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HERBERT RUNS WELL. FAM!

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YALL TRYING TO PARTY?

I love a good nap. Sometimes that's all that's getting me out of bed in the morning.

I'LL CALL MY HOMIE

"That kid you're talking to right there, I think he played his nuts off! And you can quote me on that shit!" -Bud Foster

FAM, we have a running game.

FAM, our DB's were depleted and we still got an ACC win with a walk-on safety and 2 tFr

FAM, feed Herbert the rock and he's all-conference. At the least.

FAM, Love y'all.

Tyrod did it Mikey, Tyrod did it!!

When you think about it it's kind of insane that the true freshmen playing right now could play this entire season, play 4 games next year, and still not have an official "freshman" season until 2022.

Justus Reed effect. Minus the injuries and transfers.

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-What we do is, if we need that extra push, you know what we do? -Put it up to fully dipped? -Fully dipped. Exactly. It's dork magic.

HERBERT FAM!

Um...date rape? /s

We put the K in Kwality

Our 3rd stringers are better than your 1st stringers FAM!!!!!!

TYLER MATHENY = brEaD REED FAM

The Orange and Maroon you see, that's fighting on to victory.

This. My man needs a raise

"What are you going to do, stab me? - Quote from Man Stabbed

Undefeated fam!

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

IT'S BIG PLAY BERT, FAM!!!

STICK IT IN! FAM!

VB born, class of '14

KHALIL HERBERT IS AN ABSOLUTE MAN AMONGST BOYS! FAM!

TAPP THAT ASS

"That kid you're talking to right there, I think he played his nuts off! And you can quote me on that shit!" -Bud Foster

FAM. KANSAS IS STUPID.

Fire Whit.

WHAT DO YOU EXPECT WHEN THEIR COACH EATS GRASS

No, I *don't* want to go to the SEC. Why do you ask?

We don't love dem Hoos.

Herbert is the man FAM!

Hats off to the defense. We had a skeleton crew out there and that 3 and out after our fumble with 4 minutes left was HUGE! Won us the game!

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

FAM! Petition to make all headlines be
Herbert Fully Loaded!

Here lies It's a Stroman Jersey I Swear, surpassed in life by no one because he intercepted it.

Belmar is a beast! FAM!

HE RUN
HE FAST
HE..RBERT

FAM!!!!!

Sometimes we live no particular way but our own

WE GOT A DUB MISSING OUR 2 DEEP FAM!!

HERBERT FAM!!

MATHENY FAM!!!

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

MARK RICHT SOUNDS LIKE HE'S GOT ALZHEIMERS

WHAM, BAM, THANK YOU, FAM!

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

That last defensive stand that essentially won the game.

FAM!

Is coronavirus over yet?

We won FAM! But to be honest, I am emotionally spent. What a rollercoaster of a game Fam...

Go Hokies!

WE B TRANSFER U!

2-0 FAMMMMM!

X4U!!
Amirite?

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

UX2VT?

Sometimes we live no particular way but our own

I'm FAMMMMing so hard right now! We were QB play short of dominating dook with a walk on secondary. It's clear we need HH2 next week to have a chance against UNC. But the D played with one helluva effort and Herbert is awesome!!!

FAM!

Got to love some Herbert. That guy's the real thing.

HERBERT
4
HEISMAN

FAM

This.

Gobble gobble FAM!!!

Close enough fam!!

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

Peek inside the lunchbox, 'cause I think Bud left us a Smithfield Honey Claeys'd Ham in that thing.

FAM!!!

208 rushing yards on 20 carries. Herbert is a legend. It feels SO GOOD to have a run game again...

I had completely forgotten what having a real run threat felt like, and it feels so good to rediscover some of the same feelings I had when I was in school and had Darren Evans, then Ryan Williams, then David Wilson...I'm not gonna go as far as to say that it takes me as far back as when I was actually getting into VT football and we had Suggs and Jones on the field at the same time, but give me a few more games and I might change my tune.

David Wilson was my first impression of VT running backs, and he probably set the bar too high for me. It's always cool to see other VT all-star backs in youtube clips, but when David Wilson was on the field, you knew he was gonna have a good day and do something you'd never seen before.

We had a nice run there for a while. I started watching VT football only from 2003, so Kevin Jones was my first intro. Brandon Ore was a good one in terms of talent, and the Imoh-Humes tandem was fun too. There was that long drought between 2012-2019, and even though it is only two games against two not so great opponents without all of their players, it still feels good. Vice has done a nice job creating an identity ... now we need to recruit to it. Would be real nice to become the Wisconsin of ACC and keep attracting good O-Line and RB kids. And kudos to the D for the many 3 and outs for the opponent, which wears down on their D, and makes our running game even better. Great overall effort.

I know David Wilson is the name that pops up when thinking of the last great VT RB, but I was racking my brains to think of someone in the interim who was a significant threat. I can't think of any. No one seems to be able to even put together back to back great games. And against ACC competition.

Shai and Mars could have been if they had better injury luck.

Maybe, but they didnt have the speed burst of Herbert, at least not Marshawn.

Lots of our really great backs havent had the speed of Herbert. Suggs wasn't the fastest, Evans either. But they hit the hole and made plays.

Suggs ran a 4.44 at the NFL combine (aka a 4.27 in the old hand-timed days when every VT player had a ridiculous time) and IMO was even faster before the injury. He wasn't DHall or Eddie Royal, but the dude could run. Was one of the fastest guys on the team.

But your point still stands and Evans is an excellent example- wasn't a burner but he had good vision, hit the hole hard, and broke arm tackles for big gains.

VT 2 COVID 0....FAM!

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

FAM!!!!!
Matheny is a walk on!
Herbert is the best beast since Suggs!
I swear football is going to kill me....
HELL YEAH FAM!

2 time Longwood grad married to a Hokie.

Back to back 300 yd rushing games. FAM!

We got a RB FAM!

Let's go!

FAM!!!! 1-0, lets beat the Tar Heels next week!!!!

Hell yeah boys! Now to enjoy a plate of pizza in my hot tub lfggggg

I have no idea why my username is VT_Warthog.

Arkansas blew a 24-0 lead in the Belk Bowl.

We have a mack truck RB finally FAM!!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ #YNWA

With all our guys out the last two weeks we should be 4-0.

HERBERT FOR HEISMAN TYLER MATHENY FOR JIM THORPE AWARD FAM

Fire Whit.

Two in a row with 3/4 strength FAM!!!

300+ rushing yards in back to back weeks, were a fucking service academy fam!

I mean, we do have cadets

Put them in too!

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-What we do is, if we need that extra push, you know what we do? -Put it up to fully dipped? -Fully dipped. Exactly. It's dork magic.

Only Airforce and Army rank above us in YPG.

I just love this team, FAM!

"Tajh Boyd over the middle . . . and it's caught for an interception! Michael Cole, lying flat on his back, ARE YOU KIDDING???"

HERBERT HAD 358 ALL PURPOSE YARDS Fam!!!

Wet stuff on the red stuff.

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Shout outs to:

Herbert
O-Line
Matheny
D-LIne
Linebackers and the other DBs
Coaches
BB, WRs, TEs, Special Teams and the rest of the team for fighting hard to get that win

GO HOKIES!!!

The. Whole. F-ing. Team. FAM!!

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

Only 4 penalties for 20 yards with walk ons and third stringers in the game.

^^^^^this..... such a clean game from a depleted defense. I get that Duke slashed them pretty good in the 2nd half but at least they played disciplined football.

It's a win. It's a win. It's a win. It's a win. It's a win. It's a win. It's a win. It's a win.

FAM FAM FAM FAM FAM FAM FAM FAM!

Gobble gobble bitches! FAM!

2 time Longwood grad married to a Hokie.

Also close enough fam!!

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

How about Fuente FAM!?

All things considered, so many players and coaches out and 2 solid wins. Credit where it is due. Coaching staff has shown up

Seriously, and I can't imagine how much sleep he's lost over trying to work around all of this...he sounded pretty much completely exhausted in the postgame presser just now. Gotta love that enthusiasm from Tapp to the D Line in the 4th quarter too, he was basically just feeding them energy.

We won. It was way closer than necessary (their special teams TD, our fumble in the red zone) but it's a win gorrammit

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Celebrating at the campfire, I'll watch the game on monday!

FAM.

To borrow a phrase from Ty at The Solid Verbal, win your clunkers. And a game where you're down 7 DBs counts as a clunker.

Add to that Duke doesn't seem to be as bad as their 0-3 record would show. Also, we just made them 0-4 FAM!

Fuente has done amazing at recruiting these transfers. Herbert is incredible and the others are proving their worth nearly every play.

Go Hokies!

Reed is a beast.

Life is good.

FAM, if we keep winning, I'm fine with being transfer U. Let's goooo!!!!!

FAM - SOMEONE CALL RYAN WILLIAMS AND PLEASE ASK IF HE CAN OFFICIALLY HAND DOWN THE MIDDLE NAME OF 'MF' TO KHALIL 'MF' HERBERT, FAM!!!

“Also, a microwave has never danced it's ass off to Jackie Wilson.” - AssPocketFullOWhiskey

FAM!!!

Sometimes we live no particular way but our own

yes

KMFH

Just all kinds of FAM today, and frankly, the commentary said it best. We've won with 3/4 of our team. What happens when we have a full team?

It's Carolina week, FAM!!!!

TKPhi Damn Proud
BSME 2009

We had a white boy db get an int, Duke should not be allowed to football anymore. Also need to get another qb in there for UNC. But ugly win still a win so I will take it

I can imagine no more rewarding a career. And any man who may be asked in this century what he did to make his life worthwhile, I think can respond with a good deal of pride and satisfaction:
“I served in the United States Navy"

This Triangle alum is very happy with Fuentes unbeaten record in ACC NC stadiums

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

Fuente has never lost in NC

We put the K in Kwality

He has, just not in the regular season.

I dunno the announcers last night said we won the Belk Bowl last year so.... Maybe?

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

I assumed he was referring to the win in the 2016 Belk Bowl and just didn't know we were in it last year.

We also played in the ACCCG

That game was played in Orlando

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

How about to a NC team in NC?

His only loss to a NC team was Duke last year at home.

We put the K in Kwality

FAM!!!That Oline in second half just opened up some huge lanes for Herbert .

Sooooo what's going on with HH?!

Not enough practice

TKPhi Damn Proud
BSME 2009

Let's be honest - this is shaping up for next week to be another 3 QB's throwing passing touchdowns in a 6OT win against UNC. We all know it.

I just want another W fam, especially over a top 15 UNCheat

I'd like our chances to win in regulation better if I knew we'd have our whole defense back next week. UNC has a good QB, so having large sectors of our secondary out is not ideal.

I like our chances cuz God's a Hokie:

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

FAM HERBERT HoF FAM FAM FAM FAM

Ran out of legs to share with the FAM! It feels good to be Fully Dipped again! Free bourbon at my house!!!!!!! NC2VT gonna roll now!!

Sometimes we live no particular way but our own

Need directions from Jamestown and I'll see you in ten minutes...#donttellmywife

Rewatch "Party" party tonight at 8:30. Just me and a friend so plenty of room (and bourbon) if you want to watch and social distance. I-40 west to 421 west. Main Street Kernersville exit N. Left at the light. Straight through the circle, and right on Hopkins. Right about a mile later, while going up the big hill out of the S curve, onto Sutter. Another right. Last house on the right .

Sometimes we live no particular way but our own

You drunk posting?

Tyrod did it Mikey, Tyrod did it!!

No. Just woke up and drinking morning coffee. Feeling really good for how much I had last night. Looking forward to watching again tonight. Was I drunk when I posted "free bourbon"? Yes. Will I stand by that tonight? Yes. Will I drunk post again tonight? Probably not - I don't look at devices much when I have company.

Sometimes we live no particular way but our own

I don't look at devices much when I have company

Tyrod did it Mikey, Tyrod did it!!

Kellen Moore would be proud of the teeth sitting behind her.

TKPhi Damn Proud
BSME 2009

Team win. Love what I see from this team. We have an edge that we did not have last year. Very excited about the future of our defense in J Ham's hands. Great staff and a multitude of coaches who can call a game in a pinch. Even when we give up yards, I feel we keep the play in front of us and live to fight another down. It's refreshing.

On O - love BB's mettle. Didn't have the best game, but he has legit talent. We have 3 QBs who can start and win a P5 game. Also Herbert is legit. A true playmaker and bell cow back. Something special in him and Blackshear as a 1-2 punch.

I like it. 2-0, let's go beat the Tar Holes.

We are 2-0 and there is no film on the offense we will be running next week when HH is starting!!! FAM!

Convince me that Kansas has a better RB than Herbert...

They let this guy sit on the sideline? Guess that's why they're Kansas.

FAM! I opened a brand new bottle of whiskey received on my birthday for last week's game. Had another drink today. Apparently, as long as I drink it on game day, we win. Science!

Ok, u must only have one drink every game day from that bottle. Make it last!
Result: Best birthday present ever...

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

And done! As a good Hokie, I have daily whiskey/bourbons at my disposal to ensure this one lasts

Obligatory: My Man gif
FAM!

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

At this point in the season, Coach Fu has got to be the front runner for ACC (if not national) Coach of the Year. What a job he has done handling the adversities this year!

Ut Prosim Ad Dei Gloriam

FAM! And cheers to being ranked in both polls.

What a relaxing birthday tomorrow now. It's been up and down every year during this weekend.

Wet stuff on the red stuff.

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Tomorrow is also my sister's and my son's birthday. Happy birthday!

Virginian by Birth, Hokie by Choice

Yoooo..... happy birthday (it's my birthday too!!!!)

10/4 for the win!

Wet stuff on the red stuff.

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Shit man, I still don't know how good we are, but I am impressed by the readiness of these players coming in from deep on the bench. I hope we get more out of the qb position to compliment the dangerous running game.

"A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals and you know it." - K

When it actually looked like football would happen back in late August I said it would be the ultimate test of depth and coaching, and well, here we are.

The Orange and Maroon you see, that's fighting on to victory.

At the very least the entire coaching staff deserves even more kudos than we gave them last week...we didn't have our best guys on the field, but everyone who did get out and play gave pretty much EVERYTHING they had, and I absolutely love it.

I still have no idea where this season is going to go, but we're gonna have an incredibly deep team in terms of actual game experience come the start of the 2021 season, and I'm so ready for it. Additionally, games like this, where we get the 3rd/4th strings into the game and give them major responsibility to play with the 1s and make plays, are the sort of team-building experiences that you just can't create in a regular season.

Even if we had lost today I would've loved the effort I saw on the field, and I'm just so incredibly proud of these guys - they're out there giving their all with day-of notice, and I'm SO impressed.

Top-25, Bitches!

We put the K in Kwality

Cathartic win FAM!

I love the tickle of Dickel in my belly

FAM!

Please let us have our dbs back next week 😭

My viewing experience wasn't a great one and I missed some bits and pieces, but it looked like the Barno-at-DE experiment took a positive turn today. It helps when Teerlinck unlocks the Robert Mathis spin move for you.

I get how everyone is dealing with their own COVID/injury situation - but it feels like ours has been especially rough. I didn't have a lot of hope heading into the season after losing Farley, postponing games, and seeing our injury report week one. But I have to say, the coaching staff has done an incredible job with the guys on the field and I am so happy to be 2-0.

I vote that when a D-line does something to put an O-line man on his back we call it a flapjack.

Flapjacks

TKPhi Damn Proud
BSME 2009

Sweet win FAM! Liking this running game!

2-0 vs. the state of North Carolina this year. Let's make it 3-0.

FAM

Tyrod did it Mikey, Tyrod did it!!

Nice dig down deep and get the job done win. Offense responded enough when Duke got close and depleted defense got the job done when they needed too.

Two-thirds of the way to believing that we have an offensive line that we have a legitimate running game based on a line that can actually run block. Happy, but still being cautious. Similar results against UNC, and I'll be starting to believe.

Let's take one more and go 3-0 vs. the state of North Carolina!

Recovering scientist working in business consulting

Here's to hoping we never have to watch another game on the horrid ACC Network. Wishful thinking I know but I can't believe it's so God awful.

FAM

Tyrod did it Mikey, Tyrod did it!!

Bruh, tell me about it. Get your down and distances down...brutal to watch

My favorite was when we scored once it said "0th and ___" instead of TOUCHDOWN

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

Mine was when Duke punted on second and five.

Sometimes we live no particular way but our own

Duke should have abused our secondary. Thank god for Herbert.

Fire guy

Pretty sure you need a QB to abuse the secondary...

Yes,that's the Hokie Bird riding a camel. Why'd you ask?

I'm calling on French for his comment on the TD run by Burmeister.... I'm a common folk observer and after watching it in slow motion, I observed several amazing blocks by EVERYBODY in our O-line. Can't wait for his analysis!

I would like to blame this win on my ability to build a fire pit which allowed me to relax with some Longbranch by Wild Turkey. Which means Mathew McConaughey had his hand i the win.

P.S. I'm pretty lit and didn't even watch the game yet! Go Hokies!

Is he the 2020 version of Cody Grimm? Dwight Vick compared him to Brandon Semones yesterday. Maybe not the fastest or most talented but he just seems to be always around the ball making plays.

Cody played in the NFL and was first team All ACC in 2009.

Tyler isn't quite that but I'm happy to have him ready to roll when his number is called.

That's what we thought about Grimm early in his college career, too.

Can't wait for French to tell me what I saw today,, but what I think I saw in the run game I really like.

Life is good.

Kaleb Smith and Hoffman pulling were very noticeable on this TD. Kaleb had his guy engaged the whole time and I'm just so impressed with our WR blocking this year.

Tyrod did it Mikey, Tyrod did it!!

Me as well. The defensive front for Duke is legit. One of the best we will see this year. Great test for this team, and they played well.

@hokie_rd

Case in point

The Orange and Maroon you see, that's fighting on to victory.

I UPVOTED EVERY COMMENT AND YOU SHOULD TOO FAM

Hokies win again and I got myself a girlfriend who likes watching football.

It's a good day fam!

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

What a babe! Hold onto that catch. Really glad I married a tomboy that I met hiking. She is more into backpacking and camping than I am and she also had more tools for working around the house than I did. Actually, she is probably better than me at just about any home improvement project except for carpentry/wood working things.

Recovering scientist working in business consulting

I know duke and NC state are not the strongest opponents, but the level of dominance we have shown in our run game were unmatched in recent years even when we played against FCS teams. I gotta think this is going to be a strength even when we play against the UNC/Miami or even Clemsons of the world.

I would like to give major props to:

Duke! For punting on second and ten!

GIVE MATHENY A SCHOLARSHIP YOU COWARDS!!

I'm pretty sure he's in.

I think I'd argue that this game was as close at it was in part due to Tavion's rough start. On the first drive of the game he had a long ball fall into the breadbasket and didn't pull it down. He was closely covered but I thought he should have had it. Then the muffed punt fiasco. He turned it around later but I'd wager that this game would have been less stressful had we gotten off to a better start, and early in the game those two plays stood out.

He had a rough game.

"A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals and you know it." - K

It got better, but yeah, it put us in a hole.

FAM!!! We won and loluva lost. Let us celebrate!

2 time Longwood grad married to a Hokie.

I did not watch either of our first two games live. So I guess I need to keep that going for the season, til proven otherwise

VT '10--US Citizen; (804) Virginian By Birth; (979) Texan By the Grace of God.

Rick Monday... You Made a Great Play...

I also root for: The Keydets, Army, TexAggies, NY Giants, NY Rangers, ATL Braves, and SA Brahmas

and now to figure out how to watch the replays. in North Dakota.

HokieTapes has been permagleasted I see. shit.

VT '10--US Citizen; (804) Virginian By Birth; (979) Texan By the Grace of God.

Rick Monday... You Made a Great Play...

I also root for: The Keydets, Army, TexAggies, NY Giants, NY Rangers, ATL Braves, and SA Brahmas

FAM

Not sure how I missed it until now,but saw the VT social media calls the O-Line "The Vice Squad". Love it. The Vice Squad is busting long runs!