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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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Brent Pry is tasked with rebuilding Virginia Tech from historical lows. His offseason decisions reflect a conscious effort to get as far away from 2022 as possible.
Thoughts on Grant Wells, Ali Jennings, Tyler Bowen, guaranteed defensive improvement, and a few more mild predictions for the 2023 Hokies football season.
Musings on ESPN's report detailing Virginia Tech football operations during the Justin Fuente era.
Powell brings edge speed, while young defensive tackles look to gain experience for 2024. An 11-play, 1900-word film study of three important pieces along Virginia Tech's defensive front.
The road back to relevance will be a grind. But after 18 months worth of recruiting, it's becoming clear that Brent Pry has a plan: he wants to raise the floor of his roster.