[Mark Umansky]
Who: Virginia Tech Hokies (3-5, 2-2 ACC) vs #16 Louisville Cardinals (6-1, 3-1 ACC)
When: Saturday, November 1, 2025 at 3:00 PM ET
Where: Blacksburg, VA | Lane Stadium (65,632)
Watch/Listen: CW | Virginia Tech Sports Network
Spread: VT opened +11.5, now +10.5
Weather: 57Β°F Cloudy
Series: Virginia Tech leads the all-time series against Louisville, 6-3.
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LET'S GO......
HOKIES!!!
I have a funny feeling about today's game, in an ACC circle of suck kind of way.
Time to play Playoff Spoiler. Three shots at it the rest of the way.
Except that would allow Miami to control their own destiny. And we don't want that.
What're they gonna do, win the ACC?
LOL
They may lose that today. SMU is driving down 3 in 4th quarter
Good call.
And just now coming back from the supermarket, Enter Sandman came on the radio.........
#goodomens
My tired brain: who are the Odomens?
Funny enough I read it slowly to myself after posting. Just didn't look right.
ITSTARTSNOW = its tart snow
The penis mightier
The rapists
Tits are now.
At least with it on CW I still have access.
Between YTTV dropping all Disney channels and ESPN+ no longer giving you ACC Network or a bunch of other games access because only ESPN Unlimited gets those now...may not watch many more this season.
I refuse to pay for any additional services so if yttv doesnt have our games I will have to resort to the youtube live streams
I am reducing apple cider into about 25% original volume with a cinnamon stick in the pot.
I am making an apple old fashioned type with blood orange for today's game.
I'll take one please
You want 2.
It works really well.
Bring on the hope and the Busch Light.
Is this the first time Louisville has come to Blacksburg since joining the ACC? I think it is. Great scheduling job there Greensboro
So, somewhere in the third quarter, Franklin is announced as the next HC! /s
It was actually announced on GameDay, but no one saw because of the YouTube TV - Disney standoff.
You joke, but I've had this thought.
...and 37 people will see it on the CW.
More than on ESPN today
I'm glad we're not on ESPN today, maybe it'll goose our numbers with YouTubeTV viewers
Ironically, YouTube TV swapped our local CW in for ABC given the Disney fiasco, so I don't have to watch the game using the antenna today.
I'll be one of them!
Nice (horrible?) to see I'm not the only spiteful YTTV customer being screwed over by the negotiations in here. As has been mentioned, though, at least it's on the CW so that won't be a problem. However, pretty pissed about not being able to really watch anything else, including GameDay. π
I was naively hopeful that someone would cave before today's slate of games kicked off...but after doing further research and finding out that the longest they've let one of these go was when it was with DirecTV before, and that lasted a week...I'm not hopeful on either side backing down this time, considering it's Google they're battling against this time. π€¦π»
Tried to sign up the wife on the fubotv trial i used for the last CW game but it's blocked anyone related to me I guess. So I'll be looking for any alternative. Annoying
Excited to see how Stu Holt ruins my Saturday.
I think they may have just previewed how. Kicking to the top punt returner in the country with poor coverage.
Oof. Drones missed him by a lot.
Love what Monty is all about, but playcalling is way too pass happy. Offense looked best it has all season when we got Drones involved in the run game last week with opportunistic passing. Guy is just not a timing passer.
I'mma go get another drink.
You shoulda started earlier.....
Lol...will Stu Holt punt to one of the best returners in the country?
Of course he will
Christmas that was UGLY
Damn Siefkes lol. Not a good start on D.
We look slooooooow.
Β―\_(γ)_/Β―
(Did this last week early in the game...maybe the shruggie will bring luck and good fortune again this week...?)
OK... The offense needs to RUN THE DAMN FOOTBALL!!!!!!
KD is so incredibly bad at both passing and deciding who to pass to. DO NOT LET HIM THROW THE FOOTBALL.
The only way to keep this from being a 4 score blowout is to run the football. There's a zero % chance our defense will keep this team under 35
That was awful playcalling again. Not eating clock and relying on Drones to hit timing throws.
Drones couldn't hit the broad side of a barn.
Sheesh...
Drones would not have started over the 3 HS QBs I was able to be around when I coached. Granted, we had some kids who could really toss it around, but dang... I don't remember a QB at VT who threw the ball as poorly as Drones. He has no business "under center" for any CFB team.
Every drive is 4 down territory. instead of passing on 3rd & 6, try to pick up 3+ then go for it on fourth.
What a pick
Cash is king!
Points
Off
Turnover
I want the trucker hat on the guy with the headset next to Montgomery. Yhe one with the TV logo
Bailed out there.
Leave the Tush Push to Philly...Ours is no bueno
Fuck yeah!
Great response.
Our scoring streak continues
That drive was fuckin *chef's kiss*
So happy we went for it on fourth.
I love it!
This is the kind of football team we are right now. Shorten the game. Make it kind of ugly - in the trenches.
We have 3 physical runners. Lets Go!!
Exactly.
Yes, the guy made that tackle on Hawkins.
But he paid for it.
3 and out
BEAMER BALL
Stu Holtz crew did something right!
Holy Shit...Skippy crew did something right
Prioleau with the massive special teams play.
What year is it?
i love us.
Safety Dance!
Announcers talking about two guys with same number...
I was thinking the same thing in the spirit of DC.
I'm so confused...
Stu Holt's crew made a play???!!!
Miami-SMU in OT.
Come on asteroid!!!
Oh no! Is there enough coke to get these two fanbases through overtime?!?! What will they do?!
Miami-SMU: the true Snow Bowl
Brought to you by Pfizer.
Too bad SMU missed their other FG
Case for Phil Montgomery as our next coach...
Use the money we're not spending on Franklin to bring in high-ranked guys for the O and D Line and build on what we have here.
Win out and I'll entertain the possibility.
I keep telling myself he looks like a good coach because the last two were so inept, but he keeps having these moments where I can't help but wonder if he's not the right man for the job.
Hey! There's a bunch of guys.
Let me run the football right into them.
That throw has to come out so much quicker
Special teams having a day so far
Man Skippy Crew with two good ones in a row....what planet is this?
Damn near got a third in a row
Touchback on free kick. Don't think I've ever seen that before.
SUCK MY BALLS MIAMI!
Eric Cartman Mr. Garrison.gif
That little flip from drones was a growth.
Doin his best Josh Allen impression
I originally said Mahomes like, but my wife corrected me and showed a highlight reel to prove her point
How do I give a Key Play Leg to your wife?
( Ν‘Β° ΝΚ Ν‘Β°)
Phrasing?
They both do it, but Mahomes, fk that guyπ
You knew it was coming...
Never gets old.
That was a bully TD and I love it
Keep it up HOKIES!
If they don't score again. We win.
Correction...if they don't score twice. We win.
Correction. Correction. If we don't score again. We don't win.
I think this team found something during the Cal game.
The playbook they should've been running all year?
But, they are eventually going to have to throw a little bit. Or Louisville will jam the box and stop the run.
Holy shit this is not how I expected this first half to go tbh.
I don't think anyone expected this.
The James Franklin effect!
James Franklin is not on the staff. I think we should be giving credit to the coaches and players that are here.
I actually have gained a TON of respect for Phil for what he's done with the squad since taking over. He deserves all the praise.
Does anybody in their right mind refer to momentum as 'Uncle Mo'?
No
YOU GOT ME!?!?
Seen at least five last names that I have no idea who they are so loving this even more
Terrible spy job by #6 there
When did we learn how to tackle?
RIGHT?!
Thats a terrible penalty
And not targeting
It's every fucking week with this bullshit. Playing tackle football is illegal.
You gotta be kidding me with the targeting. My god
What is roughing anymore man. I hate this league.
Hitting the QB any time they're being a QB apparently.
Bullshit Game Changing Call
We would have had the ball with chance to score dagger before the half...especially with Cards getting ball to start 2nd half
Only game changing if the defense pouts (which they didn't). They went back out there and stuffed them again.
Like water off a duck's back.
Damn. That's bs.
Monty firing up the crowd.......
...and there's the self-inflicted mistake that has become SOP for this team.
It wasn't a terrible hit, but you just can't go high on the quarterback.
Complete momentum changer
Can't hear where I am, so no targeting but roughing the passer?
Yes
Look at Monty eggin' on the boos.
Love it.
So how did that call end up?
Roughing. Not targeting.
LPD!!!
LFG!!!
OMG!
I wish I could watch this game.
HOLY CRAP!!! I can't remember the last time we stopped a 3rd and 1 and a 4th and 1
Pitt goal line stand???
Great stop.
Hell of a stand. F YOU ZEBRAS
Now go score
BALL DON'T LIE
Man, if he pitched it there they might have got it
D lighting them up now.
VT brought some defense today!
FUCK YEAAAAAA 4th and 1 stop, take that ACC refs
Waiting for the roughing the passer call. Cause we tackled the QB with the ball in his hands.
DE-NIED!!!!!!!
Man, who is this team and where have they been??
I don't know, but I've enjoyed watching them today.
I hope they stick around.
Seriously
Even with the transfers out, this team has talent and always has. Pry didn't do well in development and coaching, but he raised the talent level, and I will die on that hill.
Well, he sure did.
On that last defensive series I saw an open field tackle and a stop on fourth down. Be still my heart!
And rebounding after a fucky foul.
What a great stand by the D there.
Overton has some serious acceleration. Need to see him in open space.
Whatever was said to them before the game, someone better have recorded it to be played every week.
This team is fun to watch again. Locked in!
Drones has almost completely forgotten how to throw the football this season lol. He's thrown for like 200 sideways on screens though.
He needs the Wild Thing eyeglasses, that's all.
If timeout was called how is it a false start?
ACC refs would have only recognized the timeout after we got the first down.
We have sucked at the TushPush twice now.
Time to take it out of the Playbook
Raise your hand if you had the Hokies up two scores at the half?
Anyone with a raised hand is a serious Tech fanatic ... but also a liar
I'd raise them like I just don't care, but it would be a lie.
I only had them up 1 score.
D has been absolutely lights-out since the 1st drive.
But feel like we left potential points on the field before half.
Hope it doesn't come back to bite us.
Don't mind going for it there on fourth but agree with the announcers that they should have used a timeout to set it up.
TO Would've given time to review the spot as well. Looked like he was much closer than the spot.
I will say though that the one good thing about a lost season is that this game is fun so far but if we blow it it's not a big deal.
Nice first half. All 3 phases have been pluses. I loved on the second TD we ran the WR screen 3 times in a row because they couldn't stop it and scored on the 3rd one.
Yes. Let's continue to do what works. Who knew?
I think we are going to need some new wrinkles after
Louisville makes adjustments. We may actually have to complete a few passes.
I dont think we have set up any 1 on 1 deep throws yet, have we?.......
Yeah Brohm was chewing one of his defensive coaches ass after the two screens inside the 10 yard line.
Didnt like the coaching to end that last drive, just call a timeout and take your time. Also, we should know that we're not the Eagles and the tush push wont work. Spread the field to take their defenders out of the box and then run the ball.
That being said, this is a different team. Defense is running to the ball, making solid tackles, and playing disciplined. Offense is dedicated to the run and that is working. Every time Drones drops back to pass, I anticipate a bad game changing play so...please dont do that.
Drones needs to learn how to throw the ball past the line of scrimmage. Other than that, great half of ball.
Is that really a requirement for a QB?
I kid, I kid.
Where did this defense come from?
Well, when a mommy and daddy love each other....
How does that not draw the flag after the earlier bullshit?
The same sentiment was exclaimed loudly by Mrs. Egbert.
Yeah...he was defenseless
And that son is how you get your receivers killed. In lacrosse we called it a buddy pass.
Tighten up here D....
This team played at its ceiling for the first half. Going to be interesting to see how long they can sustain it for. Great coaching that first half.
Need to get more pressure on Moss.
Defense played lights out in the first half, need the offense to pick it up a bit in the 2nd
Well that's not awesome
Skippy crew costing us again. Two stupid penalties. Thats the STU-pid we have grown to hate.
That was an awfully soft call. Wouldn't be too hard on Coney
Refs got their instructions at halftime.
From the stands, it really looked as soon as it was acknowledged that Miami lost the ACC called and told the refs that Loiusville has to win.
They're not going to let us run until we show we can pass.
What the f*** just happened there it was a 15-yard penalty on the kicking team post play
#4 stood over the guy he knocked down shaking his head and talking so got hit with taunting
But they called the PF on the kicking team!
Ref came in with the late correction but it was hard to hear with the boos raining down
Ok thanks - missed that
Important conversion.
Every game there is a bad drop by him.
Go* dammit. Can't fault Drones there
He can't catch a ball at all. It's every game.
Gator arms
Pretty awful back to back plays. This is going to be a 14-pt swing in the game
Literally
Wow that was 6
Jesus. Gotta catch that . Drones threw a beauty.
Yes, that drop was all on the WR.
Donovan Greene is garbage.
That should been 6!
Of course.
Think my neighbors might call the cops after that drop.
STU-PID CREW costing us OVER and OVER. How does he still have a job?
Uh oh boys.
I'm sure there we no blocks in the back or holds.
I counted two, maybe three.
Can we fire Stu now?
Into the sun please
Well the first half was fun.
How does their offensive lineman not get tossed for throwing the punch after the TD?
And ref can't say he didnt see it because he jumped in between them right after
Not wearing maroon
Refs got the call that Louisville can't lost after Miami went down.
Maybe we shouldn't kick it to the nations leading kick returner
Well, now we know why from personal experience.
welp. it was a good first half.
Phil has shown he can get the kids not to fold when we go down so I'm hoping he can pull something out of his ass here to get the offense to give us a drive here and stop the bleeding. Get the defense some rest and time to re-group.
This next drive is going to be critical. Monty needs to reach into his bag.
Maybe just take a knee on the kickoff
Louisville fans are insufferable!
I hate others a lot more, but Louisville was the closest I've ever got to a fist fight at a game.
Was waiting for the flag on the touchback
Standing too far from the ball.
Worsham Worriers is a great name for the no shirt kids in the stands.
Need them to move uncomfortably close to the Louisville fans
Did Hawkins get hurt?
He was the dive on the pitch to Seldon
K just seemed to have disappeared
Drones timed that well.
Where's Stewart? Where's Hawkins?
Yeah just odd that both have seemed to disappear.
We need to run that read option/RPO play with the TE leading (the Rutgers play).
Yes.
Good to see Overton get some carries. Hope he sticks around next year.
Nice job by Drones jumping on that.
If they score on this drive it's game.
If they score a touchdown, it very well could be.
That would have been a TFL if they didnt pull the jersey of our D End right in front of two officials
Jersey was almost a foot behind our end.
Saw that too. Bullshit.
Yeah, my dog saw the holding on that one. But the ACC has rules against calling fouls on Hokie opponents.
Bell has to make that tackle.
The official needs to call holding, but we aren't the 16 ranked team.
We're gonna get absolutely rawdogged in Lane North.
We live rent free in loluva's heads. If nothing else, we pull out all the stops. I don't care that they are the better team. We will win!
Can't stop the run now.
Especially not with Bell just falling down like a toddler.
Can't tackle.
Chambers just about got a f****** taunting penalty there
Shocked they didnt
Chambers trying to get a taunting flag too
Surprised they didnt go for it
HAVE TO SCORE HERE
LETS FUCKING GO! WHERES HAWKINS? WHERES STEWART? RUN THIS FUCKING THING DOWN THEIR THROAT THEN POP THE RPO!!!
Missing Greene a few drives ago, needed to hit, maybe it comes open again!
That was a huge fuckup
Why aren't we running anything that worked last week? Or in the first half?
Fuente heartburn game special, coming up!
Time for a 12 minute drive!
Not looking good on that.
Drones inability to hit the broad side of a barn is the #1 issue holding back the offense. And when he does throw a nice ball, the receivers drop it because they're so used to never getting the ball lol.
He could've waked up and handed DG the ball on that pass and he would have dropped it. He's now pressing to throw the perfect pass.
was there really no one open?
Why is our special teams coordinator having our punter not kick the ball out of bounds?
Egregious blocking the back missed on the PR.
Need a pick six!
Can we stop kicking to Lacy?
For pitys sake stop kicking it to lacy
Serious question....
Is there a worse QB in the modern history (the last 35 years) of VT football than Kyron Drones??
He fine if we use him as an option runner or for short yardage stuff
Grant Noel was not the best. Drones can at least run.
LT in Jr and Sr year. We sent him away to train with the QB guru and then immediately changed everything they taught him
We need to stop trying to make him something he's not. He's Hurts. Good runner who can throw a little. Stop trying to make him a pocket passer that goes through progressions...cause we cannot block up the middle.
He's legitimately cannot throw at all at even a moderate volume. He's got a strong arm but no mechanics, no accuracy, no touch. He's good for 3 maaaybe 4 good balls a game. Other than that he just brings nothing to the passing game at all.
I remember some of Mike Vick's ridiculous critics back in the day always said he was just an athlete playing QB, couldn't throw. What in the world were they smoking, Drones makes Mike Vick look like Tom Brady or Peyton Manning in comparison.
Grant Noel, Ryan Willis, Grant Wells, Josh Jackson, Al Clark... come on guys.
But what about Grant Noel?
Dave Meyer. Nick Sorensen (for one game), good DB, bad QB.
Sorenson was a Swiss Army knife and played a lot longer in the NFL than many supposedly more talented guys. I'm always a fan of him and admit to envy in the hair dept.
I hope including him on that list didn't seem like I didn't think he was talented, especially on defense, but his QB play was subpar and he was the MVP of a bowl game at QB where our "not shutout" streak almost ended. That bowl game was the darkness before the dawn given the QB that was on the bench in his redshirt the following season.
No, I didn't take it that way. He wasn't a QB but was pretty much the best option at the time, it seemed.
Currently the ST coordinator for the Cowboys.
I'm sorry but mentioning Deep Ball Dave alongside Sorensen is kind of slanderous. Meyer could manage a game and keep you from losing it. As he proved in the 2000 Pitt game after MV7 got hurt, he might even win you a game from time to time. Love Nick but you can't really say the same for him as far as his QB play goes.
That said, he could still throw a better ball than Drones. My god
High school QB, yeah probably, Div 1 college? Nope.
Yeah you're probably right, I think I'm just letting recency bias get to me.
You're right. I'm probably associating Meyer with bad play in my mind because I was in a bad mood at the time with Vick hurt for Pitt and Miami. Couldn't have been easy going from Al Clark's backup to Vick's backup. Again probably better than I remember
That penalty killed any chance of the drive. We have to be able to run. They rushed three knowing our passing is a joke.
Cash money baby!
That is an outstanding play by Cash
Cash cash money
Cash is playing well.
Look for him to enter the portal next week /s ;(
Clearly in the end zone when he batted that ball
Yes. The looserville player was in the endzone!
Yeah. 3 steps in the end zone.! How the fuck is that not a touchback?
He was in the air when it was batted though.
Right, but as soon as he batted it back, a VT player should've run over there attempt to advance.
Even showed 5 yards deep on replay as commentators called it a great special teams play
Wait. You can't bat the ball back into play from the end zone? He had both feet in EZ before he jumped.
Dude went into the endzone to get the ball, which had already crossed the plane, to bat it out of the endzone.
LOL. You really cannot make up this level of incompetence.
Is the reviewable?
They'll probably come back and call us for roughing the punter.
Throw in a targeting call for good measure.
It's the ball position, but it had clearly gone into the endzone
The physics of the call were impossible. Guy was three steps but the EZ to bat the ball. Impossible for him to touch the ball beige it crossed the goal line.
Amazing. The refs got it right after being super super obvious.
They have to act like they gave us one on the obvious ones so it's less apparent that they are trying to screw us over.
Okay they changed the ruling. Maybe the officials should watch the game.
Run. Drones. More.
Drones is just such a bad qb....my goodness. Has he made a single good throw past the line of scrimmage?
Thank god we're going for it
But shitty play call.
Meh Louisville covered it well. This is what losing to superior talent looks like. Great job by Monty having the team ready to play. Our boys just aren't as good.
What even was that play? There were no receivers
drone's should've kept that
holy fuck
Don't like the crowd cheering for that
They cheered for the holding call.
It was for the penalty, not the injury
Ok sorry
Achilles?
STOP THEM NOW!!
ITSTARTSNOW
LETITSNOW
A buddy texted me during the first half after the punt block saying we should hire Monty because he's got us playing well. Lol. Like Monty and appreciate his leadership through this interim period, but this offense is straight mud butt.
That's the play we should run every time.
How does Louisville only get three road games?
Yeah really! What's up with that? 9 home games?
These commentators licking Miami's balls even after they lost...... too much
Give up 21 yards on a 1st and 25. Just ridiculous
I miss Bud
Someone on this defense needs to step up and be a hero like fucking now.
Our current NIL budget doesn't buy heroes.
Welp that's probably game. Our D just not getting off blocks
At least we're making it look easy for them.
Ballgame.
Missed TFL to a walk in TD
That was pretty embarrassing Gave up 5 rushes for 10+ if you count the one called back.
Even if we hold them to a FG, Drones will be forced to throw the ball.
I think we all know how that will turn out....
EDIT... Apparently I'm behind.
Jesus
97 yards in 2H.
2 first downs
welp it was fun while it lasted, not much we can do without a passing game
Especially when we abandon the run when it was working.
Why does every second string offensive nobody have to have their career best moments against us?
Well it was fun while it lasted.......until the second half.
Good first half, but not enough in the tank to do it all game, barring a miracle here
That TD drop was the game killer
Yep 14 point swing
Thanks Stu Holt. Thanks Offense.
Just run the ball and keep the clock running.
Might as well since his first read seems to be the RB on a lateral route.
Sum this up in two words
STU-pid Greene
Drones can't throw a simple ficking 5 yard out
Well it's not a one score loss
We need two scores. We're throwing 7 yard passes. When not just run the ball?
Played a good Half of Football but ultimately, our inability to make plays in the passing game caught up to us.
There's just nothing good going on when we throw the ball...even when Drones is good, the receivers let him down.
Hard to win much when you are functionally one-dimensional
What is the crowd chanting?
I don't know why I even bother to watch these games
Well their QB just complimented the environment. Said he wish he could play there every week.
Tip of the hat sir.
It's absolutely astounding to me we haven't tried a QB change at all. I don't see how a warm body with an arm could be WORSE than Drones.
We don't see practice.
Bingo.
Coaches know which guy is the best to run the offense
which should tell the next coach already the QB room will need 100% turnover in year 1
Miller Moss after the game: "Awesome environment wish I could play here every week". I get what he means, but I wish it was still the environment where no opposing QB wanted to come play. Like how Ken Kelly and Ken Dorsey felt in 99.
Considering we only have 3 wins, it did look like a good turnout.
Miami losing today means they will be on quit watch. We might be able to steal that one.
And butthole eyes is always good for a few dumb throws under pressure.
Exactly. No offense buddy but I want you dreading it
We had a good first half. They had better athletes and their coaches got their heads out of their asses and figured out how to stop our offense and exploit our defense. The second half and end result were no surprise, even if it was a bit disappointing after the first half.
Or Hunter Cantwell that time we killed him after he was already dead and had 2 tampons in his nostrils.
**edit- meant to reply to motown above**
Or Donovan McNabb when his Heisman campaign died in Blacksburg before it got off the ground.
Honestly good thing we lost, this will keep the "let's just hire Monty" wheels from turning too much
Just got back from the game... tickets on the 40 yard line were $20. Wow. Good crowd though and lots of fun. The sad part of this game was just how winnable it was... our playcalling was just awful. It was so clear that we could run the RPO all game and as soon as we would get going we would call a pass which wouldn't even be CLOSE to being completed. I mean, I've watched a lot of Hokie football in my lifetime and I am sorry to say this season is the worst QB play I've ever witnessed for us. I don't like saying it, trust me. That being said, we can run the ball and Drones can move the pile... what exactly about last week did we not want to repeat on offense? It really boggles the mind why we didn't just come out ready to run the rock every time and throw only in emergency. Our coaches just don't seem to be able to coach to the players ability or to the situation. It's like they have a list of plays that they just have to run. More confirmation here just how bad the coaching is this year.
There's a reason Montgomery was available as an OC in February...I appreciate what he's doing as an interim HC, but yea I think the game has passed his system and scheming by.
Agree completely with all of what you said here.
But also, even if the offense played brilliantly- very nearly allowing two separate running backs 100 yd games is gonna make it hard to win
I Brown and K Brown went for 130 and 94, and accounted for 3 TDs.
In my almost 30 years of watching VT football, this is one of the softest defenses I've seen is field. If its 3rd and five or fewer, it feels like it's a guaranteed conversion, no matter who we're playing
It's like their ball carriers were Ducati bikes weaving in and out of a parking lot of 18-wheelers...18-wheelers made completely out of Nerf material, that is.
That a great first half for us. Second half the defense ran out of steam being on the field that much. Offense was awful to close first half and the entire second half. drones can't complete a pass past the line of scrimmage.. Just awful play from QB spot.
To be fair, when the game was still in reach, Drones dropped a dime for Donovan Greene that shoulda been a walk in TD
Drones had two sure fire TD passes, one to each Greene. Donovan's would've flipped momentum, Aiden's would've never allowed us to lose momentum.
Yeah we knock Drones consistently but his game and the team game look much different if the Greene's catch those balls. You only get a handful of chances at game breaking plays and they dropped both.
With those two plays, if they were caught and scored Drones stat line would have been 13/24 200 yards passing and 3 TDs plus he had 85 yards rushing and another TD. Completion percentage still would have been a bit low but 285 yards of offense from a QB is enough to win most games.
You know the state of the season when we don't even have vent threads anymore.
I was thinking the same thing. To be honest most of the venting happened in this thread second half, which only happened because of a first half that exceeded expectation. There were some flashes of brilliance in the first half. Managed to hold on a 3rd and 1 and 4th and 1 for the first time in 8 years if my math was right. I missed most of the 3rd quarter ubering my kids, so maybe the third quarter was my fault, but from what I saw the defense looked gassed and their offensive line was pushing us around. Once Louisville took the lead our offense looked lost and I'm not sure what that 4th down play was supposed to be in that last drive. Mini-vent over.
I missed the beginning of the game because I had a water leak in my house but my groupchat was blowing up.. I responded "luckily I have a water leak so am not watching". I started watching on my phone walking around lowes right before we tied it at 7 and kept watching on my phone during the fix.... it worked for a while