A post-game wrap: Hokies rally late to beat Rutgers 13-10 in the Russell Athletic Bowl
Another brutal deadline game tonight. Here’s my game story, which should be updated on the website with the version for tomorrow’s paper sometime soon. And here’s Aaron McFarling‘s column from the game.
Now here’s a little bit more on the Hokies’ 13-10 Russell Athletic Bowl win.
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** “It’s kind of like nothing comes easy for us,” head coach Frank Beamer said.
That pretty well summed up the game. It was not pretty. Virginia Tech had 84 yards of offense and no points through three quarters. The stadium was half-empty, so the atmosphere wasn’t great. It was raining, adding to the problems.
Yet Virginia Tech pulled it out, scoring 13 points in the fourth quarter and overtime to narrowly avoid its first losing season since 1992.
“I think that gets said a lot: rather than getting down a couple times this year, we could have shut it down, and these guys never did,” Beamer said.
** That said, it was a rough offensive performance, one that’s sure to increase the calls for Beamer to do something about restructuring his offensive staff before the start of next season.
Nobody wanted to talk about it afterward. Asked if he’s considering any changes, Beamer again avoided the question, although changes at this point seem imminent.
“We are going to enjoy this win,” he said. “These guys worked hard for this win tonight. It wasn’t easy.”
Much-maligned offensive coordinator Bryan Stinespring had a similar comment when asked about his future with the staff.
“At this moment in time, what I’m concentrating on and what’s important to me is I’m going to go back and celebrate and rejoice with the people who mean the most to me in this world,” Stinespring said. “And that’s this coaching staff, these players. … I’m going to go back and hug some necks and celebrate.”
** During the first half, Pete Roussel of coachingsearch.com tweeted that Virginia Tech wide receivers coach Kevin Sherman will join the Purdue staff after the bowl game, something Sherman would neither confirm nor deny afterward.
“My focus right now is enjoying this win right now,” Sherman said. “I don’t know what you’re talking about just yet.”
Asked if he would be back next season, Sherman said, “I can’t answer that question,” although he did say he had coaching ties to Purdue without mentioning them specifically.
The 44-year-old Sherman, who is a Ferrum grad, has been at Virginia Tech the last seven years, hired in 2006 to replace Tony Ball. He spent six years at Wake Forest before that.
** Why all the angst about the offense in a game the Hokies won? It wasn’t pretty. Virginia Tech finished with a season-low 196 yards. It had only 3 rushing yards on 32 carries, getting 20 yards on 21 carries from the tailback quartet of Martin Scales, J.C. Coleman, Michael Holmes and Tony Gregory.
Tech’s 3 yards rushing are the fewest in a win under Beamer. It’s the third-fewest ever under Beamer in 26 seasons (-14 vs. Miami in 1994; -1 vs. Syracuse in 1987).
Quarterback Logan Thomas was off target for most of the night, under pressure from a relentless Rutgers defensive front that sacked him four times and battered him repeatedly. He finished 15-for-39 for 193 yards, a touchdown and two more interceptions, giving him 16 this year.
“They played tough the entire day,” Thomas said. “In the passing game, they were playing with us any time, they would show us one thing, drop out and show us another and stay there when we were expecting them to drop out, so we finally got into a groove of what we were expecting them to do, and we started picking up things time after time. It was just feeling them out just like a boxer.”
Thomas did manage to spark the offense in the fourth quarter, however, hitting Dyrell Roberts for 32 yards and Corey Fuller for 25 on back-to-back plays to set up a field goal that got the Hokies on the board at 10-3. After Tech got the ball back, Thomas dropped a perfectly thrown pass into Fuller’s arms for a 21-yard touchdown in the corner of the end zone to tie the game at 10.
Despite what most agree was not a great season, Thomas finished the year with 3,500 total yards, breaking the school record of 3,482 he set last year in one fewer game.
Thomas, who had 524 rushing yards, became the first Tech quarterback to lead the Hokies in rushing for the season since Bobby Owens led Tech in 1965 with 526 yards.
** Thomas again declined to make a definitive statement afterward about what he’s going to do about the NFL. The junior is holding off on his decision until he hears back from the NFL Draft Advisory board.
He was asked point blank if this was his last game as a Hokie.
“I can’t tell you now,” Thomas said. “I have a big decision in front of me. Either way it goes, I’m proud to be a Hokie.”
** Virginia Tech was only in the game because of its defense, which turned in one of its best performances of the year. Rutgers also finished with 196 yards, and 43 came on one long catch by Brandon Coleman that didn’t lead to any points.
The Scarlet Knights’ only touchdown was given up by the Hokies’ offense. And their only field goal came after a late hit penalty at the end of a punt return gave Rutgers good field position.
“I couldn’t commend the defense more,” Thomas said. “The entire season that’s how it’s been.”
“We never lose hope with the guys on the other side of the ball,” said cornerback Antone Exum, who earned game MVP honors. “We knew they would at some point make the plays that needed to be made for us to take the lead.”
Bud Foster‘s crew finished with 12 tackles for a loss and three sacks. Defensive lineman Tyrel Wilson recovered a fumble. Exum intercepted a pass that set up Thomas’ touchdown pass. Safety Detrick Bonner nearly had two picks, although he dropped them both.
Linebacker Bruce Taylor, who along with James Gayle and some others didn’t start because they were late to a team dinner, had a strong final college game, finishing with a team-high 11 tackles and adding 1.5 TFLs, a pass breakup and a quarterback hurry. Alonzo Tweedy, also playing in his last college game, had eight tackles, a tackle and half and a sack.
Taylor, Exum and a few other defensive players jawed with Rutgers players right before halftime. The teams had to be separated before it escalated.
“I wasn’t really upset about that whole scuffle that happened, because you know we’re out there fighting,” Taylor said. “And when guys are cheapshotting you, you’re not going to stand for it. And it was more just to liven it up. The offense was struggling. We’re going to fight. And that’s what I told them at halftime.”
What precipitated it? Taylor said he got stepped on “in an inappropriate area” one time. “It’s just how it goes sometimes,” he said.
** Tech got off to a disastrous start. The Hokies fell behind 7-0 after only two offensive plays. They averted disaster on the first, when an errant Thomas pass almost got picked. They couldn’t on the second, when an early shotgun snap by center Caleb Farris whizzed by an unready Thomas. Farris thought he had caught a Rutgers defender in the neutral zone.
“Our coaches told him always snap it, so you know they picked up the flag afterwards,” Thomas said. “I was just trying to pick it up and get it. In hindsight I wish I would have kicked it out of the end zone. I thought I was going to be able to pick it up and get it to the 1-, 2-yard line and maybe be down by contact.”
He couldn’t. The ball trickled into the end zone, where Thomas tried to corral it and reach out of the end zone to avoid a safety. The ball was knocked loose before the whistle blew. Rutgers linebacker Khaseem Greene recovered the loose ball. After a brief meeting by the officials, they ruled it a touchdown.
Replays showed that Thomas might have had his knee on the ground with the ball stretched only to the goal line, which still would have been a safety but not the touchdown for Rutgers it became.
** A few other quick notes …
- Receiver Marcus Davis finished with 62 yards, giving him 953 for the season. That’s just nine shy of Andre Davis‘ single-season school record of 962 set in 1999.
- Davis and Corey Fuller said they have accepted invitations to play in the East-West Shrine Game at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Fla., on Jan. 19.
- The teams combined for 21 punts, a Russell Athletic Bowl record. The previous record was 19 set by Alabama and Colorado in 1991.
- A.J. Hughes punted 11 times, with a 42.2-yard average. He had a long of 57.
- The Hokies were penalized 14 times for 95 yards.
- Rutgers (9-4) saw its nation’s-best bowl winning streak end at five.
- Kicker Cody Journell went 2-for-3 on field goal attempts, making them from 25 and 22 but coming up short on a 51-yard attempt that in the fourth quarter. It was nine yards longer than his career long.
- Beamer improved to 9-11 in bowl games. He ended a two-game bowl losing streak and avoided losing three in a row for the first time in his career.
- After losing the Sugar Bowl to Michigan in overtime last season, the Hokies played three overtime games this year and won all of them (Georgia Tech, Boston College and Rutgers).
December 28, 2012 - 10:53 PM
How did the Big Ten end up providing the officials? It was obvious either they were incompetent or they had an ulterior motive to many of the calls. Either way they lost money on the game.
The officals were from the big 12
We had them in the bag from the start. Beamer’s master plan was executed flawlessly. The coaching advantage showed from the start. RU never knew what hit them. Beam set the trap and Foster strung it. The VT 12 game winning seasons continues. Where are all those that criticized Beamer all season. What ya got to say now??? Speak up, you shot off your mouth all season. We fooled them this time ! ! ! I can’t wait til next season. We are really going to be ready. We’ll pick up where we left off: WINNING ! ! Three hoorays for COACH BEAMER.
I was wrong. I really thought Rutgerts would blow out the Hokies. That Rutgers QB was awful. Looks like Tech will be back in the hunt for the National Championship next year. Anyway,this was a classic bowl game so give VT their dues. Frank’s job is now secure for 5 more years. Go Yellow Jackets.
What a sad, pitiful offensive “performance”. The ESPN guys were joking about it in the second half and the studio guys were incredulous. Beamer’s post-game comments insinuating that he has a good offensive staff are embarrassing. He also stated that the team never “shut it down” this year. Well coach, the defense didn’t but where the hell was the offense? Hopefully somebody at Tech has some sense and will make some significant changes this off-season.
Great win for the Hokies. The offensive line looks like itr is ready for Bama.
I am happy for the kids, they played really hard.Wbere is appalwriter? he knows so much about the game.
If Rutgers’ quarterback had been any good, this would have been a blow-out. The VT defense did great, but there were several opportunities for Rutgers. Same could be said for Thomas’ performance. In the end, it seemed to be that the game went to the team the least worst offensive effort.
A win is a win, and it is better than a loss.
Now that this season is finished, it is time to look ahead to next year.
The season opens with Alabama as the opponent, and that is not good for Virginia Tech.
The offensive staff needs to be changed at Virginia Tech, in one way or another. This change is an urgent need at Virginia Tech.
Let’s go Hokies !!!
IT WAS AN AWFUL OFFENSIVE PERFORMANCE BY TECH AND AGAIN THE DEFENSE WON THE GAME, THANKS TO FOSTER AND HIS WARRIORS WHO NEVER LET UP. AS USUAL, THE TECH’S PLAY CALLING WAS TERRIBLE. AFTER FINALLY MOVING THE BALL ON TWO LONG PASSES, THEY GO BACK TO CALLING RUNNING PLAYS THAT HAVE NOT GAINED A YARD ALL NIGHT. STINESPRING WOULDNT MAKE AN OC IN A POP WARNER LEAGUE. BEAMER WALKED AROUND FOR MOST OF THE GAME LIKE HE WAS LOST AND COULDNT UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS TAKING PLACE.
WITH A PERFORMANCE LIKE THIS, I AM SURE BAMA IS WORRIED SICK OVER THEIR OPENING GAME NEXT YEAR.
TECH WAS VERY LUCKY TO ESCAPE A LOSING SEASON AND IF VAST IMPROVEMENTS ARE NOT MADE, THEY WONT BE SO LUCKY NEXT YEAR.
I will start off by saying I am not a Tech fan. But since my husband is I watched the game with him. All I can say is pitiful! Tech played awful! Logan Thomas looked terrible. The offense and defense looked terrible. It was one of the ugliest bowl games ever. If Tech doesn’t make some changes they will be terrible again next year. They will get stomped by The Crimson Tide.
You gotta love these brutal deadlines, Andy! Hokies are traveling to bowl games. This brutal showing by the offense, which gave points and finally took a few points, sure beats last year’s showing in a narrow loss to Mi-Chicken. At least the result is better, if not the play. I am happy for the kids. They deserved to win after all the struggles.
What a wretched game to watch. Thank god I didn’t plunk down money to go to Orlando to see that trash. I do find it amusing though: our offensive performance was because WE stunk (Stinespring, Logan etc) while there offensive performance was because WE were so good on offense. Point= They have a pretty good defense that caused a lot of problems especially with #20 for them and point #2 > I don’t know if I would be patting Bud’s back on this one too much- there offense was the worst I have seen this year.
Thank god this year is over.
previous point should have said, ” their offensive performance was because WE were so good on DEFENSE.” (pardon my faux pas)
The only thing uglier than the quarterback play was the Rutger’s cheerleaders. Where were the Jersey girls?
It amazes me that the sports reporters from outside the VaTech bubble (RoVa, NRVa) manage to uncover such insight to the many job opportunities of the VT assistant coaches, when the local guys report ZERO information about it. Why is that? Comfort level? Lack of ‘that one extra question’?
How the heck can the VT staff be SOOOO tightlipped regarding local media, yet the info be so readily available outside the Hokie bubble of silence? What the heck?
Purdue? South Carolina? Georgia? Alabama? Ad infinitum? None, N-O-N-E, of this reported on RT. What’s the deal?
Give Beamer a raise, extend his contract and all his staff especially the offensive coaches. Great job, makes me proud to have stuck my neck out so many times while living in SEC country? What a strategy. That bewildered look that Frank displays so frequently is his pondering the playbook for the next several plays!
I do not eat crow anymore, had to come clean and recognize that we have already lived the pinnacle of VT football several years ago. Everything in past tense as long as we have this coaching staff. I am beginning to wonder if UVA does have more upside potential? Cannot wait for the BAMA game. Hope I can go incognito for a while.
Welcome to reality, DougF. Beamer won’t make any changes b/c he’s morphed over the years from a humble, imaginative and determined head coach to an arrogant, egocentric guy focused on getting Shane Beamer into the top slot. He’ll announce Sherman’s departure and maybe use Newsome as another fall guy, but other than that, he’ll puke up the same old crap about having an “off year,” “sticking together,” growing as a staff “through adversity,” and highlighting VT’s wins to end the season.
Matt Millen’s line about an offensive play call in the 4th quarter applies (with grammatical changes) to many of Beamer’s decisions and the offensive plays, schemes, and game plans throughout the year: “It doesn’t make any sense.”
Another masterfully offensive offensive performance orchestrated by the brilliant Stinespring.
I think it was obvious that the offensive coaches had so little success throughout the season that we.looked more unsure about what we wanted to do than any other time this year. The snap on the second play was the start of a a very difficult game to watch on offense. That same play showed a close up of Beamer being pissed and Newsome directly behind him, completely without expression. I feel they knew the changes are coming and many were ready for the season to be over. The offense could not change their reputation for this season but the defense definetly played like they had something to prove. I’m glad they did because they won the final game on this ugly season almost single handed. Great job by those seniors not giving up.
Guys, it looked liked Rutgers had 20 guys on D last night. If I one more run that is not down hill from the start I will throw my tv out my window. This was an offensive battle of attrition of wasted talent.
Horrendous, appalwriter?
Rutgers should have been up 31-0 by halftime, thank you Bud for letting us hang in there!
This quarterback for Rutgers would make any defense look good. Andy – Who did Ruthers beat out of the Big East? Tha nks
Warm up the depth @QB…Put Logan where he belongs..tight end, course he never get used there.
It is time for an offensive make over, pun intended. Heard rumors that Sherman is going north to Purdue. Newsome is believed to return to JMU. Have not heard anything about Stiney or Shane Beamer. O’Cain I think is going to retire.
The play calling once again were horrible. The east to west running didn’t work all night yet O’Cain kept calling those. Example, that drive where they had to settle for a field goal? Logan was brilliant on that drive, throwing two NFL caliber passes that were missing all season with zip and velocity. They should have put it in his hands more, but instead, they called three straight zone veer that want nowhere.
The defense deserves ton of credit. The linebacker corps led by Bruce Taylor played their asses off. The defense line did what they could to limit the big runs. The secondary, shaky at times, did their jobs. The defense deserves to have an offense that will be a bully, attacking other team defense with the same bad attitude the lunch pail defense wears.
I’m already looking forward to spring ball.
#10 LOUD NOISES! #11 you are a girl. Crooked road, you need to straighten out. Barry don’t scratch that ivy. Andy don’t be bitter. Good bye mr. Chips! GO HOKIES!
OK..we won….but not pretty..So now clean house on the coaching staff (except Bud Foster) and start planning for Alabama in 9 months!
I predict that Monday morning the Tech athletic department will announce a news conference for Wednesday afternoon. Wednesday afternoon Beamer will sadly announce that major changes are being made, he will tell the world that since the Sugar Bowl when Danny Coale made that terrible play call on the run/punt option that bad decision making has run through he offense like the flu therefore the offense will do extra running all winter, also there will be major changes to the coaching staff – O’Cain will return to the sideline, Stinespring will again be given play calling duties and Shane will move to the coaches box where he will hold Stiney’s hand and offer encouragement.
You guys need to lighten up. Enjoy the moment. We won 3 games in overtime, finished the season on a win streak, and send the seniors off with a 39-15 career record. Frank and his staff have done everything in their power to help this team succeed. Poor recruiting and lack of depth in key positions killed us this year. I agree; offensive change needs to occur. But bask in the glory of a bowl game victory. They neither come easy or often. Go Hokies! Logan, come back and truck some Bama linebackers next year. Roll VT baby.
Man o’ man, V-Tech looked BAD! As a Bama fan, I look forward to opening day next year. The V-Tech coaching staff is equally as bad. Looks like poor V-Tech nation will be like Penn State and FL State, where you have an old coach spend years past what he deserves to be there. Good luck.
Andy, if nothing else, your columns always manage to bring its share of idiots out of the closet (no fault of yours certainly since most of us enjoy your labor). There certainly is no shortage of the lack of intelligence and incendiary comments from so many of your readers(?). Oh well. it just provides another outlet for their narrow minded opinions!
Go Hokies! And I was there to the end and, regardless of how bad we think they played at times, it was a joy to see the fans and the kids reactions turn from horror to elation in the end!! The kids never gave up and that, in itself, says a lot!!
Foster, thank you for sticking with us.
Andy, do you know what Beamer’s carreer record is against teams that finished the season with a winning record?
Stiney and O’Cain shouldn’t even show their faces after this one. My God they must be delusional to even consider celebrating.
Andy,
I can not hold back any longer, I have lived through the Claiborne, Dooley years, was in the stands as a student when Beamer’s run at Tech started and I have to say in 40 years of Hokie football this was the worst offensive performance I have witnessed. We have D1 players that can’t block. Anyone can see it is not from effort, it is attitude and scheme. Our O-line looks confused, it seems their brains are getting in the way of their feet and pads. The two plays that we did anything on in the 4th quarter, Rutgers looked like it was in a soft zone to prevent the big play. A broken tackle and a catch that was made harder than it should have been allowed this offense to get into scoring position. Sometimes you look at who they have lined up and who we have lined up and impose your will. That is coaching, and this team can’t do that! It is like the coaches have listened to all of the criticism over the years, that their schemes are old and boring, but heck they won! They won because VT got tired of the Nebraska’s, FSU’s, Clemson’s, UNC’s, and GA’s doing it to them; wearing on them throughout the game until the 4th qtr until they blew VT out. We learned, adapted and became those teams. Now it appears that we are searching for an identity again. NO!!!!!!!!! Coach Beamer needs to go back to Hokie Football, not this abomination that was this season. Recruit O-lineman that will line up and knock your head off, that attacks, runs north and south and imposes its will on the other team. We are at our best when the other team knows what is coming and still can’t stop it. We used to play like AL. So what if we only average 20 pts a game, our defense is going to be able to stop everyone, especially if the offense does not have ten 3 and outs in a game. We need to find ourselves again, we are not Oregon or WVU, let them run their schemes. Look what happens when they run up against teams that have defenses as big and athletic as we have in the South. They get beat! Heck, bring Ricky Bustle back, at least he knew how to run north and south and attack the opposing defense.
Hope Coach Beamer gives an honest look at the performances of this season and fixes the issue, effort is never an issue, the guys want to win. The defense and its staff is on point with that, it is the offense that needs to get back to basics, blocking and attitude, i.e. HOKIE FOOTBALL.
Great job on the season, enjoyed your posts all year.
GO HOKIES
VT Class of 90
Since we do so well in OVERTIME games, new rule for next year…All Hokie offensive series will begin at OPPONENTS 25 yard line.
No toughness.. where is the Billy Conatys, Jim Pynes, Antonie Freemans, Antonio Banks, JC Prices? Cmon man….
Not good on a National stage, but a win is a win. Tweedy was the MVP in my mind because of his exceptional special teams play and work off the edge. Tech has to get modern. What really good offensive prep player would come to Blacksburg given the proven failures of O’Cain and Stiney. Bring in a young Coach from out West who has Tech’s great defense to provide opportunities for the offense to bring wins to Tech. The talent is in Virginia and if Tech is unwilling to make changes, our offense will continue to be offensive and the good players will go elsewhere. Happy New Year all!
What a pitiful performance. Maybe Stinespring will go back to Clifton Forge and coach rec football. Jeff Rudd you are right on the money with your comment. Thomas showed again he is average sat best. Rutgers offense made Techs defense look like world beaters.
I watch Duke with 1/2 the talent we have, with an offensive scheme we don’t have, score 35 points on Cincinnati, a team we lost to. We win 7 games by defeating Bowling Green, Austin Peay, Ga. Tech, Duke, Boston College, UVA, and now Rutgers. What a joke! Maybe we can add Bridgewater and VMI to our home schedule. Oh, that’s right, we added Old Dominion. True leadership recognizes when changes need to be made and loyalty does not stand in the way. Anybody that knows football can see what is needed; offense of the 21st century, not the 20th.
Good one Steve78 lol
11.Andy,
Being a very passionate Tech fan it seems like I continue to be disappointed year after year with their “average” seasons and not having the ability to win the big games. I feel that there certinally has to be some coaching changes. I was just wondering if you had heard any rumblings about potential new candidates? A name that I think could really help the Hokies is Derek Dooley. I would think he is interested in landing a new position and has a coaching history on the offensive side of the ball. Since he is yet to land on a staff I would imagine he would be available for a reasonable price tag. He is a young guy with ties to SEC so he would definitely help with recuriting. What do you think about this potential hire and how far-fetched would it be?
No more Hokie sports donations from me until coaching problems are truly corrected, and not another musical chair game.
Every high school coach in Virginia can see that Stiney is the worst. They all tell their best offensive players to avoid Tech if they don’t want their careers killed. Thomas could be a great tight end or even full back.
Leal can complete passes. Give him a chance before he bails out.
Already blew this next recruiting season and missed out on the coaching carosel.
What a waste!! A talented QB (as proved by his 2011 record) goes without any support at RB, and limited support from receivers and OL. The offensive coaching staff (and I mean that in more ways than one) ought to be buried under the jail for their p*ss poor coaching in 2012. Sorry, but that goes for Shane, too, who could not produce a RB to get even 500 yards on the season (when has that ever happened before?) If this was corporate America these guys would not stand a chance at getting another paycheck. I love Frank, but it is ridiculous for him to remain loyal to such under-achievers. I seriously question Frank’s own abilities if he is going to lead by loyalty to incompetence. I hope I’m not whistling past the graveyard, but I look forward to a top-notch OC to come in with his team and kick some butt and ferret out the men from the boys. VT fans deserve better than what they saw this year.
Ok. I’m going to be positive. I’m going to look at this as the start of the BOWL WINNING STREAK. A big deal is made of Beamer’s 258 wins, but he is 9-11 in bowl games. If Frank is truly a great coach, he needs to finish his career with 6 or 8 consecutive bowl wins, that includes against top ten teams. Then I will shut up about his shortcomings when he gets elected to the Hall of Fame.
George, not to rain on your parade of a new OC, but is there even a single thread of basis that Frank Beamer will hire ANYONE different to be an OC and allow them to do their job unfettered? No matter who it is, they will have to agree to be subservient to his 1960′s mindset – HELLO, JERRY CLAIBORNE – of offensive football.
Nothing will really change until after Frank retires, anoints Shane as his successor, and then Shane retires. In other words, after we’re all dead from boredom several decades from now.
The VT-Rutgers bowl game (if you could define it as such) is a good reason not to let all of the sorry teams into the bowl scenario. That had to be two of the worst teams in NCAA history.
One thing nobody has seemed to address is the fact that other than running a couple of options, LT was not included in the running game. He has the most rushing yards on the team and not included in the running game. Not one QB draw play. Amazing. This is something that has plaqued Tech’s bowl performance for years, an ineffective game plan, and no ability to make adjustments at the half. Newsome and O’Cain are gone as sacrificial lambs and Stiney will be saved. Beamer is not secure enough to hire a competent OC and turn the offense over to him. The game of college football has gotten too big and complicated for the head coach to be totally involved in every aspect of the game. Manage it like a CEO, hire good people and make them accountable.
Crooked Road – why do hate Beamer so? What did he ever do to you? Are you Jimmy Sharpe in disguise? What makes you think so much about how Beamer runs the staff? When did he fire you?
Get over it.
After the type of season that we just had, and the bowl game poor performance on offense, surely Frank Beamer will make some changes on the offensive side of the ball. If not, things will continue to get worse for all of us. How much more boredom can we stand?
If I were a practicing psychiatrist I would advertise on this board. A few of you are clearly delusional. Chris J and George, you should be committed. Others need a mental exam. Just a few simple questions to see if you are in touch with reality. Just relax:
1. Who was the first president of the U.S.?
2. What is today’s date?
3. Who will not be playing Alabama in football next year?
Answers: George Washington, December 29, 2012, Virginia Tech
#46 and imagine Barry, one of those teams beat your team…
I would hate to see what a top 20 team would have done to VT or Rutgers yesterday. Those teams were such frauds. How did VT beat Georgia Tech?
Pepper’s Ferry – so you are reporting that Alabama will drop out of the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Classic Game in 2013? Or Tech will?
VT wins!! 1-2 vs. Big East, and the rushing game stepped it up pounding Rutgers-3 yards total-Now thats some smash mouth
It is very apparent that Tech has a slim or none unit when it comes to offensive efficiency. Their defense is good enough to compete as long as they don’t have to face a level one or two QB. I don’t think they have ever beaten a really good QB. Even their win years ago against Davis of Texas is suspect when you review who Texas beat that year in the regular season. Two of their AcC championships were against back up QB’s. If MaClerran of Alabama returns next season, Tech will be pulverized.
The AD needs to put in motion a plan to hire BRUCE ARIANS as our new head coach .It is time to get into the modern world of college football .I am a Bud Foster fan and quite frankly feel sorry for he and his defensive teams but we need to look at big picture if were are going to be a top ten team .Frank has done wonderful things for VT and if he is not ready to become AD then bring Arians in as coach in waiting and pay him to do the job.
Wayne
glad to see Hokies win, thanks to bud foster and defense for being ready to play, without them it would have beena different story. BEAMER had better go back to disciplin because after a mounth they sure didnt seem to be ready, to many penalties and standinding around on offence and special teams. reminds me alot of TENN. right when phillip fulmer was let go, got to settled in on past winning and started getting relaxed and feeling as if game was won just because they were on the field,so Beamer i hope you wake up before it is to late. THANKS CONCERNED TECH FAN from castlewood, va. Fred Buckles