Not mentioned in video: In 2019, ending 15-year win streak against their main rivals, the UVA Cavaliers. That was one of the pivotal moments that I felt really marked the end of the Glory Days.
I remember watching that game. No doubt, it was a huge victory for UVA that won ACC Coastal Division for them. I know it's going to take a while to rebuild a once powerhouse but trust me, Virginia Tech will be contenders again not only in ACC, but I can see them contend for the College Football Playoff.
To be fair it wasn't a rivalry for 15 years... Usually A rivalry consists of two equal teams constantly winning the trophy and usually it's 50/50 or 40/60 but it wasn't that we were so dominant over those 15 years (I was at tech from 01 - 06) but more that UVA was Horrible. They are getting better and UVA used to be a top 25 program too lets not forget. AND they spend MORE on their football program then we do. If people really want change and to get better they need to DONATE. Firing Fuente isn't going to solve a problem, because as my best friend who also went to tech mentions. its very possible and even likely we get worse, Look at Texas... Prime example.. they have more money in the sport then any team.. yet they consistently have gotten worse. The issue is outside of Alabama and Clemson most schools are about the same tier. Even Big name schools like Notre Dame, recruit well but just are an AVG team at best. Face it those years from 01 - 06 are gone. and we will likely never have multiple consecutive 10 win seasons again. but it is possible that they will win an ACC title again (maybe never a National title)
Tech has now lost to ODU, UVA, and Liberty in the past 3 years. Huge blow for in-state recruiting, not to mention they lost to JMU the last time they played (not a recruiting issue, but still worth bringing up).
@@andrewbranson4874 absolutely worth bringing up in state recruiting is a huge issue has been for years. It's why they brought in Darryl tapp but we won't see results this year.
It was fun up until the Fuente era.... although when he talked about the 2011 team missing piece being only Tyrod that made me hate Glennon that much more lol. Imagine that 2011 defense and the offensive skill position players coupled with Tyrod we would have smashed Clemson both times.
VT was the quintessential Thursday night team back in the day. While growing up, I saw them more than other east coast teams because of those games on ESPN.
I live in southwest Virginia and Beamer is a regular at the outback I’ve been working at during college. Let me tell you, he’s such a nice guy and a great customer. In 2020 our Beamer sightings as I call them have been one of the few bright spots of the year. He might’ve never won us the big game but what he did for the community after April 16th is deeper than sports
what hurts Virginia Tech lately is they do not keep the better local recruits in state, the top high school players in Virginia are no longer going to Virginia Tech like they used to back when Virginia Tech was winning conference championships, that's the downfall.
When was there ever a rise of South Carolina, Lou Holtz biggest year was 9-3 and Steve Spurrier had 3 straight 11-2 seasons but never got to a BCS bowl. So what downfall.
right? i mean the idea is to take what beamer built and get BETTER. to get to BCS titles. to get signature wins, not signature losses. key elements of VT's game are gone and fuente is to blame. guy just isnt the one to lead VT.
@@daddyskaddy94 no he wasn't lmao, he got a career ending injury, before that he showed promise, getting a career ending injury doesn't mean you're a bust
Newsflash Hokie and David, an injured played can still be a bust. A bust is defined as a player that doesn't live up to expectations. Why would that exclude injury being the cause of the unmet expectations?
Isaiah Ford, Bucky Hodges, and Jerrod Evans all in the same year... Coulda won at least an ACC title if all 3 of those had come back. 😔 Maybe once we fire Cornelson and/or Fuente......
@@jonathanschlehr5512 Jerod Evans leaving was one of the stupidest decision i have ever seen from a college player. He is a hokie so nothing but love but whoever gave him that advice he should never listen to that person again.
Virginia Tech alum here. Excellent video. Some things I would have added. Frank's decision to always take Thursday night games for the school to earn air time. Danny Coale's CATCH against Michigan in the Sugar Bowl. And that both Frank's first and last bowl games were the Independence Bowl. You said both of these things individually, but I would have maybe tied them together on the second mentioned. All in all, very good work. Thank you for accurately depicting the highs and lows of Hokie football
I'm still "salty" about the call reversal during that 2012 Sugar Bowl game against Michigan. That would have (should have) been a _big_ win for the Hokies, and it was stolen from them by a bad/biased call. Ruled a catch on the field, where was the "incontrovertible evidence" to reverse that call?
CJF is the worst personality fit for VT and a polar opposite of the charismatic and affable Beamer. Until CJF realizes that relationships with the fanbase, alumni, donors, local high school coaches, and former players are what makes VT a special place, the marriage will be rocky and doomed to fail.
@Necroglobule I would say he is a decent coach like in general. He isnt a good coach though, no one that makes that many errors with clock management is a "hell of a coach"
@@ferratorr1033 couldn't have said it better myself! To top it all off the kicker was a walk on who hadn't made a FG past 45 yards all season. They settled for the FG and OT at the time take that as a win and go to OT but no Fuente has to take the time out to and I quote "get the right personnel on the field for the block".
It's been downhill for the last few years. im from Virginia and always was a fan of them and they were fun to watch. They're just another decent ACC team now. The bowl streak is kind of overrated bc they're going to random bowl games and not even sniffing a National Championship. You should do downfall of vcu basketball
Excellent video! As a VT fan, it has been painful watching the football program deteriorate under Justin Fuente. Not sure if VT will be able to move on from him after this season or will find a way for him to be successful, but one thing is clear -- something has to change.
Never get rid of traditions it creates bad juju. Getting rid of the lunch pale reminds me of when Callahan became coach at Nebraska. He had the crown on the field at Memorial Stadium flattened out and he also decimated the walk-on program. The biggest thing though is that there is quality football talent in Virginia and I don’t know how the hell you don’t recruit well in YOUR own state.
The key to success is having a monopoly on the top talent in your state. Then expanding your wings. While yes, Penn St. is 0-4 (they're still a good program). They have a monopoly on top players in Pennsylvania. And now that there's a power vacuum with Tech seemingly ignoring top level recruits in Virginia. Primarily in the northern portion of the state. Penn St. has chased the opportunity and has been dominating recruiting in NVA for the past several years. They can do that too giving they have their monopoly on their home turf. Funete is too big eyed on out of state recruits he's killed their in state advantage. And these are good players leaving Virginia. For crying out loud you had Yetur Gross-Matos an instate kid get drafted into the NFL. But he left for Penn St.
@Andy Gygi Top 30 in PA (according to Rivals) 2017 Penn St. 5 Ohio St. 0 2018 Penn St. 7 Ohio St. 1 2019 Penn St. 2 Ohio St. 0 2020 (Top 25 commits) Penn St. 3 Ohio St. 1 2021 ( Top 25 commits) Penn St. 3 Ohio St. 1 2022 (Top 15 commits) Penn St. 4 Ohio St. 0 So no, Ohio St. doesn't take the best talent from PA.
Because its hard to convince kids from the urban areaas of Northern and Eastern VA to come play in a small mountain town in the middle of nowhere, especially now that the team isn't good anymore .
Very interesting post. Thanks. VA Tech (as you note) is a bit down from the Beamer years. There are MANY universities that would love to have your record. However, on both the same and a larger issue,, the top teams in college football have shrunk in number to Alabama, Clemson, Ohio State, maybe Notre Dame and Georgia, and once in while Auburn, Wisconsin, with occasional top tier appearances by Oklahoma, Texas, Michigan, and Oklahoma State. It appears to me that the top tier programs have scooped up the best coaches and players and the rest get who's left. My opinion is worth what you're paying - $0 - however, I think if the current trend of the same 3-6 teams come out on top every year, college football will have significantly less teams even playing in 3-5 years. It costs a lot of money to have a stadium, practice facilities, team dorms, Medical and Training staff, Coaches, travel, and of course, the Players. A university can afford to lose money on a football team for only so long - especially when they are playing to get beat by a top tier team.
yea the quality of competition is pretty shit now a days, ratings gonna keep going down and down as long as top teams dominate, having top tier teams isn't bad but when they are so overwhelmingly better, it's just not fun to pay attention during the regular season except for a few mark key games
I am a Hokie and my freshman year was Beamer's first year. The defense has always been under sized but made up for it with fast and aggressive play. When we played top teams with a big offensive line, the defense would wear down late in the 3rd or early 4th quarter leading to many heart breaking losses. We could of won the National Championship against Florida State but we lost both our starting safeties during the game.
I lost track of the number of times he said something like if they didn't lose or if they had only won or if someone wasn't hurt. Good teams finish the season with a lot of wins, but the truly great teams and great coaches find ways to do something about all of those ifs and win championships.
Beamer was the current day version of Bo from UM. Culture defining coaches who are legendary and won a shit ton of conference games but not the best at big bowl games
Ohio state fan. That loss to VT hurt so bad. Thought are season was over. But by them beating us, I truly think that huge dose of diversity helped us become more humble and help us in a way to win the championship.
I’ve been a Hokie fan since I can remember. I am from Radford Va. and have attended games for 30 years. I will always be a fan no matter what but losing to JMU, ODU & Liberty is inexcusable! Something has to change, l don’t know what but something has too!
@@roycedutch1 no, Liberty playing them tough and keeping it close, I could understand. But losing to Liberty 🗽 I can't understand. I know VT is not one of the elite teams, but they were always around the top 15. smh....maybe they can get back to that someday.... Ol' Frank got us spoiled with them 10 win seasons lol
The thing is they actually have really good talent right now despite poor recruiting in recent years. They have multiple future first rounders and plenty of great talent. The issue is coaching its cost them too many games this season.
Awesome video Cole and Jackson! I’m at PSU right now and I was planning on going to the game at VT this year before everything happened since I wanted to experience that Enter Sandman intro first hand. Can’t wait to see you guys hopefully collab on more videos in the future!
Thanks Connor!!! Really appreciate that and I know that is such a bummer it was canceled especially because it was a true home and home. Maybe they reschedule it I can only hope.
MAN, Michael Vick ALMOST beat FSU singlehandedly in the 1999 Sugar Bowl BUT ran out of ⛽ in the 4th quarter. One of the greatest performances in college football history. The number of NFL talent the Seminoles suited up was unbelievable.
I met Frank Beamer on Halloween night 2019. I was working my shift at Publix and I saw him walk in. Super cool guy, pretty sure I'm the only person in Georgia who could recognize him.
Hey, i am a huge VT fan, my dad went there and I have been a fan since I was born. I believe yall did an amzing job on this one but the only thing i can think of is the loss of Caleb Farley, a future first round pick, CB, who would've helped us so much more this year. Great video, good work
This one hurt to watch, it seems like the entire story of Tech football is always getting close to being great but just falling a bit shy. This season is no exception unfortunately we could easily be a top 10 team right now if we didnt choke close games.
Two years later and the program is really struggling. Absolutely embarrassed by Maryland in the pinstripe bowl in 2021, record bowl game appearance streak lost, UVA win streak lost, three losing seasons in a row, and coming off of our worst season record since 1992.
Here we are, over a year later, and Fuente is gone. His cycle was complete, he destroyed everything Beamer built at VT. Including the Bowl Game streak. Brent Pry is here, and we are really hoping he can bring us back. 5:16 Such a shame that joining the ACC actually hurt us in the long run. Now, even if we wanted too, we can't leave because the ACC has ungodly buy outs for schools to leave the conference. And Tech, a team built by playing on nationally televised Thursday Night Games that no one else wanted to get exposure, is now difficult to find even their highest profile matches thanks to how paywalled the ACC Network is.
I remember Michael Vick, but as the host says, it is one of the most overlooked programs in all of college football. Who knew they were in the top 10 a few times? I hope they can get back to where they used to be and compete for the ACC title.
Suprised you guys didn't even mention the streak of VT beating UVA that ended last year. 12/12/20 Edit: LOL NEVERMIND THE CUP IS BACK IN BLACKSBURG! GO HOKIES!
As a diehard Hokie, I am at :32 seconds and I cant watch this. Ill always support the Hokies, but the downfall I can assure is much worse than what is said in this video... there is so many things that we need to fix. After losing to Liberty, thats two in state teams who are simply inferior to us that have beat us with Fuente as the HC. Been heartbroken too much this year by VT ill save it for a couple months but respect for talking about VT literally no one does. Got a like and sub from me.
@@gatorboy2685 Way easier said then done, during a COVID year too the money just isnt there to take that buyout. At the end of the day the players need to decide to either fight for the coach or the logo on the side of the helmet (example: Dax Hollifield) leaves it out there 100% always, thats what a VT team is, we can lose by 50 but the hokies fans ony expect one thing, thats for you to go out there and do your best and its clear the players wont play for Fuente.
it really started when we lost to Old Dominion. As we were ranked 12 or 13 and going up against a winless ODU, we should've blown them out. Instead, we lost by two touchdowns. We've only been ranked in the AP Poll a couple more times.
as a Hurricanes fan, I have a lot of respect for Virginia Tech, I think the rivalry is a good one, we won the most recent bout, but when I see them on the schedule, I never count them out. respect to coach beamer
@@yourmomsfavorite69 and as a Virginia Tech fan, I kinda hate Miami. Sorry. But I hate Florida State 100000% more. The only reason i hate Miami is because their always too good.
On the flip side, I think your Stanford team probably should/could have been a national championship team that year. You obviously had a great QB and other serious weapons. I remember not being excited at all to play you guys in that game!
I grew up down the road in Roanoke and I have to say it's pretty amazing what they were able to accomplish. If you've been to Blacksburg, you know it's in a beautiful area but the town itself is pretty underwhelming and it is very isolated. They also had almost no history before the late 90s. A friend of mine has a dad who went to VT back in the 70s and he said the pre-Vick years were almost unrecognizable compared to now because Lane Stadium used to be half full regularly and home games against teams like UVA and WVU often felt like road games. Really, they peaked at the right time, just as college football was exploding and ESPN/College Gameday maximized good vibes and coverage. For a solid 15-20 years, they were one of the most consistently good teams in the country and that Foster defense was nasty. They haven't been as good as expected this year and their recruiting classes for 2020 and 2021 haven't been great, so it will be very interesting to see what Fuente does next
We still drinking the kool aid including myself..if we ever gonna make it to a top 10 team we have to fired Justin Fuente and hired a top end coach like urban Myers or bring in a top coach that can automatically interest 4 or 5 starts recruits we just don’t have the top end recruits to be dominant like Alabama Ohio state..Florida schools LSU etc that’s the answer..I’ll take nick saban in a trade
Back when Virginia tech was winning conference championships and consistently being a top 10 ranked team Virginia Tech was getting a lot of the best recruits from Virginia and surrounding states. Gotta at least get some of the better recruits from the local schools to compete, lately the best 4 and 5 star recruits from Virginia go to Ohio State, Penn State, UVA, UNC, Clemson.
The downfall began when Frank didn’t evolve to a modern, dynamic and entertaining offense. Although still winning, ESPN began dropping VT’s 109th ranks boring offenses from prime time games, thus recruits began going elsewhere. Beginning of the downfall.
Hokie fan since 99 here. For those of you who don't know, it's like following a team with the luck of the Cleveland Browns, and the history of the pre-2016 Chicago Cubs. We had the run in 1999 that fooled many including me into thinking it could happen again, because we'd seen it happen once. We had Vick getting injured 8 games into 2000 and killing any chance of us beating Miami that year. Nick Saban's LSU team came to Lane in 2002 and lost. Since then, well.... Even in the good years where ACC titles and BCS bowls were happening every so often, we'd always drop the "big game" on national TV, or worse, lay an egg against a team like JMU. We took "Clemsoning" and made it Chokieing. Things really started to slip towards the end of Frank Beamer's career, but through his first 2 years there was nothing to suggest Fuente wasn't the home run hire we all thought he was when he was announced. Instead, he has proven that he can't recruit, he can't evaluate film let alone talent, and he is unwilling or unable to surround himself with those who can. He stonewalls fans and the media like he's Saban or Belichick, with not even a fraction of their accomplishments to his name. The team, especially on defense, is Charmin ultra soft and the core guys who were freshmen in 2018 have never really learned how to win, they've just gotten older and continued to lose. There was that 6-1 stretch in the middle of last year but they pissed that away by losing to UVA and then the bowl game. It has become extremely taxing and exhausting to care about this team, and apathy has spread through most of the fanbase like wildfire. I say fuck it, yank the stakes out of the ground and start hardcore investing in Mike Young and the basketball team. I'm interested in rooting for winners, I'm not picky on the sport.
1:03 Blacksburg Virginia 3:17 Great Since 1993 - The Team Beemer Built 3:40 1999 Michael Vick Dream Team 6:43 2007 Tyrod Taylor 8:28 2012-2015 The Logan Thomas Era 9:02 The End Of The Frank Beemer Era Ends 9:37 November 27th 2015 Justin Fuente Era Begins 2016 10-4, Belk Bowl Win, ACC Coach of the year 10:47 2017 #12 in The AP Poll 2018 #13, Lost To Old Dominion 2019 8-5 11:26 The Lunch Pail is Retired DC - Justin Hamilton Shootout loss to NC, WK Forest, and Liberty :(
Part of the problem is Fuente and Beamer have two completely different recruiting styles. Fuente is trying to mirror his success at Memphis and pull from the Big XII pool. Beamer on the other hand had a strong emphasis on keeping homegrown talent (Virginia) home. Of the 122 players listed on Tech's roster. Only 41 are from Virginia. Now, Tech does throw offers left and right at in state recruits. UVA does the same thing. But it's as if they do it solely because they are in state recruits. They don't follow up and pursue them to stay home. Actually, where I live, Penn St. of all schools has a death grip on all the high level recruits. Yetur Gross-Matos, Devyn Ford, Nana Asidue, Brandon Smith. All the top recruits in my area. All went to Penn St. Then there's '22 RB Tevin White who's had FIVE visits to Penn St. Where as Beamer would have pursued all these recruits heavily. Fuente has essentially said "Here's an offer come to Tech." While Penn St. has gone "Here's an offer now let me show you why you should come to Penn St."
Thats why top talent also goes to Pitt. Or more importantly - OSU. Franklin is a great salesman...for sure. The idea that the recruiting landscape hasn't changed from many of the Beamer years to now...with other programs like OU OSU PSU Clemson coming into the state is obviously a challenge. There is a lot more exposure at this point.
I mean this guy gets it man, the greats of VT have came from the 757 these are facts. Beamer had an ability to recruit that area and get big talent like Mike Vick and Deangelo Hall which Fuente just doesnt even get them interested. I am optimistic that Darryl Tapp can be that person who gets high ranked defensive recruits from that area and steal them away from Penn State because Penn State owns the 757 right now. I dont know how you do it though. You got to show them the excitement of the game I mean there is nothing like the entrance at a night game in Lane Stadium.
@@spenserswain7885 only caveat id add is PSU doesn't own the 757, they got Lambert but thats it. The state as whole however that's different. Seems like from Fredericksburg on up its all PSU
@@hustla4life91 I mean PSU owns that area its clear and obvious maybe OSU or UNC or some random teams will get players but PSU gets like 4 a years from that area who are all good players. Own may not be the right word but compared to VT they own the 757 area.
ND fan here. Disgraceful of VTech to get rid of lunchpail to "make new traditions". Traditions aren't new and aren't easily made. Lunchpail was a great tradition and they threw it away. No wonder they are struggling. That is a slap in the face to the program to get rid of that.
Man... bud foster got the recognition of like..a "eh he was alright d coordinator". You failed to mention anything about beamer ball, the impact of the hokies historic defense, the strength of bud fosters DBs. This really lacked the nuanced explanation of what really is going on with the Hokies.
The problem vt has is the same problem a lot of schools have. (That aren't named Alabama, ohio st. Etc). They can scout their butts off and recruit the diamonds in the rough& develop them to and a few blue chippers but the problem remains. Depth. When you have a starter go down thats a kam chancellor or a fuller and its next man up, the talent level is way more noticeable. When you depend on developing talent over time and dont "plug and play" like bama its tough to compete. Depth is the difference in being a top 10 team and everyone else.
I love this video but as a Tech fan it makes me a little emotional what’s happening to this team. I just don’t have the same love or hope for the team with Fuente there.
Beamer was so important in the building of what VT has become. He was the first coach to see the potential in Thursday night games. While all the other schools didn’t want to play on Thursday as they saw it as a disadvantage Beamer saw it as a chance to get in the national spotlight and a way to show how far we had come. Who knew playing on Thursday football fans from everywhere would be watching unlike on Saturday where they have tons of games to pick from on Thursday there was only one. It really helped the program grow tremendously.
Although it’s his first year, may take a few years to implement whatever he has planned. It’s difficult to pickup another coaches failed plan and their players.
I feel like the title of this video is a little misleading. At first i didnt know it was/is consistent with how you do the series. - its really awesome that this closes on a positive note. VT is going to turn it around 100%
as a long time Hokie fan one thing that has stuck out to me is the defense under Bud Foster has always been solid and very consistent but the offense has had little consistency. Case in point since David Wilson left in 2011 the Hokies have had no solid running backs/ground game and not surprisingly, can't move the ball, because our quarterbacks have been all over the place in their play.
I never missed a home game as a student from 94-99. Oh the times we had in Lane! Specially the Thursday night games, which were usually against WVU. Also beating Miami for the first time 13-7, charging the field, tearing the posts down, out the stadium, and into the pond. 😂 the stupid things we did. I also at the 94/95 sugar bowl in New Orleans when we beat Texas 28-10. Being in the French quarter on New Year’s Eve,, ah yes please!!! I’ve been back a few times since I graduated, most recently for the ECU game after the shootings in 07. I have no doubt we’ll get back to being ACC champs. Just hope it’s soon. Go Hokies!!!!
A kid that went to my high school I was a freshman that year he was a senior he had a full ride to tech but when Beamer retired he pulled out to commit to Coastal Carolina
Always a blast working together 🤝
this is the way
Wahoowa Go UVA
Why do I know every football college UA-cam .. so many 🐐
both of you guys are 🐐
VT was a force yearly from the 90 so into. 2000s teams feared playing in blacksburg
Not mentioned in video: In 2019, ending 15-year win streak against their main rivals, the UVA Cavaliers. That was one of the pivotal moments that I felt really marked the end of the Glory Days.
I remember watching that game. No doubt, it was a huge victory for UVA that won ACC Coastal Division for them. I know it's going to take a while to rebuild a once powerhouse but trust me, Virginia Tech will be contenders again not only in ACC, but I can see them contend for the College Football Playoff.
To be fair it wasn't a rivalry for 15 years... Usually A rivalry consists of two equal teams constantly winning the trophy and usually it's 50/50 or 40/60 but it wasn't that we were so dominant over those 15 years (I was at tech from 01 - 06) but more that UVA was Horrible. They are getting better and UVA used to be a top 25 program too lets not forget. AND they spend MORE on their football program then we do. If people really want change and to get better they need to DONATE.
Firing Fuente isn't going to solve a problem, because as my best friend who also went to tech mentions. its very possible and even likely we get worse, Look at Texas... Prime example.. they have more money in the sport then any team.. yet they consistently have gotten worse. The issue is outside of Alabama and Clemson most schools are about the same tier. Even Big name schools like Notre Dame, recruit well but just are an AVG team at best.
Face it those years from 01 - 06 are gone. and we will likely never have multiple consecutive 10 win seasons again. but it is possible that they will win an ACC title again (maybe never a National title)
Georgia doesn't beat Georgia Tech 15 years in a row and they are drastically lopsided programs...losses happen
Tech has now lost to ODU, UVA, and Liberty in the past 3 years. Huge blow for in-state recruiting, not to mention they lost to JMU the last time they played (not a recruiting issue, but still worth bringing up).
@@andrewbranson4874 absolutely worth bringing up in state recruiting is a huge issue has been for years. It's why they brought in Darryl tapp but we won't see results this year.
Frank Beamer and Bill Snyder will probably never get the respect they deserve as head coaches
If Frank Beamer only won a National Title
Could never win the big games
Same for Kirk Ferentz
Bill Sneyder gets the n word pass from me
@@swimcrafters1743 lol Kirk Ferentz is decent
As a VT fan, I knew I was going to get hurt watching this, and I still clicked anyway.
It was fun up until the Fuente era.... although when he talked about the 2011 team missing piece being only Tyrod that made me hate Glennon that much more lol. Imagine that 2011 defense and the offensive skill position players coupled with Tyrod we would have smashed Clemson both times.
The after the old dominion game it all went downhill
@@ReviveAmericanism fr
@@HOKIES91 yep it was sad to watch i have for a long time
@@HOKIES91Probably not considering Clemson’s sign stealing.
VT was the quintessential Thursday night team back in the day. While growing up, I saw them more than other east coast teams because of those games on ESPN.
Yup that help put them on the map💯
I live in southwest Virginia and Beamer is a regular at the outback I’ve been working at during college. Let me tell you, he’s such a nice guy and a great customer. In 2020 our Beamer sightings as I call them have been one of the few bright spots of the year. He might’ve never won us the big game but what he did for the community after April 16th is deeper than sports
I’m a Georgia fan but I’ve always thought Virginia tech had the coolest walk out with enter sandman playing
Go Dawgs
Go Dawgs
It’s even better in the stadium 🥰
Go Dawgs! Always liked the traditions and the color combination for VT.
what hurts Virginia Tech lately is they do not keep the better local recruits in state, the top high school players in Virginia are no longer going to Virginia Tech like they used to back when Virginia Tech was winning conference championships, that's the downfall.
Can we see downfall of South Carolina next
after the news I will start working on it soon but I have a couple in the works first!
@@ColeAdams do you have any professional teams downfalls?
Now that they just fired there head coach
When was there ever a rise of South Carolina, Lou Holtz biggest year was 9-3 and Steve Spurrier had 3 straight 11-2 seasons but never got to a BCS bowl. So what downfall.
@@Lufsixq bro from 2011-2013 they never lost at home and won more games than anyone not named Alabama.
It’s insane the talent pool in the Norfolk Newport News Virginia Beach area has produced
We got everyone from Michael Vick to Missy Elliot, and even the legend Ella Fitzgerald.
@@christicat221b Pharrell Williams as well
@@cehamlet89 yeah honestly I was gonna add him, I like just couldn't make the sentence sound right 😪
But no, Fuente wants to recruit Texas.
equally insane how they don't even pretend to look at VT anymore. it was trending that way in Beamer's later years but Fuente let it get this bad
"They came up short" is a popular phrase in this video and a fitting theme for this program.
...🤭....😖...🧏🏼♂️ THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID!! 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
sorry 🤦🏼♂️I tried to stop myself 🙇🏼♂️
Story of this program coming from a 2007 alumni.
right? i mean the idea is to take what beamer built and get BETTER. to get to BCS titles. to get signature wins, not signature losses. key elements of VT's game are gone and fuente is to blame. guy just isnt the one to lead VT.
Who else remembers David Wilson?
Khalil Herbert been the only RB we've had since Wilson that made me forget him
He was a GIANT bust
@@daddyskaddy94 no he wasn't lmao, he got a career ending injury, before that he showed promise, getting a career ending injury doesn't mean you're a bust
@@daddyskaddy94 No he had a career-ending injury.
Newsflash Hokie and David, an injured played can still be a bust. A bust is defined as a player that doesn't live up to expectations. Why would that exclude injury being the cause of the unmet expectations?
Virginia tech alum here... I cry every Saturday
Thats a hard core fan there. I'm a penn state fan and alum, so it could be worse.
Good hell, those unis are too badass to not be consistent winners.
Too badass bro!!! That chicago maroon is fit for kings!
I'm still salty we lost Jerod Evans and Josh Jackson
and then Willis happened...
God I hated him
Isaiah Ford, Bucky Hodges, and Jerrod Evans all in the same year... Coulda won at least an ACC title if all 3 of those had come back. 😔 Maybe once we fire Cornelson and/or Fuente......
The odu game is where all the bad started
@@jonathanschlehr5512 Jerod Evans leaving was one of the stupidest decision i have ever seen from a college player. He is a hokie so nothing but love but whoever gave him that advice he should never listen to that person again.
Virginia Tech alum here. Excellent video. Some things I would have added. Frank's decision to always take Thursday night games for the school to earn air time. Danny Coale's CATCH against Michigan in the Sugar Bowl. And that both Frank's first and last bowl games were the Independence Bowl. You said both of these things individually, but I would have maybe tied them together on the second mentioned. All in all, very good work. Thank you for accurately depicting the highs and lows of Hokie football
I'm still "salty" about the call reversal during that 2012 Sugar Bowl game against Michigan. That would have (should have) been a _big_ win for the Hokies, and it was stolen from them by a bad/biased call. Ruled a catch on the field, where was the "incontrovertible evidence" to reverse that call?
For the record, the fans wanted Bud Foster as head coach, and not choosing him was their downfall.
Thank you!!!!!!!
Failed to mention Fuente’s dance with Baylor indicating VT was always viewed Tech as a stepping stone to get to a P5 school in TX or OK.
I always feel like these “Downfall” videos are fun to make but simultaneously depressing to make.
I remember how consistently good they were in the 2000’s. I agree it would be good to see them back among the elite.
This just makes me so sad. I hope we can get back to the glory years with a new staff.
The growing apathy I have for the Fuente era of VT football is astounding.
Downfall of Jordan Speith for a change up topic or The Downfall of Houston Cougars Football or Basketball
Cougars basketball no no no I think he only makes relevant videos
Don’t take that personally I’m an Illinois fan
YESSS I WOULD LOVE A VIDEO ON JORDAN SPIETH!
jordan speith video would be so awesome
@@lukefoster6285 wdym basketball are relevant they are ranked 18 this year
Since y’all didn’t say it in the video I’ll say it. The streak over UVA also ended during fuente. That was a huge loss for them.
Cole you are seriously THE most underrated sports youtuber around.
🐐🐐🐐
CJF is the worst personality fit for VT and a polar opposite of the charismatic and affable Beamer. Until CJF realizes that relationships with the fanbase, alumni, donors, local high school coaches, and former players are what makes VT a special place, the marriage will be rocky and doomed to fail.
@Necroglobule I would say he is a decent coach like in general. He isnt a good coach though, no one that makes that many errors with clock management is a "hell of a coach"
Feunte is a terrible coach point blank period he isnt not a good fit for virginia tech
@Necroglobule Anyone who chooses to ice a kicker on a 59 yard FG isn’t a good coach, Period. He’s trash.
@@ferratorr1033 couldn't have said it better myself! To top it all off the kicker was a walk on who hadn't made a FG past 45 yards all season. They settled for the FG and OT at the time take that as a win and go to OT but no Fuente has to take the time out to and I quote "get the right personnel on the field for the block".
@@HOKIES91 45 all season? No his career long was a 42 yard field goal... Fuente out here coaching like a moron.
It's been downhill for the last few years. im from Virginia and always was a fan of them and they were fun to watch. They're just another decent ACC team now. The bowl streak is kind of overrated bc they're going to random bowl games and not even sniffing a National Championship.
You should do downfall of vcu basketball
Excellent video! As a VT fan, it has been painful watching the football program deteriorate under Justin Fuente. Not sure if VT will be able to move on from him after this season or will find a way for him to be successful, but one thing is clear -- something has to change.
Got there in 2019... First thing we did was lose to Boston College, and it hasn't been the same since
Never get rid of traditions it creates bad juju. Getting rid of the lunch pale reminds me of when Callahan became coach at Nebraska. He had the crown on the field at Memorial Stadium flattened out and he also decimated the walk-on program. The biggest thing though is that there is quality football talent in Virginia and I don’t know how the hell you don’t recruit well in YOUR own state.
The key to success is having a monopoly on the top talent in your state. Then expanding your wings. While yes, Penn St. is 0-4 (they're still a good program). They have a monopoly on top players in Pennsylvania. And now that there's a power vacuum with Tech seemingly ignoring top level recruits in Virginia. Primarily in the northern portion of the state. Penn St. has chased the opportunity and has been dominating recruiting in NVA for the past several years. They can do that too giving they have their monopoly on their home turf. Funete is too big eyed on out of state recruits he's killed their in state advantage. And these are good players leaving Virginia. For crying out loud you had Yetur Gross-Matos an instate kid get drafted into the NFL. But he left for Penn St.
@Andy Gygi Top 30 in PA (according to Rivals)
2017
Penn St. 5
Ohio St. 0
2018
Penn St. 7
Ohio St. 1
2019
Penn St. 2
Ohio St. 0
2020 (Top 25 commits)
Penn St. 3
Ohio St. 1
2021 ( Top 25 commits)
Penn St. 3
Ohio St. 1
2022 (Top 15 commits)
Penn St. 4
Ohio St. 0
So no, Ohio St. doesn't take the best talent from PA.
Callahan is a fucking asshole, he ruined the Raiders.
Because its hard to convince kids from the urban areaas of Northern and Eastern VA to come play in a small mountain town in the middle of nowhere, especially now that the team isn't good anymore .
@@ReinSouls Brent Pry i think will recruit better than Fuente did
I wasn’t sure if this was too obscure but could you do the downfall of the WAC conference?
Very interesting post. Thanks.
VA Tech (as you note) is a bit down from the Beamer years. There are MANY universities that would love to have your record.
However, on both the same and a larger issue,, the top teams in college football have shrunk in number to Alabama, Clemson, Ohio State, maybe Notre Dame and Georgia, and once in while Auburn, Wisconsin, with occasional top tier appearances by Oklahoma, Texas, Michigan, and Oklahoma State. It appears to me that the top tier programs have scooped up the best coaches and players and the rest get who's left.
My opinion is worth what you're paying - $0 - however, I think if the current trend of the same 3-6 teams come out on top every year, college football will have significantly less teams even playing in 3-5 years. It costs a lot of money to have a stadium, practice facilities, team dorms, Medical and Training staff, Coaches, travel, and of course, the Players.
A university can afford to lose money on a football team for only so long - especially when they are playing to get beat by a top tier team.
yea the quality of competition is pretty shit now a days, ratings gonna keep going down and down as long as top teams dominate, having top tier teams isn't bad but when they are so overwhelmingly better, it's just not fun to pay attention during the regular season except for a few mark key games
I am a Hokie and my freshman year was Beamer's first year. The defense has always been under sized but made up for it with fast and aggressive play. When we played top teams with a big offensive line, the defense would wear down late in the 3rd or early 4th quarter leading to many heart breaking losses. We could of won the National Championship against Florida State but we lost both our starting safeties during the game.
I lost track of the number of times he said something like if they didn't lose or if they had only won or if someone wasn't hurt. Good teams finish the season with a lot of wins, but the truly great teams and great coaches find ways to do something about all of those ifs and win championships.
Beamer was the current day version of Bo from UM. Culture defining coaches who are legendary and won a shit ton of conference games but not the best at big bowl games
Ohio state fan. That loss to VT hurt so bad. Thought are season was over. But by them beating us, I truly think that huge dose of diversity helped us become more humble and help us in a way to win the championship.
As an alumni it’s sad, but the truth hurts.
I’ve been a Hokie fan since I can remember. I am from Radford Va. and have attended games for 30 years. I will always be a fan no matter what but losing to JMU, ODU & Liberty is inexcusable! Something has to change, l don’t know what but something has too!
Losing to Liberty I actually understand
@@roycedutch1 no, Liberty playing them tough and keeping it close, I could understand. But losing to Liberty 🗽 I can't understand. I know VT is not one of the elite teams, but they were always around the top 15. smh....maybe they can get back to that someday....
Ol' Frank got us spoiled with them 10 win seasons lol
They’ve had Caleb Farley and Tremaine Edmunds recently but apart from that there haven’t been much going for them.
yea
The thing is they actually have really good talent right now despite poor recruiting in recent years. They have multiple future first rounders and plenty of great talent. The issue is coaching its cost them too many games this season.
also that darinshaw kid or whatever
Farley and Darrisaw both 1st round this year...both Edmund brothers were first rounders in the same year.
Kyle Fuller, Kendall Fuller, Chuck Clark?
Awesome video Cole and Jackson! I’m at PSU right now and I was planning on going to the game at VT this year before everything happened since I wanted to experience that Enter Sandman intro first hand. Can’t wait to see you guys hopefully collab on more videos in the future!
Thanks Connor!!! Really appreciate that and I know that is such a bummer it was canceled especially because it was a true home and home. Maybe they reschedule it I can only hope.
MAN, Michael Vick ALMOST beat FSU singlehandedly in the 1999 Sugar Bowl BUT ran out of ⛽ in the 4th quarter.
One of the greatest performances in college football history. The number of NFL talent the Seminoles suited up was unbelievable.
Their WR receiver killed us....Peter Warrick
I met Frank Beamer on Halloween night 2019. I was working my shift at Publix and I saw him walk in. Super cool guy, pretty sure I'm the only person in Georgia who could recognize him.
Hey, i am a huge VT fan, my dad went there and I have been a fan since I was born. I believe yall did an amzing job on this one but the only thing i can think of is the loss of Caleb Farley, a future first round pick, CB, who would've helped us so much more this year. Great video, good work
This one hurt to watch, it seems like the entire story of Tech football is always getting close to being great but just falling a bit shy. This season is no exception unfortunately we could easily be a top 10 team right now if we didnt choke close games.
Two years later and the program is really struggling. Absolutely embarrassed by Maryland in the pinstripe bowl in 2021, record bowl game appearance streak lost, UVA win streak lost, three losing seasons in a row, and coming off of our worst season record since 1992.
Still waiting for rise of Illinois basketball
@Andy Gygi isn't Illinois ranked high this year?
Yay! I'm glad to know Illini basketball is coming back strong!
When they play enter sandman gets me hyped every time this came from a Georgia Bulldogs fan
Algorithm really coming for my neck tonight, damn.
Love your videos man could you do the rise of byu football sometime. I would really appreciate it.
BYU has a football team? Lol
Here we are, over a year later, and Fuente is gone. His cycle was complete, he destroyed everything Beamer built at VT. Including the Bowl Game streak. Brent Pry is here, and we are really hoping he can bring us back.
5:16 Such a shame that joining the ACC actually hurt us in the long run. Now, even if we wanted too, we can't leave because the ACC has ungodly buy outs for schools to leave the conference. And Tech, a team built by playing on nationally televised Thursday Night Games that no one else wanted to get exposure, is now difficult to find even their highest profile matches thanks to how paywalled the ACC Network is.
VT never used to be a power house 😫😫😭😭
I wouldn't consider Liberty university a bad team, their just a new team. They actually are undefeated this year so far
Yeah I think when they say that they mean historically VT is a superior program in state
My favorite college team, I hope we can get into the playoffs one day
I remember Michael Vick, but as the host says, it is one of the most overlooked programs in all of college football. Who knew they were in the top 10 a few times? I hope they can get back to where they used to be and compete for the ACC title.
Top 5 teams as well
Suprised you guys didn't even mention the streak of VT beating UVA that ended last year.
12/12/20 Edit: LOL NEVERMIND THE CUP IS BACK IN BLACKSBURG! GO HOKIES!
I’m a Virginia Tech fans my mom went there my mom is not liking has lost a passion for the team and we had the most underrated Atmosphere
Virginia Tech is in the "middle of the country"?
I think he means it like “Virginia Tech is in the middle of the nowhere” bc Blacksburg is a college town in the middle of a rural part of VA
As a diehard Hokie, I am at :32 seconds and I cant watch this. Ill always support the Hokies, but the downfall I can assure is much worse than what is said in this video... there is so many things that we need to fix. After losing to Liberty, thats two in state teams who are simply inferior to us that have beat us with Fuente as the HC. Been heartbroken too much this year by VT ill save it for a couple months but respect for talking about VT literally no one does. Got a like and sub from me.
I'm at the point where I don't give a shit anymore. I have no sympathy for Fuente. He needs to GET OUT!!
@@gatorboy2685 Way easier said then done, during a COVID year too the money just isnt there to take that buyout. At the end of the day the players need to decide to either fight for the coach or the logo on the side of the helmet (example: Dax Hollifield) leaves it out there 100% always, thats what a VT team is, we can lose by 50 but the hokies fans ony expect one thing, thats for you to go out there and do your best and its clear the players wont play for Fuente.
@@spenserswain7885 I don't blame them when he throws them under the bus in most post-loss press conferences
it really started when we lost to Old Dominion. As we were ranked 12 or 13 and going up against a winless ODU, we should've blown them out. Instead, we lost by two touchdowns. We've only been ranked in the AP Poll a couple more times.
as a Hurricanes fan, I have a lot of respect for Virginia Tech, I think the rivalry is a good one, we won the most recent bout, but when I see them on the schedule, I never count them out. respect to coach beamer
Seems like the Canes have a good coach. I hope you all do well under Diaz.
@@gatorboy2685 i know, last year put him in the gut seat, i think he’s proving something (or D’Eriq King is bailing him out lol)
yeah, we both need to get back to where we used to be, and it kills me that y'all are closer to doing that than we are haha
@@yourmomsfavorite69 and as a Virginia Tech fan, I kinda hate Miami. Sorry. But I hate Florida State 100000% more. The only reason i hate Miami is because their always too good.
@@michaeljones155 we haven't been good since 2017 wdym
VT was a power for about 5 minutes.
Good video. Better if you could break down the reasons of the downfall. Is it staff? Recruiting? Location? Why the downfall? Thank you
The first comment. Can you do a Travis Kelce video
Man Cole I love these downfall vids. Keep up the good work 👍
As a Stanford fan, I truly feel you on this. If we had that 2011 Orange Bowl rematch today, you guys would win it.
On the flip side, I think your Stanford team probably should/could have been a national championship team that year. You obviously had a great QB and other serious weapons. I remember not being excited at all to play you guys in that game!
Hi from Tallahassee. We feel you.
Imagine how good Virginia tech would have been under Kirby smart
We need a coach that isn’t named Justin Fuente and is good
Great video. This deserves an ESPN spot
Two of my fav guys!!! Pretty cool to see Jacksons perspective
Anyone here when they opted out of a bowl game and lost the streak of 27 bowl wins
I grew up down the road in Roanoke and I have to say it's pretty amazing what they were able to accomplish. If you've been to Blacksburg, you know it's in a beautiful area but the town itself is pretty underwhelming and it is very isolated. They also had almost no history before the late 90s. A friend of mine has a dad who went to VT back in the 70s and he said the pre-Vick years were almost unrecognizable compared to now because Lane Stadium used to be half full regularly and home games against teams like UVA and WVU often felt like road games. Really, they peaked at the right time, just as college football was exploding and ESPN/College Gameday maximized good vibes and coverage. For a solid 15-20 years, they were one of the most consistently good teams in the country and that Foster defense was nasty. They haven't been as good as expected this year and their recruiting classes for 2020 and 2021 haven't been great, so it will be very interesting to see what Fuente does next
strongly disagree that blacksburg is an underwhelming town lol
Wasena in the eight here.
@@gagecarroll6009 nope, I grew up there. Going to Hokie sporting events is by far the most interesting thing to do
Video idea: how have the Georgia bulldogs gone 40 years without a national championship ? I’d like to see my Dawgs 😂😂😂
Omg how?
Cuz they are in GA, choke state
We still drinking the kool aid including myself..if we ever gonna make it to a top 10 team we have to fired Justin Fuente and hired a top end coach like urban Myers or bring in a top coach that can automatically interest 4 or 5 starts recruits we just don’t have the top end recruits to be dominant like Alabama Ohio state..Florida schools LSU etc that’s the answer..I’ll take nick saban in a trade
Back when Virginia tech was winning conference championships and consistently being a top 10 ranked team Virginia Tech was getting a lot of the best recruits from Virginia and surrounding states. Gotta at least get some of the better recruits from the local schools to compete, lately the best 4 and 5 star recruits from Virginia go to Ohio State, Penn State, UVA, UNC, Clemson.
Thanks for making this man, as a tech fan this has been the best video of our history thank you so much man
of course i really hope you enjoyed!!!!
The downfall began when Frank didn’t evolve to a modern, dynamic and entertaining offense. Although still winning, ESPN began dropping VT’s 109th ranks boring offenses from prime time games, thus recruits began going elsewhere. Beginning of the downfall.
NICE JOB GUYS!!! As a VT fan, I was really excited to watch this!!
Fuente is a bad coach and so is cornelson. They should resign at the end of the seasoj
It still amazes me that VT lost to Syracuse in 2016.
Hokie fan since 99 here. For those of you who don't know, it's like following a team with the luck of the Cleveland Browns, and the history of the pre-2016 Chicago Cubs. We had the run in 1999 that fooled many including me into thinking it could happen again, because we'd seen it happen once. We had Vick getting injured 8 games into 2000 and killing any chance of us beating Miami that year. Nick Saban's LSU team came to Lane in 2002 and lost. Since then, well.... Even in the good years where ACC titles and BCS bowls were happening every so often, we'd always drop the "big game" on national TV, or worse, lay an egg against a team like JMU. We took "Clemsoning" and made it Chokieing. Things really started to slip towards the end of Frank Beamer's career, but through his first 2 years there was nothing to suggest Fuente wasn't the home run hire we all thought he was when he was announced.
Instead, he has proven that he can't recruit, he can't evaluate film let alone talent, and he is unwilling or unable to surround himself with those who can. He stonewalls fans and the media like he's Saban or Belichick, with not even a fraction of their accomplishments to his name. The team, especially on defense, is Charmin ultra soft and the core guys who were freshmen in 2018 have never really learned how to win, they've just gotten older and continued to lose. There was that 6-1 stretch in the middle of last year but they pissed that away by losing to UVA and then the bowl game. It has become extremely taxing and exhausting to care about this team, and apathy has spread through most of the fanbase like wildfire. I say fuck it, yank the stakes out of the ground and start hardcore investing in Mike Young and the basketball team. I'm interested in rooting for winners, I'm not picky on the sport.
1:03 Blacksburg Virginia
3:17 Great Since 1993 - The Team Beemer Built
3:40 1999 Michael Vick Dream Team
6:43 2007 Tyrod Taylor
8:28 2012-2015 The Logan Thomas Era 9:02 The End Of The Frank Beemer Era Ends
9:37 November 27th 2015 Justin Fuente Era Begins
2016 10-4, Belk Bowl Win, ACC Coach of the year
10:47
2017 #12 in The AP Poll
2018 #13, Lost To Old Dominion
2019 8-5
11:26 The Lunch Pail is Retired
DC - Justin Hamilton
Shootout loss to NC, WK Forest, and Liberty :(
Part of the problem is Fuente and Beamer have two completely different recruiting styles. Fuente is trying to mirror his success at Memphis and pull from the Big XII pool. Beamer on the other hand had a strong emphasis on keeping homegrown talent (Virginia) home. Of the 122 players listed on Tech's roster. Only 41 are from Virginia. Now, Tech does throw offers left and right at in state recruits. UVA does the same thing. But it's as if they do it solely because they are in state recruits. They don't follow up and pursue them to stay home. Actually, where I live, Penn St. of all schools has a death grip on all the high level recruits. Yetur Gross-Matos, Devyn Ford, Nana Asidue, Brandon Smith. All the top recruits in my area. All went to Penn St. Then there's '22 RB Tevin White who's had FIVE visits to Penn St. Where as Beamer would have pursued all these recruits heavily. Fuente has essentially said "Here's an offer come to Tech." While Penn St. has gone "Here's an offer now let me show you why you should come to Penn St."
Thats why top talent also goes to Pitt. Or more importantly - OSU. Franklin is a great salesman...for sure. The idea that the recruiting landscape hasn't changed from many of the Beamer years to now...with other programs like OU OSU PSU Clemson coming into the state is obviously a challenge. There is a lot more exposure at this point.
I mean this guy gets it man, the greats of VT have came from the 757 these are facts. Beamer had an ability to recruit that area and get big talent like Mike Vick and Deangelo Hall which Fuente just doesnt even get them interested. I am optimistic that Darryl Tapp can be that person who gets high ranked defensive recruits from that area and steal them away from Penn State because Penn State owns the 757 right now. I dont know how you do it though. You got to show them the excitement of the game I mean there is nothing like the entrance at a night game in Lane Stadium.
@@spenserswain7885 only caveat id add is PSU doesn't own the 757, they got Lambert but thats it. The state as whole however that's different. Seems like from Fredericksburg on up its all PSU
@@hustla4life91 I mean PSU owns that area its clear and obvious maybe OSU or UNC or some random teams will get players but PSU gets like 4 a years from that area who are all good players. Own may not be the right word but compared to VT they own the 757 area.
@@spenserswain7885 PSU has 1 player on the team from the 757. I give you that they have a better perception there though. VT needs to step it up
ND fan here. Disgraceful of VTech to get rid of lunchpail to "make new traditions". Traditions aren't new and aren't easily made. Lunchpail was a great tradition and they threw it away. No wonder they are struggling. That is a slap in the face to the program to get rid of that.
Man... bud foster got the recognition of like..a "eh he was alright d coordinator". You failed to mention anything about beamer ball, the impact of the hokies historic defense, the strength of bud fosters DBs. This really lacked the nuanced explanation of what really is going on with the Hokies.
Torrian Gray was responsible for those DBs. Florida Gators took him from us.
The problem vt has is the same problem a lot of schools have. (That aren't named Alabama, ohio st. Etc). They can scout their butts off and recruit the diamonds in the rough& develop them to and a few blue chippers but the problem remains. Depth. When you have a starter go down thats a kam chancellor or a fuller and its next man up, the talent level is way more noticeable. When you depend on developing talent over time and dont "plug and play" like bama its tough to compete. Depth is the difference in being a top 10 team and everyone else.
Please do rise of Tennessee basketball
I love this video but as a Tech fan it makes me a little emotional what’s happening to this team. I just don’t have the same love or hope for the team with Fuente there.
Love the video man
thanks beckett!!!
Beamer was so important in the building of what VT has become. He was the first coach to see the potential in Thursday night games. While all the other schools didn’t want to play on Thursday as they saw it as a disadvantage Beamer saw it as a chance to get in the national spotlight and a way to show how far we had come. Who knew playing on Thursday football fans from everywhere would be watching unlike on Saturday where they have tons of games to pick from on Thursday there was only one. It really helped the program grow tremendously.
This could use an update after the 2020 and 2021 seasons... doesn't quite capture how far VT football has fallen.
"Look Mighty Morph Michael Vick, your animated slave fights make me sick" - Charles Darwin
Only legends get this reference
You're right about everything, it hurts so much!!!
And then there’s 2022 a new coach and a new low. The disaster at Virginia tech just gets worse and worse. 💣🦃💥
Although it’s his first year, may take a few years to implement whatever he has planned. It’s difficult to pickup another coaches failed plan and their players.
All I can think about when VT Football is mentioned is their game vs Wake in 2014 that went to overtime tied 0-0 😂
then you dont watch cfb...
I feel like the title of this video is a little misleading. At first i didnt know it was/is consistent with how you do the series. - its really awesome that this closes on a positive note. VT is going to turn it around 100%
Ima Hokie, hate hearing abt our downfall but love your content!!
as a long time Hokie fan one thing that has stuck out to me is the defense under Bud Foster has always been solid and very consistent but the offense has had little consistency. Case in point since David Wilson left in 2011 the Hokies have had no solid running backs/ground game and not surprisingly, can't move the ball, because our quarterbacks have been all over the place in their play.
Can’t get past VT in the rose bowl as UCLA NCAA14 it’s crazy their defense is insane
I never missed a home game as a student from 94-99. Oh the times we had in Lane! Specially the Thursday night games, which were usually against WVU. Also beating Miami for the first time 13-7, charging the field, tearing the posts down, out the stadium, and into the pond. 😂 the stupid things we did. I also at the 94/95 sugar bowl in New Orleans when we beat Texas 28-10. Being in the French quarter on New Year’s Eve,, ah yes please!!! I’ve been back a few times since I graduated, most recently for the ECU game after the shootings in 07. I have no doubt we’ll get back to being ACC champs. Just hope it’s soon. Go Hokies!!!!
Imagine if they played for the 2000 national championship against Oregon State...
If Vick never had the high ankle sprain VT is the 2000-2001 National Champions!
Bro you're a beast for this. I'm assuming this was off of my comment. Thank you!
A kid that went to my high school I was a freshman that year he was a senior he had a full ride to tech but when Beamer retired he pulled out to commit to Coastal Carolina