR LOCAL TEAMS WILL HIT THE GRIDIRON TONIGHT. THE V-M-I KEYDETS HITTING THE ROAD FOR THEIR SEASON OPENER TAKING ON THE WILLIAM AND MARY W-F-X-R SPORTS DIRECTOR JERMAINE FERRELL JOINS US LIVE FROM ZABLE STADIUM IN WILLIAMSBURG FOR ALL THE ACTION. JERMAINE, IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE THESE TWO "IN-STATE RIVALS" HAVE MET ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD. GOOD EVENING DREW AND RON, THE LAST TIME THESE TEAMS MET YOU HAVE TO GO BACK TO 2011. VMI HAS LOST THE LAST 25 MEETINGS WITH THEIR LAST WIN OVER WILLIAM AND MARY IN 1985. FOR VMI HEAD COACH DANNY ROCCO, THIS IS 41ST SEASON OPENER AS A COACH AND 18TH AS A HEAD COACH. WHEN COACH ROCCO LOOKS AT SEASON OPENERS THEY HAVE A SPECIAL MEANING FOR HIM AS HE GETS READY FOR KICKOFF. 01-0506-20IT'S JUST A REMINDER OF HOW PRIVILEGED IT IS AND WHAT AN HONOR IT IS TO BE I'LL IN THIS GAME TO REPRESENT THIS INSTITUTION AND TWO IT'LL BE THE HEAD COACHVMI TAKING ON WILLIAM & MARY FROM VMI TAKING ON WILLIAM & MARY FROM ZABLE STADIUM TONIGHT AT 7