[Mark Umansky]
Who: Virginia Tech Hokies (2-5, 1-2 ACC) vs Cal Golden Bears (5-2, 2-1 ACC)
When: Friday, October 24, 2025 at 7:30 PM ET
Where: Blacksburg, VA | Lane Stadium (65,632)
Watch/Listen: ESPN | Virginia Tech Sports Network
Spread: VT opened -2.5, now -6
Weather: 47°F Clear
Series: This is the first regular season meeting between the schools. Cal dropped the Hokies in the 2003 Insight Bowl.
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So, what am I missing with the line going from -2.5 to -6 or -6.5 now?!
Terion Stewart is listed as probable, maybe? Cal has a poor run defense.
Man, fuck Aaron Rodgers.
Day my daughter was born!
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Congrats! I was 10 years old playing Cruisin' USA on the N64, and tossing a football around a pool with my best friend and our brothers at a hotel in Merrillville Indiana. I was a bit crushed when my dad came to take us home and told me the final score. Great day overall though. Your day might've been better.
It was! But still, Fuck Aaron Rogers.
LET'S GO!!
HOKIES!
Anyone in lot 18 yet?
Around 2:30
Jeez - forgot we even had a game today.....
Friday night games'll get after ya.
Traffic is already getting crazy. Town offices are shutting down at 4.
I was about to respond that it's tomorrow, not today....then I realized it's today
This is how my first roommate at tech talked a lot.
I didn't know The Dude went to VT.
Abide
Skip the cake, eat the brownies.
Friday nights are for high school football.
I will die on this hill.
That being said, Go Hokies!
I mean, the product on the field matches
and Thursday nights are for college ball, dammit
Until we are good Thursday and Friday night games are probably our only shot at good TV ratings just by getting the random football fans.
I was today years old when I learned this game was today. Jeez, I don't think I've ever been so checked out on a Hokie football team. Much as I would love to avenge the 2003 Insight Bowl, I just hope the points streak stays intact
Crazy enough we opened as a 2.5 point favorite and it has grown to 6.5 points. Stewart is reportedly healthy and the Cal defense against the run is apparently bad.
122.6 ypg/a
But that includes 178 against Duke
120 against Carolina
178 against BC
135 against San Diego State
and 130 against Minnesota
So take away 1-7 Oregon State and Texas Southern, and they're giving up 149 a game, which is just a tad worse than us.
Imagine our RBs running against our D
I would totally be down with Drones slinging it all over the field like Bryan Randall did. Hopefully our secondary doesn't make their quarterback look like Aaron freaking Rogers.
The Calgorithm cannot fuck with Lane we don't have functional WiFi. Go Hokies!
Underrated comment
Cal is missing their #2 and #3 RBs tonight. Seven of the others are from their two deep, including three starters in Ryan McCulloch, Isaiah Crosby and Nate Burrell. The three Offensive Lineman only Robinson is an impact.
Their kicker is also a Game Time Decision but he mainly has been 40+ yard FG and kickoffs.
ACC Player Availability Report
Win this one guys!
Lane pretty full tonight.
The true Hokie fans are still showing up.
.
Let's hope they stick around the entire game.
Looks like a good crowd, and E$PN showed all of sandman......so that's good I guess?
Still the best entrance in the country.
Once again, this administration doesn't deserve this fanbase.
How is Stu Holt going to ruin my night?
I didn't know we were playing the Packers.
The junior packers?
Exact same thought. Odd look
Pleasant start
Way to start boys!!
I bet Tim Sands is vibing right now with his Alma mater in town lol.
Nice 3 and out.
Who was he throwing to on 3rd down? No one over there.
Great fucking start!
Keep the pressure up all night
Already in FG range
Excellent forst defensive series
DL playing great so far pressure on all those
Downfield blocking by the TEs and WRs is completely uninspiring
Boom!!!
GREAT START
That was an interesting stat that Drones is most pressured QB in college football
Based on what we have all seen this year I completely believe that
As a Vikings fan it's been a football season full of watching qb's running for their lives
Also a Vikings fan here, and I would agree except Wentz hasn't been running anywhere. It's drop back, hesitate, pump fake, hesitate again, take the sack.
Yeah, that's a good point. Although with the OL last night I think we would've needed prime MV7 running the Jerod Evans one read and then tuck and run offense to have had any semblance of a functional offense.
Let's fucking go! TD Green
Perfect start by the D and O
Was that mehul on the sideline hyping up greene? I love it
Mehul is probably the one writing the NIL checks.
Baylor Bear and UCLA Bruin fan says: Com on dad's team. Crush the stupid Cal Berkley Golden Bears!
Does this mean we're getting Franklin?
I hope at least it's motivation to beat up on Tim Sands' Alma mater for failing the program for so long.
Well ok then now you have my attention
Waaasssuuuuupppp!
Watching the game, having a Bud.
Handfighting and Greene just shows he is stronger. Great play. We will be able to run the ball at will tonight so that play action should hit multiple times.
Have to head out for a show my daughter is helping out at. Someone cheer twice as loud and drink twice as much for me.
I was going for 12 beers tonight, guess it's a full case now
Does it feel like our white lines are extra white tonight?
Announcers, "Tech with their first TD on their 1st drive of the season" ??? Has it been that bad?
We are getting a TON of pressure.
Im bracing for a 75 yard td on a screen to start next drive
D is hype, great pursuit. Let's stay ahead of the sticks on offense and pour it on
The guys showed up to play. Hopefully they can keep up this intensity.
Who's our hype man on the sideline?
The super jacked guy in a T-shirt? that's Jarrett Ferguson
That's a hell of an effort right there
Solid Tommy Boy reference there.
Good throw away
Don't like that third down play call. Kyron was quick to throw it away.
He may have gotten some coaching about not holding onto the ball too long.
John Love Boom
We have been weirdly good at portal'ing running backs lol
Two VT drives, two scores, I'll take it
Ah yes. A stupid penalty. We are back to earth now.
Surprised it wasn't Bell. He is due for one a game.
Block in the back much on that screen?!? Right at the line by the WR.
Spencer was being held too on that play, he needs to sell it to get the flag thrown
Getting bailed out by Cal penalties.
Our run D in letting them get it right back
Run D is definitely not looking top notch tonight.
Way to hold them to a FG, albeit with 2 Cal penalties
No grounding there? Looked liked the closest WR was at the hashes.
Out of the pocket and the ball went past the line of scrimmage so no grounding.
We held them to three, so that's a win ... but that's more due to their errors than our Defense on that drive.
Can we stop the naked bootleg right into the rush?
Patented 3 and out when you dont need it. With a personal foul. Great
2 15 yarders already damn.
These constant unsportsmanlike's show how undisciplined this program really was under Pry. It's just in this teams blood.
I just want to know whatever happened to those difficult conversations he was supposed to have.
Well the first five min was fun.
Another phantom off screen 15 yard penalty...at least show us on replay. Crappy camera angles.
Tv director or producer needs to get the camera ops to widen out significantly
Now this is the defense that we've come to know and love this season
Well. That first drive was fun.
Offense needs to be ready to respond
Another DUMB penalty
lol Ben Bell.
Could these running lanes be any wider?
Can they start dropping open passes again?
Anybody else have their ESPN freeze during the offside call?
Edit: unfrozen after the game was tied up lol
Lost season and all...but why is Ben Bell still seeing the field, let alone starting?
We had ten guys on the field on TD run per Bitter.
What the FUCK kind of third down play call is that? A flat to the short side wtf
Drones looked at one guy and he wasn't even at the sticks.
Why did Drones throw that pass? The defender was all over our wr.
This play calling is brain dead. Need 4 yards but route to LOS
Welp....they adjusted
36 yard punt. If I want anyone gone after the season, it's him. He's the worst punter we have had in a long long time. Thanks Stu.
Find a new punter, hes been poor all season
So we scripted the 1st offensive drive and didn't have a plan for the rest of the game
Throwing behind the line on a naked screen on 3rd and 5 with man coverage certainly was a choice
So is gas station sushi.
Welp, well always have the first 5 mins
There's the team I know and love.
...no, wait, loathe. It's loathe. Love-loathe? Sounds like something Miracle Max would say. "To blaaaavve."
Are we really going to let them score 17 straight?
Id bet it might be 24 straight by half
No just 13.
Freaking blitz the QB. It's third and nine. What are we doing man.
Dude ran right across Cash's face and he stood there and watched it.
All part of a Siefkis defense.
How are they losing track of Cal's star
It's been happening on D too. We are just not well-coached team
Bailed out by two drops. This defense is so bad. That third down throw was beautiful.
We literally can't defend A SINGLE WR. He has 71 of their 118 yards
Someone will definitely be NILing this kid away from Cal.
We started out 10 nothing and then allowed them to score 13 unanswered points. Not good guys :>(
I don't even get mad anymore. Watching what VT football has become is simply, sad. It says a lot for that many fans to show up, brings us a winning coach!
At least North Texas at Charlotte has been fun to watch. Charlotte trying to pull the 1-6 upset of 6-1 by actually playing defense.
What a fucking idiot.
LOL of all the stupid shit I've seen, THAT might be the dumbest
Good God this team
My favorite part so far is when Andre Ware said he has a Cal LB on his Heisman list
SKIPPYS IDIOTS AT IT AGAIN.
CAL was offsides on the kick but wasnt flagged
I swear half the kickoffs in FBS are offside these days. It's clearly not a foul they're going to call unless the offender is 5 yards downfield.
....wut
Dear lord....
OMFG
I thought we could run on them. SMH
Honestly with plays like that, this really might be the worst P5 team right now. They are so fucking dumb.
How in the world did he get that first down?!
Dumbest fucking shit imaginable. It wasn't that he wasn't aware of where he was on the field, he wouldn't have tried to walk the tightrope if he didn't know where he was. He just had absolutely no situational awareness whatsoever or football IQ.
Love the run by Hawkins but surprised he didnt get unsportsmanlike for the gun celebration
RBs with more talent and heart than this black hole of a team deserves has become a defining characteristic of this era of Hokies Football.
Drones had about 10 years to throw that ball but waited til he was being tackled to try and attempt to hit the wide open guy 15 yards downfield
Only thought was maybe the referee blocked his view of Heath.
KD eyeing Heath for three seconds and still misses him. I just want a real quarterback.
Next year will be nice simply because Drones won't be even be in consideration to play.
Sack on a three man rush. Oof
Blocked punt off a four man rush... even bigger oof
It's not like we have a lot of talent out there, which makes it really telling to observe that Drones is holding this offense back
Another DUMB play by Skippy Crew
Compounded by TWO in a ROW
Drones is so, so, so, bad
A gunner just took off before the snap, how can these players and coaches be this dumb
Man we are ass
Yay Stu Holt!
Wow, just fucking wow!
SHOOT STU HOLT OUT OF SKIPPER AND INTO THE SUN.
Oh look, our retarded punt protection that always looks like we will get blocked got blocked
We are absolutely horrible. Just horrible.
Procedural penalty on a FUCKING PUNT FORMATION.
And then it gets blocked. Because of course it does.
If they score a TD I'm turning this garbage off.
Well I'm done with this shit show. Might be my last game of the year. This team is fucking miserable. The only joy I have right now is laughing at just how badly they are fucking up the smallest things.
This truly is a fucking awful football team. Anyone who thinks James Franklin or Shane Beamer can't help us is a fucking idiot
It's not even enjoyable it's so bad.
Don't understand how after two drives both sides of the ball do a 180 and can't tackle or defend and can't move th ball. Just bad.
Because other coaches adapt
Definition of Trainwreck Phenomena....
So bad you struggle to look away.
Don't worry, we will combat their passing game by dropping Kamari Copeland in coverage.
He does have an INT this year which is one more than the majority of the secondary players.
Needed that review audio last year for the miami game
This would be a winnable game if we had any semblance of a coaching staff
Oh god....UVA is undefeated in ACC play, ranked 16 in the country, and Hokies are abandoning football and ready for basketball season...what is happening?
Is this the result of releasing coastal chaos on the world? It's just chaos?
I'll remind you that the last time LOLUVA beat us, covid hit soon after, and the world went crazy.
FLAG! Roughing the Covid Excuses.
Too bad DC isn't here to comment on the Joseph Reddish sighting
I was literally thinking the same thing. If that's the tackle that holds them to a field goal, he's already done more than DC predicted haha!
Bet they go for it. Nail in coffin time.
And that is how Cal benefits from officials changing the last 1st down call. The officials moving it back to the 11 allowed them room to get a 1st down.
We legitimately can't tackle. It's insane. Should've stonewalled him in fourth and two. We then hit the runner in the backfield and he spins in.
This team is so bad. I mean runs out of gas after one series.
Welp....
$20 we other and out
Three and out
Good use of a bye week. Team is looking really prepared.
How are we so bad at all special teams. Why do we bother ever returning a kickoff.
Another kickoff not returned to the 20.
Way to go Skippy
He can't even run any more.
Can someone average out kickoff return yards to amplify how stupid it is for us to keep returning kicks.
Before tonight it was 20.7 yards per return.
17 returns for 352 yards.
Prioleau has 10 the others have 2 or fewer. He averages 21.1 per.
Imagine watching this team and thinking we need to worry about the ceiling of James Franklin
Amen. We need to worry about our current ceiling of bowl ineligibility
How in the world did Pry destroy the chemistry and will to win so bad on this team? Do any of these players care?
NOT EVEN TRYING TO SCORE.
FIRE ALL THE COACHES.
I think that has already happened.
The staff doesn't trust the WR's to get separation or KD to throw the ball. Beyond embarrassing.
*sigh* I have a recurring nightmare every 22 years in which I see smiling Cal players
That was on Drones, not the OL.
Just like Ware essentially saying it was Greene's fault Drones has zero touch and over threw the ball by 3 yards.
We are so bad
It hurts. It shouldn't, but it does.
Drones is so, so, so, bad
Over/Under on 10000 fans left in the stands in the 3rd?
I doubt Cal has that many in Lane Stadium
My girls and their friends stayed the whole game and texted how much they enjoyed it.
Garbage. 0 is wrecking Drones regardless. 2 sacks on three man rushes.
Trash. I'm not watching the rest.
Suspect I, at 45 years old and not having seen the inside of a gym in months, could put up 1.5 sacks against our offense.
I honestly think this team got together players only one night during the "bonding camp" and said F this dude. Quit on Pry and the whole program.
I try my hardest not to hate someone, especially if I don't know them. But man, I truly hate Whit Babcock.
I don't like Sands either. Willfully kept Whit employed. Whit just likes to cosplay AD and Sands couldn't care less about athletics.
They really front loaded all of the hope for this game just to go and then make me watch 25 minutes of absolutely fucking pathetic football.
I wanted to go to this game, but it turned out this is my on-call week at work and so it was a no go.
That's where Virginia Tech football has me, y'all: thankful for being on-call.
The crazy thing is that technically we could score a td with the first possession and we are back in it...
Hahahahahahahah who am I kidding
Put Hokies on a tablet with Caps on TV and North Texas at Charlotte on computer.
Health priority....my blood pressure vs stupidity
who is this jobber piece of shit giving the first half recap on the radio? *graham* copeland?!
Drones has regressed every single game he's played. It's comical at this point. he has absolutely no pocket awareness.
PUT IN POP!
[I have no other ideas and Drones can't pass or run the option]
I want to see Rangel. I feel like I know what Pop offers and it's woeful.
Rangel may be just as bad but at least it would be new bad.
I just have one thing to say...
Run The Freaking Ball!!!
Seriously. Just commit to the run. The combination of our awful pass pro. and the worst QB in the P4 means we cannot rely on any pass. Plus, we are not bad at running the ball. Run The Freaking Ball!!
time to break it to kd: you are an option qb or you ride the bench. pick one.
The stadium is less than 1/2 full now. So Sad
We are bad and there is no hope
Student side EMPTY
Remember that preseason when Drones was getting darkhorse Heisman talk 🤣😂🤣😂
The one time drones has a good pass
Hawkins is going to get flagged for his stupid celebrations and it will definitely happen at the worst possible moment.
Let's go full Paul Johnson. Run first, second, third, and fourth.
Save the Defense for next week.
Those helmets...must be playing the Bay Area Fudge Packers
Center doing the low snaps is screwing up the run rhythm
Drones is the most confusing QB I've ever seen
Wow and no flag...
Welp...another drop....points off the board
That was actually impressive.
We have life ... not much but someNever mind
They're going to fuck us
Getting to hear us getting fucked is new.
GET THE GOD DAMN PLAY CALLED
so much for tablet helping
Also when your Senior QB can't pick a play when play clock is running out it just shows another aspect of lack of development
Another 3rd down where the route doesn't get to the marker
Love BOOM
Can we name John Love the MVP of the season?
John Love with a K ball in the nfl is going to be hitting BOMBS.
Honestly, I'd normally be mad kicking there and not going for it when you have nothing to lose.
But I've come around to fuck it, give Love some good tape and increase his odds of getting drafted.
Six and a half minute drive to have to kick a 52 yarder just smacks of how bad we are
The first ten points of the 1st quarter. the first points of the second quarter. its not enough but it is a start
At least they got grounding right but that ball was on ground forever and we had ZERO pressure
SKIPPYS BOYS ANOTHER STUPID GAME CHANGING PLAY
78 yard penalty
That was not a block in the back!!
It was a blind side block which is a point of emphasis this season. He has to let the guy turn his head or just stand there and let the guy run into him.
After replay I can see it. Still like the effort. Just need to improve the execution.
They called illegal blindside.
The Stu Holt special baby.
Yeah don't show the replay
This one was pretty clear on screen. I saw it as soon as it happened
Spencer's had 100+ yds called back in the last two minutes. Gotta sting a bit
...Hawkins ran right into the corner
Great run. How the heck did Hawkins not see that last DB?!
Head was tracking the safety on other side
On first two drives of the half 10 pts.
Ready to do nothing the rest of the game
Was that a catch?
BBBOOOOOOMMMMMM, back in this!!!!
WE ARE SO BACK (IN THIS GAME)
Oh no I'm happy again.
So good to see the good guys haven't quit as far as effort goes
Glad Heath didn't pull a Cal WR move there
I really like Heath. He's struggled with injury and his size, but he just goes out there and does the best with what he's got. Great rebound from the drop last drive.
Skippy Crew overrun the kickoff so instead of tackle at 15 they are at 26. Really need Stu Holt out of my life
Thank for not just saying 'need Skippy' out of my life! I need every friend I can get!
Drones threw 3 perfect dimes in the last two drives and receivers dropped 2 of em. He also got atleast 2 first downs runnign the bal. Those were good drives, good play calling, and decent play by drones.
Every drunk frat boy with the shirt off. That group has quadrupled in size.
Should have been targeting on the Stewart tackle
Man if Drones had any speed he is in end zone
Team showed some fight that quarter.
I love Gilliam's energy. He is all in on this team and really trying to be a leader
What was he looking at?
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Back to back stupid plays
Although their holding was actually a facemask
Did they ever leave?
Womp womp
How was ruling made before any official came out of the pile?
Bailed out with the bad snap.
The defense holds! Just run the dang ball here please
Similar to Wake, Cal wants us to win, but we don't.
Touchdown Tech!!!!
That's a grown man drive.
That was a beautiful drive for the simple fact we didnt try and get cute and go away from what was working
That was running it down your throat beautiful
I don't fully understand what is going on right now, but the scoreboard seems to indicate that we have a point surplus in the 4th quarter.
Now can the defense step up.
10-0 run followed by 20-0 run followed by 17-0 run.
This game is a little nuts.
Cmon D
Extra point. Commercial. Kickoff. Commercial. I hate ESPN.
More cw games plz!
Sucks even worse when you're there in person in a chilly stadium (42 at kickoff;36 by the end of the game)
The man in the red hat is a real bastard
I'm happy if I can see the game on TV.
Coverage way too soft
Get the momentum and defense lays down and dies
Thomas Williams is getting COOKED
The secondary is really, really bad
This defense bends to the point that it doesn't need to break.
Andre Ware also going with the Cal QB has no pulse
Bullshit call
That call IS ABSOLUTE BULLSHIT
ACC protecting their ranked teams again
Cal isn't ranked are they?
Sorry Receiving Votes at least I think
lol come on now. ACC wants VT to be better than cal lol.
This isn't malice; it's ineptitude
Do not attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by ineptitude
Or something
Complete bullshit.
Wow what the actual fuck is that call
WHAT
BS call!!!
That's the worst fucking call I've ever seen
Just said that to my wife.
Fucking robbery
Why can't they be reviewed?
Flags aren't reviewable
Time for the ACC to fire officials
They should have to review all roughing the passers
Fuck these refs. This is blatant
That call was trashhh. Gotta figure a ref had a bad angle? I have no other idea how that call happened
Horseshit
Wow, that was fucking horseshit
Take the ball and go home. Protest the game. Suspend the refs. That's unacceptable.
First the "drop" then this bs
Yep 14 point swing
Come on Drones. Just do it one time. Lead a drive to win the game. Prove us wrong bro
If we lose this game sue the ACC.
Time for a 2 minute drive and John Love for the win.
Further proof the ACC is a garbage conference: the replay center has smaller TVs than I do.
But smaller TVs help them blow the calls.
Why didn't PM challenge that RtP?
Can't challenge penalties
I don't advocate for abusing refs, but that call deserves it. Abuse the ACC too. This roughing the passer shit has gone too far.
I was hoping fans would throw garbage on the field! And I normally don't advocate for that!
Pissed off Mrs. Egbert so much she had to leave the room.
That was the absolute most egregious call I've ever seen.
Just need to get into FG range
What the fuck are they doing letting that get to the 2 min warning.
Snap the ball, you still need to score
Oh I disagree. Run the clock down and kick it. Just go half the distance
yeah run the ball, let cal burn their timeouts. we legit have a kicker who is going to have a decade+ career in the league
Oops
We did not run that clock down enough
Clock stops on 1st downs so don't want to risk giving ball back to Cal and Cal has two or three timeouts left.
Yeah should have gotten one last play off before that one.
Rarely am I a blame the ref guy but yeah, that's fully on the refs. Especially with the circumstances of impending fourth down. HE WAS JUMPING.
It was textbook roughing the jumper.
Cmon just drain the clock now
They tackled Kyron. Is that not roughing?
They gave a roughing to Cal on a nothing tackle of Kyron earlier in the game
Not gonna lie... this feels like the type of game where we'll burn it down, Love misses the FG, then we lose in OT
Edit: even better, we lose in regulation
Oh shit. Sorry guys
You had to say that didn't you
Bro
Welp way to jinx us
Targeting?
Love is love baby. Bring it home
Not to get ahead of myself cause there may be a little clock left smh
Need the first down. Can't give them any time
Dumb ass penalty!!
How does our OL find a way to have procedure penalties at the absolute worst times??
Damn penalty cost us the first and potentially the game if we can stop cal
who was that false start on? make him run gassers until he dies
I will say this to me has been the best Drones has looked on the option. Making decent reads usually
Drones has played pretty well today. He's run into contact, he's made some fantastic throws (a couple terrible drops). He could've mailed it in this year but he hasn't
Saw that coming from a mile away
I hate football.
You have to be kidding me.
Lol this team is a goddamn train wreck
We could've gained two yards and put the game away.
Roughing the kicker.
We are just such a bad team in so many ways.
Ten second run off...supposed to be automatic when helmet comes off under 2 minutes with no timeouts
They should have 2 seconds left and clock should have run out
They need to protest the game especially after the SEC suspension for the Auburn vs GA game.
100%
Fire these refs into the sun
Game.
I hate every fucking player on this team
Godammit they are some dumb fuckers
Roughing the receiver.
Holy crap. Unreal
Wow
What else should we expect though
Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory
Just when I think I've seen every way to lose, we create a new one.
Targeting.
Un fucking believable.
Just end this fucking year already
so no foul but a free 15 yards?
Yeah
Makeup call
Clock should be at two seconds since there was no penalty and clock was running
Or add time back on.
I just don't get it. You have 4th and 2 and you are ripping 8 yards a run. Why do you kick it that at basically the edge of his range. Go for the first down and the win
So either their "short yard" kicker is gonna boot his longest of his career to win or the guy who hasn't played in forever is gonna win it for them. Wtf
This guy splits the uprights with 7 yards to spare....there is no other way for VT 2025 football.
Edit: ok...not so much...he's pretty bad
Cal FG unit moved and should have gotten a false start before that timeout
Career along for the Cal kicker you know he's just gonna drill it. Lol
That's gotta be the only luck we've gotten in a decade
Overtime is sketchy
Everything is sketchy with this group of coaches and players
Roughing the rougher.
I don't know if we can stop them from the 25
We have 0 stops in the red zone for the season. Not sure what the extra 5 yards does for us.
No Hail Mary?
I should just go to bed now, shouldn't I?
Run the ball until you are in end zone
Existence is pain
Life (as a Hokie fan) is suffering. The cause of suffering is desire (for the Hokies to win).
I'm still pissed about that bullshit roughing the passer call. We shouldn't even be in this situation.
Could really do without Rece Davis tonight
My wife has recently learned to hate him with the white hot passion of 1000 suns. And she doesn't even know his name.
Wow
Ha. Game
Just laid down and died again
Unreal.
Lulz! We bad.
WHAT DOES OUR DEFENSE DO DURING THE WEEK
of course.
Damn y'all. This sucks.
Lmao...lets just not cover the TE at all.
Fucking brilliant
Well that was quick
When we score here, go for 2
Naturally
I can't wait for next week when the ACC comes out and says "yeah the refs made the wrong call on the roughing the passer....our bad"
Other expletives were used, at my location, to describe a similar sentiment.
Go Drones...he just wanted it
Thanks Drones, I still hate this.
Whyyyyy kick.thr XP, they can't stop the run, go for the damn win!!!!
I just want to see us put it on the line. Stop playing it safe, we have them on the ropes, go for the kill, and we pick them off the matt
Yep. Put this game out of its misery. Missed opportunity.
Now it's a must
I think I'm having a heart attack.
This game might end 102-100 with these defenses
Let's try something new. Maybe play some defense?
A pop pass here would be smart
What was up with Drones doing the three step there?
Oh god we will have to pass eventually
How the fuck can we not snap the goddamn ball without penalties 8 fucking games into the season??
Not gonna lie....
What a pass.
Nice play call. Gutsy but nice.
The ball never even touched ground.. review is BS and frustrates momentum
That might be the best throw that drones has ever thrown for VT
The fucking announcer" If it's going to stand....."
I think I figured out Drones' problem with throwing. He has a HUGE smudge on his visor on the right side.
lol.
Get us Franklin, I want a basement.
Ugh
What bad will happen
Plz football gods. We never hurt you
Come on Defense
+2. FUCK YEAH!
KD has played his nuts off the second half I'll give him that
Huge hole
Suck it Ulave!
Cal BAILED OUT AGAIN BY ZEBRAS
Roughing the Ref.!
This is the dumbest team in the history of football
This is bullshit.
What the fuck are they talking about???
These are officially the crappiest refs of the world.
No penalty then?
Not targeting again, fuck these refs
Not targeting, still late and stupid
Geez us.
OMG shoulder to shoulder. The refs are trying hard.
This team is so dumb
Why even throw that hit
So unnecessary.
Thank God they got it right
Nice, the coach calling the crowd into the game.
Live Monty getting the crowd hyped on the sideline though
More emotion than I've seen from a head coach on our sideline in almost a decade!
One play. One stop.
Just fucking do it
Singing Enter Sandman over the TV.
Can someone call the Auburn AD and see if he'll come yell at the ACC about this ref for us?
For the record, it's been awesome listening to the entirety of Enter Sandman this series.
Absolute classic moment if we hold here.
I love you all! Fam!
I hate that I love this team.
Holy shit we won!
NO SHIRTS BRIGADE WINS THE NIGHT
This team makes dumb mistakes but they sure put up a fight.
Shout out to the guys with no shirts in the stands.
Pure demonstration that we deserve a winner. Free raids for those guys
Sleep with one eye open bitches. Monty is 2-0 in one score games!!
What a game....
I have never seen a team try to lose a game so hard and still win.
They didn't try to lose, the refs tried to make them not win.
Let me count the ways...
1. Drones INT in scoring position
2. False start on 3rd and 2
3. Missed FG after false start
4. Forgetting to cover TE at end of regulation and 1st OT
5. Another false start in OT...at home BTW
6. Late hit on incomplete pass that was overturned for targeting
Yes, the roughing the passer call was awful, but this wasn't completely on the refs. This is a really dumb team
Not a "dumb team" just an undisciplined team due to a lack of quality coaching. I don't blame the players at all, it is totally on the coaches in my book to teach discipline, situational awareness and self-control.
Fair....but we overcame that, but when the game was on the line at the end......different story with the refs almost fucking us.
7. Catching a kick
off inbounds at the 1 yard line and then stepping out of bounds.8. False Start on Punt
9. Punt blocked by a 4 man rush
10. Blindside unnecessary block on 67 yards Punt Return
Not letting Skippy get off light on this list.
Surprisingly, that didn't end up blowing up in our faces
Those guys showed some heart and played their nuts off the second half and OT
Surprised they didn't call roughing the football on the defense of that pass.
Still stupid that Cal and Stanford are in the ACC. The sports travel required is stupid. Student Athletes, students first right?
Kick the Cali schools to the curb for sure. We should've tried to poach the B12 when Texas and OU left.
The crowd is still there singing Metallica after the game!
Waiting for the fam thread bc i always post a few seconds late!
OHMYGOD WE WON HOLY SHIT FUCK CAL AND THE HORSE THEY RODE IN ON
and the refs they rode in on
We won a 1 score game.
Can that be right? We hadn't won in OT since 2019?!?!
How many OT games since then though? 2 or 3 tops right?
Looks like last win in OT was 6OT over UNC on October 19, 2019
0-2 in 2024 Vandy/Cuse
Those were only ones since 2019 win.
Shaadap with the logic.
Have to admit I don't know. Google results poisoned with inaccurate AI results said we had won OT win against Duke in 22 and Miami in 23. Guess it's not that hard to believe, just seemed wild that it's been 6 years since we won one.
That UNC game shortened my life
I was at that game (my 50th reunion). My wife and I were in the end zone seats when she said "Win or lose, it's been a great game." I agreed because I was enjoying the whole experience but I knew it would be so much better beating unc and mack brown. It was.
Was at that 6OT game. Got our money's worth
Plaid
Gotta give it to them - that's the gutsiest performance this team has put on in years. 👏🏻
Tech won. Dodgers lost! A good night!
Kyron is so, so, good. Had it all the way
/s
I kid (if you saw my earlier posts); they kept it together, overcame mistakes and a horrible call by the refs, and pulled it out! A great moment in a season many of them would no doubt like to forget.
jeff monkin would take kd to the playoffs