Virginia Tech football fans frustration is reaching its boiling point after Rutgers loss
By Scott Roche
First, it was a season-opening loss to Vanderbilt in overtime that stunned Virginia Tech football fans. Then despite beating Marshall and Vanderbilt, they were not pretty wins. Slow starts, early deficits, and questionable playcalling have added to a month's worth of frustration for Hokies' fans.
Frustration may have reached its tipping point on Saturday afternoon when the Hokies fell behind 16-7 at halftime to the Scarlet Knights and honestly, they were lucky to be down just nine. After Rutgers bullied their way down the field on the opening possession of the second half, Virginia Tech faced a 23-7 deficit.
To their credit, they battled back to tie the game late in the fourth quarter, only to have the visitors complete a 63-yard screenplay on the first play of their next possession that led to a game-winning field goal in a 26-23 Rutgers victory. It was more of the same for the Hokies in 2024.
Virginia Tech frustrated after loss to Rutgers
It's not that the Hokies are 2-2, it's more of how they have got there that has frustrated fans through the first four weeks.
Four games into the season and we are seeing the beginning of the end of the @CoachPryVT era at #VirginiaTEch. #Hokies
— HokiePJ (@HokieCAPS) September 21, 2024
Honestly, it’s so embarrassing to be a Virginia Tech football fan at this point. We lost to Vanderbilt and now Rutgers is making us look like a pop warner team. Get it together you fucking clowns - speaking specifically to the coaches.
— Pete B. (@petebvt) September 21, 2024
Final pic.twitter.com/mXAkC1SRiG
— Virginia Tech Football (@HokiesFB) September 21, 2024
Still waiting for us to play a 60 minute game
— Treadmill Horse (@treadmillhorse) September 21, 2024
Fans are so frustrated that they are flashing back to the Justin Fuente era in Blacksburg.
Fuente lost games at the end of games. Brent Pry loses them at the beginning.
— Treadmill Horse (@treadmillhorse) September 21, 2024
Then I start thinking about stuff like, "What if we backed Fuente like Pry?"
— THE KEY PLAY (@thekeyplay) September 21, 2024
Lol - Play just good enough to rip your hearts out again just as you were gathering hope after you had given up on this shit
— օ×ѵէ (@OX_VT) September 21, 2024
As far as looking ahead, a trip to Miami Friday night followed by a cross-country flight to Stanford before a much-needed bye for Virginia Tech. Then Boston College and Georgia Tech visit Blacksburg. It's only going to get a lot harder.
These next four weeks will be hell on earth. pic.twitter.com/qRbaYTtPUq
— Grayson Wimbish (@G_Wimb) September 21, 2024
At 2-2, the ACC schedule begins next week and unless Virginia Tech figures things out, it could be more of the same against the Hurricanes who are hands down the best team to date in the conference.
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