Who: Virginia Tech Hokies (4-3, 4-2 ACC) vs. No. 9 Miami Hurricanes (6-1, 5-1 ACC)
When: Saturday, November 14, 2020 at 12:00 PM EDT
Where: Blacksburg, Virginia | Lane Stadium
Watch/Listen: ESPN / Virginia Tech IMG
Spread: Virginia Tech -2.5
Weather: 55°F, Mostly Sunny
Series: The Hokies are 15-22 all-time against Miami.
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Lets Go!
College Game Day sign from VT fan, "chip it in, chip it in, chip it in"
Edit for the shame
I was just coming here to ask which one of you that was :D
HOKIES!!!!
Gameday just said Miami is without multiple players today.
Game was in flux with them toeing the line closely on the required number of available OL per guidelines.
They're missing 4 or 5 OL, we're missing 3 DE... The stoppable force vs the movable object will decide this game
Bitter tweeted our unavailable report yet?
Waller and Belmar biggest names.
I don't expect Waller to ever be 100% right this season. Just feels like he's gotta have one of those injuries that just won't get better all the way this season.
Yee
sounds like a perfect storm for our clean hitters to completely miss their tackles
Major shoutout to apparent Nagurski defensive player of the week last week for Tavante Beckett, former Hokie who transferred to Marshall and would almost certainly be starting for us the last two seasons.
Said about an hour ago but...
"I really like this Hokies defense, especially that front 7." - Desmond Howard
Seems a little early to be that drunk
Yeah he said he trusted us to stop the run... I was like wait what?
I give him a little leeway assuming he was factoring in the OL issues.
must be watching vintage footage from last decade
DH is not the sharpest tool in the shed except last week when he was the only one to pick liberty.
he picked Liberty last week, and this week he's handing out compliments to our rush D?
Alright guys. Are we no longer doing "Let's Go Hokies" first on this thread? We screwed the pouch already.
Meh
I mean, the first two posters have ONE JOB...
Anybody else cringe a little when they play the liberty mutual insurance ad?
(freakin' Hokies....)
Think we see more Griffen (who seemed to play more last week too), Wooten, and Eli Adam's today I guess.
We continue to be paper thin at LB.
Pregame show says Ashby warming up and looks good.
Love the expression from the guy in the original post picture.
Will be watching daughter swim, so won't see any of the game. Fuente and company have an opportunity to turn things around. Will see what happens. If they can pull off the upset (don't care what the line is, it would be a big upset) then we still have a chance to have a pretty decent year. Drop to 4-4 and we could easily be looking at 5-6 in what was supposed to be a good year and transformative recruiting. They better come out with a lot of energy and fire.
Another cool thing about that photo is that recently passed former VT Baseball Coach Chuck Hartman is on the far right in the frame. RIP Coach.
What's the uni combo?
M/M/W
Told myself I wouldn't watch. But with no premier league all the chores are already done. So here we are 🥃🍻🦃
Winning today would be really helpful for assuaging the justifiably upset fanbase. I hope for the team's sake too that they stay unified and pull the "upset." Go Hokies!
Can someone please provide the Virginia Tech IMG radio partners in Richmond, VA?
Will our DBs keep assignments and keep King in check?
Use the short pass game to open the run options for Blackshear.
Good playcalling on the first few plays.
Let's start the Fuente took over playcalling rumors now. They always make me feel better for some reason 😂
I just hope Hendon stays healthy...
We'te 2.0 point underdogs, Miami is #9, who's thinking we are that good?
You wot
What kind of bs is that?
ACC refs
We should've had the first there. Regardless, teams know Hendon is taking that so why not run something else.
Wow. What kind of fake is that?
Strange officiating already.... is this a sign of things to come?
Why didn't the ref right next to the downed guy blow his whistle at all? Bizarre
Was the player even down?
Having the play called back sucks, but Hooker run on the 3rd and 2 was crazy predictable. Boring and sad.
They are selling out stop our run today
Going to need to throw to win. I don't have faith in Corny to even realize it.
Our D is just bad. They're weak, confused, timid.
Miami O playing with tempo. Our defense will get tired fast.
thats something we should do
If I'm Miami I go for it.
Absolutely. Although their kicker has a fuckin cannon leg
Kicker just ran over Chatman.
That was dumb, they would have gotten it running a normal offense.
It was good for us!
Good stop on the fake field goal.
That's a huge play for the VT defense.
Great start from the defense, if for nothing else but some confidence.
Fully expecting to return from the media timeout finding out we called a timeout before the snap.
Manny Diaz with an idiotic call there. If you are not kicking, then just keep your offense on the field. We were definitely playing to stop a fake there and our D is like a sieve on 4th down. Made no sense
Stupid decision by Miami. Just line your offense up, our D is allergic to 4th down stops.
Glad that Fuente had the "fake fg" personnel out there
On NCAA 14, that's "FG Safe." Probably one of the least-called plays in the game.
That was not a well executed fake
And we were all over it
And he still almost got it with that passive tackle.
That was gift by Miami. They had a better chance to get the 1st down if they had just run a normal play.
Manny Diaz with a really crappy call. Tech gives up 90% of 4th downs, but he decides to run a fake field goal instead...
Bitter says 16-for-21 which is 76%, but I get your point and Miami definitely should've run a regular play instead of a fake
Miami will have the first down when they come back from commercial, watch
Normally this year, teams have just been going for it on fourth and short.
I guess they thought they might get an easy TD.
Glad it backfired.
Was it just me or was there a false start on that FG try?
That would be our luck!
Looked like the TE moved.
Looks like glorious weather for a fall game day in Blacksburg.
Ugh, 3rd and 10. Not where we need to be
Yeah! First down
I'm hoping for a 1995 Miami game. We thought the Hokies would get killed and they pulled the upset.
Eww. Double clutch on an RPO and miss by 5 yards.
Big play for Blackshear we needed that third down.
Good run by Blackshear.
Got it done.
our receivers look disinterested in blockingedit: everyone looks disinterested in blockingFairs has been our best WR blocker so his absence may be felt today. Need others to step up.
Nice play on 3rd down. HH felt the pressure and checked it down to Blackshear.
Miami tackles so well. This is a game where we'll miss KMFH a lot.
Offensive line looking especially sieve like this afternoon
Did Tenuta even touch Philips??
Our OL is getting worked a little bit by miami's DL.
Wtf is with the tempo?
Do we get the drunk announcers EVERY WEEK?!
You know damn well ain't one of them wearing any pants either hahahah
You know, when you let the defender beat you at the LOS without even touching him, that's just not ideal.
***whiff***
Another whiffed tackle in space
Over aggressive without control (or thinking). Too.much practice tackling stationary blocking dummies.
Yeah, not sure I buy the "hardhat mentality" any more.
Great pressure. Now we need to score
Wow, a stop on 3rd down...
Nice pressure on 3rd down by Hewitt to force the errant throw.
Holy shit... a defensive stop??? What is this?!?!?
Great job by Hewitt on that one.
Defense doing their part early.
New punt returner and it shows.
Finally Robinson lost his PR job
KH getting 7 out of nothing.
Does the O-line respond better to KH as the RB?
HOOKER TO THE BANK!
GREAT RUN BY HOOKER LETS GOOOOOOO
yee yee fam!
Wow the respect they show to Herbert just opened that up for Hooker
Amazing how having a RB the defense respects opens up other options
Herbert's presence helps a ton
HH with the great run for the TD!
That announcer that said Hooker was slow now looks like an idiot.
The more games I watch the more I'm convinced it's less that our run blocking is great so much that Herbert is just that elite of a runner. Such a huge difference when he's in there.
Yep. He has abilities that you can't teach. He's just good at football.
Without Herbert, that's stopped for a loss.
Great call on that TD, the defense played the sweep motion hard
That big beautiful gazelle running free
The difference in the way the defense has to respect Herbert is unreal. It really opens up the entire offense.
We need to stop doing block-tackles and wrap up with their arms.
Despite King converting that third and short I think we actually covered it up pretty well. Good movement by Dax and Griffen to prevent it from breaking
Prevent pass coverage is NO way to win a game
Is Dax sleeping?
It looks like he has responsibility for outside contain today.
Sack. Sack. Take 'em back!
it's crazy how much better our defense looks this week
Nice sack on that 3rd down. Thought that they left the middle wide open, but Kendricks stunted nicely.
Kendricks just undressed that OLman on that sack
Pressure right up the middle has been money for us thus far.
Defense bending, but tightening up near red zone.
Great stop by JHAMs defense. Now time for Corn to get 7
They got 3 but that series was win for the D
Big play Tre!
How can #9 be an underdog to a #nuthin'?
Lol I was yelling at that tempo but that was a great play
This team with confidence is really good to see today. Not sleepwalking so far.
Ugh, this play calling...
Mind numbing. Imagine how impressive this talent would be with someone who actually watched the games?
oh look classic conservative playcall
That 3rd down call is horrific to set up a missed FG
Hate that playcall on 3rd and 7. That's a playing for a field goal call.
Watch that finger LOL thing is deadly
It's a touchdown if Hooker keeps!
that was way right
Am I only feeling like I'm seeing a lot of Miami tackles near the facemask?
What the hell with that 3rd down call
great job
Third and long, run up the middle. Predictable.
Don't necessarily hate the call. Hooker keeps it and it's a first.
Should have punted there. I don't think Johnson is as confident at long range any more.
That FG attempt wasn't even close. Disappointed that we chose to run Blackshear inside on 3rd and 7.
I didn't like the third and 7 call either.
The FG looked like a timing problem, the kick wasn't timed well.
That was a missed read by Hooker. If he keeps it, we have room on the edge
Did we learn NOTHING from last week?
3rdand 7 and we run up the middle
It's like he short circuits it seems like. Panic play call.
I wish I could see his situational play call sheet.
Classic Corn Fu. On the absolute edge of FG range so go totally conservative. Stupid call.
I can't stand Fuente and Corn's conservative strategy for every game no matter the opponent, situation, etc. It is sickening.
The coach like they have nothing to gain. They should be coaching like they have nothing to lose...cause they're going to lose their jobs.
I could see the approach if he had the Ray Lewis Ravens defense. But instead we have a weak defense and a potent offense. Stupid stupid call.
ummm, don't you remember "we don't change,,,based on the result."
There are absolutely plays we run that we know aren't going to get a first down.
That 3rd down playcall was one of them.
Anyone else think the ref running across the field at the FG snap was a weird distraction?
Interior DL decided to show up today!
Who are these guys and what have they done with our normal defense?
25 sacks for Hewitt today?!
He's only on pace for 8
Miami WR drops are helping us a bunch
Beautiful stunt.
Another 3 and out with another sack. This DL is channeling the NC State game.
I'm not trying to be salty, but I can't help myself, we couldn't do this against Liberty?
The rumors of Miami being razor thin at OL today is playing out to be true
Wow, the defense making up for shitty play calling...vintage VT
Sketchy review...
The defense actually is working to contain today. I saw Conner make a good play to make sure he kept contain and forced the play back to Deablo. Some improvements from last week
Place holder question for French: Are we still seeing Hooker make the wrong reads on these options?
It sure looked like he had 2 on the drive with the missed FG.
The 3rd down read was wrong.
Where he was hit 4 yards deep in the backfield it looked like it too. Blackshear ran towards the middle with no one around him.
Do the refs only call personal fouls against Tech on plays and tackles out of bounds? Miami seems to always throw us down once out of bounds and no calls were made
Miami...dirty? No way.
My knees tremble every time Hooker takes off
thats what he said
Holston with the nice block (even though he kinda got destroyed) to spring HH on that run.
What a good block by Holston
Edit: LOVE THAT THEY FED HIM
I call that the sacrifice block. Likely didn't feel to good.
Holston is playing like he has something to prove, and IS!
Happy to see Holston hit pay dirt
Really good to see JH0 running wild!
LETS GO FAM
LFG!!!!
Holston looks strooonnngg
TD for the doughnut!
.....ok so we all predicted this playing out today....
I mean...I bet big on VT(-2) so I'm claiming prescience
EDIT: FUCK
I did!
Is this the same team?
Again, WRs are catching the ball and running backward before running forward. Fortunately, I'm talking about Miami's WRs here.
Man, Chatman had a chance for a HUGE stop there.
BUT that's a tough one on one with King.
Miami was lined up.off side, the receiver!
That WR was lined up a full body length ahead of the line
Prevent SUCKS!
Horrendous series there. Chatman has to know where he is in space on that big pass.
King froze Deablo there
Deablo was in position where he should have been. Conner has to keep the edge and force King back to Deablo
Diablo played that right. The other DB lost contain badly.
22 lost contain on that TD run.
And because I complimented him before, Conner loses contain and King gets the edge easy
Conner took himself out of position to allow that score.
Refs missing a lot of holds and no review on Miami's longest play?
The catch was good, though. Wouldn't have been overturned.
True, but should have been looked at.
Welp...there's our LBs on cue, giving up contain and letting King walk in for the TD.
Conner blew it also
We lead the nation in overrunning plays on defense.
Nicki struggles when we rush the passer. We might need to blitz like hell the rest of the game to keep them at bay
Our DB can't react in zone coverage quick enough...
Our defense is incredibly soft between the 30's.
You mean between August 30th and December 30th?
I'm laughing at this comment all day! Thank you🍻
It be nice to burn 5 minutes off the clock and get a TD here to end the half.
Saved by the penalty
That was a weak PI call. Don't think it was tipped though but tough to tell.
These refs are hunting to turn the game against Tech
His hand didn't touch.
The O-line is getting pushed around
Blackshear is not really impressing inside.
What has happened to Oscar this year?
Boy our playcalling leaves a lot to.be desired.
I'll just be kind and leave it there for now.
We needed points and a stop. Instead Miami is going to milk the clock and then score prior to half. Go up 3 and get the ball coming out.
We really need a turnover here
Getting killed on that WR screen
Miami has realized we play 10 ply coverage on the corners, and are just dicing us up on the screen whenever they want it.
What is with the soft coverage?
We don't really have the DBs to play tight coverage and JHam has put in more zone.
Correct, no Farley and no Waller, and Webb transferring all hurt in different ways
Great play by Murray there to save a TD.
Barno with the sack to push them back!
Now block the kick. Good stop for the D.
Honestly the only thing I have an issue with today is the offensive play calling.
Hey Hedley - you're the fucking holder. Shut the fuck up and get off the field.
Turns out he's their Aussie punter. And an old guy.
should've taken a TO with 40 seconds left
I think we need to call more timeouts in the first half to slow the U (any) offense and give our D a chance to catch breath and regroup. Oh we just did! And it worked. Gave up 3 though.
Why go into to the half with TO's left? To me, first half timeouts are for the defense and seconds half TO's are for the offense.
So we're up. D looks better. O doing ok. What is up with our best player Herbert? Came in now gone.
Hamstrings can be nagging. He didn't start. Guessing he's not 100% and they don't want to risk injuring it worse after he tried to give it a go for a series.
Herbert still having hamstring issues.
I was working on a painting and only half paying attention.
What in the world is our team?
Split personality disorder
Well, we can definitely play with this team. Convert a couple more third downs without the officials reversing them and we can win.
Beautiful start to the half
Defense is at their best when the commentators are misidentifying them on every play.
Great series to open the half.
Khalil Hubert!
KH sighting with a good first down run.
Khalil Heubert is in the game.
Emphasis on that u
Is it just me or does this announcer just say the same things over and over
They keep saying Drake D caught his first pass of the season today, but I could swear I saw 89 catch a pass last week and thought "was that Drake D???"
We didn't play last week
Trayvion having a good day receiving.
Hender Hooker with the keeper
3rd and Quincaaaaaay
Nice use of Quincy there.
QP sighting on the 3rd and 1.
Holston looks good!
HOLSTON doing another thing
MAN RUN by HOLSTON
QP!
That was a sick run by Holston!
Holston went full on Beast Mode at the end of that run. Wow 10 yard drag
And follows it up with 6 on the next play
Holston > Blackshear
Change my mind
Anyone at RB > Blackshear
I don't agree, Blackshear may not be as good as the runners we have on this roster, but he's still better than running backs we've had over the last several years. He's just clearly a scatback, not an every down guy.
He's a good receiver, too. Picked up some big yards on a swing pass and a dump off.
Yeah, we really aren't using him right.
He'd be better used in the slot. The numbers don't lie. He's mediocre as a RB in this offense.
Depends on what you ask them to do. Holston is better at power things, Blackshear is better at speed things (including receiving).
Doughnut with the run around the end and almost fought into the endzone. And then rewarded with the carry on the next play.
Holston has been a pleasant surprise today. He might be the future when Herbert inevitably declares for the NFL.
Hot damn what a drive after a biggg defensive stop.
Holstein for Heisman!
Mooooo!
Is he the bell cow of the offense?
Holston is nasty really like the wrinkle he brings to the field. Like the use of QP as well to play to the power
Really could not have started this half better.
Run it down their throats
We need Herbert and Blackshear in on kick off returns, and run/fake the reverse (like the old days with Royal)
Don't know if it's been mentioned, but I haven't seen Tisdale today. Is that right? And if so, any idea why?
Sack, sweet sack
Seems like they worked on third downs this week.
Dax with the sack! And great coverage by Taylor on the first down play.
These boys look fired up
One one end I'm happy to see our defense playing well. Like we actually are playing good fundamentals instead of just getting lucky on turnovers. I'm still fuming that we are so inconsistent and couldn't figure this out last week.
Oh we are drawing up some wonderful blitzes today. That Dax sack was a very well designed blitz.
He was the perfect amount of patient
Great return by Blackshear. Should have been laundry as well.
He hasn't played well this yr, but I love when Dax makes a play...the guy raises the energy level of the team
Herbert 10+ YPR are a beauty to behold
Man Miami has tons of late tackles that I think could be flagged
Some things never change
Penalize Miami? Are you kidding?
Dont love settling for a FG ever, but this team is built well in this situation. Two score lead in the second half with the run game looking effective we should be able to see this out for a win.
You just had to.
There's the Brad we know.
Fade on 2nd down.
Slow developing 3rd down play with obvious Blitz coming.
Truth.
Is there any way to make more stupid calls on those 2 downs?
Damn, that was a missed opportunity to really create some separation in this game.
Why do we give up the run there keep it chewing
Hate the fade call without a super physical and athletic receiver, but don't think I can kill Corn for that one.
Hewitt is earning #25 again
That last set of downs was not great by Hendon. Wrong read to hand off on 1st down, poor route/throw combo on the fade on 2nd, held the ball way too long on 3rd.
2nd and 10 and you throw a fade... WTF?
Wow I thought the flag would be a hold
Do we know how to do pass coverage?
Man they cannot handle our blitzing today
That should be way fucking shorter than that spot
Refs ignoring lots of Miami holds and giving them great spots.
Surprised? Really?
It's truly impressive how consistently wrong these announcers have been about a wide variety of comments today
Yeah, 11 point lead but a FG will cut it to 5. math is hard.
He followed it up with a long pause and some quick maths when they finally did get a TD. lol
At one point I heard "VT wants to hold Miami on 1st and 2nd downs". As opposed to what exactly?
What a shit spot on that 3rd down.
Can't afford to lose Deablo
I actually think Dax has played pretty well today.
And the Miami holding continues
Alright, the defense has done enough to put us in position to win this game. It's time for the offense to close this game out.
Good job on Dax to deny the 2pt conversion
Great play by Dax!
Defense back to worrying play. Good stop by Dax.
Let's be real 19 through the first 3 is more than acceptable given what we have come to expect from this defense. They are doing their part to help us win with multiple stops and big sacks.
Offense, our best unit, needs to close this game out.
Dax is making plays today
Dax with a great stop on on the 2pt conversion.
Can we please staple Blackshear to the bench? Gain of zero and then useless in pass protect.
Feed Holston, he's having himself a game
Tenuta just got flat beat
Bailed out by a personal foul
Need the offense to get another td.
Lucky break on the flag there
Did Miami just Miami and give us yards?
here goes conservative corny...trying to run run run 16 minutes off the clock
OFFENSE lets do this thing and close this game out. Don't get too conservative we NEED MORE POINTS.
What happened with the penalty?
Miami safety doing Miami things. (not on the sack, away from the play).
Their safety got a little chippy after the play, apparently
They talked about the sack as we were moving the ball 15 yards down the field.
Like uh guys hello.
This is where Corny needs to learn to be a better play caller they make a stupid play are celebrating the sack. We take our time getting up to the line, run a slow developing okay and give them a chance to regroup. Should have run hurry up and taken a quick shot.
Lets hope KH has juice for the fourth quarter.
The bone headed play of the game is not silencing your phone when you are supposed to be calling a game.
Miami ran 43 plays in the first half. We have run 46 for the game.
raheem blackshear just isn't it for so far besides punt return... That's a good job for him. Give it to Holston, herbert when his leg feels good or our other weapons. Or maybe I just reverse jinxed him
Grat play Holston!!
Great catch and run by Holston
Incredible by Holston. He has made some HUGE individual plays today.
Jalen Holston is having the game of his life
Run like a senior with your hair on fire.
or hes proving the coaches wrong that their guy blackshear shouldnt be playing ahead of him....another coaching blunder?
Won't complain about getting some free yards there.
Looked like a gift
Holston is balling out of control today, especially with Herbert still not 100%.
We need points on two more drives I think to win this.
Someone messed up on that screen and it was Darrisaw or Gallo.
Weak ass play calls
Was anyone surprised on that 3rd down call?
Lol QB keeper
Another play call that I hate on third and long in long FG range.
This ultra conservative playcalling to open the 4th is infuriating
Straight QB draw, smdh!
every time, 3rd and medium, always qb run, no creativity at all
Miami defense adjusting.
Corny calling the same predictable plays on every 3rd Down.
And Miami has had two straight run blitzes and shut it down
I absolutely hate going conservative with this lead. We NEED MORE POINTS, we cannot expect a mediocre defense to closet his game out. They have done their part to help us win, but we can't force them to make stops every drive for the rest of the game. It may work, but it's bad strategy given that the offense is our stronger unit.
Im out... so fucking out... 3rd and 8 and you run a designed QB run. Just laughable now
The offensive line has slacked up and isn't getting after it and now we look inept without some bad calls by the officials. Nice third down run call cornelson. Bad read on the sweep to keep by hendon though
Corny trying to give away the game again. Super conservative
Conservative Cornelson just can't help himself anymore
D needs to make some plays here. If they take the lead, we aren't getting it back. Brad has gone into full Turtle Mode at this point
Now is when they would typically pop like a 25 yarder.
Perfect spot for a pick six
Great D stand
Nice D there.
Defense with stop
Need one of those Herbert 50ydrs....
Here comes a three and out
Now run the real offense.
We look so tight and scared on O
Big third down...
QB run incoming
Second chance to put it away Corny
...and failed
You must be delusional thinking Corny would want to do that.
corny has no "go for the jugular" instinct in that dome of his
TRASH
Horrific. Horrific. Horrific.
This one is on the offense is we lose. This is so bad.
Fake punt time!
Corny showing his ineptness again.
Kinda weird to say but the defense is what's kept us in this.
We almost forgot what that feels like. It would be nice to have both the O & D perform well at the same time
I guess I'll take boring over incompetent and losing, but damn. You have the opportunity to put it away, fucking do it. Don't wait until you are down 4 points and on the last drive of the game before trying to push the ball down the field.
Corny is our biggest liability.
He's not even a servicable OC.
At least Stiney was a solid Recruiter.
Brad is literally not an asset in any area
This is not just Corny. Poor execution by offense. They are playing scared.
You can tell they were not mentally prepared to be in a spot to win this game. At least not on offense
So, other than the fact that it didn't work, what was wrong with a pass call on third down?
The last 3 series Corny has gone into some sort of prevent offense. Conservative crap calling as if we are up by 3 touchdowns.
They're playing like they have a two or three score lead right now and are looking scared to make a play
It's the hope that kills you.
Horrible punt....
I swear this feels like Frank's philosophy, get up two scores and go conservative to protect the ball. Problem is, he doesn't have a reliable defense to sit back on.
Its eerily similar.
Hoping the D can force a TO to make up for O ineptitude.
The VT offense took 58 seconds off of the clock. And the punt exchange gave Miami 15 yards
Interception time
Need to run clock, get first downs. We call three passes and use 0:52 of clock.
Hey do you guys think this is why D'Eriq King came to Miami? Jesus Christ these announcers...
Boats n hoes is the correct answer
This is where it's gonna go downhill...
Where is Tisdale?
Been sick all week (stomach flu?). Available but not 100%
Taylor is spooked. King runs and Taylor sits back and gives him 5 extra yards
Again, I think Dax has been really solid today.
Need a turnover or its curtains
Chasing pass coverage...ugh
Miami has figured Tech out.
Okay wtf are these spots? Clearly not a first down...
And there it goes
2 consecutive terrible spots
Another first down gain for the refs
and this is what happens when our offense plays not to lose
And our defence waits for the ballcarrier to run to them before tackling, or trying to
Hey look Fuente has choked away a big lead
Shocking
What do you consider a big lead?
Offense needs to win this game here.
No excuses for the offense if we lose this game now.
They just have Miami two false first downs
nice, they're gonna win this without having a lead for 90% of the game
Refs just giving them first downs with horrible spots..
Man Dax again. Great play.
This is my shocked face 😲
I've been critical of Dax all year but he's been very good today.
Time for Corn to redeem himself...
Now that we are behind ....
That's two 2-pt conversions that Hollifield has come up big on.
Dax with another stop on the conversion
We again are finding a way to lose. It's not easy. You have to have coordinated screw ups on offense and defense. But we can do it.
Man, only everyone saw this coming. I wonder why corny couldn't?
I present a motion for his name to never be capitalized on this website ever again.
Seconded
Ok let's zoom down the field with ease. Then get super conservative when we get to the Miami 30 so that we can attempt a long FG.
Corny game plan execute.
Expect a QB draw on 4th and 6
Game.
We can't beat a Miami team with literal scraps put together at OL.
Bye Fuente. Take your gutless and talentless OC with you
If we lose, it's on Corny. Instead of peddle to the metal, he goes all conservative the last 3 drives. Make Hooker run down the clock. Quick, Coach Fu, take over play calling again so we can catch them off balance and keep the gas going.
If we put Blackshear in instead of Herbert this drive, I will be even more frustrated.
Cue the "it comes down to execution" quote from Fuente. The D has played their butts off today, but Fuente's high octane offense has gone into its shell
Doggone it...
...Come on man
GG
Lol fucking christ, Cornelson
Corny needs to be escorted out now.
Dude, you seconded my motion. WTF?
I will stand here and own my shame.
Wow what a stupid throw and even dumber play call
WTF IS OUR OC EVEN DOING
OH and now we go aggressive with that?
Get outta here Corn
Okay, I'm done. You all have fun torturing yourselves.
wow
Horrible throw yes. But why that play? We don't need that.
nice route kaleb... way to pick up the ball
"Play calling got.out of.hand", really? You think?
Arm punt on first down.
Fuck
Don't know what happened to Hooker there. That was a duck
Circling the wagons isn't going to work this year. Went to the well one too many times.
That play is on either Hooker or that receiver but what a dumb fucking play call by Cornelson
Never seen an offense that the wide receiver and the quarterback get worse connections as they age within the offense..... Where is Hooker to Turner?
Our defense is balling out today and corny is just pissing it away for the lolz
Not my favorite play call, but what kind of throw was that?
was that a leg whip from Dax?
Our team plays with the same level of awareness as our coaching staff---absolutely zero
Defense bails the offense out AGAIN.
STEP UP OFFENSE
Now watch corn go ultra conservative again
do we have a single punt return today?
Blackshear had a big one to set up a field goal if I remember
Yeah I think Blackshear had a nice one earlier
More notable... zero muffed punts
I think Blackshear was backpedaling a bit a knew he was around the 10. Won't fault him for letting it hit.
Dax!
Ok...TIme for a 90 yard drive!!! LET'S GO!!!!!!!!!
Defense is bailing us out. 5 words I didn't think I would say today
Defense making a stop when they need it. Now it's up to the O
I wish we could recruit a QB like Sam Howell. I wish we could recruit. I wish we had competent coaches.
Maybe you should spell it imoH.... lol
Are we now afraid to catch punts too?
I think because of the coaching we're afraid of it...
I'll allow it gif.
Herbert moves the pile!
Time to get something going on offense.
C'mon Hooker.
And here comes ccccorny's FOURTH chance to win this game.......
Edit: apparently that's not enough chances to get it done
Well, or anybody who is willing to make a play.
fuck a FG get a TD + 2
Okay Hooker put it behind you and play.
Hooker has been holding the ball too long. Need more quick passes
Hooker playing quite tentative last few possessions
Hooker struggles to feel the pressure and just throw it away there to avoid the sack.
Regardless of the outcome here there were some questionable play calls in this game.
Defense has played their best game to date.
Saved by the drop
Tried to give the game away again.
My God this is bad
HH forced it there
We just find ways to lose
FFS now our equipment crew is screwing us over?!@?!? get him some longer spikes!!!!
Game. Hooker just playing poorly.
Oh my god we are so embarrassing
Way to sack yourself
We are just a comedy of errors
We are the Chokies...this sucks
Man this is just awful stuff
Overall decent game deflating at the end,.
I think one of the biggest knocks on Hooker is that he's not a clutch QB at all, he doesn't have that Tyrod/Logan, even Jerod Evans late game magic
What a complete chokejob today offensively
Wanted: A coaching staff that can actually win with this roster.
at this point put QP in... we need some late game miracle and the ability to throw a deep ball.
The only way we win this is with a Miami turnover that our defense scores on.
Not gonna lie, Hooker choked last couple drives
No Herbert no party. Hooker struggles late in games again and we lose another winnable game thanks to awful offensive play calling in the second half.
Not sure you can blame Corny for that last drive.
No, but we can blame him for being in the position where it was a possibility at all.
But the 4 conservative drives before that of crap playing calling are on corny.
If King keeps the ball that's going to be ball game...
So done with this Staff
D played very well and Dax really looked great.
Gutless Offensive playcalling gave this away.
Fuente and Brad are mutually awful
CornFu will not lead us to better seasons. That is all too clear by now.
This isn't the first game that got too big for hooker at the end. Once the game goes under two minutes, he really struggles.
This is true.
I can't wait to see how people blame the defense for this one all week
Nope this one is on our offense
Not sure if we came in like a lion on offense... but seems like we've got the lamb part down.
Defense able to play decent for once... Offense decides to suck
This is a problem. Qb that gets rattled in the clutch.
Maybe Miami will go for a FG that we block for six
that will get bailed out on by a TO from fuente
Not too soon. Totally appropriate now.
**Makes timeout sign with hands**
Hamilton and the D have done their part today
So you're saying there's a chance.
Finally Taylor goes vertical and makes a tackle!
Defense still hasn't given up.
~~~~giving all of my energy to Herbert's hamstring~~~~
Miami is depending on there D... we scored in 1min last week and we only need a fg....
After last week it's so fucking damning that the offense, the part of the game that Fuente specializes in, is struggling this bad.
Fuente had more than enough time to prove himself.
Miami went way to conservative there. Giving us a chance
Our defense is gonna give corny a fifth chance to win this game?.......
Since we are 0 for four, I don't have a lot of hope for chance #5
you gotta get up and field that... that's 15 yards lost and I'm going to be super pissed if we flat-line at the 50
i was wrong... i'm not super pissed. I'm depressed and numb.
What is Blackshear doing on the punt return?
not fumbling
Why not just rush 11 if blackshear isn't going to do anything but stand there.
has blackshear fielded 1 punt today? seems like hes let everything hit the ground
Blackshear is not a kick returner. He's scared of the ball.
doesn't matter who we put back there, everyone is terrified
Can we get anyone that's not afraid to field a punt? FFS
Got it out of the end zone
The hell kind of snap was that
Now a two minute drill for a td..
we dont have time for QB draws
Wtf was that clock management?
burning so much time with no timeouts left
Spending way too much time hoping for a last second fg I imagine
Can't run a draw there
Why the fuck are we standing around with the clock running for 10 seconds after a snap infraction?
How many times can we shoot ourselves in the foot in the 4th quarter?
We are taking way too much time to run these plays
If hooker's going to run, it needs to be out of bounds.
Clock management is so damn awful.
that could have easily been called 4th and inches
Move, faster
That's a big first down.
I'm old enough to remember when VT was fun to watch. Even during Stiney's years at OC.
Holy smokes... Hooker needs to ensure he gets that first
GOD DAMNIT!
Sack????? Again????
Hooker he prettt much sucked this half. No feel in the pocket at all
Hooker seems to lose all pocket awareness in big moments
Drake D saved us there with that first down run after catch
We're gonna send Johnson out for a 60 yarder
This two minute offense sucks
The amount of game clock VT wasted after the snap infraction was absurd
We are going to run out of time.
This is pathetic.
Middle school coaches have better clock management skills than this.
Incompetence.
Timecop level clock management is killing us. We're still in the hunt but feels like we're in our own way
Horrible clock and play calling. Work the sidelines.
who the hell on this staff is coaching pocket presence????
Fuente to Mike London:
Poor Clock Management? Hold my Zima!
This^
not even a chance to kick it
Justin Fuente is Mike London 2.0
Just without the cop story to tell every game
Welp.
Hail Mary bring in QP
Edit: I liked my play a LOT more
if the punt had been fielded at the 20 we're at least taking a FG attempt... this coaching staff needs to dust off their resume
Please fire cornelson
Offense lost the game
This loss is completely on Cornelson.
No. It's not.
Some of that was a complete inability to execute on a 2 minute drill.
15 more yards and we're in field goal range.
Bro. Whose job do you think it is to coach up 2 minute drills?
Cornelson can't throw it for Hooker when he's getting sacked.
I know that's not going to be a popular thing to bring up amongst all the coach-bashing that will take over this site at this point, though.
No, but he should know Hookers limitations and strengths and call plays to maximize them instead of putting him in situations where he is likely to fail.
We all know them. Not sure what the other option is.
Take advantage of good field position earlier in the game to remove the opportunity to fail later in the game.
Cornelson is the QB coach.
Hooker has horrible footwork, zero pocket awareness, and his reads are waaaay too slow.
Cornelson bears no responsibility to develop those things in a guy that has been here 4 years?????
They wouldn't have needed this drive if not for the crap conservative play calling for 4 drives in the end of third and forth qtr. it's on corny.
Who coaches offensive execution? The tooth fairy? Who coached the QB to hold the ball for 5 minutes?
Lol As alum puts it, the Vtkey ride is a wild experience.
Who's job is it to make sure the offense executes?
Corny and Fuente
They both need to go
Agreed. Babcock may have an excuse to not fire Fuente because of Covid, but at the absolute least Cornelson needs to go.
The whole lateral thing never works.
What kind of play was that?
im sure fuente will say thats a play we practice everyday. hes a damn joke
Time to look for a new coach
time to publicly announce we're looking for a new coach
We love stepping on our dicks.
Wasted a good defensive effort. The offensive philosophy is infuriating in crunch time.
We love stepping on our dicks
I most certainly do not.
Well obviously you don't. You don't play on the VT football team.
Will you step on mine
Another choke job
Fuente = finding ways to lose winnable games in blacksburg since 2015
Horrible horrible loss..... Literally every time we had a chance to put the game away we kicked a fg......
Woke up from my nap in time to see the 4th quarter, and all I have to say is #MakeTheMove
I dont feel anything anymore... just numbness
Hooker is simply just not clutch
#MakeTheMove #ItsTimeWhit
Fuente and Corn are completely incompetent.
VT will go nowhere until these dipshits are out of town.
Yes. Wrong fucking coach. It happens
If I'm the defense I'm pissed at how bad the offense was today. Hooker looks lost when forced to throw and cornelson has no idea how to call a 2 minute drill. The offense had FIVE fucking drives to win the game and choked everytime. We ain't going bowling with this awful coaching and qb play
Aren't all teams bowl eligible this year since 2020 is stupid?
This. Exactly this.
VT needed ONE freaking scoring drive the last twenty minutes of the game, and the offense couldn't get out of it's own freaking way!
Defense finally plays well and the offense was a complete joke in the second half.
Cornelson was way too conservative at midfield and Hooker has the worst pocket awareness since Glennon.
Good effort. Not enough. But good effort by the team. Hooker is weak as a drop back passer - needs to be said. Blacks hear is a steep drop off from Herbert. Herbert is the best player on the team - needed touches in the last 5 min.