There is a lot of pundit chatter regarding the Hokies passing defense, which was ranked first in the ACC only allowing 168 yards per game. Strong and Delane had excellent seasons in coverage.
But the stat is a bit of a misnomer. The Hokies schedule was loaded with teams that struggled all season to throw the football. The best passing team the Hokies faced was Florida State (45th in the country out of 130 teams after the late season drop off thanks to the loss of Jordan Travis), who got pretty much whatever they wanted with the passing game before turning to the run game to close the Hokies out. Virginia Tech's best defensive game against the pass was against UVA (ranked 46th), where the pass rush forced a lot of bad throws.
Louisville was ranked 56th.
Marshall was ranked 61st.
Pitt was ranked 76th.
Purdue was ranked 84th.
Wake was 98th
Old Dominion was 99th.
NC State was 100th.
BC was 108th.
Syracuse was 114th.
Rutgers was 124th.
The Hokies will open with Vanderbilt, ranked 64th.
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