Facts & Film: Success Rate and Chill
Virginia Tech's win over Pitt was a confidence-boosting victory for Brent Pry and his staff. It's also a lesson in not overreacting to small sample sizes.
Virginia Tech's win over Pitt was a confidence-boosting victory for Brent Pry and his staff. It's also a lesson in not overreacting to small sample sizes.
Virginia Tech deployed a terrific game plan against Pitt, and veteran players like Dae'Quan Wright and Alan Tisdale led the Hokies to a resounding home victory. Breaking down 9 plays from Tech's 38-21 victory.
Late night edition of GIFTORY comes your way.
Brent Pry and the Hokies hope conference play is the start of a new season.
Bill Dooley, forever in the shadow of Frank Beamer, once presided over a massive rebuild of his own at Virginia Tech. Lessons that can be learned in building from the ashes.
There were few positives in a miserable loss at Marshall that leaves major question marks for the path forward for the Hokies football program. 9-play, 2,500-word film review examining Marshall's misdirection run game that flummoxed Tech's linebackers, questionable offensive strategy and a standout game from Pheldarius Payne.
The Hokies will try to balance their record at .500.
Virginia Tech football is bad but also maybe getting better? The offense is improving, but also hasn't scored in the first quarter this season? It's all a complicated mess of contradictions, and none of it will make you feel any better.
In this week's Facts and Film column, a look at Kyron Drones' first start in a Hokie uniform, plus insight into how good coaching hires have allowed Marshall to become a dominant defensive program.
Despite some areas of improvement, Rutgers cashed in on Virginia Tech's mistakes while the Hokies couldn't make the Scarlet Knights pay for their own in a renewed Big East rivalry. 11-play, 3,100-word film review breaking down the ups and downs of the defense and quarterback Kyron Drones' first start.
Virginia Tech hopes to right the ship at Rutgers.
After Virginia Tech's loss to Purdue, it's been a rough week for Hokie Nation. Do we all have the emotional bandwidth to see the moments of growth through the pain of a season likely full of losses?
Virginia Tech’s offense continues to languish in historical ineptitude. A closer look reveals that the issue goes deeper than play calling.
Early defensive lapses are too much for a woeful running game to overcome in a loss to Purdue. 10-play, 2,800-word Purdue film review delving into personnel issues on the o-line, quarterback play, and more poor linebacker fits.
The Hokies look for a non-conference Power Five win.
Virginia Tech. Purdue. It's the battle of the mediocres that could kick off the Brent Pry era once and for all.
A look at how Virginia Tech's revamped wide receiver room has made its mark, some concerning run play calling tendencies, and the impact of the new first down clock rule.
Virginia Tech's coaching staff will have plenty of teachable moments this week, but there also was some needed progress in a sloppy win against ODU. Breaking down the tape in an 11-play film analysis.
The HokieBird remains the best.
The second act of the Brent Pry era is upon us.