It took a little longer than many thought it would to replace James Franklin at Virginia Tech, but Penn State AD Pat Kraft settled on Iowa State coach Matt Campbell. As is the case with Franklin at Virginia Tech, Campbell brought some of his former players to State College.
One of those players brought to Penn State was quarterback Rocco Becht. Despite not being around the program last year, he had some things to say bout the program even though he was in Ames playing for the Cyclones.
“He wants to build a player-led program,” Becht said. “When you’re not all aligned with the same goals and expectations, you’re not going to win those big games. … Last year, it wasn’t really player-led and the culture just wasn’t always there. Right now, where we are, everyone is completely bought in.”
You would think that he was there and saw it firsthand. That's quite the take for someone who wasn't even there. Franklin is catching strays from everywhere in State College six months after he's gone.
Virginia Tech baseball RPI soars after win over Liberty
Three days after taking two out of three over California in an ACC series out West, the Hokies baseball team faced a huge task on the road on Wednesday night. Virignia Tech made the trip to Liberty to take on the Flames in what was a rather big game in terms of improving their NCAA Tournament résumé.
Virginia Tech jumped out to a 7-0 lead, held the Flames hitless for 6.2 innings, and held on for an 8-4 win. How big a win was it? With that win, not only did the Hokies improve their record to 26-21 overall, but their RPI surged up five spots to No. 32. That will be huge come selection time for the NCAA Tournament. Virginia Tech will host UNC Greensboro this weekend for a pair of non-conference games.
More Virginia Tech Hokies News
- The Hokies' women's golf team is bound for the NCAA Tournament for the third straight season and is bound for Kentucky for the Simpsonville Regional as the sixth seed. The top-seed is Arkansas, which is followed by Iowa State, Ole Miss, Houston, the Hokies, Kansas State, Indiana, College of Charleston, Xavier, Western Kentucky, and Murray State. The 54 holes of stroke play, 18 each day, are from May 11-13. The top 5 teams and the top individual not on an advancing team (six total) from each region will advance to the 2026 NCAA Women's Golf Championship set for May 22-27 in Carlsbad, CA.
- According to David Cunningham of Tech Sideline, the Hokies women's basketball team has non-conference games next season with North Carolina Central, Delaware, James Madison, La Salle, and Appalachian State at home. More are likely to be added this spring and summer.
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