Ordinarily, a painful, last-chance, overtime loss to a division rival would send fans fleeing from Lane Stadium in droves before the clock could even hit zero.
Not today.
Today was one last chance for the Hokies' faithful to thank the only head coach many of them have ever known, and as he strode to midfield to salute what he called the "greatest fans ever," he was serenaded with the crowd's cries of "Beamer, Beamer, Beamer."
"I saw a lot of signs there that said something about appreciating me, but I appreciate them," the departing head Hokie said after the game. "I'm thankful that I had such appreciation from the fans today, rather than wanting to run me out of town. A lot of people, when you change jobs in this profession, you got run out of town."
The Hokies couldn't quite manage a storybook ending for Beamer, coming painfully close to the mammoth upset of No. 12 UNC in a 30-27 OT loss, but the team carried him off the field as if the team had emerged victorious after all.
"It wasn't planned, it just felt like the right thing to do," said QB Michael Brewer. "With him having his last home game and everything that he's built here, the tradition that is Coach Beamer and everything he's done for the university, we felt like it was the right thing to do."
But even with an ending that evoked a magical win instead of a crushing loss, the disappointment in the air was palpable after the game.
"The guy is Virginia Tech," said defensive coordinator Bud Foster. "I just really wish we could've pulled out today for him, that would've been the icing on the cake."
If the Tar Heels and their electric offense had merely blown out the Hokies, that would've been one thing. But for the Hokies to claw their way out of a 24-10 hole late in the fourth quarter, only to fall at the last second? It added an extra sting to a bittersweet day.
"We definitely knew this game was in our grasp and we let it slip away," said DT Corey Marshall.
Making matters worse was the controversy surrounding UNC's game-winning touchdown. Replays showed WR Quinshad Davis seemingly losing control of the ball while falling out of bounds, yet the referees saw fit to leave the call unchanged upon review.
"It is what it is," Foster said. "We've had those calls kind of go either way, and it didn't go our way. The guy made a nice catch at the end of the day, I can't say anything else."
That frustration contributed to what was already an emotional afternoon for the team. Between one last "Enter Sandman," keyed by a special video send-off from members of Metallica, and the roars of "Thank you" from the north and south endzones echoed by cries of "Beamer" from the east and west stands, the tributes to Beamer very nearly overshadowed the game itself.
"It's been an emotional two and a half weeks," said offensive coordinator Scot Loeffler. "It brings me back to my days whenever a legend walked out the door. You see the people that clean up the building in the morning with tears in their eyes, you see people that have been around here forever, you look at Bryan Stinespring, you look at Bud, you look at Charley Wiles. I'm an outsider looking in because I've only been here three years, it just reminds me of when Coach (Lloyd) Carr stepped down. Coach Beamer's been great."
But the game itself did not lack for drama, in what was supposed to be an easy win for the Tar Heels.
Tech started out sluggishly, with a quick three and out, and UNC made a quick statement.
The Hokies forced the Heels into a 3rd and 13 situation, yet QB Marquise Williams managed a 32 yard pass to WR Austin Proehl to keep the drive alive. RBs Elijah Hood and T.J. Logan ran for 7 and 11 yards respectively, then Williams fooled the defense on an option play, and walked into the end zone on an 18-yard run. UNC's offense seemed to deliver on all the hype, staking the Heels to a 7-0 lead just four minutes into the game.
The Hokies then picked up two first downs on Travon McMillian runs, but a first down sack of Michael Brewer, courtesy of virtually unblocked LB Shakeel Rashad, put Tech in an early hole to force another A.J. Hughes punt.
But the defense responded to force a quick three and out, giving the offense the ball back on its own 29.
McMillian gave fans a scare, exiting the field briefly with the wind knocked out of him, but J.C. Coleman ably filled in and managed a first down. Quick passes to Bucky Hodges and Isaiah Ford got Tech to UNC's 49, the offense's first time in Tar Heel territory. Brewer completed a pass to Ryan Malleck to get to the Heels' 28, but the drive stalled after another McMillian run.
But even with good field position, the Hokies came away empty handed. Joey Slye just missed 46-yard field goal wide left, and Tech stayed scoreless.
Once again, the defense came through, with the Heels' drive stalling after a fumbled snap by Williams. To start off the second quarter in earnest, Brewer got the next drive moving with a 10-yard pass to Hodges out to the 35, then hit Ford for 44-yard bomb that was almost out of his reach.
But after two short Sam Rogers runs, Brewer very nearly connected with Cam Phillips in the end zone. Yet the receiver couldn't quite hold on, leading to a 32-year kick from Slye to put Tech on the board, 7-3.
UNC looked to get right back in the game with a 20-yard completion to Hollins. But on the very next play, Corey Marshall managed to bring down Williams and force a fumble — the Heels' first turnover since playing UVA back on Oct. 24.
That gave the Hokies the ball on UNC's 30, but the Hokies wound up shooting themselves in the foot, repeatedly. A holding penalty on third down backed Tech up to the 35, then a sack forced the Hokies to punt from the 43.
The Heels and Hokies showed no interest in moving the ball much on each of their next two drives, cordially yielding the ball to each other after three plays apiece.
After two quick first downs, UNC seemed to hit its stride, getting out to its own 45. But Williams failed to convert a 3rd and 1 on a QB sneak, giving Tech the ball back on its nine-yard line.
With a chance to burn the remaining 1:43 off the clock, the Hokies managed just two plays and allowed another sack to move backwards and use just 30 seconds in the process.
That gifted the Heels some great field position with just over a minute left in the half, and they came painfully close to making a big play down the field. Yet Chuck Clark was able to lay a mammoth hit on Ryan Switzer as he leapt to reach a Williams pass, and Tech escaped. A false start put UNC behind the sticks, and Williams very nearly managed a conversion on a 14-yard scramble, but fell just one yard short.
They punted the ball away, and the Hokies were likely downright thrilled to go into the half down just four points. In all, the defense yielded a paltry 156 yards to the Heels' explosive offense, with 65 coming on their first drive alone. But by the same token, the Hokies only managed 68 yards of total offense, with four sacks allowed.
Even with a series of emotional Beamer tribute videos on display at halftime, Tech's defense emerged from the locker room on fire. Hood managed a quick first down with a 12-yard gain, but UNC could only managed two more yards before punting the ball away.
Tech then came back with a real winner of an offensive series — it included a holding call and another sack, capped off by the Heels blocking Hughes' punt to get the ball on Tech's 38.
Dadi Nicolas then single handedly helped the Heels drive down the field. Not only did he jump into the neutral zone on a third down, but as referee Ron Cherry called that penalty, Nicolas bumped the ref and gave him a bit of the business to earn an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty.
"I didn't mean to, I didn't mean to hit him," Nicolas said. "The center moved the ball, so I thought they were going to call it, they called it on me."
Williams took full advantage of Nicolas' generosity, rushing for 19 yards to the goal line, but just missed the end zone. From there, the defense collected itself, stopping the Heels cold to force a 20-yard field goal. With the make, UNC's lead grew to 10-3.
"It was a crucial moment in the game, it was an unfortunate call," Nicolas said. "If anything, as a team, we stuck together and held them to a stop."
On Tech's next drive, the offense seemed to wake up a bit. Brewer avoided an oncoming rusher with a five-yard flip to Hodges, followed by an eight-yard run by McMillian. A 15-yard throw to Ford down the sideline got Tech near midfield, then a 10-yard catch by Phillips moved the sticks. Brewer then took a shot to Hodges in the end zone, and a UNC pass interference penalty got Tech to the 26.
Rogers found a bit of daylight to notch an 18-yard run, and two plays later, Brewer stumbled into the end zone for the game-tying score. That capped off a 10-play, 81-yard drive that seemed unthinkable just minutes earlier.
UNC didn't do much to turn the tide on its next drive. The Heels led things off with their fifth false start of the day, then had to punt after a Ken Ekanem hit on Williams produced an incomplete pass (that was very nearly a fumble) on third down.
By contrast, the Hokies started their next effort hot, before disaster struck. A quick gain of six by McMillian and a nine-yard pass to Phillips got things rolling. Then, McMillian found daylight, and it looked as if he had a gain of 18. Yet the refs flagged Hodges for holding.
Rogers gained back some of those yards on a 10-yard gallop, but then coughed up the ball on the next play to give UNC the ball on Tech's 45 as the third quarter came to a close.
The Tar Heels seized the opportunity. Even with Corey Marshall in the process of wrapping him up, Williams kicked things off with a 10-yard completion to Switzer. The Hokies continued to pressure the UNC passer, but he continued to stand tall in the pocket, finding Quinshad Davis for a 21-yard gain on a 3rd and 9.
Hood then took the ball into the endzone from 13 yards out, thoroughly deflating the Hokies' crowd and giving UNC a 17-10 lead.
McMillian used two runs to pick up a first down on Tech's ensuing drive, but on first down, Brewer did the Hokies no favors with an absolute arm punt in Hodges' general direction. UNC's Des Lawrence made the bobbling catch to get the Heels the ball back on their own 16.
The defense just didn't have enough left to respond. UNC kicked things off with a 32-yard completion to midfield, then a steady diet of Williams and Logan on the ground brought the Heels to Tech's 31-yard line.
The Hokies forced a 4th and 2, but a beautifully executed, last-second pitch from Williams to Hood helped the Heels keep the drive going. Four plays later, Hood walked into the endzone, giving UNC a seemingly insurmountable 24-10 lead.
Tech then put together a decent drive on offense, getting to UNC's 29. But Brewer made another poor throw to the sideline for his second interception of the game.
Yet Vinny Mihota managed to breath some life into Tech's chances, forcing a Williams fumble.
Brewer then engineered a speedy drive down the field, using a pair of long completions to Rogers and Ford to get to UNC's 11. He then found Hodges in the back of the end zone to cut the lead to 24-17.
On the next drive, Logan nearly put the nail in the coffin, with a 43-yard dash down the sideline. But a closer look at the replay revealed that he stepped out of bounds after 21 yards instead. Williams then made yet another catastrophic mistake, as Luther Maddy forced another fumble and the Hokies recovered.
"Football's definitely a game of momentum, and we felt it so much," Marshall said. "We were feeding off it, the atmosphere was crazy, the fans were going crazy, I haven't seen it to that magnitude in a long time."
Brewer led things off with a bomb to Ford for 36 yards, setting the Hokies up on UNC's 12-yard line. A pair of Rogers runs got Tech to the four, and Brewer very nearly connected with Ford on third down to tie the game.
On fourth down, with a 1:15 left in Beamer's time in Lane Stadium, Brewer managed to somehow find Ford once more, this time to complete the miracle comeback.
"When we called the next play, I knew I was going to get the opportunity and it was a play that we ran in practice a lot, and if we executed, we knew it would be a touchdown," Ford said.
UNC couldn't do much on its next drive, punting with 30 seconds left, and the Hokies knelt the ball to force the improbable OT.
But the break between regulation and overtime was not kind to Tech's offense. UNC won the toss and elected to play defense, and the Hokies couldn't manage much.
McMillian re-entered the game after a lengthy absence, but his two runs produced just two yards. Brewer found no one open on third down and had to throw the ball away, forcing Slye to kick a 41-yard field goal to make it 27-24.
"He was banged up a little bit, obviously with a healthy Travon, he would've been in there the entire time," Loeffler said. "He wanted to go in in those overtime situations."
The Heels wasted no time when they got the ball, as Williams found Switzer for an 18-yard gain on the first play of the possession. UNC had the ball on Tech's seven-yard line, and though the Hokies forced two stops, Davis came up with the fateful play on third down to walk off with a win.
"It doesn't take away from this team and how hard they battled, I couldn't be more proud of them," Beamer said.
Indeed, Beamer offered a familiar sentiment to his players after the game, even amidst the torrent of emotion.
"We've got one more shot here next week against our in-state rival, so right now it's back to work," Beamer said.
But the stoic head coach did allow himself one moment of reflection. As much as he claims that he kept his focus the entire day on the challenge at hand, not the sobering realization that he will never again set foot in Lane Stadium as Virginia Tech's head coach, he acknowledged that the occasion does have him thinking a bit about his future after football.
"I got some grandkids I look forward to spending more time with, and my wife, Cheryl, that I'm going to spend some time, travel and so forth," Beamer said. "Maybe there's some other things out there too that get my interest and go in a different direction. I'm not a guy that doesn't have anything else to do, I'm blessed with a great family."
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The biggest thing about the 'catch' was that it literally took them 10 seconds to review it. They took their time reviewing the RB stepping out of bounds and the fumbles but they just glossed over this. It makes me feel like they had no intention of overturning it at all even the moment they reviewed it. It's insulting.
Well it was already overtime. They didn't want to overstay their welcome on espn
Watching from home, it was clearly a catch after 5 seconds.
dude it was not obvious or clear.... we wouldnt be having this discussion if it was. From the Refs perspective it was bang bang. The ball in replay obviously was moving and looks to not have complete possession till he's on the ground out of bounce. That being said its tough to overturn it.
I'm no expert but I recall hearing a similar discussion about a NFL rule regarding possession in the endzone. Essentially 'possesion' can be very subjective, however in the NFL (and from what I have witnessed in similar college games) possession does not have to be retained in the endzone as long as it is initially achieved while in bounds. From the replay I saw a clear moment with a foot inbounds and the ball secured. I have yet to see a college play where that would be overturned, especially since he appeared to bobble it afterwards while moving out of bounds. I do not know what the rulebook says, but that's my two cents.
If that's the rule I'm even more upset about Danny Coale's overturn...
But I'm almost certain you have to maintain possession all the way to the ground.
Saw the replay again and changed my mind... :(
https://vid.me/e/SatJ
Seems pretty clear, that's a good angle
I know you said below that you changed your mind, but I wanted to respond somewhere so here it is.
The receiver may have had control of the ball with his fingertips right after he caught it. By the time his foot hits the ground, his right hand is above the ball and the left arm has been pulled down away from the ball. Short of him palming the football, he does not have control here. I don't think he palms it because the ball does not stabilize as it comes down. It bounces off the top of our corner's arm before they hit the ground. The exposed end of the ball "waggles" all the way down, showing that he didn't have control of it. Only when he is fully down out of bounds and he pulls his thigh up to trap the ball does it stop bouncing around.
I feel like this is super clear. The corner (Edmunds?) did enough to keep him from getting control, but short of the ball popping loose, there's no way this gets called right the first time. Thank God we have instant replay to be sure...
That was no catch. Bogus review. Bobbling w no feet in bounds. Very Danny Cole-esqe situation...
Well, except Danny Coale's was a catch, and they somehow managed to overturn it.
I wonder if UNC's bench rushing the field after they called a TD had the refs all flustered and they just gave up on the review and decided to call it done so they could go home.
Tennessee went to the locker room after Boykin's catch in the Chick-Fil-A Bowl. Refs told them to come back out. The actions of a team shouldn't affect the call.
I agree completely.
That doesn't mean Ron and his clowns weren't affected by the actions of the UNC team....
The officiating has been pretty bad across all of college football this year. There have been multiple times throughout the season that officiating has been a topic of discussion, even on ESPN sponsored shows. That is not at all how it should be. The more you hear about the refs indicates they are doing a poor job IMO
This is true. Across all conferences there have been some major gaffes. We're more likely to complain about ACC officials, especially since we're the only conference who has suspended a crew for poor calls, but it's been bad everywhere. I still can't understand what the review official saw. After talking with Mike Barber, the only thing I can guess is that the replay crew forgot to extend their DVR recording time in case there was overtime and so they had nothing to look at. I've never seen a review of any catch last less than 15 seconds.
Atmosphere was great today, people stayed in their seats for 10-15 minutes after the loss. Sad to see Beamer go but excited for the future and to see who I'll be cheering for next year. Also good to see Loeffler go, will not be missed.
Too bad we weren't playing horseshoes.
If UNC beats Clemson and sneaks into the playoffs, wins the semifinals game, and plays OSU in the NC game; does that mean that VT is the 3rd best team in the country?
Yes. Just like we were #1 last season since we beat OSU.
You mean #2 behind Wake Forest.
Fair enough....
That transitive property, it'll get after ya.
Not sure OSU is in. Lost to MSU.
osu probably got eliminated from the playoffs today. They have been meh in a lot of games and just lost to the first good team they played this year.
They also are apparently losing Elliot who publicly criticized the playcalling tonight and says he will not return to play for the Buckeyes next year as a result.
For those not in attendance, is there video of metallica's message and enter sandman?
While playing on ESPN was nice, it was also crap because the lead in came straight from College Gameday.
Its on the http://www.hokiesports.com front page. Top left under the "Thanks Frank" picture
It wasn't easy for Loeffler and the offense to waste such an effort from Bud Foster but Scot rose to the challenge.
I guess there is something that he is good at.
It was nice of the defense to let Hood walk into the endzone untouched twice. That was the incentive for the offense to come alive and get us into the game.
Nobody was blameless in this one, and I am a little tired of people blaming the entire game on the offense.
UNC's offense has been a buzzsaw all year and VT's defense held them in check until the offense took matters into its own hands and started turning the ball over. The defense did enough to win that game today.
Exactly. People aren't given any credit to how great the UNC offense is this year. It was amazing how our D kept them to 10 points for more than half the game.
It's not the D's fault if the O kept turning the ball over and giving them horrible field position and tiring them out
The tiring them out line is one of the lines that is frequently used. However we held the ball for nine minutes longer than UNC.
Both sides had issues. Both sides had good parts. It was a team game good and bad, it does nobody any good to blame part of it on one side.
The defense didn't go backwards on UNC's 12 out of field goal range. The defense didn't give 1 (or 2?) fumbles and 2 INTs, one of which happened in field goal range. The defense didn't have a punt blocked and FG missed.
You're correct that you can't put the blame all on one side, but it's clear that it was our offense and special teams that lost us the game. UNC's PPG average was 42 coming into the game. We held them to 30 in overtime. We should have won, and that would have happened if our O or ST had stepped up more than if our defense had improved.
It was completely on the defense that never seemed to cover a TE or WR on third down for them. It was completely on the defense that allowed Hood to walk in untouched to the end zone, twice. We can both call out things that went bad. My point was that both sides had good and bad. The game is over and it doesn't benefit anybody to blame anybody. The team is not immune to social media. They played their hearts out and now need to get ready for UVA.
I agree. This loss wasn't entirely the fault of the offense. They scored enough to keep it close. When you lose in overtime, one more play by anyone on the field might have changed the outcome of the game.
Those quick passes to TE's and WR's on third down you are referring to are packaged plays and are a major point of contention right now because they are almost ALWAYS ineligible men downfield on those plays because they are run/pass options. They are extremely hard to defend and are a staple of the Baylor/TCU style offense.
My voice is gone, my face is probably sunburned, my exhaustion is peaked. But driving 5 hours to see FB and the Hokies fight tooth and nail against a ranked opponent was all worth it! There we some very emotional moments but I think Frank is making a good decision, it seemed his age is getting to him. The crowd was great and the team carrying Frank on their shoulders into the locker room was a great finish win or lose. Thank you Frank!
Now time to drive to Philadelphia for a marathon to run and yes I'm wearing a Beamer Nation shirt for it.
Beyond proud of the effort showed today by the team. Look forward to the scrimmage next week and then a bowl to send CFB out the right way!
Today was awesome in the stands. The East stands were fuller than I have seen them all year even more so than the anOSU game, although there were some empty seats I know a lot of people were cramming into the East and SEZ. Young people were calling out the idiots who started streaming for the exits down 14 and I'm glad that security turned them away when they tried to get back in. Driving back to Myrtle Beach my wife says to me " I know it's a long trip and it takes a lot to do but we ARE going back to as many games as we can from now on"
Reading the word "fuller" made me a little sad.
I honestly think fuller is coming back for one more year.
I'm not going to lie, those uniforms looked a lot better than I thought they would. That 25 on the helmets is a great look.
Yeah actually I liked the uniforms too
Leave the 25 and CFB signature on the field for eternity. It. Just. Fits.
^^This^^ My friend said the exact thing to me while at the game and i couldn't agree more
Despite the loss, we had a great time today. What an effort from our guys to close out regulation like that. I shook my head when people were streaming out with 6:00 to go, knowing that a win was a long shot but it was pretty crappy knowing that there would be a final (small) celebration for Frank after the game that I wished they would stay to see. I'm glad we stayed through all of it, and I'm glad I was able to add my voice to the Beamer chants at the end.
Just got back from the game. Incredible atmosphere and great crowd. Like Alex said, normally I would have left but staying in my seat and cheering Frank on was a once in a lifetime thing. It was an incredibly emotional day. The only downside was a guy one row back who couldn't shut his mouth. Spent the entire first three quarter bad mouthing players and swearing at them. Ugh. Oh well. Hell of a day. Just wish Brewer was smarting with the ball and Loeffler was smarter with the playbook.
On to the Hoos. Hoping for a beatdown.
Anybody have videos from the game? Metallica's message? The videos they showed on the big screen? Crowd reactions? Band's halftime tribute?
I found this: http://www.foxsports.com/college-football/story/virginia-tech-hokies-north-carolina-tar-heels-frank-beamer-final-home-game-112115 --- which is great, but I'd love to see more.
Wish I was there!
Check hokiesports.com over the next day or so; they said on Twitter they would post all relevant videos online.
We don't know how to win anymore. Period.
I'm reminded of a saying, "When I do something right, no one remembers. When I do something wrong, no one forgets!".
We were a missed field goal from a win. Let's not forget that.
We are 1-4 I believe this year when we have been within 7 pts of the opponent in the last quarter. We were 2-5 last year. The point is when the game gets close at the end, we can't close out. I think that's what Musky is getting at.
Personally I had a gut feeling we would lose when it went into OT. I had the same feeling in the Duke game. Unlike previous VT squads I don't really feel like the team has what it takes to shut the door at the end. Lack of a killer instinct if you will.
I put that on the coaching though, not the kids. They played their hearts out to claw their way back after being down 14 with 6 minutes to go.
Waddaya mean?
This is game that we were all but written off as having a chance and we damn near pulled it off.
Your glass needs to be half full, not half empty.
If we hire the right coach, that can change quickly.
Yep, 1-4 in one-score games this year, right? If we went 3-2, we would be playing UVA for a chance for our 8th win. In VTs heyday, we go 4-1 in those games and are sitting 8-3 right now. In our heyday, only 2 of those 5 games are one score games.
Those things generally level out from year to year.
All in all I left the game in good spirits. The loss was unfortunate but we had 14 unanswered to end the game which was a pleasant surprise. Something seemed weird about the game though as it was eerily quiet at times but really loud others. I'm sure it was probably just the weird mix of emotions surrounding the last game for Beamer + the players but it was strange.
I wouldn't have missed it though and I'm glad I'll be able to tell my kids that I was there for Beamer's career and saw his last game in person. He seems genuinely happy at this point and that's not something I've seen in him in recent years. I'm just glad I got to be a (very small) part of his legacy.
I'm proud of this team despite the loss. They NEVER gave up, and they rallied around each other to whip up some Lane Stadium magic that reversed a game that seemed decided. The effort and the emotion of the fans and players was enough to celebrate the attitude and legacy that Beamer has brought to the program and the college community. Thanks Frank!!
Anyone else watching the game on ESPN get the chills when the PbP guy said "Touchdown Tech" on Brewer's touchdown? It seemed so fitting and definitely gave me the chills.
I'm just going to be honest with myself and say that as heartbreaking of a loss as this was, it was not unexpected. I'm surprised at how close the game actually was, and pleased that the defense held UNC to what they did. I expected for us to get blown out, and I was pleasantly surprised that we did not.... Which is also the problem - I'm happy to not get blown out by the opposition theses days. it's because of games like this (failing to close even with momentum, inability to execute, and lack of discipline [looking right at you, Dadi]) that it is time for Frank to leave, and this game did nothing except to confirm that Frank's decision was the right one.
Am I disappointed we couldn't get a win in his last home game? Absolutely.
Was I really expecting to win? Nope. The closest I allowed myself to believe that a win could happen was late in the 4th, after our last touchdown, when I thought to myself that this was probably going to end up like the game against Miami in 2001.
Hopefully the next HC will instill the fact that moral victories don't count in the W column.
I am apparently the only human that was calling for us to go for 2 at 24-23. I'll take that shot to pull the upset every time.
I was saying in the stands. Not sure if I was serious or not but I would not have been too upset if we failed to convert. Would have loved a bit of killer instinct.
I thought the same thing.
High risk, high reward strategy.
If they don't get it, they'd hear all about if from Jack's raging bile duct.
No, you weren't. I was there and told my nephew I thought it was the right move.
That's what I do in every online NCAA '14 game I play. It works most of the time! Overtime's the worst.
You have to do it in NCAA 14 because the offense is pretty much unstoppable against a decent player. You basically have to score on the last play of the game to win.
I was hoping for Motley to come in and run the Tebow fake run jump pass. After all the film of him coming in just to run it should have been wide open.
I wanted that too, but knew they'd play for overtime.
You were not alone.
Loeffer and Beamer would have crucified if the 2 point conversion failed.
As much as some fans are calling for their heads for going conservative in overtime?
True. But Frank wouldn't be fired and Scot is already fired.
Other than 2 fumbles, UNC was trucking our defense the entire 4th.
Playing at a home in an electric atmosphere is more than an enough to justify taking the game to overtime. We had momentum and the crowd on our side, I'd gladly take the risk of overtime.
So Brewer could run a bootleg or QB sneak? Yeah no thanks
http://www.hokiesports.com/#ooid=Zpb3ExeTpN7R7pGkw-0Ar6d3_n-n5KK9 Metallica's message
http://www.hokiesports.com/#ooid=dpdm0weTqqDH2sGeErPVaKPD6x88vG5o Everyone saying thank you
I'll keep this sort of short and sort of sweet. The atmoshere was amazing in the stands. The most people I have seen in a couiple of years. Frank has made VT what it is today. All the videos were outstanding. But in the end, this team has exactly 1 victory over a team that has a winning record after 12 weeks of college football and that is NC state. Their inconsistant play in every facet of the game is extremely frustating. Let's just hope we can get 1 more victory to finish the storybook career chapter. GO Hokies!! We love you Frank and thanks for the memories.
Great atmosphere in the stands except for the occasional idiot VT fan. The Metallica tribute was awesome. I was high enough up in the East to see the team walk out of the Beamer Barn and it was just flat out cool.
Hats off to Bud for his D holding the offense to so few points. It is clear that we need to develop some sort of offensive identity and we can easily win games like this.
For some reason this, there has always been one VT fan every single game that wants to fight, trash talks other Hokies, etc. Don't know why but it's embarrassing.
I wish Dadi had actually given Ron Cherry the business. The refs were flat out horrendous on calls for both teams. The ACC needs to get its act together.
The UVA game scares me a bit, they have been in a lot of their games. Hope we crush them. See you all in Charlottesville