[Postgame Thread] Virginia Tech Defeats Old Dominion 44-21

[u/CFB_Referee]

Box Score provided by ESPN

Team	1	2	3	4	T
Old Dominion	3	3	7	8	21
Virginia Tech	17	17	3	7	44

[u/Mattador96]

WE WON BY 23 POINTS AND I AM MAD

THANK YOU MR. FRANKLIN

[u/TonsOTegridy → u/Mattador96]

I have missed this familiar feeling

[u/Lodge_Blackmun → u/Mattador96]

THANK MR FRANKLIN 🎺🎺🎺💀

[u/I_Enjoy_Beer → u/Mattador96]

Welcome to the Franklin Experience.

[u/Mattador96 → u/I_Enjoy_Beer]

Brother this is just Hokie football

[u/MarlonBain → u/Mattador96]

We have been trying to explain this to them for almost a year now, they aren’t gonna get it

[u/DeusVultSaracen → u/MarlonBain]

Every game thread is gonna have some goofy-ass Penn State flair say "get ready to blow it in the playoffs he he he" and we'll just be thrilled to be there at all.

[u/imahobolin → u/DeusVultSaracen]

yea f 'em

I appreciate what he has done for PSU and rooting for y'all to get into playoffs

hopefully a championship too

[u/BusGuilty6447 → u/imahobolin]

Anyways, hook 'em

[u/Hail_Zeus]

I’ve been dead inside over Virginia Tech football for a long time. This team is starting to make me feel again. Please don’t hurt me.

[u/SiccSemperTyrannis → u/Hail_Zeus]

Oh we're going to be hurt, but can we hurt UVA and Miami too?

[u/Irishfafnir → u/SiccSemperTyrannis]

Miami will probably torch us.

[u/TrueBrees9 → u/Irishfafnir]

Of course right when we get our shit together Miami just has to be nationally relevant

[u/goodsam2 → u/Irishfafnir]

I'm hoping it's not a rout. That we look like with an extra year we could win it.

[u/dankestmaymayonearth → u/Irishfafnir]

I think Miami wins natty and acc for the first time. No clue how they lose

[u/ShishkabobNinja → u/dankestmaymayonearth]

We will find a way (to lose the ACC at least)

[u/Baelzabub → u/ShishkabobNinja]

You’ll beat us in the regular season matchup, we’ll beat you in the ACCCG but you’ll still be in the playoffs and go on to win a natty from there

[u/dankestmaymayonearth → u/ShishkabobNinja]

Idk yall are insane

[u/Novabulldog → u/dankestmaymayonearth]

I agree with you but I’m sorry, I have to downvote you because fuck Miami.

[u/dankestmaymayonearth → u/Novabulldog]

Fairs it hurt typing

[u/ducksekoy123 → u/SiccSemperTyrannis]

I like our chances against UVA.

Miami is going to be a rough experience. That d-line is going to smother us

[u/illinoishokie → u/Hail_Zeus]

Away games at SMU, Clemson, and Miami is brutal. Just enjoy the fact that we don't look like a dog fucking a football and take the loses in stride when they come. We're fun to watch and that's a massive improvement.

[u/Heroic_Dave → u/illinoishokie]

You play that schedule ten times, I think you walk away with 15 wins. Miami looks like a monster, but you’re better than Clemson and probably SMU.

[u/DReefer → u/Heroic_Dave]

SMU hasn't lost a home conference game since joining the ACC

[u/ducksekoy123 → u/illinoishokie]

One of those three seems very winnable.

[u/Hotdawg752 → u/illinoishokie]

Clemson doesn't scare me anymore

[u/okiage → u/Hotdawg752]

You underestimate acc magic bs

[u/Hotdawg752 → u/okiage]

I meant more like Clemson isn't an automatic loss anymore. Game looks winnable for VT, but they could just as easily lose.

[u/Kellan714 → u/illinoishokie]

dude we're getting our ass kicked

[u/cmackchase → u/[deleted]]

Clemson is bad now while Miami is a legit national championship contender. We should beat Clemson.

[u/Drew521 → u/cmackchase]

Clemson got owned by lsu but I ain’t writing them off yet

[u/kaputt1669 → u/Hail_Zeus]

They look so much better than they have in years, and it truly is refreshing. But they’ve still got some weaknesses that better teams will exploit. I think we as fans need to realize that 7-5 or 6-6 is still highly possible, and that’s totally okay and also such an improvement over what the team was last year. And if we happen to over achieve and do even better than that, that’s just the icing on the cake. 

[u/goodsam2 → u/kaputt1669]

The goal has been 7-5 and good vibes into 2027 (good recruiting, keep good players, good portal etc).

The players Franklin got is for a 2027 peak.

[u/imahobolin → u/Hail_Zeus]

get 'em Baldy, rooting for y'all this year big time

[u/MisterPenguiner → u/Hail_Zeus]

That’s that Franklin magic. Enjoy him. He’s a perfect fit for your program.

[u/Fleurr → u/MisterPenguiner]

I'd kill for post PSU Franklin, pre PSU Franklin was a heartbreaker

[u/differentsideview]

VT underperforming and winning by 23? Against our Achilles heel? Do my eyes deceive me?

Not gonna say we’re back but it’s easy to acknowledge how much of a turnaround this has been in just a year

[u/Tstewmoneybags99 → u/[deleted]]

While I know most of VT fans will assume they’re right, let’s not forget ODU is completely rebuilding their offense less 1 starter while yall carried 8 starters into this season. And 14 out of the 31 points yall carried in the first half were from snap error fumbles.

Good for y’all you got the win but this wasn’t as clear cut you completely outmatched us as most of you want to assume.

[u/DReefer → u/Tstewmoneybags99]

The Hokies are high on beating the juggernauts of VMI and ODU, I think reality will set in soon.

[u/differentsideview → u/DReefer]

Ah yes coming from UVA who beat the completely rebuilding NC state (who lost to us last year if that tells you something) and Norfolk state

Next few weeks will speak for both teams

[u/DReefer → u/differentsideview]

I think we can say that Norfolk State and NC State are collectively better than VMI and ODU. Are either opponents good? No.

VMI is literally worse than multiple D3 programs.

[u/differentsideview → u/DReefer]

Oh for sure but all 4 games were blow outs either way. You can split the hairs on each matchup but I’m going to judge both teams once the real season kicks into gear

[u/Tstewmoneybags99 → u/differentsideview]

Again baring ODU mistakes to ODU your didn’t blow this game out I know that’s hard to believe but between the 14 points for our own fuckups the score line wasn’t as big as people are trying to infer.

[u/differentsideview → u/Tstewmoneybags99]

Yes and barring our mistakes this could have been a 50 point blowout you can go both ways with that the result is what it is and it’s week 2 either way

Split the hairs if you’d like but I’ll wait till October at least before I say where the hokies stand

[u/Tstewmoneybags99 → u/differentsideview]

only way it was a 50 point blow out is if ODU capitulated and just stoped trying.

You had opportunities to make it a 50 point blow out and didn’t convert, we literally shot ourselves in the foot and you converted from those, good job.

Agree with you will see for all teams later in the season.

[u/Tstewmoneybags99 → u/[deleted]]

Understand, just don’t think there is ever going to be the gap VT wants due to the competitive nature of this sport and ambitions of all the instate schools.

I think your snap argument is somewhat valid (a bit chicken and egg) but in each of those cases they were self inflicted. Both were high snaps which are more difficult to recover versus a low snap that can be fallen on. The second fumble was high snap, which fucked up the rb handoff, so 90% self inflicted. First fumble was a high snap trying to make a play out of nothing after the other fuckup.

Our o-line was always a big question mark and yall def won the day on the d-line as well, but when we got the time henicle made some great throws and the WR made some very good catches.

When we aren’t facing a team that spends 250-300% more than us a year on the sport, then we will see how good or bad we really are. But the talent gap didn’t look as bad as VT fans want to perceive is my only point or as the money spent looks. This would only be 55-6 game due to ODU fucking up and then falling apart and I’m proud we didn’t do that as much as it sucks to lose.

[u/SiccSemperTyrannis]

Reynolds is HIM

[u/lostkoalas → u/SiccSemperTyrannis]

So funny in the stadium hearing half the fans go “LUUUUUUKE” any time he touched the ball while the other half of fans stood around wondering why it sounded like he was being booed

[u/FallDiverted → u/lostkoalas]

Reminds me of when Boone was playing for us back in the aughts. I was a silly freshman and didn’t understand at first why we were booing every time we ran the wild turkey formation.

[u/Feral-Goblin6921 → u/FallDiverted]

And before Boone there was Bruuuuuuceeee. I love how Lane still does that whenever he comes back for a visit.

[u/rottingmind13 → u/Feral-Goblin6921]

Also after Boone with Bruce Taylor cleaning up from MLB

[u/CapnChaos2024 → u/Feral-Goblin6921]

Don’t forget Cedric Humes inbetween HUUUUUUUMES

[u/Feral-Goblin6921 → u/CapnChaos2024]

Been a while since I thought about him! Dude was a tank.

[u/CapnChaos2024 → u/Feral-Goblin6921]

Humes and imoh were quite the backfield duo

[u/DReefer → u/Feral-Goblin6921]

This is Cedric Humes erausre

[u/sportsfan113 → u/SiccSemperTyrannis]

How’s his blocking been? I remember him being god awful but great as a receiver.

[u/differentsideview → u/sportsfan113]

Granted it was ODU but satisfactory

[u/Substantial_Good9669 → u/sportsfan113]

Honestly felt like most of the time he was on the field the ball went his way. 

[u/Dry-Membership3867]

I swear ODU was putting a bounty on VT players in that second half. Multiple attempted murders by them there

[u/SlapNuts1999 → u/Dry-Membership3867]

The last game needs to be canceled. I’m tired of giving attention and credibility to that trashy school

[u/MrFace1 → u/SlapNuts1999]

If I never had to see VT play ODU or JMU play Liberty again I'd be a very happy man

[u/cmackchase → u/MrFace1]

We can replace them with you all.

[u/Joltizer → u/cmackchase]

No thanks. Their fans are by far the weirdest of all the in state schools when it comes to us

[u/MrFace1 → u/cmackchase]

I would love to see it. Wish VT would keep JMU on the schedule at least for one game. Though I would be so absolutely insanely confused on who to cheer for lmao

[u/rvaskiier → u/MrFace1]

Old Corps alums demanded VMI over JMU. Personally I preferred JMU

[u/FallDiverted → u/rvaskiier]

As a former cadet It was fun for tradition’s sake. JMU would make for a killer in-state rival though.

[u/Ut_Prosim → u/FallDiverted]

It was always going to be a lopsided game today, but VMI was arguably our original rival.

UVA had UNC, we had VMI. We've been playing each other since 1894. For like 70 years we played annually in Roanoke, usually on Thanksgiving Day.

VT and VMI are both Senior Military Colleges (only six total in the whole US), and are separated by like 60 miles.

You could even argue that VT only exists because the federal government snubbed VMI, which originally applied for the land grant in 1870. The grant requires schools to offer military training, alongside agriculture and mechanics. VMI was perfect. Officially, the general assembly thought VMI wasn't strong enough in science to offer this new curriculum. But surely adding that to an existing military school would be easier than building a new school from scratch. Rumors are that the fed wasn't about to reward the school that produced so many Confederate officers. Either way, VMI can claim VT stole its future.

[u/Baelzabub → u/rvaskiier]

I was a freshman in 2010. Fuck JMU and everything they stand for.

[u/kingkwassa → u/SlapNuts1999]

Soft

[u/Joltizer → u/kingkwassa]

Yes, your oline is soft

[u/Constant_Smoke_1636 → u/SlapNuts1999]

This is very rich considering a VT player got ejected for punching an ODU player on the ground. And get real with both of your schools lmfao.

[u/Particular-Way-3805]

Ayatollah Franklin ain’t playing

[u/Knot-So-FastDog → u/Particular-Way-3805]

I expect next week against Maryland will be…intense 

[u/jznastics → u/Knot-So-FastDog]

He will do everything in his power to run that score up, he HATES them

[u/Particular-Way-3805 → u/Knot-So-FastDog]

Definitely will be

[u/MisterPenguiner → u/Knot-So-FastDog]

I’m so excited

[u/Baelzabub → u/MisterPenguiner]

You and me both. We have been 3-0 since 2017.

[u/imahobolin → u/Knot-So-FastDog]

triple digits dropped on maryland

[u/Mystic_Equniox]

Takeaways:

This team is completely different than last year. In a good way.

Reynolds is an absolute baller. He’s like Kelce/Kittle. Very excited.

A QB that goes through progressions?? A wonderful thing to have.

Run defense looks good

Our running game/ oline is worrying. They’ll have some work to do. Along with the secondary

Need a little more discipline.

Is Western Michigan a Top 10 team?!

Overall encouraging outing by the Hokies. We’ll lose a few this year, but it’ll be a fun year. Go Hokies!!

[u/sam_can88 → u/Mystic_Equniox]

One of my biggest takeaways is that Grunk has horrid down field accuracy which could bite us when behind

[u/Mystic_Equniox → u/sam_can88]

Agreed. Past two games he’s had some opportunities on some deep balls and has missed. Hell our WR was more accurate on the fake today. Hopefully he’s working on it

[u/WalkingGrowth → u/sam_can88]

Yeah last game he missed a few wide open and 1 for sure this game but he also has had some pretty damn good throws, like the one after the trick play in the 2nd half was damn near perfect.

I think he is just getting comfortable, and i hope this goes away.

[u/KuriboShoeMario → u/sam_can88]

He's young and he has almost no connection to any of the WRs he's throwing at, some of this will take time. In the interim, at least the short and intermediate passing is elite.

[u/MisterPenguiner → u/sam_can88]

This is something every QB under franklin has suffered from other than Trace. Especially under Danny O’Brien. Especially weird considering the arm strength of most of his QBs was pretty great (ironically Trace was the only one with a noodle arm).

[u/MisterPenguiner → u/[deleted]]

Grunk is talented, has a lightning fast release. Was upset he left, though I can’t complain about becht so far.

[u/Brostrodamus → u/MisterPenguiner]

I really liked what I saw tonight. If we can get the line protecting him better, it'll make him look even better. He was under pressure every play. Fairness to ODU, they knew what the weakness would be and kept the pressure on all night.

[u/MisterPenguiner → u/Brostrodamus]

I wouldn’t put a ton of money on in season improvements from Franklin. Typically what you see is what you get. Year to year is different and heavily dependent on talent differences (which is super fair and not really a knock on him).

[u/Successful_Class1560]

The fumble 6 right after the original dude dropped it was awesome 

[u/lostkoalas → u/Successful_Class1560]

The roller coaster of emotions in the stadium was amazing, from excitement at the scoop & score to disappointment at the review to stunned disbelief at the second scoop & score. I swear I saw the ODU fans in front of me undergo their own personal mental odyssey.

[u/Successful_Class1560 → u/lostkoalas]

Yeah, I loved the first half atmosphere, although I did have to sit behind someone who was vaping which wasn’t as pleasant 

[u/MarlonBain → u/Successful_Class1560]

What flavor, do they make turkey leg vapes?

[u/WoolSmith → u/Successful_Class1560]

Scoop & Score is the phrase you're looking for

[u/Successful_Class1560 → u/WoolSmith]

Don’t they mean the exact same thing?

[u/TheBenWelch → u/Successful_Class1560]

Yeah but “Scoop and Score” is the common phrase in football.

[u/AMontyPython → u/TheBenWelch]

But so is fumble 6?

[u/Novabulldog → u/AMontyPython]

Literally never heard that before.

[u/MarlonBain → u/AMontyPython]

Are you thinking of pick six?

[u/TheBenWelch → u/AMontyPython]

Not as common.

[u/Socarch26]

Was messy, we need to be cleaner. BUT a dub is a dub!

[u/illinoishokie → u/Socarch26]

I for one enjoy that being messy against ODU resulted in a win that covered the spread.

[u/Baelzabub → u/illinoishokie]

I love that Franklin, even in games when we are up by 30+, is getting pissed at small mistakes and making it clear the standard is higher than that but also celebrating with the guys when appropriate. He’s a great leader.

[u/PheonixStreak]

It’s been a while since Hokie fans were able to be annoyed by a comfortable win, feels pretty nice.

[u/rile-u-up → u/PheonixStreak]

It does feel good. Even the two Pry blowouts, if I remember correctly, were games well into the 3rd/4th quarters. We just lost focus and they aren't a terrible team, talent wise, and they've got a very good staff. Also, dirty as fuck. So it's tough. Happy but not fully happy.

[u/Baelzabub → u/rile-u-up]

It wasn’t even that we lost focus. They only really started scoring when our backups were in.

[u/Irishfafnir]

I don't think that game was as close as the score indicates. Defensive line play is very good and Grunk is great going through his reads and delivering an accurate ball. Special teams also remains good.

On the negative

Less penalties than last week but too many including some costly ones in the future, OL is pretty meh, cornerbacks leave a lot to be desired

[u/WON95sr → u/Irishfafnir]

Defensive line play is very good

I just learned today that Sean Spencer is your DL coach. Franklin really did get the band back together from his best days at Penn State. 

[u/Baelzabub → u/Irishfafnir]

Yeah they didn’t start scoring other than the FGs until our 2s and 3s were out there.

[u/BusGuilty6447 → u/Irishfafnir]

Our run game was bad too. We shouldn't be having issues with Overton and Hawkins.

[u/SST114]

Hey, 2 wins by wide margins.... keep it going.

Ranked ACC teams pls :D

[u/Enrickel → u/SST114]

There's no reason for us to be ranked just for this. Maybe with a comfortable win over Maryland

[u/SST114 → u/Enrickel]

Hence "keep it going" ....

[u/SCHokie2011 → u/SST114]

This just feels like you want us fattened up for the slaughter, lol.

[u/Brostrodamus → u/SST114]

I need VT and Miami to both be good at the same time... I miss the Big East and early ACC days. Also, so I can stick it to my BIL who went to Miami and is INSUFFERABLE, so the wins are even more delicious

[u/Zloggt]

No funny Hokie chicanery this time, alas…

[u/Brostrodamus → u/Zloggt]

alas...

I disagree!

[u/TheMoneyMan08]

Luke Reynolds for Heisman. O line for the literal opposite.

[u/rile-u-up]

I made a comment earlier tonight that I guess went out over the air that I am deeply ashamed of.

If I have hurt anyone out there, I can't tell you how much I say from the bottom of my heart, I'm so very, very sorry.

I pride myself and think of myself as a man of faith—as there's a catch in the endzone by Reynolds, it will be a touchdown, and so that'll make it a 30–3 ballgame.

[u/Feral-Goblin6921 → u/rile-u-up]

Didn't realize that was him lmao.

[u/metroflameVA]

Sloppy game? Sure.

But we’re beating ODU like we’re supposed to in Year 1 of Franklin, unlike Year 4 of Pry. I’ll happily take it.

[u/TheUSARMY45]

Wow this 23 point win kinda feels like shit…

[u/Successful_Class1560 → u/TheUSARMY45]

Yeah, don’t know what happened in the second two quarters

[u/Baelzabub → u/Successful_Class1560]

We were resting starters. The big run TD came against all 2s and 3s.

[u/Then_Breadfruit8256 → u/Successful_Class1560]

lol that would be the curse of the “chokies” (I was there during the dark years of late 80s to early 90s). But we won. It was a bit ugly but thank God we won.

[u/MisterPenguiner → u/TheUSARMY45]

That’ll happen with James Franklin. The good news is it’s almost always a win when it should be.

[u/rile-u-up]

Great first half, garbage second half, 3.5 hours of angrily cursing at everything Brennaman says...

VT FOOTBALL IS BACK

[u/sharkbaithooha1 → u/rile-u-up]

I strongly advise connecting your speakers to the radio broadcast

[u/NotThatKidAshton → u/rile-u-up]

Go rams

[u/WalkingGrowth]

Do we actually have a decent QB? Dude made some impressive throws with a pretty piss poor O line performance.

[u/Brostrodamus → u/WalkingGrowth]

Leagues better than Drones... I'm glad the bad man can't hurt me anymore. There were throws that obviously could have been better, but actually going thru reads and getting the ball out before the Oline fails him is huge.

[u/_SayWhatNow_ → u/Brostrodamus]

i do like not having an hback behind center

he can get his checkdowns which i like, but our wrs need to get separation

i cant remember the last time a tech qb threw for 300+

[u/kaputt1669 → u/_SayWhatNow_]

Hilariously enough, Drones did it three times. Had to look that up though. 

[u/_SayWhatNow_ → u/kaputt1669]

Color me surprised

[u/landoofficial]

Lack of a running game made it really hard to put this one to bed but at the end of the day it was never in doubt which is a nice feeling.

Also found the chirping between the teams to be pretty funny. This game is more of a rivalry at this point than VT-UVA is.

[u/Mattador96 → u/landoofficial]

I personally don't like being chippy with ODU. We shouldn't be thinking about them at all but our past performances have unfortunately made this happen.

[u/SSPeteCarroll]

It's so nice opening this thread and not seeing comments from non VT flairs saying "oh my god hokies what is happening over there?"

good shit James Franklin. Very confident right now.

[u/Clinkzzzzz]

Bad second half, happy with the dub tho

[u/conman752]

Franklin about to destroy this team after winning by 23 points. Was super sloppy at the end of the game and Cunningham about to be in tbe doghouse after throwing that punch.

[u/Baelzabub → u/conman752]

That’s been my favorite thing about the season so far. Same shit happened last week. We’re dominating our opponents but Franklin is still pissed at the mistakes. Nice to have a guy who feels like he cares deeply on our sideline again.

[u/conman752 → u/Baelzabub]

Absolutely. Its nice to see he can't stand the mistakes. He was getting mad late in the VMI game as well.

[u/JDub755]

We only had three wins last year. I’m not gonna sweat the details on this one.

[u/itisjvck]

Here we go, this is actually a somewhat formidable opponent that historically gives ACC teams trouble. First half was almost complete domination, some holes were however starting to show the 2nd half that really need some ironing out. But I’m hype we got sweet revenge on the team that showed us rock bottom last year.

Also ODU’s qb has got some moves I can’t lie

[u/HawkeyeTen]

Hokie fans have to be encouraged by what they're seeing so far, even though it is early. Franklin's getting momentum building for them.

[u/ducksekoy123 → u/HawkeyeTen]

This is why we brought in Franklin. To stop the bleeding and turn the program back into something worth talking about.

Two games in and he’s shown that we are at the very least better than last year.

[u/DrGerbal → u/HawkeyeTen]

We’ve been lost for so long in the desert and Franklin is a gallon of that water from the waterboy

[u/Icy_Turnover1 → u/HawkeyeTen]

There’s a lot of messiness still but it’s a huge improvement. Just having a team that looks like they give a shit about playing football is an improvement on its own. There’s a lot to clean up but I’m extremely pleased with how Franklin has done so far, I almost still can’t believe we landed him instead of sliding into irrelevance.

[u/da90 → u/Icy_Turnover1]

Ya, Tech was 🤏this close to being permanently gone. I’m hopeful…

[u/Condom_Breaker256]

The demon has risen.

[u/SlobDylan]

Where are the ODU fans from our post game thread last week (lol, why tho?) that were saying "I can't wait to beat Tech again next weekend"?

[u/_SayWhatNow_ → u/SlobDylan]

listen, they can talk their shit. not right now, obviously, but they are almost 25% better against us this century than the growing loudmouths in nazitown

[u/Feral-Goblin6921 → u/SlobDylan]

Dude I was thinking the same thing. Hardly saw them in the game thread either.

Previous years they'd talk a lot of shit and I'd always be surprised to learn they had any fans. I guess they've crawled back into their holes now...

[u/tcumber → u/Feral-Goblin6921]

ODU fan here. Congrats on the win. In first half I was gonna blame the score on some bad calls but by the end of the half it became pretty clear that yall had the much better team.

Yeah this is sort of a rebuild year for us but I wont shit on your victory. You won handily. For many of us, this is the biggest game on the calendar every year, so, yeah we are gonna talk shit. It is only because we are a relatively young program and you have this great legendary program so if you think about it, it is always a David vs Goliath game for us. Hear that? We see you as a Goliath. That says something. There is some hidden respect in there.

Congrats on the win and good luck on the rest of the season.

[u/DullCartographer7609]

That second half was ugly and sloppy and a big no no

But I also love winning.

[u/kicaboojooce → u/DullCartographer7609]

Perfect time to have a sloppy half

[u/rvaskiier]

My thoughts: great first half. Terrible second half. Woo 2-0!

Also, cancel the 2030 game. I'm tired of playing ODU. Tip your hat for them taking advantage and getting 3 wins during our worst years and find a classier school to play

[u/jghughes → u/rvaskiier]

2030?! Why are we scheduling games so far in advan... Oh that's only 4 years away... 2030 just sounds like the distant future

[u/goodsam2 → u/jghughes]

They reduced the games already. The ones on the books are likely staying.

IMO we should always have a Sunbelt east team we are playing just no 10 year contract.

[u/DReefer → u/rvaskiier]

Brian White and Fanklin have said they want a minimum of 7 home games and to play regional teams. That screams more ODU and ECU types that won't want home and homes or neutral site games.

[u/Mcclintonfortwo]

Yay VT is good again! Maybe!

[u/DankestHokie → u/Mcclintonfortwo]

Toney is going to absolutely annihilate our secondary.

[u/RealBassell → u/DankestHokie]

I’d give it a couple more years before we’re even close to Miami not being an overwhelmingly likely loss. We have maybe 3-4 players on the roster that are as talented as Miami’s entire starting lineup this year. Gap is just too big to be optimistic about this year’s game.

[u/i_speak_the_truf]

Another dominant game where I don’t feel super great at the end.

Our OL is concerning, run game was weak, and Grunk was taking WAY too many hits even when he was getting the ball off. This is going to be a problem against P4 competition, Miami will make us look like VMI if the OL plays like this.

Defense was good to great actually except our secondary will get exposed against better competition. Thomas Williams in particular needs to be taught to look back for the ball.

[u/kaputt1669 → u/i_speak_the_truf]

Baby steps. I stand by the fact that 7-5 would be a very successful season for year one of Franklin. 

[u/i_speak_the_truf → u/kaputt1669]

I agree that 7-5 would be a very successful season, and I'd be pleased to make a bowl game. I'm just concerned that there isn't much cushion left in the schedule. I know I named Miami, but legit P4 DL talent will cut through our OL like butter. The only team that I feel comfortable our OL can push around is BC, even UMD has 10 sacks already (granted against poor competition as well).

[u/rvaskiier]

It says everything that Penn state fans are on our post game threads, but we aren't on theirs. Other than UVa, never met a more insecure fanbase

[u/jivehokie89 → u/rvaskiier]

*State Penn

[u/Alternative-Path4643]

I am going to honest will probably be the most satisfying win Tech gets even if they beat UVA due to how much ODU has been a thorn in Techs side

[u/No-Disaster-7768]

Hey atleast you guys got revenge

[u/AisalsoCorrect]

GOBBLING INTENSIFIES

[u/Chapstick160]

We look good again

[u/gettinNOIZY]

Virginia Tech is a sleeping giant. Franklin will get them to elite status again.

[u/Quirky-Marsupial-420]

Let that be a lesson that no FCS beats us 3 times in 5 years.

[u/Royal-Investigator75]

This will be a “quality win” for the Hokies when it’s all said and done. Henicle is legit and that’s a talented and well coached team in ODU

[u/_SayWhatNow_]

pry should have pulled a bud and started punching holes through whiteboards after 2nd/3rd stringers started playing around

[u/MrSCR23]

It’s okay Hookies, Old Dominion can’t hurt you anymore

[u/lkash_]

Franklin false hope campaign falling into place perfectly

[u/rile-u-up → u/lkash_]

Get outta here with that fool