Last Saturday night at Lane Stadium, the Virginia Tech team football needed a win over Virginia for the second consecutive season in the Commonwealth Cup to become bowl-eligible. For the second straight year, the Hokies were able to beat the Cavaliers to punch their ticket to the postseason.
Last season Virginia Tech went to the Military Bowl and beat Tulane, 41-20, to go off into the offseason on a high note. Many consider the 2024 season a disappointment for the Hokies considering all the preseason hype and the retainment head coach Brent Pry got. Needing to beat the Cavaliers on Thanksgiving Weekend was not what many people expected.
Virginia Tech won't know their bowl destination until Sunday when the conference championship games are done and the 12-team College Football Playoff is announced. There are 13 ACC teams bowl-eligible and where everyone slots depends on how many teams, SMU and Clemson, make the CFP. One latest bowl projection for the Hokies is one that fans would love to come true.
Virginia Tech slotted for bowl in Charlotte by college football writer
There are a number of different bowl projections out and a lot of them have the Hokies slotted for the Wasabi Fenway Bowl in Boston against an AAC school, Tulane or East Carolina. Brett McMurphy released his latest bowl projections after the latest CFP release on Tuesday night and he has Tech heading to a bowl that would make a lot of fans happy.
McMurphy has Virginia Tech slotted for the Duke's Mayo Bowl at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte on Jan. 3 against Minnesota from the Big Ten. A bowl game in Charlotte would certainly draw a huge Virginia Tech crowd. A Hokies bowl game anywhere would draw a big tech following, but the Duke's Mayo Bowl is one that fans have been pushing for since it was tweeted out Saturday night that they had a representative at Lane Stadium for the Virginia game. The Duke's Mayo Bowl? Yes, please!
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