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Wittingham official: 5 year deal at UM

Wish him the best, he had some moments but if he wasn't good enough to be head-and-shoulders better than Drones and force the Staff to put him on the field, then its hard to see him as part of the plan going forward.

Which then brings the question.....what (and who) is the plan at QB going forward??

Good luck to pop. He won us a uva game, and that solidified his career for me

The writing was on the wall all year. Not being able to overtake Drones as starter was pretty damning evidence he had no chance. With a new HC and what I considered much better QB talent coming on to the team I think this is the only move if he wants to continue to play the QB position anywhere.

Solomon, pls.

Big upgrade IMO

Also former Hokie OG Johnny Dickson in the portal out of North Texas. Was Honorable Mention All-AAC in 2024 and was 3rd Team All-AAC in 2025.

Noah Rogers in the portal for NC State. Starting to miss that home game next year with two starting WR, RB and TE either graduated or in the portal. Wouldn't be surprised if CJ Bailey goes into the portal too.

So at one time he was faculty source - an old VT magazine archive.

In less than three years the Hokie Man has become an icon. In his cape, pompom skirt, and floppy hat, he leads cheers at Virginia Tech athletic events from Miami to Syracuse. No wind chill can stop him; no rain can dampen his enthusiasm for his beloved Hokies.

You can find him boosting spirit from the front row on Lane Stadium's section 16, in stadium parking lots, or on the pages of newspapers in Miami, Nashville, and Virginia Beach, his long black wig flying in the breeze.

But who is Hokie Man? Would Superman say he's Clark Kent? Would Spiderman fess up to being Peter Parker? Ask Hokie Man his identity, and all you get is "I am Hokie Man."

Here's the scoop. Hokie man is not a Tech undergraduate, as an ESPN commentator once suggested. Hokie Man is a member of the faculty. Hokie Man is the alter-ego of mild-mannered Mike Schroder (hotel, restaurant management '92), an assistant director for program development for Virginia Tech's Division of Continuing Education.

Hokie Man was born Nov. 9, 1996, when the Hokies chilled East Carolina in a nationally televised game that revealed snow blowing horizontally. Schroder was bare from waist up, save the cape draped over his shoulders. When he donned a sweatshirt at half-time, about a thousand people booed until he yielded to mob rule and removed it.

In the parking lot of the Orange Bowl weeks later, Schroder found himself leading an impromptu pep rally from atop a van. He's had a dual existence as a Tech administrator/pop-culure star ever since.

Becoming Hokie Man is no flash change undertaking; Schroder enlists the help of his wife Beth (hospitality and tourism management '94) to apply the body paint, which takes about 90 minutes. But it's worth the effort. Hokie Man is sponsored by Hokie House restaurant (where you can find a wall of his press clippings and pictures), and he's guaranteed a front row seat at Tech games.

I believe I also found his Instagram and it appears he is a southern California resident these days.

He said he was retiring from Utah not football. Its pretty bad when one of the best coaches younger ever had is basically being driven away

So if we cant pull Torrian who would we legitimately go for for the secondary?

He needs to do it this year. We barely have enough to field a team right now let alone have a winning season