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FAM! Next year's going to be fun!

Best duos in Hokie history: Hall & Adibi, 3rd & Tyrod, Georgia & Liz

To quote the Brothers Osborne: "I'm Good For Some But I'm Not For Everyone"

A decade on TKP and it's been time well spent.

Tyrod did it Mikey, Tyrod did it!!

uva - the taint of the ACC
Callused perineum is a symptom of being a uva fan

There's always a lighthouse. There's always a man. There's always a city.

Great end to the season and better things next year too. FAM!

Recovering scientist working in business consulting

Snoopy always gets a leg.

Snoopy always gets a leg.

and when he does......

FAM!

Winning season FAM !!

To quote the Brothers Osborne: "I'm Good For Some But I'm Not For Everyone"

Winning season, bowl game, bowl win, beat loluva, tripped Tommy Jefferson during the race. Great season!!!

FAM - we won a freaking Bowl game. Got to love the momentum the 2024 will have. FAM

Tyrod did it Mikey, Tyrod did it!!

A decade on TKP and it's been time well spent.

I-LOVE-WE'RE-GETTING-THIS-TEAM-BACK BOWL WIN FAM!

A decade on TKP and it's been time well spent.

Fam-tastic!!!!

Go Hokies!

Thank you Coach Pry, other coaches and players, staff.

I love everything!

That is how you start the off season!!

FAM!

Sometimes we live no particular way but our own

I KNEW IT, FAM

We put the final stamp on the season FAM!!!

4 more wins than last season!

FAM!!

uva - the taint of the ACC
Callused perineum is a symptom of being a uva fan

First Bowl win since Fuente had a Beamer roster. FAM

Win over a ranked team!

FAM! The start of the winning season streak under Pry. 41 points against a good defense. Drones with the single game rushing record and the Hokies with their Bowl team rushing record.

Awesome last game of the college football season.

The QB single game record?

the bowl game single game record.

34 short of Vick's QB record.

WHO NEEDS TWO LANES WHEN WE HAVE ONE LANE TO VICTORY

"Exit light..."

Fam...if you build it!

"Take care of the little things and the big things will come."

They will come (back) and ... more will come into the fold!

Ut Prosim Ad Dei Gloriam

362 Yards Rushing FAM
Winning Record FAM
All of today's offense returns next year FAM

Still boggles my mind about this - against a top 10 rushing defense.

This program has - Say it with me: MO-MEN-TUM.

MO-MEN-TUM

MO-MEN-TUM

"Take care of the little things and the big things will come."

MO-MEN-TUM

Pain is Temporary, Chicks Dig Scars
Glory is Forever, Let's Go Hokies!!

MF FAM!

Fam!!!! We back? We back!!! Lookout ACC!!! *if it still exist next year*

Over .500 and bowl win FAM!

Green Wave gets washed out!!

Recap of the Military Bowl..... enjoy today fellas

needs more rain

If you can't handle my shit posts, you don't deserve my memes

FAMMALAMMADINGDONG!

Reach for Excellence!

VT Football: It'll get after ya!

Proud Hokie since 2004.

FAM! FAM! FAM!

I seldom speak to loluva grads, but when I do, I tell them I want large fries.

FAM! That was FUN to watch - never dropped their heads after fumbles - played like winners.

“I'm addicted to placebos. I could quit, but it wouldn't matter”~steven wright

This is so big, didn't let the turnovers get in their heads. Love the team mentality, so many starters and some of those pieces we"re picking up in the portal, can't wait for next year FAM!

The biggest culture thing I saw was Lofton diving for a fumble on special teams. He didn't need to play, but not only did he want to play, he played hard af.

Outside it's night time, but inside it's LeDay

FAM! Legs for everyone!

There's always a lighthouse. There's always a man. There's always a city.

453 to 252 yards. First half wasn't great, but we turned it around in the second and didn't take our foot off the pedal until the final minutes and still picked up a first down with a third string(?) RB and backup QB to finish the game.

Bowl win? FAM!
Winning season? FAM!
Beat a ranked team? FAM
The entire offense returns next year? FAM!!
Happy New Year FAM!

I don't know what a Hokie is, but God is one of them!

FAM. I'm wet. I'm cold. I'm happy as hell. That was the fumble bowl, and I love it that we ran it down their throats

Hell yeah FAM! The boys NEVER. STOPPED. FIGHTING!

I LOVE IT!

Holiday season wins are the best.

"Nooooooooooo!"
~What happened?
"James Franklin to Virginia Tech...."
~Fuck me......*sigh*
"Oh my God.... They're gonna take all our recruits... like WTF bro...."
~*squints eyes in disbelief*

I'M SOAKED TO THE BONE AND I DON'T CARE FAM!! Met Tony Distler's family at the tailgate and had an amazing first game with my fiance. What a day Fam!! Let's go hokies!

"The Big Ten is always using excuses to cancel games with us. First Wisconsin. Then Wisconsin. After that, Wisconsin. The subsequent cancellation with Wisconsin comes to mind too. Now Penn State. What's next? Wisconsin?" -HorseOnATreadmill

Bonus: Sounds like your fiance is a keeper.

She is 100% my other half. She endured all the way until the clock hit all zeros like a champ

"The Big Ten is always using excuses to cancel games with us. First Wisconsin. Then Wisconsin. After that, Wisconsin. The subsequent cancellation with Wisconsin comes to mind too. Now Penn State. What's next? Wisconsin?" -HorseOnATreadmill

330 DONGS!!!

"Hokie religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side, kid." Han Solo

As much as our guys kept their heads in the game, it was good that their team didn't give up and we still shut them down.

And we scored more on them than they allowed all season, the next highest being one of their other two losses of the season, to Ole Miss who scored 37.

Didn't score 30 points in a game last season and did it in every one of our 7 wins. Also, we averaged 43 points per game in our last 4 games of the season.

The only thing stopping our rushing offense was throwing the ball.

And maybe dropping the ball.

Do we think this is a problem or just bad luck? Happened a few times in the season at inopportune times as well.

"Take care of the little things and the big things will come."

Tulane has gotten takeaways all year and the wet conditions didn't help either.

Two fumbles were the ball just coming out of Drones' hands. That's 100% the weather, then a couple others, one a helmet hit - I think almost every time I see the ball get hit by a helmet it comes out - that's more bad luck. Some of the others, the ball just comes out so much easier in heavy rain. Honestly, in dry weather or light rain, I'm guessing we have maybe one or two fumbles (the helmet and MAYBE one other).

The other thing is we caused some turnovers, and even WITH the turnovers, our offense was VERY productive against a good D.

Amazing bowl game, love a good hard nosed running win!

Team fought hard all season, love their grit and that Pry is making positive changes and bringing our identity back.

Stats note (maybe): Not that it matters, but I think Tuten's 9 yard TD run in the 3rd quarter was actually a forward pitch from Drones, maybe we will be able to see it in the GIFtory.

It's so great to be excited about VT football again...GO HOKIES!

It matters to me...I needed 1 receiving yard from Tuten on a 3-way parlay. 2 TDs for Tuten, 88 rushing yards, and 20 receiving yards.

“These people are losing their minds. This is beautiful.”

Lol I knew it would matter to someone's betting/fantasy! Better send in a letter to ESPN or whoever! Go back and watch the play, I really think that was a forward pass

Not bad for a rebuilding year

"When I was growing up, Virginia Tech was a school that was kicking ass and taking names, and it's time we get back to that" - James Franklin

I've been trying to figure out how to think about this stat... I think it (a) speaks to our schedule and (b) speaks to how some teams are match up issues for us, and others very much are not.

Our offense kinda feels like foster defense in his last half decade, in the sense that they were always feast or famine.

I think it's more Bowen and the personnel meshing. After all the criticism last year, Bowen showed that he could adapt to defenses and who was clicking on offense. Still working with some limited skill ability, I think we were just more prone to being hot and cold based on the day, though how it progressed and with bringing in more of the coaches' recruits and who they think fits their scheme, I think it's more indicative of the positive direction than a fluke

If you can't handle my shit posts, you don't deserve my memes

If it were just a matter of personnel meshing, we would not have lost by 30-some points to Louisville.

I do think the OL limitations are a factor - Either you had the talent to over power our OL (eg; Louiseville, FSU), and you beat us, or you couldn't out play our OL (Syracuse, BC, UVA), and we won easy. There was no in between.

I tend to agree that we had limited personnel that good teams could exploit (oline/LBs) that mediocre teams couldn't exploit. There were a number of plays that ours LBs over ran the play yet the RB wasn't good enoughto take advantage and ran into other players. FSU didn't have that issue, they just ran by everyone.

I was a wierd year for VT fans, we beat the bad teams and lost to the good teams and played blah against the mediocre team (NC State). It's been a fun year, I'm loved watching this team, but I'm still not sure how good they are.

I think Louisville was the only game I didn't see this season, so it's hard to say about that one. FSU's defenders were FAST. There wasn't breaking away from those guys the same way we did against other teams. I honestly wonder how much of our OLine play is youth, both from the perspective of experience and older guys having more time in the weight room. Like I want to say it was rare to start anyone younger than a junior, and we've just had misses on the line in terms of ability so we're starting younger guys who might be more competitive in the ACC with another year or two under their belts.

I feel like this is trap thinking. Even with a poor Strength of Schedule, it's still beating 7 teams by 17+ points. Mediocre teams I'd think are not likely to have a large margin of victory over mediocre to inferior opponents. Plus, if SoS played into it, I'd think you might see a team or two in there that had one of the worst SoS rankings. Like a big fish in a G5 pond.

I'd say you should take a look at prior seasons and see how they compare. Yeah, some of our wins were against crappy teams, but (without bothering to actually check) I feel like we haven't managed a lot of convincing wins the last few years, even against the shit teams.

I think if we had a solid offensive line and better LB play, we beat NCSU and are much more competitive with Loserville with the exact same offensive skill players. FSU would still have blown our doors off, most likely. Looking at this team going into next year, those are the key areas we need to improve if we want to be a factor in the ACC race. Good news is that it looks like those are exactly the areas Pry and staff are focusing on.

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I feel like we haven't managed a lot of convincing wins the last few years, even against the shit teams

Agree

I think if we had a solid offensive line and better LB play, we beat NCSU and are much more competitive with Loserville with the exact same offensive skill players.

Agree

Looking at this team going into next year, those are the key areas we need to improve if we want to be a factor in the ACC race. Good news is that it looks like those are exactly the areas Pry and staff are focusing on.

Agree

I'm not saying this team is bad or undeserving. Just that it very unusual for a team to win big over bad teams and lose big to good teams. We're a very average team (maybe slightly better), and displayed it in unusual ways.

I agree 800%.

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After the FSU debacle, I can't take any sort of "ranking" from the committee seriously

You will see this game, this upset and this sign next on ESPN Sportscenter. Virginia Tech 31 Miami 7

His decision was made after a phone call with longtime Virginia Tech assistant coach Bud Foster. All Foster told him was, "We win. They don't."

Green wave? More like green trickle.

I love everyone in this bar, fam!!

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Green trickle requires a doctor's visit! 🤣

"Take care of the little things and the big things will come."

At LEAST one.

FAM! WE WON A BOWL GAME! WINNING SEASON! RETURNING ALL THOSE PLAYERS! WE'RE MOVING UP!

BEAT THE GREEN WAVE, BRING ON THE CRIMSON TIDE! WE CAN BEAT THEM TOO!

LET'S GO!


Alexa play Midnight Rider

Oh boy...gonna need to take a lot of cold showers this offseason

Outside it's night time, but inside it's LeDay

Had enough of that during this game!

From the 2018 VT-uva game-"This is when LEGENDS are made!"

Rob Peterson
VTCC
Charlie/Hotel Company
Class of 1999

Five star get after it 100 percent Juice Key-Playing. MAN

Saw those edge rushers get up field too far on a couple of our big runs 😍

Go Hokies!

Who would have thought- Bowen tearing up a team with the Fuente play (IVR)

Five star get after it 100 percent Juice Key-Playing. MAN

We just fucked up a top rush defense on the ground.

FAM

we went from 122nd in rushes over 30 yards to 1st. Improving by 14....

FAM

(add if applicable) /s

122nd in rushes over 30 yards to 1st. Improving by 14....

A decade on TKP and it's been time well spent.

Looking through the ESPN play by play, I only count 3 runs for 30+ yards in the game, am I misinterpreting your "14"?

Drones for 51
Tuten for 44
Drones for 38

Season totals. We had 2 last year. 16 this year.

(add if applicable) /s

Ahhhh that is much more plausible lol, thank you. Leg.

And I believe that might be most in the nation - thought I heard a report state that in the post game presser.

Yes tied with liberty. For 40+ runs we are 2nd because Marshall is 1st, so I feel like we helped them a bit too much.

Yeah I'm realizing how awful my wording was.

2022 we were ranked 122 with 2

2023 we are 1st with 16.

(add if applicable) /s

All smiles FAM rain be damned. Mixing up mudslides in honor of the win.

Rob Peterson
VTCC
Charlie/Hotel Company
Class of 1999

Fam

If we're going to compete for an ACC championship we need to upgrade at least 2 starting OL spots, MLB, Safety and add another DT to the rotation

FAM, that's a problem for future Pry, not today Pry.

Let's just enjoy this win right now!

Touchdown Tech!!

We almost beat the "over" by ourselves - FAM!!

Sorry if already posted (and if so I'll drink, already drinking), but did anyone hear an update about Stephen Gosnell? Looked like he was down holding his knee pretty bad in the 1st and never heard an update.

The only "update" I saw was they showes him on the sideline in good spirits talking with teammates later in the game and they mentioned he was able to run off the field

Danny is always open

Sorry that was Benji

Multiple Gosnells will get after ya

Rob Peterson
VTCC
Charlie/Hotel Company
Class of 1999

Great season, everybody. This bowl game win was a great way to set the tone and carry that Big Mo' into next year.

You know things are pretty good because nobody is calling for any coordinators jobs.

Is that allowed?

I've never been in this position and I've been a rabid Hokie since 2003!

A decade on TKP and it's been time well spent.

If this ain't That Dam Truth(TM)

21st century QBs Undefeated vs UVA:
MV7, MV5, LT3, Grant Wells, Braxton Burmeister, Ryan Willis, Josh Jackson, Jerod Evans, Michael Brewer, Tyrod Taylor, Sean Glennon, and Grant Noel. That's right, UVA. You couldn't beat Grant Noel.

If you told me we'd have 400+ rushing yards in the bowl game after we lost to Marshall...

I would have said, what bowl game?

"Take care of the little things and the big things will come."

I'd have assumed you meant that we gave up 400+ rushing yards.

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fam

Onward and upward

Gotta admit, DC was right about shit weather. Kudos to him on that. Great win though. Could have been a lot more convincing which is really good. For the last decade we've heard about "one or two plays" being the difference in close losses. Now we're good enough to make several mistakes and still beat a good team by 3 scores. That's big, big

Onward and upward

Pry agrees with you. Funny clip Fuga posted on Triumph NIL live stream from the post game locker room has Pry yelling "Should have been fu*king 55-3" in the background.

Good, that's what needs to happen to get better obsess on the little things, 55-3 was 41-20 tonight, but it might be 27-34 against a top 10 team, and then we are back to complaining about 1 play.

We punked an 11 win, ranked opponent.

When was the last time that happened?

Never Forget #1 Overall Seed UVA 54, #64 UMBC 74

OSU was the last time we beat a team to have 10+ wins in a season. The last time we beat a team that already had double digit wins was Cincinnati in 2008, but that was 20-7. In 2007 we beat a 10 win BC by 14. Which brings us to Texas in 1995 by 18 points as the only other game I could find that VT beat a team with 10 or more previous wins in the season by 3 scores

FAM, first in person bowl game victory since 2000

First in person bowl victory ever!

Blessed to say my first in person bowl victory was also VT's first bowl victory ever - Peach Bowl 1986- NYE in Atlanta! Rushed thee field after the game winning field goal. Roommate and I hugging each other and giving high fives; turned to others to do same; he told me later "I turned around to say 'Let's go down to the field 'but you were already gone!"

From the 2018 VT-uva game-"This is when LEGENDS are made!"

Sigh

Can't believe the season is over. What the fu...

What the fu....

Short for "what the Fuente." Meaning lost in confusion or totally screwed up, as in:

We are fu...', SnaFu..., ACC officiating is Fu....

Synonyms: Corn, WaHoo football. Antonyms: Pry, Bud.

Sometimes we live no particular way but our own

Double Fu = CORNFU

Rob Peterson
VTCC
Charlie/Hotel Company
Class of 1999

BudFu...the act of a legendary defensive coordinator propping up a terrible G5 offensive coordinator and head coach!

"Take care of the little things and the big things will come."

FAM. Bowl win in our own backyard. The Fam made it all the way to the end. Still drying out 24 hours later

I told him I’d crawl on my hands and knees to be the DL coach at Virginia Tech. Now, all of a sudden, I’m sitting in this chair and I told him I’d still crawl on my hands and knees to work here. I just want to be here.
JC Price

I will forever compare this game to Miami in 2009 in the best way possible

"The Big Ten is always using excuses to cancel games with us. First Wisconsin. Then Wisconsin. After that, Wisconsin. The subsequent cancellation with Wisconsin comes to mind too. Now Penn State. What's next? Wisconsin?" -HorseOnATreadmill

why not 03 aTm?

I been here since day 0.

I was but a wee teenager at that point and not able to attend that one lol. But your point stands!

"The Big Ten is always using excuses to cancel games with us. First Wisconsin. Then Wisconsin. After that, Wisconsin. The subsequent cancellation with Wisconsin comes to mind too. Now Penn State. What's next? Wisconsin?" -HorseOnATreadmill

I was in the stands. Row QQQQQ in the east stands.

I still haven't thawed out

Never Forget #1 Overall Seed UVA 54, #64 UMBC 74

My first game. Painted up with some friends and stayed the whole time. We, too, we're at the top of the east stands. Maybe not 5Q tho

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My memory of that game

Pretty sure I watch the game through the precipitation forming below me

Never Forget #1 Overall Seed UVA 54, #64 UMBC 74

Had a prime spot in the north end zone, so some friends and I painted a "Sportscenter Coming Up Next" sign on a twin sized bedsheet and got on TV at the end of the game. Of course everyone at home was without power thanks to the hurricane so they didn't get to see it, so I contacted the video dept. in Jamerson and they were able to make me a copy to send home. I still have it on VHS somewhere, I definitely need to get it digitized.

I'm here for the memes, I just stay for the football.

First year I had season tix, 5Q on the far north aisle. The year we did not play GT. That was some rain. For nothing. But I had a great time.

Sometimes we live no particular way but our own

Thunder bowl was an incredible amount of rain. Chicken hill was a river.

I LOVE THIS TEAM FAM!!!

3 wins last year -> 7 this year = wins increased by 233%
So logically, 7 wins this year -> 16.33 wins next year.

You can't argue with math, fam!

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FAM! - just coming around this morning- came down with the 'rona yesterday. Only caught most of the second half in a bit of a fog

My wife takes the kids and leaves the house while I watch my Hokie games.........nuff said

FAM! Yes this was our first bowl win since 2016, but when was the last bowl that we won by 3 scores? 2 scores?

Also I liked how CBP didn't follow the usual post-game interview script ("gotta give the other team a lot of credit...") and instead said we could have played better and that the victory margin should have been even bigger. I love this guy.

I'm still drying out.

FAM!

"Yes I am going to have favorites. My favorites are high production and low maintenance players, coaches, and staff." - JMFF

From the rain? or from drinking? or both? /s

From the 2018 VT-uva game-"This is when LEGENDS are made!"

"Yes I am going to have favorites. My favorites are high production and low maintenance players, coaches, and staff." - JMFF

Fam! My wife's water broke as time was running out, and we had our first daughter yesterday morning! Good day all around.

Edit: thanks everyone!

Congrats!

Wow, and I thought I was excited for the win! Congrats on your new Hokie addition and hopefully you can celebrate her first birthday somewhere warm for the next bowl game.

They'll have to celebrate off day and in the following calendar year cuz it'll be a January 1 bowl

I'm still figuring this out.

Nice of your wife to wait until the game was well in hand. That's a pro move right there.

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Almost. He did probably miss the trophy presentation. /s

He got a personal trophy instead! Congrats!

Could have named her "Tulane", but that's probably a bit too much to ask.

Kyrona?

Every second counts

Kevin

That's awesome! Congratulations to all of you!

A decade on TKP and it's been time well spent.

Congratulations!!!

FAM... we gotta make this plaid for our man!

Is coronavirus over yet?

Plaid is pretty hard to do now that the threads are TKP only.

Plan for the worst and hope for the best, not the other way around.

Make plaid 50 or 75?

"Nooooooooooo!"
~What happened?
"James Franklin to Virginia Tech...."
~Fuck me......*sigh*
"Oh my God.... They're gonna take all our recruits... like WTF bro...."
~*squints eyes in disbelief*

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Goal posts are meant to be moved

"Nooooooooooo!"
~What happened?
"James Franklin to Virginia Tech...."
~Fuck me......*sigh*
"Oh my God.... They're gonna take all our recruits... like WTF bro...."
~*squints eyes in disbelief*

-DCwilson

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CONGRATS FAM!!! Geeze that was a great day

"The Big Ten is always using excuses to cancel games with us. First Wisconsin. Then Wisconsin. After that, Wisconsin. The subsequent cancellation with Wisconsin comes to mind too. Now Penn State. What's next? Wisconsin?" -HorseOnATreadmill

Congrats!

My wife's water broke as time was running out

Option 1. Does that mean you left early and didn't see the whole game?
Option 2: Timing is everything!

Ut Prosim Ad Dei Gloriam

Luckily we were already at the hospital to be induced, so I saw the whole game sitting in the delivery room! Heading home today!

Literally FAM fam!

"Why gobble gobble chumps asks such good questions, I will never know." - TheFifthFuller

A bunch of guys stepped up throughout this season, but shoutout to Pheldarius Payne. He had limited stats at Nebraska (as a DE I believe), got hurt last year, and I think most of us probably weren't expecting much from him this year.

But damn did he make his last year count. He was a force down the stretch and it was lot of fun to watch him wreck plays.

If only he had another year!

"Take care of the little things and the big things will come."