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Metallica helps Cal prep for its Friday night visit to Virginia Tech

October 23, 2025

By Jeff Faraudo, California Golden Bears on SI: Cal’s first-ever game at at Virginia Tech’s Lane Stadium on Friday night also gives coach Justin Wilcox an opportunity to return to his teen-age musical roots.

The Bears will be serenaded with Metallica’s “Enter Sandman” as the Hokies take the field. The ground-breaking heavy-metal band was a big part of the soundtrack of Wilcox’s life growing up in Oregon, as he explains in the video above.

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