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Proud of the team, sad that they were not placed into a position of sucess

I am very proud of the team and the way that they fought to the very end yesterday on the road in a tough environment. They had no business being in the game at the end, yet, there they were, almost in spite of the decisions coming from the sideline.

To me, a few things really stood out. First, our red zone offense is atrocious. The jet sweep to Tre Turner into the boundary, behind the side of the O-Line that was shuffled due to injury and poor performance. That call was awful.

Following that at first and goal from the 4 with 2 minutes left, CJF comments in the post game interview with Mike Burnop that "we were trying to take some time off the clock and then get it in". So, instead of trying to win the game on first and second down, we were trying not to lose the game. Of course those two runs up the middle got us to 3rd and 4th down that were complete failures and the loss happens. Win the game first and then ask your defense to finish it off instead of getting cute and then creating a loss.

Finally, I'm not sure our place kicker has the goods. That is two misses this season from very makeable distance. The missed field goal at the end of the first half caused us not to kick from the 4 at the end of the game to force overtime. You cannot miss field goals that are snapped from inside the 10...ever.

Finally, in the grand scheme of things, this team was never going to win a national championship. To that end, the loss is a bummer against WVU and not much more than that. This team still has the goods to win the Coastal and even the ACC Championship as I am far from sold on Clemson this year. Those goals are completely in front of us and are there for the taking. Hopefully our coaching will learn some things and will place our team in a better position for success going forward.

Posted: 09/19/2021 at 3:39PM

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Proud of the team, sad that they were not placed into a position of sucess -- CobbCountyHokie 09/19/2021 3:39PM

As far as the runs on 1st and 2nd from the 3, we were supposedly running -- hokiepro 09/19/2021 8:17PM

Blumrick? Really? A 6-5 215 lb qb is a power option? He was a surprise opt -- 949hokie 09/19/2021 10:47PM

Every game is a Maelox masher. -- OrlandoHokie 09/19/2021 7:13PM

PK job would be wide open for…. -- VT-ACC 09/19/2021 7:09PM

I would be down with that ** -- VaTechHokiesACC 09/19/2021 7:36PM

Wonder if VT has losses due to that 'outsmart yourself' strategery -- MikeVT85 09/19/2021 4:53PM

Absolutely! (tapping finger tips together) They'll never expect -- Riverguy 09/19/2021 5:23PM

Running up middle didn’t bother me, thought they’d get at least a yard. -- sandmanfan06 09/19/2021 4:47PM

First up the middle run didn’t bother me 2nd one did.Also -- uber hokie 09/19/2021 6:58PM

Yep this one ☝️ ** -- hokiepro 09/19/2021 8:18PM

POTW@ ** -- sacramento hokie 09/19/2021 5:03PM

Yep. I am really pissed that they ran up the middle on 1st AND 2nd down -- Femoyer Hokie 09/19/2021 4:19PM

Also. -- Casual Fan 09/19/2021 4:08PM

Fuente isn’t this smart and we pay 4.25 milliom -- DCL 09/19/2021 4:26PM

4.25 is salary for mediocre coaches -- Mercury 09/19/2021 5:17PM

Not that smart to do what exactly? Going for it on 4th down down 13 with -- AbsolutVT03 09/19/2021 5:16PM

I don't disagree.... -- Casual Fan 09/19/2021 7:43PM

Little chance we win coastal. Not good enough. ** -- DaveVT 09/19/2021 4:01PM

Pretty much all 50/50 games. I don't see UNC losing anymore. ** -- VaTechHokiesACC 09/19/2021 7:32PM

0.5 x 0.5 x 0.5 x 0.5 x 0.5 x 0.5 x 0.5 --- about 1% chance to win out** -- DaveVT 09/19/2021 7:37PM

We have the tie breaker against the best team ** -- Air-Ic 09/19/2021 7:21PM

We aren't the best? ** -- DaveVT 09/19/2021 7:40PM

I agree. Every ACC game we play will be a toss up. -- OrlandoHokie 09/19/2021 5:36PM

Bingo ** -- DaveVT 09/19/2021 5:45PM

BS who do you think Duke??@ ** -- sacramento hokie 09/19/2021 5:02PM

Will send you back here in a month :( ** -- DaveVT 09/19/2021 5:17PM

I respectfully disagree. I think we are good enough to win the Coastal ** -- CobbCountyHokie 09/19/2021 4:46PM

Agree. Not because VT is so good, because the division straight up blows. ** -- Polito1 09/19/2021 6:32PM

Hell, we're good enough to win the ACC, because the ACC sucks. -- UEMcGill 09/19/2021 5:30PM

Players are good enough. I fear the coaches will eff it up. ** -- 40ozDistrict 09/19/2021 5:06PM

The many nails on the head ** -- flymanhokie 09/19/2021 3:49PM

Well said bro ** -- cvillehokie07 09/19/2021 3:45PM