A View from the Sidelines: Virginia Tech Hokies vs. Wofford Terriers

So, here are some pictures from the game on Saturday. The game wasn’t a hair on fire light ‘em up bury the cupcake sort of thing. Coach Pry and staff wanted to exorcise some demons, and get some 2s and 3s critical reps. Looks like he’s a Beamer student, alright. GO HOKIES!!!

By John Schneider Sep 19, 2022, 12:00pm EDT

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Even at 11:00 in the morning, Enter Sandman is still really cool.

Wow is 8:30 Early

It’s already early Fall in Blacksburg - Lane Stadium at 8:50 AM is fogged in.

It was Military Appreciation Day

So, the Army showed up with something fun for the kids to climb through.

An Army armored Humvee to crawl through in the Hokie Villiage

The Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets Color Guard practices before the game.

Pre-Game Warm-ups

Bryce Duke and Da’Wain Lofton get some warmup good luck from the Hokie Stone. Duke got a bunch in this one.

Kaleb Smith knows he’s probably not going to play, but dresses and warms.

Bob Schick and Johnny Garrett hustle out to warm up in the cool morning air.

The New Sandman

Early Series Shots

We aren’t talking about anything particularly fancy. The Hokies were working the get things right angle more than the score tons of points against a cupcake mentality.

Grant Wells and Chance Black work on the merge hand-off

Wells throws on a sprint out - wish he’d set his feet, those tend to sail.

Chamarri Conner getting an open field tackle but trying not to get flagged

Gotta give the other guys some credit. This eventually went nowhere but they executed the play well.

This was a clutch pro style sideline catch.

Sometimes you just catch something interesting developing - Nick Gallo going into the flat

Christian Moss showing up big on Saturday - we are going to see more of him

Moss keeping the ball after contact for a nice gain in the right flat.

Jadan Blue Gets some Exercise

This was a thrill because Blue has been dinged up, so this was his first game. He’s going to be a really important addition to the offense. We need all three starting receivers to be on the toes and with Kaleb Smith nursing a leg it’s even more important to get some depth going in the WR category.

Jadan Blue makes a big catch on 3rd and long to continue the TD drive

Touchdown Hokies!!!!

The Hokies scored when they wanted to. Jaylen Holston does his best Fullback getting the ball over the goal line when things got deep into the red zone.

Jaylen Holston with the rock from inside the 4-yard line.

Somewhere in the pile is a ball and a touchdown on the board.

Late Game Fun Shots

Christian Moss with another pretty catch wide open in the left flat this time.

Another sideline shoestring pro-toe tap reception

Jadan Blue with another nice pattern and catch

Wills shows off some wheels around the end

The Captains Doing Some Peer Coaching on the Field

The game was played with mostly 2s and 3s on defense. Coach Marve handled it by putting a squad captain on with each group. This is a great way to teach both leadership and transfer of experience.