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A Study In Decline: The Virginia Tech Hokies

I don't know why this is in the Texas Longhorns section, it's worthy of being on their main page.

And before you start, just know it's absolutely scathing to our entire athletic department in their absolute failure to keep us a relevant program post Beamer.

What happened? Was it simply the loss of a once-in-a-lifetime coach?

At one level, yes. The financial and organizational realities of college football caught up to a quaint personality cult.

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Drones out for the remainder of spring

We are getting slow around here. Saw this earlier. It sounds like he will be back by early summer, and that they consulted some serious people on the procedure.

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VT Pro Day 2025

Looks like Tech is hosting their Pro Day today. 17 total guys participating in one form or another. Could be a good opportunity for some of our Hokies, like Gosnell and Moore, to strengthen cases for UDFA status come the fall

Not really sure how to track performance but figured this could be a place to discuss any potential risers and standouts.

Players participating:

Tuten -RB
Lane - WR
Felton - WR
Jennings - WR
Gosnell - WR
APR - DL
Peebles - DL
Fuga - DL
Nelson - DL
Pene - DL
Strong - DB
Jenkins - DB
Jones - DB
Schlee - QB
Clements - OL
Kaden Moore - OL
Peter Moore - P

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BOV set to approve plans to increase Student Fees nearly $200 to help pay for NIL

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More New Coaching Hires

So how do we feel about these new announcements:

Cannon Montgomery - Assistant RBs coach
Brian Whitehead - Nickels coach
Jireh Wilson - Edges coach

Jens Danielsen was also announced, but we knew about him.

Definitely some youth with RB and Edge.

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HOKIES in the NFL 2025

The NFL offseason is heating up, and we have our first Hokie news. Brock Hoffman re-signs with the Cowboys for undisclosed terms. He was an exclusive-rights free agent, and is expected to compete at right guard to replace the retiring Zack Martin.

https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/cowboys-re-sign-versatile-lineman-bro...

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2025 NFL Combine

Tuten went off at the combine.

Peebles and APR had noteworthy performances too

For comparison

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Enjoy the Spring Game this year, might be our last based on current trends

What started as Texas canceling theirs due to the portal is beginning to snowball a bit to a growing trend across the football landscape of high profile schools canceling theirs (Texas, Ohio State, Southern Cal and Nebraska), and now we are even seeing it happen with some others. Just this morning, Dave Doeren has confirmed that all spring practices will be closed to the public this year, which includes a cancellation of the Spring Game.

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Football Assistant Hires

Thought we could have a running thread for assistants. Not sure if each assistant needs its own thread.

  • Assistant Offensive Line Coach: Jens Danielsen

I'll update as more names drop

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Christian Taylor targeted as OC

Christian Taylor, an assistant with the Bills and former OC at William and Mary is being targeted for the OC job. Same mold as the DC, relatively unknown, been a coordinator at a lower level, has NFL experience and is considered innovative.

https://x.com/brucefeldmancfb/status/1890118984441426407?s=46&t=BhOr4hM4...

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Jarrett Ferguson adds Mason Baggett to S&C staff

He will be the associate director of strength and conditioning with nearly 20 years of experience in the field.

He was a Hokie from 2002-2006.

The part of his background I found most interesting was his time at Camp Lejeune training Marines Special Operators.

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New OC Candidates Thread

Reposting from the Bowen thread. Here's a list of names I compiled immediately after I heard the news, plus I'm continually adding names I'm hearing people would like:

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2025 Ticket Exchange Thread

All, with the schedule being released, and a unique situation for me personally that I will post in the comments, I thought I'd get the 2025 Ticket Exchange Thread going:

Per TKP Staff in prior years:

List extra tickets you're looking to offload, or inquire about tickets you need. Do not post any tickets above face value. Understand that Orange and Maroon Media, LLC is exempt from any liability from transactions that are initiated here, and will not assist in brokering any transactions.

The best way to exchange email addresses is to encode them, for example: foo [AT] bar (dot) com.

Threads with tickets for sale found elsewhere will be deleted without warning.

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