[Mark Umansky]
Who: Virginia Tech Hokies (0-1, 0-0 ACC) vs Vanderbilt Commodores (1-0, 0-0 SEC)
When: Saturday, September 6, 2025 at 7:30 PM ET
Where: Blacksburg, VA | Lane Stadium (65,632)
Watch/Listen: ACCN | Virginia Tech Sports Network
Spread: VT -2
Weather: 69°F Thundershowers
Series: Virginia Tech leads the all-time series, 6-4. Brent Pry is 0-1 vs the Commodores.
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LETS GOOOOOOOO!
HOKIES!!!
I have hope today. I really do.
Do we know anything about depth chart/injuries/suspensions?
I've travelled to the future and back to tell you. Hokies by 14.
Ok, bets are going out.
Banner seen hanging from a fraternity house in Blacksburg "Lock up another Pavia Go Tech!"
Must win for Pry. Excited to see more football-I am curious how SS will adjust to the Vandy offense vs Marve last year. Fingers crossed!
2 inch Porterhouse FTW tonight baby! Medium rare of course and nothing but salt and pepper.
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S & P, the choice for me!
This guy gets it.
Just finished off my own ribeye and mellowing with a glass of red
Looks like the weather is cooperating as well. Happy for all concerned.
So... The Clemson game hasn't even gotten to halftime yet. VT-Vandy is supposed to start at 7:30. I'm guessing ESPN+ is going to be where we land for a while?
Hopefully they will bump dodgeball and kickball off of ESPNEWS...
Dumb that it's on ACC Network regardless. Instead Army at Kansas State on ESPN, Ball State at Auburn on ESPNU, and Arizona St at Miss St on ESPN2. Make it make sense.
Ohio at WVU got the ESPNU timeslot right now so another "big profile matchup"
I came here to find this out.
ESPNEWS, maybe?
Edit: OK, drinking, I see mole23829 mentioned that already.
Randall's kickoff return makes it look like Clemson thought it over during halftime.
Seems to me that ACCN should be giving instructions on how to watch the start of the VT game, unless they're going to cut over to that game in 5 minutes.
The game isn't showing on the ESPN+ app anywhere.
We're gonna get boned, aren't we.
This happens to so many of our games.
ESPN NEWS FAM
My middle son and I put together the mini-block Hokiebird today for good luck. Hopefully he leads us to victory.
Pics or it didn't happen😂😂
Obviously joking- That's awesome. My boys got out of building stuff anymore. Now it's all fishing and riding bikes. No complaints, but loved building stuff with them.
My wife and I started earlier today but we need a fucking microscope to read the directions
I don't feel so bad now. My son had no issues seeing the instructions, but I had to take off my glasses and get up close.
We were taking pictures on my phone and blowing them up cause we don't have a magnifying glass. We did not finish today.
I'm confused, I just turned ACC Network on - was there a long delay in this game or something? How does Troy/Clemson still have 3 minutes to go in the 3rd if we're supposed to kick off at 7:30???
Big weather delay
Long weather delay for lightning in the 1st quarter.
Weather delay.
So they aren't even gonna mention anything for those tuning in to see the VT game?
Seems like in this day of technology and streaming, they could have some arrangement they could make, instead just ignoring the VT and Vandy fans.
Edit:
OK, they just mentioned it right after I posted.
Thanks. I KNEW you could do it. They even got it done before Enter Sandman.
ESPNNEWS
I need Clemson to get off my TV
Steve Addazio. Look at all these dudes.
I love that they're leaning into the dude thing with him broadcasting now.
ESPNNEWS still says Dodgeball but it is our game
Love that you can barely hear the two announcers over the students singing. Good job folks!
It was pretty cool seeing Clark Lea smiling during the stadium singing
Terion Stewart is going to be in. Big plus
Is it though? So far I think I like Hawkins better.
Idiot announcer saying maybe no one team has more at stake today in the ACC race than Hokies....ummm not an ACC game so not much impact on ACC race
Although how many teams playing back to back SEC and in prime time on cupcake weekend
Btw, for anyone that hasn't checked the other thread, the cuzzins lost to Ohio University.
Clark Lea looks like Lex Luthor
Nice run by Hawkins..that looked dead
That patience that Hawkins just showed was sick
Prioleau has to get around that end faster
Would be so nice to get the TD here for a change.
I can hear the Stick it in chant on TV.
Need some misdirection
Man if Drones keeps that he walks in
No catch
What a catch!!
BS we were in end zone before whistles
Yeah would have like to see when the timeout was called and when we snapped it.
Loved that playcalling, excluding that wide zone to the right. That side can't hold up well.
Nice drive by the offense. But we really need to start getting 6 and not 3.
It's sad that it's at least slightly refreshing to me that Addazio is on the ACC network being an ACC homer. In years past I feel like the color commentator was actively cheering for the out of conference team
Not a catch.
Can't blame the refs for that one.
We'll take the three.
Announcers: Vanderbilt runs 14 plays, now 15 and takes the field goal.
Sheesh. What a pair of tools.
Again.
How did we get sec refs for this game?
The game at Vandy had ACC refs
The HOKIE defense is present tonight ... for three downs
Who was that quarterback that we beat up so bad some years ago that he had two tampons in his nose cuz he was bleeding so bad? Cantwell? Was that the guy's name? I'd like for us to do that again to this douche.
Yeah bowl game against loserville, Hunter Cantwell
Also I believe cholera got beat up pretty bad too
You're saying we need to Hunter Cantwell Diego Pavia.
Yes. Yes we do.
That kid was tough. My God he took a beating but kept at it.
He sure did. Gotta give him credit. Lesser men would have quit but he kept coming back for more.
Stupid camera missed the pick
Ben Bell with the pressure forcing the INT. Two great plays from him already.
I like it when #0 catches interceptions... all made possible by a great DL push
Arm punt.
That was a pressure pick
Bell all over the field on that drive.
What did I say about interceptions?
We are getting penetration on every play.
Eat shit Diego...
We found a real D.C. this year.
Maybe you can go cry to your lawyer to sue for more eligibility douche
I know we've earned these bottom of the barrel broadcasts, but I've watched several high school games with better production on ESPN this year.
We missed the kickoff after the FG due to the damn commercial blackout.
And then the Defense showed up again Way to go HOKIES!
Holy crap I thought Drones was chucking that one into the stands
There were three different places I thought it was going and the actual target wasn't even on the screen
WHO THE F IS HE THR...oh there's tucker
Flat was wide open there
Let's go boys!!!
Red zone again. Now please, let's finish with an offensive TD here.
I love how Drones just took it to Sewell there
We are playing BIG BOY football tonight!
Damn Drones has to take a better angle on that last run. Should have scored. Allowed defender to use sideline
Stewart with a huge block on that Drones run near the end zone.
This is conservative as hell.
Can we please actually try to get into the EZ??
Nvm
Wish granted!
Terrion stewart didn't get in there, but damn he is built like a damn fire hydrant.
First HOKIE TD of 2025
TD!!
BOOYAH!!! Drones first TD pass.
Touchdown Tech!
Took advantage of the interception.
And it wasn't even a short field! We actually drove the field two times in a row.
Like that we are able to drive the field.
And doing it with ease.
If you can't beat 'em (the Rutgers play)
Join 'em (the Rutgers play)
Maybe offense will gain a little rhythm, confidence.
Having the ball on offense for over 80% of the first quarter (12:16) is a good way to get a lead.
I LIKE HOW THIS GAME IS GOING. MORE! M O R E!
That's two offensive drives that went down the field and produced.
Really early pull there
Our secondary is very suspect
Penetration has been there the whole quarter, our DB's are just always caught on the back foot. Got to establish ourselves.
146 yards in the first quarter
WTH was that?
See my comment above
That was not ideal
No one 30 yards of him....ugh
Vandy's tight ends killing us? Shocker.
The entire secondary was lost on that play.
Definition of how to completely squandered momentum there.
Looks like they bit on a run
These Outside Zones are getting eaten up.
Ja'Ricous Hairston representing Bassett Bengals Football. QB recruited as a TE. The tradition is alive still with the Hokies.
No PI? Hmm..
It's not PI if you tackle him to the ground before the ball gets there...
Used up all our good plays on both sides of the ball in the first two drives apparently
No flag. He was hugging him before the ball got there.
Both arms around Green way before ball got there but nothing
God can we leave them any more open in the secondary. Got bailed out by penalty but damn.
That's a way to make up for the TD.
Holy smokes!!!! Now make them pay
Upping that Havoc rate this year!
Giiliam with the punch 👊
I like our defense more when they're defensing
We got some Dawgs on defense.
Really do not understand throwing there.
Coaches overthinking it again. Run Stewart or Drones, get the first.
WTH was that throw?
Terrible playcall.
That is absolutely not Drones strength
A QB where throwing is not their strength. Sounds problematic.
It was a quick out to a tight window.
He's never made that throw well.
If you're not calling plays the maximize your team's strengths, then you shouldn't be calling plays.
Drones is what he is at this point. If we had somebody better they'd be playing
3rd and 1. Let's throw it.
We know Kyron can't make those throws.
I get that you don't always have to run it on 3rd and short but that type of throw is not drones forte and really not that easy of a throw for many college QBs
No warning channel change....ESPN SUCKS
My brain still reverts to the "Dodgeball" era, when ESPN Ocho was a hilarious joke
"Manscaped Turf Wars Adult Kickball Championship" I can't get more than 2 words of that title to go together and make any sense.
I'm not saying it's optimal, but I've seen worse VT coverage on ESPN than this. At least the game is being aired SOMEWHERE.
It had a small yellow text box noting it.
They did have the "now airing on ACCN" highlighted in yellow for a few minutes...which more notice than we got going the other way from the Clemson game. But they should say something.
3rd and Logan offense
Not one to usually suggest challenging spot to lose a yard but Drones was down at 11 which would have given us a chance at another first down
LETS GO
HOKIES!!!
BOOYAH!!!!
Vandy is playing run every single time. A pop pass would be lethal later in this game.
Oh good call, I feel like we haven't seen that since Sam Rogers was playing
And I cannot get the game on the channel it has switched to here at the hotel.
Nice script reversal to be the team whose QB is running all over the defense for once
KD looks like he's playing with some fire tonight!
I'm back from the pizza run. Holy shit did we score touchdowns??!?!?
Yeah. We may have to buy you some more pizza.
Only if we out score them another 14-7 while I'm gone.
Only one way to find out!
Meat lover's, stuffed pepper jack crust.
Montgomery with a nice arsenal of red zone plays. Not sure we have ever had a coordinator like this. I like.
TOP: 15:23 Good guys, 3:27 Pavers
I can't see any detail on the game feed. Are these designed runs or is Drones running for his life?
Mostly designed runs and read options. He's choosing well on the read options
Design..Drones has had a reasonable pocket so far
It's a lot of fun watching the other team shoot themselves in the foot over and over
Lol...#3 talking shit left and right.
Nice Hold...now go sit down asshole
Where are the LBs???
Keller running out of the gap...shock
Can we leave bigger holes?
Can't stop the run to save our lives right now
And they've got a two-way player
Our defense really needs a turnover
da fuq kind of lb'ing is keller playing?
Looking better now
No way he got that snap off before clock expired
Didn't seem like the last two got off in time, but the play clock mysteriously disappears at 5 seconds, so what do I know
That would have been a nice INT
why does the play clock disappear at 5 seconds on the tv graphic?
Goaccn
I used to have a GPS that would recalculate every time I approached an exit.
Probably the same UVa engineer
Ok, not 0 but I'll take 3 over 7. Now let's score another touchdown before half and show we can have some urgency
Especially since they get ball at half
Need a coach cam with play clock overlay
Maybe we're better off without helmet comms then
TV says Drones was going without helmet comms last score
Man, Mason took a SHOT. Wish those WRs had blocked just a little longer
It was 62 who whiffed
Replay confirmed, good catch!
We were really close to a block in the back
This team is fighting for every yard. They are showing more heart than I've seen in a while
Huge 3rd down here. Either score before half or let Vandy, who will the receive.
How can it be a triple-header with 4 games on the slate?
UVA football doesn't count
ah, good call
There you go Pry. Way to call the TO. Nice!!!!
Oh, Kyron.... I know he took a hit and was rushed but dude...
Never really paid much attention to the clock on TV but the play clock & game clock can be seen to lineup and then stutter (alternately pausing so they de sync). I wonder if it's because one or the other is tied to the stadium clock and has to update
I'll actually be quite happy with a FG here. 20-10 and no time left on the clock for Vanderbilt would be as good as I could reasonably hope for.
I'm happy with any points, but would so much prefer to see this staff go all gas no brakes.
We have got to hit these intermediate routes if we want to be good.
Cmon need a TD going into half
Left side ugly but Drones has to have better clock there
There's going to be some throw away INTs this year...
You see a Blitz coming.
Do we not have check downs???
And then we throw a screen 7 yd behind the LOS on 3rd...
Not to be overly technical, but that was a swing pass not a screen.
I thought it was the perfect call for the pressure inside with zero coverage over the top. All you need there is a couple good blocks and its a TD. We got a decent block or two. I don't hate the call.
Agreed, that was a good call in that situation. High percentage with a potential for high reward.
Would have been a better call on 2nd down...
100%...that was the point...not that it was a bad call completely but they backed off the pressure on 3rd...they wanted an underneath throw
Yeah, that would have been a great call on 2nd down, no doubt.
I'll take it. Not a terrible half by any means, but boy we could be smokin these dudes.
Not the TD I wanted, but that's actually good clock work by Pry! You love to see personal growth, even if it is a few seasons too late 😊
That is a nice job there. Kill the entire rest of the half and end with points to go up by 2 scores. Nice job overall. Let's not get totally out-coached and out-adjusted at the start of the second half for a change.
Good half
Edit: Stones 19:42, Pavers 10:18
I've been one of the most vocal people about Pry's clock management. I thought the staff did a good job at the end of the half there.
We scored points and didn't leave any time left on the clock. That's a win.
It was completely different than any other game. They finally did well at the end of a half.
"I didn't see this last week against Tennessee"
...no one in this timeline did, considering we played South Carolina
lol
This listening to the Tech game on the radio broadcast stream while watching BC-MSU on TV with the sound off is an experience.
So I got the sling day pass and its great. Im not getting hosed by Directv. So anyway, I watched the UVA/NCState game and I dont think we need to worry about either team. It was piss poor football by two teams that were trying to lose the game the most. UVA looks improved from last year but NC State's coordinators were doing downright dumb shit on both sides of the ball and they still won.
That ACC 'powerhouse' commercial sucks.
Please make it stop.
Baby steps. Is this the first good clock management by Pry ever?
Better late than never?
Exactly what I said. Keep that foot in the gas in the 2nd half
I'm not able to watch. Streameast got shutdown
Anybody know any other way to get it free?
It's not free, but stupid cheap- we use Gamma IPTV. Like 30K channels from around the world and a ton of on demand movies/shows. Like $200/yr for 4 simultaneous streams. I might have a link to share in my emails somewhere, let me look
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Watchespn online?
Dave Clawson blinking during half time like he's either sending a message in Morse code or getting ready for a nap. Not sure how that guy coached as "low energy" as he looks in the studio.
Usually a side effect of birth control pills, excessive blinking
Why do you think he ran the slow mesh?
He might be low energy, but I would trade him for pry anyway. That guy can coach
No thanks runs a gimmick offense that is always going to have a ceiling
Edit never mind we'll take him
Coach, yes. Commentate, NO.
We should keep with the offense that doesn't allow drones to think he's sooooo good when his mind is not a factor in the offense. 1 read rpo with some deep shots. Just for the love of god don't make him a pocket passer
Think our defense was getting gashed there a few times. Glad we got the turnovers but I'm not as confident in our D as I was after last week. Lot of mistakes and blown coverages.
Also not happy that were running drones as much as we are. Need him to be healthy through the season. I hate to say the phrase jet sweep but feel we need to stretch a bit to get their rush to slow down.
Keller is fucking lost
That's for sure
Got away with a facemask on the 8 yard gain
Oof, Huisman out for blood
Burgos HAS to make that tackle.
That was awful..so many of our guys right there on that shovel
It'd be nice to see the receiver during the play.
What are out LB's doing???
Running away from the ball
Is the defense looking as bad as it sounds on the radio stream?
How do you give up a 12 yard pass right up middle to RB?
Because your weakside LB is an absolute empty void.
Keller, Short combined have ZERO awareness or aggression
Uhhhhhh, defense.... The second half started.
We lose at least one receiver on very play.
Our linebackers are a problem. Woodson is the only one who has made any sort of a play on the ball so far
Pry deserves the can for this if nothing else.
Our LB play has been horrid.
It truly is mindboggling how we have been so bad at LB, Pry's position of expertise, since he became HC. And now that he's no longer really involved in the D (Siefkes totally running the show, no longer Pry's scheme) the D actually looks significantly improved.
Looks like we lost halftime.
Looks like we didn't even play halftime.....
Playcalling clinic here by Vandy. Our defense is so lost on all the motion.
That drive was embarrassing
D looks lost right now.
Ok our turn - if our offense puts together a good drive i will feel a bit better
but 3's aren't gonna cut it.
need to find the end zone
Lost in all the window dressing and doilies. Terrible start to the half by the D.
The offense needs a long drive now to giveSeifkis time to make some adjustments.
This is typical of the Pry era. No matter how this game ends, his teams cannot play complimentary ball.
Sam Siefkes is getting his ass handed to him.
No eye discipline. Everybody on defense is looking at the ball.
Jerry Kill must've beat some sense into Clark Lea during halftime.
Jerry Kill must have some Hokie Stone Kryptonite that he broke out during the second half.
He didn't have to break it out...our coaching staff handed it to him on a platter by not adjusting the defensive front. Siefkes threw so many looks at SCar but seemed locked in to a single set in 2nd half that clearly didn't work.
Its like we spent the whole off season on sc and then were shocked to check the schedule on monday morning. If I am pry and team I had vandy circled as a must win and their offense as a must stop for the entire off season. They clearly did not.
Maybe what he had was a Siefkes Voodoo doll, and he suck a pin in the part of the brain that makes adjustments.
I still think he did something. That crusty old fart is some kind of bad luck charm for us. It's like the Godfather, when they bring in the guy's brother to glare at the guy who was going to testify against Michael. He gave us the evil eye, and it was over.
Well, either that or they noticed that we had no defense at all in the middle. Not even a pretense.
We did OK until the half time adjustments. But they absolutely broke us in the fourth quarter.
How the fuuuuuuu
We're going to have to score on every possession.
Ayden just bailed Kyron out SO hard.... Jesus christ
Holy shit, great catch
Them Greene boys are something
Damnit Drones just needed to run that ball
That's at least the 3rd bad read he's had on a zone read or RPO
Dude that close just get drones under center and fall forward on fourth.
Our punter sucks.
Uuuuggghhh we're gonna blow it aren't we.
It's a one score game. Pry has to win one eventually. Right?
Law of averages says he should win the next, what, 9?
That's a cowardly decision
Between this and the orioles being no-hit through 8 innings, not a great night for my nerves.
Edit: the orioles being no-hit on the 30th anniversary of Cal breaking Gehrigs record
Ugh. I watched him break the record on tv in my room in O'Shag...freshman year...which you've just reminded me was 30 years ago.
O'Shag fam stand up. Met my best friends in that dorm
I spent 2 years in 413, just to the left of the stairs. I think it was October of freshman year when I finally realized there was a bathroom on the other side of the stairs. I'd been going all the way down the hall for bathroom and showers for a month😂
I was on the 8th floor where the elevator didn't go to. Move in/move out was rough, everything else was great. Especially not having an RA on our floor
At least the Os didn't quit on you and got the no hitter broken and walk off win.
I promise you no one is more shocked than me. I was at the game last night. These two series vs. the Padres and the Dodgers have been wild
Three and out and putting a tired defense that just got worked back out on the field. It's the Virginia Tech way.
But we have 8 defensive lineman packages to rotate in!
turning it off now, what was that,. absolute coward shit
we desperately need to force some punts.
Don't worry, our offense will accommodate this request.
What is a three and out for $2,000, alex?
Their YPC has to be 8 since Halftime.
This game is pretty much over
Actually wild how they haven't come out after halftime yet
Vandy OC earning his paycheck tonight
1st and 20...why don't we try not to let them QB draw for 18 this time?
Andy trying to give us a little help.
Total choke job here in the 3rd.
Here comes the meltdown
Compound shit CB play with a dipshit penalty
Dumb da dumb dumb
We're not gonna win are we.
And this is why we cant beat a P5 opponent.
I'm done with Pry. That was a cowards decision to not go for it.
They arw coaching scared. They are coaching not to lose.
He knows he's coaching for his job right now. Instead of being aggressive he's just coaching not to lose. Disappointing for sure.
I swear to god if they blow this fucking game....
Lovett's regression has been disappointing. Then again, our DB coach would rather tweet motivational quotes than teach them to cover.
My bad, I just tuned into game and we look terrible. Turning off to end my jinx. Good luck gents!
The penalties so much favoring us. We need a damn stop.
They're literally doing everything they can to help us stop them, but we still can't
What the fucking fuck are we doing on D? Where's the hammer we brought last week?
My god, have we not learned to spy this mother fucker?
We can't seem to complete one complete play...let alone two in a row
Fuck you, Pry
You gutless coward. Go back to high school with your pussy ass coaching
Pry sucks fucking Fire him
Wtf
I'm glad I cannot watch this.
Cheetah should take a break from the motivational quotes and teach the corners to turn their damn heads around
Hell yeah. If 17 turns his head there it's an easy interception. What the hell?
kumah trashed him so hard after delane's game against clemson
said he should work on making players better instead of telling them to make their beds
TOP: Stones 22:01, Pavers 22:41
What a swing
Do we just fire Pry now and get a head start on the coaching search?
100%
We will never be better under Brent Pry.
He is 100% inept.
Nice guy....can't coach. His office should be empty by Monday Morning
Agreed. I dont understand how after 3 plus seasons of incredibly consistent ineptitude we can really expect anything else
That would require a level of proactivity we have never demonstrated, but if we lose this game he should be gone before season's end
We are not paying 10 mil to buy out Pry. So just get over that. This is who we are right now.
We fucking should or just fucking fold up the program now
Then fold it. The buy out ain't happening. We can't get money to raise our level and compete....what makes you think we are gonna buy out Pry? Not happening dude.
Then shutter it.
Either we are serious about competing or not. We keep this lame duck horseshit for another year we are just giving ourselves the death penalty.
Sad but I completely agree
Our DBs are absolute garbage. Haven't seen one even come close to getting their head around on a fade
It was 4th and 3 inches you fucking coward
This is where pry can earn his position. Back against the wall. Playing horrible. Need to rally the team.
The only man who has shown capability to rally our team in the last decade is on the opponents sideline right now.
Insane. It's going to happen again isn't it
The stadium might only be half full next weekend.
I can tell you that if we lose this game I'm likely disinterested in anything related to Hokie football for the rest of the season.
Just like Stu Holt, Derek Jones should've been fired in the offseason. Our DB's are AWFUL under him.
Other than JC and (maybe) Mines, every hire Pry has made has been shit.
And JC was already on staff.
Have started to see some rumblings that he's not very popular with the players/they have started to see through his whole Cheetah schtick. Not very encouraging, but he and Pry and their wives are bffs.
Kicker to the rescue
If we don't get a TD here, we're done.
Hate to be the bearer of bad news, but our D is utterly clueless and the O is letting Vandy Blitz at will.
This game is over.
We need a qb that can complete an easy pass 7 yards downfield without scrambling out of the pocket, Dbs who know how to play db, and linebackers that can fill an alley. Anything else?
Coaches that know how to make players better, not worse.
$1,000,000,000 for NIL?
We need a long controlled drive.
I have that feeling that this team is done tonight....
We aren't good enough and don't have enough talent to be this fucking conservative. You have to roll the dice every once in a while. You have to show faith in your team.
We are coaching not to lose. Every game it's not to lose. We don't coach to win, we coach not to lose l.
And that's a great fucking way to lose every fucking time
4th and centimeters and we punt like it's 2005. Who could've possibly seen Vandy's inevitable touchdown coming?
Well our LB's are complete dog shit. Our DB's can't cover and refuse to turn their heads and Vandy is playing with 6 lineman often, completely controlling the LOS. Two drives in a row.
Drones body language tells me to turn this off
This 100%. He is absolutely not a leader.
Yeah he looks like he's already given up
FULL IMPLOSION MODE ACTIVATED
Is there any point in watching the 4Q?
See if the team folds up and quits or plays hard? Not that I really care much about that anymore, but that is something.
Hope Vanderbilt turns it over and we get a spark? Unlikely, but hey, what can you do?
So much for my hope of not getting out-coached after halftime.
This game is over boys.... Jesus......
Drones looks like a deer in the headlights down 3 with 15 minutes to play. He sure does inspire confidence.
Yeah I've just about seen enough. Fire Pry in the locker room after the game. Done with it.
Fire him and hire Jerry Kill right now. We should've had Kill replace Cornelson.
Well that quarter was a complete waste.
Do better.
Rushed 4, got to him.
Complete and utter Collapse.
While opposing Coaches are adjusting at Halftime, ours are playing Candyland with Pry in his office
Can we fire Pry and hire Clark Lee after this game?
What the actual absolute fuck
Drones has the best pocket presence
You gotta bench Drones at this point. He's just not good enough.
Drones is absolutely awful. Horrible body language.. Looks like he's just going through the motions. He's supposed to be a leader here.
I'm glad we have that homerun hire defensive coordinator.
Dude drones just looks defeated.
OL all of the sudden can't block anything.
We have zero identity on offense.
Our identity is we're soft as baby shit.
Fucking 10 ply.
The sack and the throw right into defender were both on Drones. He has no internal clock or ability to see 5 feet in front of his face
Justin Fuente was a significantly better Coach than Brent Pry.
WHAT?
If I wanted to win a Football game, I would take Fuente 100 times out of 100.
If I wanted to have a beer and bullshit around, then Pry
You're not wrong. Fu wasn't stellar, but Pry is so bad that he does make Fu look significantly better by a mile.
Whit shit the bed once then decided to follow it up with explosive diarrhea.
He and Pry should be unemployed by 10 AM Monday morning
I agree. If Sands is truly onboard with fixing athletics, he needs to fire both Whit and Pry tomorrow morning if they lose this game. There has to be some accountability.
Yep. I really don't like feeling like this, but I think it's time to blow it all up. At least show us you care
This might be my last VT game for a long time.
I can't support something this fundamentally broken. I can't support an administration that just doesn't get it. I can't support something that refuses to support itself.
Pry implosion in overdrive here.
looking like a great decision to not buy season tickets this year.
Lane might have 30k people per game the rest of the season
It's about to get UGLY in Blacksburg
This is bullshit they are letting Vandy change the penalty again and again
Why do they got to tease me like that
This team and coaching staff is too stupid to win a game Vanderbilt tried to hand to them.
Of course SEC crew doesn't review that
Everyone watching from home, what did y'all see?
He ducked out of the way and it didn't hit him.
Thanks.
Yeah mind blowingly found a way to dodge it
Vanderbilt is going full Battle at Bristol to give this one back.
Edit: Holy hell why does Vandy have the ball?
They ruled it didn't hit Vandy and didn't review it
CAN WE PLEASE GET A PUNTER THAT CAN KICK
So fucking easy.
Leave their best player wide open at on 3rd and long
3rd and 9 and all our LBs are beyond 1st down marker
I think that has been the case on every 3rd down.
We just can't make a stop.
Yeah they score here it's done. I mean I already feel it's. No momentum for us.
Can we just run blitz every down? It probably can't get worse
If we don't fire Pry after this then we aren't serious about ever being remotely good again.
This game is just coaching malpractice. Same as it was against Vandy last year. Pry is not a FBS head coach. Fuck the money, go into debt and save this school.
Let's just be blunt.
Pry is 100% a Dud.
PSU has not missed a beat on D since he left.
Diaz did every bit as well as him now has a head coaching job and already has a better team than him.
Both DC since have been better
Guy was propped up by having great athletes at Penn State...
Team looks like they've just quit.
Pavia is legitimately knocking out players back. This team and staff is so cooked
What the fuck are Linebackers even for?
Untouched...embarrassed...QUIT
Could we get some coaches with fire like any of the vanderbilt coaches?
No. Our administration would never hire a coach who looks like he has a pulse on the sidelines. Coaches like that might ask for stuff to make the program better.
By December, it will be clear that South Carolina and Vanderbilt both fucking suck. And we don't belong on the same field as either.
Yup reboot it. Clean shop. Clear house.
I think Pry is done. Dead man walking at this point. He's clearly not able to win against any team with a pulse. He should be fired this year and if he isn't I'm not sure I can watch next year
I wouldn't. But Ill happily pay TKPC fees.
Burn it all down. Goddammit.
I mean, at this point the defense isn't getting to sit down much longer than a commercial break before they're back out there to get pounded again. Even if they were capable of making adjustments they wouldn't have time to get them in.
I don't know who ate more paste at halftime, Pry or Drones. Last time I saw offensive execution this bad I was making fun of Robert Anae for it.
Steve fucking addazio sees the adjustment that we need...end story!
There's just no leadership on this team whatsoever. When the going gets tough we fold under Pry. Have you ever seen him yelling and laying into anyone on the sideline? And then our starting QB always looks like he could give two shits at any given time. Just no fire/no leadership/no accountability with this program.
Just writing on his index card with a red pen
I'm not even mad, I'm impressed...
Oh and just wait, now the offense will start to move the ball and give you just an ounce of hope, don't fall for it.
UVA is better coached than we are. They at least put up a fight for a full game
Oh that game is going to be UGLY. Like, 2011 in reverse.
Best exit in college football.
Game over.
Season over.
Pry's time in Blacksburg over.
Don't think he is fired. We won't pay the buy out. But cannot see any future for Pry here once the contract is over. Pry needs to be gone and Whit cannot get another hire.
Of course, we'll probably score to get it to a 1 score game so we can lose another one.
Man we should try more. Worked this time
We may set a record tonight for biggest penalty discrepancy in a losing effort...
Vandy has to have 100+ yds of penalties
Make Jerry Kill our AD.
Goodbye Brent Pry. Never seemed to be able to get it together. We are witnessing the end right now. Totally embarrassed in this second half.
We will burn the whole clock to get 20 yards
im officially out on pry
Lmfao
And we used 40 extra seconds to punt it
Just go into the locker room. Left side of line has been beat like a drum for the second week in a row.
Was Garrett really what held this team together? Our o line is awful.
Hahaha this made me laugh
Needed Vandy to house that return. Would be poetic.
Pretty close on that first run lol
Calling it a night. Players don't look like they know where they are supposed to be. Non sense of urgency, getting burned again and again on the same exact plays with no adjustment on either side of the ball.
I've never seen a VT team quit like this
I feel like a few of the Fuente lowlights were about this bad, but it's been a while.
You don't remember when there was a fight in the locker room at ODU?
RUN BLITZ PLEASE....BARN DOOR HOLES
Why haven't we used Linebackers in the second half? Shouldn't we have Linebackers?
Just put in 8 defensive lineman...our LBs can hold the water bottles
I'm turning it off. Stadium is emptying. Whit and Pry better be fired by Monday. Enough is enough.
Can we please never ever put Jaden Keller on the field again??
I turned it off. Id rather watch a competitive football game.
VT is an entrance only. Nothing else to this program.
Dude they're showing a kick-ass exit right now. Multiple strengths
Blow out. Fire them.
Ran it right into where the Linebackers would be. Damn
Jaden Keller couldn't start at Roanoke College.
Might as well have Helen Keller out there
Could be the Philly in me, but..... let's pack the house for ODU and boo the shit out of Pry when he's announced
low key I've felt for years that we don't boo them enough. Now that they're getting paid? Boos are absolutely fair game
Agreed. You can boo now that everyone is getting paid.
The truly sad thing is, as pitiful as this team is, they could still be 4-2 as bad as the upcoming competition is. I'm not sure if that would be good or bad as Pry has to go. Like when I was rooting for us to lose the last few games Fuente coached as he had to go and it seemed like we would not get rid of him.
Are you serious?! we have more of a chance to be 0-6 than 4-2.
I'm guessing 2-4.
How are the RBs completely untouched
The upside, we aren't losing one score games!
#NapoleonDynamite"Yissssss"
We have -4 yards of offense in the 2nd half
That's winning football right there!
Me to this coaching staff
Stop Enter Sandman, discontinued the lunch pail, fire everyone, we are the new Duke of the ACC...cream puff soft.
Even with a ten point lead at half, no one with maroon on was comfortable!
We wish we were the Duke of the acc
I'm talking about the cream puff pre-cutcliff Duke.
This is Pry's version of the 2019 Duke game.
Swap conferences and it's the same damn opponent
On the bright side I'll save myself $5/week by not paying for a sling day pass every Saturday
But if we fire Pry now we risk losing the Stellar Recruiting Class he is putting together.
Hahahahahahaha
Man fuck this. I'm so sick of how bad this program has become
Alright I'm done. Watching Chief of War instead.
This week's episode was pretty good!
This team is breaking me. I don't think I can watch this anymore. For a very long time.
I don't think I want to care anymore. This isn't fun
I actually didn't watch a lick of football today and spent the morning and all afternoon/evening out with the family and had a great day. Got home and turned this game on finally around the start of the second quarter. Not even worth it to watch this anymore. Saturday's are more enjoyable doing other things.
Last week I went to a minor league baseball game that started at 5 because I knew they'd give me hope in the first half and then el foldo.
I should have listened to last week me this week too.
Why is Drones still playing?
As bad as he is, no one else is better, especially behind a line that can't block sunlight
Pop can make better decisions than this. Less physical talent but Drones has been full stupid since about midway into the second quarter. The rest of the team knows it too.
Just play Pop Jesus
This is really fucking pathetic.
Kyron Drones is not a good quarterback.
Put in Rangel ....at least see what he has
Is Clements out there?
For the love of all things holy, just take a knee Drones. You'll lose less yardage.
That sack broke me. I'm actually done. I've given up. I don't see any reason to put any further money into this program. What are we even doing anymore? Why is Pry still the fucking coach? Why is Whit still the fucking AD?
I have never been so embarrassed as a VT fan.
I thought there was no way we could possibly find a worse hire than Fuente.
Enter Brent Pry....the man who officially threw the dirt on the grave of what used to be VT football.
It's truly astounding how Drones can throw every ball behind every receiver
4th and 10 and we throw a 3 yard pass
Half the distance on 4th down is a pretty solid moral victory if you ask me
Kids are fucking crying in the stands.
Their favorite team is trash. That hurts
I can't even get my son interested because all we are is literally an entrance at this point. I took him to the Spring Game and then the Metallica concert and those are the only two things he equates together. The rest is just trash to him.
Why are we calling timeouts to extend this misery?
Pry trying to extend his last moments as a Head Coach as long as possible??
Enjoying the twilight of his career
Edit: I'm already drinking
To get some garbarge time yards to get above 0 for the 2nd half
So we have 1 yard of offense in 2nd half right? ONE
Of all the teams that I support, somehow the one I have the most faith in is the Minnesota Vikings. A team that has brought me the most sports pain I've ever experienced.
I think this program is effectively dead.
27 unanswered points. We didn't even take the field second half. To add insult to injury, Pavia, who still looks like KD Lang and Rachel Maddow's love child, will still find some way to play again next year. Probably at Clemson so I'll have another reason to hate them.
LBs immediately go beyond 1st down line now...here it comes
Unfortunately, if we don't watch out, VT might be the job that costs you you're coaching career. This is real bad
Wasn't a catch...should have asked for review
If it's not a catch you decline penalty and it's 4th down.
Instead you let them convert a 3rd and 15
ROFL, Gunner Givens is out there for vandy
This is just embarrassing. We needed to win this game period and we look absolutely pathetic. I'm tired of feeling this embarrassed.
We bought Miami tickets for the whole family to go. I am very seriously thinking of taking the loss on the tickets (6 of them) and not spend the thousands of dollars for the airbnb TH, gas, food, Hokie gear, etc.
I won't be able to take it if I spend that much money to watch this bullshit product.
This program is so so far behind we are at a point of no return. I am not confident at all there is anything we can do to fix this.
Just try and make your money back on the Tix at this point.
Yep. That's what I'm going to do. Get as much as I can, but do not expect to get anywhere close to ticket price.
Good luck selling any of them
Have a feeling those are going to be impossible to move
Yeppers. This is more than likely the case. They are trash at this point.
This one is brutal guys. Be good to yourselves tonight.
Lmao...we just let Vandy 2nd string convert a 3rd and 15.
Pry should give back every dollar we have paid him
So is probably time to seriously consider burning this thing to the ground and starting over.
Can't have end of half questions about timeout usage, if you don't have them! 🤣
Why is anyone still in the stadium?!
Vandy's 15-year-old-looking backup QB is breaking tackles on us. Fucking joke.
Why did we call a timeout when he was tackled out of bounds
"Learning opportunity"
Pry has the look of a guy who knows he is about to be fired
Lol. Whit comes up to Pry after the game and says, "hey Brent, how about you come see me in my office first thing Monday."
Then Sands comes up and puts his arms around both and says, "how about both of you come see me in MY OFFICE first thing Monday."
Pretty wild to suggest Sands cares about the football program or athletics in general.
Our own VTGuitarMan tells us he and the BOV are fully onboard. So it's prove it time.
I love the close up shots of our lame duck coach!
The number of "corrected" calls for Vandy has been comical...wouldn't effect the outcome but still a crock...
Correction: might have kept that from being a TD
I'm glad we burned those timeout to save time for a fifth three and out!
Was expecting a Vandy onside kick because why not
Runs into a wall...of one defender with no other defender 5 yards in any direction...way to go Pop
Get a first down...let's just get rid of the ball so we can't lose any more yards.
Ok. I'm going to bed. Thanks for being the company my misery loves, guys.
I had a hard time sleeping after that embarrassing display of ineptitude and inability.
I don't feel any better this morning. Just sad at what we've lost. I am glad I was around for the heyday, but that almost makes this worse.
Me late to the party watching us go up 20-10 >>>>
Me then watching Vandy drop 34 straight on us <<<<