Virginia Tech Football News: Stanford time set, Brent Pry disappointed, coordinators defended

Coming off of a disappointing 26-23 loss at home to Rutgers, the Virginia Tech football team has a short week before kicking off ACC play at Miami on Friday night. Despite needing four wins to become bowl-eligible, it’s not going to be easy for them to collect four wins with the schedule in front of them.

Following this week, the Hokies will have a cross-country flight to California to play first-year ACC member Stanford in a game that won't be easy and that’s where we’ll start this edition of Virginia Tech Football News.

Start time at Stanford released

When the schedule was officially released for the Hokies, the game at Stanford on Oct. 5 was an eye-opener in terms of what time that game could be played. Were we looking at a 10:30 kick on the West Coast? Monday we got our answer.

Virginia Tech lucked out from a late-night kickoff and will play at 3:30 ET, which means it’s an early kick local time at 12:30. It will be broadcast on the ACC Network. The Hokies will have a bye week the following week before hosting Boston College on Oct. 17, a Thursday night.

Brent Pry disappointed in Rutgers outcome

It’s no secret that a lot of people were disappointed in the outcome against Rutgers. Even head coach Brent Pry was upset, mainly about his team not being consistent across the board, an issue that popped up way too many times early in 2024.

"Disappointed in the outcome,” Pry said. “Just not consistent enough across four quarters to beat a good football team. Got to coach better, got to play better."

If they are not consistent against Miami, things could get ugly. It is imperative that they get off to a good start.

Brent Pry defends both coordinators

It was brought up a lot early on, the play-calling by offensive coordinator Tyler Bowen. It gets better as the games go along, at times, but it doesn’t always seem to make sense. Chris Marve has not done a bad job with the defense, which has been keeping them in the games they have lost.

“I don’t think the play calls have been poor, on either side,” said Pry.

Have they been poor? Not really, but have they been questionable? Yes. Getting the ball in Bhayshul Tuten’s hands more on offense is a must as he has proven he can make plays. Making plays down the field is also a must, but that is easier said than done.