Congrats Coach! You took a program that was bottom of the conference for over a decade and built it into one of the best programs in the ODAC. Proud to have been part of the ride.
#RunItAgain
#Tempo
Not to be that guy but the last couple years there were a lot of fans wishing we had hired Elko. This is why you hire a guy that sees VT as something more than a springboard to a bigger gig.
I love that when there is a potential shortage of something the mindset becomes "get all I can" and not "conserve what I can." Zero community mindset. Making a potential problem an actual problem. And it only takes several hundred in every region to create an issue.
Less than 43k is the smallest crowd for a VT game at Scott Stadium since the stadium expanded. Kind of surprised VT didn’t bring more people here like they claimed they were
I normally don't white knight stuff like this but the amount of insecure trolls in the comments saying "not a sport" is sad. Congrats to Keely she was absolutely dialed in today.
I’m seeing a lot of folks talking about “false starts coming off a bye.” As someone that played collegiate football I have never jumped offsides because of something a coach did/didn’t do. I have jumped offsides because I was getting beat & was focused getting a step on a DL
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Since is being asked I'll put this out there. At this point the benefits of firing a coach far outweigh the risks. If the goal is to compete for an ACC title every season & potentially make the playoff once every 6 years then Fu ain't the guy. I'm done with the mediocrity.
Fenway Bowl between Virginia & SMU has been canceled because of COVID issues at Virginia, sources told
@ActionNetworkHQ
. It’s 2nd bowl cancellation after 18 bowls were canceled last year
Pry gotta get better at balancing calling the defense and managing the game or he needs to pass the defense call sheet over to Marve. Probably a 9 point difference in the game.
The way VT leads the way on helmet testing is pretty dope. Regardless of how you feel about concussion data and protocol in the sport improving the headgear to prevent them is pretty badass.
Man you see the love this team and atmosphere gets when we get just a little gas. Purdue double delay aside this team has absolutely made Lane feel formidable again.
Virginia Tech at home on Thursday night just feels right. This has the big-game feel that used to exist for every Thursday night college football game. I know it technically isn’t a “big game,” but it feels that way.
I met a ton of cool people this weekend and no disrespect to any of those folks but this was by far my favorite. Nothing but love for
@CoachDrones
! Shoutout to
@KyronDrones
for capturing this impromptu meeting this morning after my phone was dead the entirety of Friday night.
Can’t have 5 turnovers and 150 yards in penalties and beat anyone, no matter the talent or lack thereof. Difference between a big win and a narrow loss.
So I Intentionally refrained from touching the Hokie Stone since I got here in May. I wanted to wait until Game 1 to do it the right way - so proud to do it with Coach Young and this team.
Cred: 🗣
@JM_Squarepants
🎥
@JordanLong_4
🔮 SC ➡️ VT 🔮
I’ve joined
@EvanGWatkins247
and
@AnnaH247
in placing a crystal ball pick for the
#Hokies
to land QB AJ Brand out of Irmo High School in Columbia, South Carolina.
Why? ⬇️
🍨:
You know
@NCAA
this stuff starting to feel a little personal. Like our traditions and customs are specifically frowned upon by the NCAA establishment. This one might be worth the fine. Maybe then the NCAA will listen. And maybe...just maybe...someone will say take your rule...
Got this from Tech sideline. This is crazy. No Enter Sandman....
The NCAA told VT it will be fined if Enter Sandman is played.
Brad Wurthman said this at Blacksburg Sports Club last week.
2022 Natl. Soil Judging Contest - Group Judging Results:
1. Virginia Tech
2. Univ. of Rhode Island
3. West Virginia Univ.
4. Utah State
5. Univ. of Minnesota
6. Univ. of Maryland
7. Univ. of Arkansas
8. North Carolina State
9. Univ. of Wisconsin Platteville
10. Perdue Univ.
Up there with Marshawn Lynch for best pre-big game media interactions of all time. Congrats to Corey Moore on being selected to the College Football Hall of Fame. Long overdue.
@UtProsim540
Eh…those people chose to live near a stadium that shakes the ground, fires a canon, & shoots off fireworks 7+ Saturdays each fall. Having a single location for these types of events helped with crowd & noise management for the town. Driving that underground is counterintuitive.
What
@SonsofSatVT
has done with opening a platform for the student athlete podcasts is one of the best things to happen to the VT podcast game this year. Kudos fellas and looking forward to hearing from
@mansoordelane
!
#Hokies
,
We are excited to announce that
@mansoordelane
will be hosting a weekly podcast to highlight his life as a Virginia Tech Student Athlete.
“Enter Delane” will be the 4th show hosted by a current athlete at Virginia Tech.
Episode 1 airs this weekend!
There’s not an organization, institution, establishment, foundation, federation, association, corporation, program, franchise, group, unit, conglomerate I hate more than Virginia Polytechnic Institute. LETS. GO. HOOS. ⚔️🔸🔹
When we talk about the culture being absolutely flipped in Blacksburg this is a big part of it too. The relationships being built here aren’t just transactional.
So happy for my guy
@DawainL
‼️ You won’t find a better teammate, person, and worker! Showed up every single day no matter the circumstances! So proud of you!
#BadBoyz4life
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Virginia Tech has one of the most storied programs in college football history.
But time has gone on and the Hokies haven’t been what they used to be.
That will change in the Brent Pry era.
I went to Blacksburg, VA to sit down with Coach Pry and learn about his plan to bring
I need the same energy from all those "nothing will change, this will just hold the party host responsible for behavior" folks. We said it would change Center St. We're already seeing it happen.
#Hokies
This week we welcome
@CoachJoeRudolph
onto the show to talk about his group & the progress being made in the running game. We also recap a tough loss to UNC & breakdown what to expect from a run-heavy Panthers team this week at Pitt.
#LGH
The shooting at the University of Virginia on Sunday, in which three people were killed, stirred memories of other violent episodes at the school and in the city of Charlottesville, Virginia, in recent years.
The amount of tampering going on right now is nuts. Give players all the money you want once they decide to move on but enticing them into the portal is wild.
@CougarTrainee
The Grant Wells apologists just look goofy at this point. Drones absolutely has room for improvement but arguing he doesn’t give us the best chance to win is clown behavior.
Whit said 5-6 is good enough for me as long as you beat those guys from Charlottesville after going a month without sniffing a win. Whit said a step above poverty is good enough.
"Scott Stadium was a neutral site at best that just happened to have a V-Sabre on the 50 yard line."
The unfortunate truth for UVA is that...It Means More In Blacksburg
From this week’s All-ACC: Me and
@aadelsonESPN
talk with
@HokiesFBall
coach Brent Pry about Kyron Drones’ impact, the matchup with Louisville and giving his coaching staff martial arts training.
I support NIL & have for years. What’s happening now goes well beyond athletes being able to profit from name image & likeness. The NCAA has completely abdicated all regulatory & oversight duty. This is essentially pay for play as long as the money isn’t directly from the school.
I'm sure this is an example of an older white guy trying to use something he saw on Twitter to seem cool but when you're trying to rebuild your money-making program this is an unnecessary misfire.
UVA fans never wants to talk about actual football. It's either their natty's in Olympic sports or some yarn about how their almost Ivy League. Lisa it is Thanksgiving weekend. I don't care about anything but the Commonwealth Cup.
Give me every single one of these 10 songs against whatever the Wallen’s and Aldean’s are putting out. Six years later this is still the tightest open to close country album of my generation.
#Hokies
it was an absolute blast getting to chop it up with
@Coach_Mines
last week. Very appreciative of him taking the time to share some of his journey, his approach to recruiting, and the mentality it takes to win. If you want to hear more hit that link!
#Hokies
Last night was big as we had the pleasure to share our interview with
@Coach_Mines
, bring in our sports data analyst
@SheltonMoss21
to talk Hokies MBB & WBB, & throw out who we'd like to see fill the football staff vacancies. Hit that link!
#LGH
@DonV757_
It's closer to Bud's system than JHams but with some changes...also while they are 4-2-5 base they throw different fronts at the offense depending on gameflow, personnel, etc. Will run Cover 2, Cover 3, will go 0 with a hold backer underneath. Think a more modern Bud system.