When Brent Pry coached his first game at Virginia Tech as head football coach in 2022, the Hokies dropped a 20-17 decision to Old Dominion on the road. It should have served as a sign of things to come.
Virginia Tech went on to finish 3-8 in Pry's first year in Blacksburg, replacing Justin Fuente, who was fired the previous November. Since that Saturday three-plus years ago, Pry has a 16-22 record in Blacksburg. On Saturday night, the Pry era might have been closed for good at the hands of, you guessed it, Old Dominion after a 45-26 beating the Hokies took at the hands of the Monarchs.
Old Dominion beats Virginia Tech for the second time in four years
In a must-win game, something we have said a lot recently about the Brent Pry Virginia Tech team, the Hokies laid an egg and had the most embarrassing performance of the last four years. They were smoked, 45-13, at Lane Stadium, were down 28-0 at halftime, and were outcoached and outplayed the entire night. ODU smelled blood and struck early and often.
How bad was it? Old Dominion had four scoring drives of over 77 yards in the first half. Virginia Tech turned the ball over two times, and the Monarchs drove the length of the field both times to find the end zone. The Hokies were booed off the field.
It didn't get better in the second half.
Sure, Virginia Tech continued its scoring streak, and really, nobody cares. Honestly. The performance was one of a team that had quit on their head coach. Seriously, the defense was gashed by an ODU team that did what they wanted, when they wanted, like Vanderbilt last week. There is no recovering from this under Brent Pry.
Brent Pry seems like a nice guy, but he's not a head coach; he's a defensive coordinator, like he was at his last stop at Penn State under James Franklin. That's where he'll likely end up with his next coaching opportunity, as a defensive coordinator somewhere. It's time to cut the losses and move as a program that is quickly turning into one of the worst in the FBS. Virginia Tech is 0-3 for the first time since 1987. Enough said.