A View from the Sidelines: 2023 Season Hokie Football Season Starts! ODU visits Lane

No one was particularly sure of what was going to happen this season. The one thing that we can be sure of is that Hokie Nation showed up big on a prime-time broadcast and a potentially shaky team found itself on the good end of a big win. GO HOKIES!!!

By John Schneider Sep 4, 2023, 3:39pm EDT

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Every Virginia Tech fan’s favorite bird.

The quiet of the pregame setup. The South Endzone was rocking 2 1⁄2 hours later.

The student section is never this full 90 minutes before a game.

Ali Jennings is relaxed. Keep him that way Coach Mines... please.

J.C. Price always looks like he’s wary that someone’s going to dowse him with a bucket of ice water.

Ali Jennings is confident, but did he know how good he was going to be on Saturday?

Almost like Pry was eying the camera just as Sandman got going.

A huge crowd on the field. Lots of recruits and families.

The 2nd play from scrimmage. First one was an incomplete bubble screen.

Wells sets up for a pass. Good blocking going on.

One of Wilson’s 5 sacks. Antwan Powell-Ryland making his presence known, bigly.

Bread and Butter. But the bread was stale and the butter off tasting.

This needs to be done more. Run from under center and use your 6’2” 210-pound QB to get the ball 1 yard over the goal line. It wasn’t done enough in the game... but Wells certainly can do it. See.

Grant Wells scores a touchdown. Da’Quan Felton tells us so.

This just looks so fast... Tuten with a decent gain around the end

Kyron Drones gets some snaps in, did a good job with the run since he’s a threat.

It was tough inside running, heck, outside, too... for the Hokies

Ugh... this needs to stop. Just run the play.

A Return of some Whimsy Between Quarters, now the 1st and 2nd

Jaylin Lane makes a huge catch and run for a TD.

Jaylin Lane pulls it in and heads north.

Lane gets as far north as he needed to for six!

Pass blocking was excellent for the game. Wells had good time. Run blocking was a different story.

Wells Does have too much arm on critical short passes. Bowen needs to work on that, this was a sure TD. Tuten was wide open.

To Close. These Two I call Sweet Revenge 1 and 2

SAFETY! And a small measure of revenge for 2022

We start the reviews and background work on Purdue. They were better than expected last season, but they also lost a ton. They just dropped a game to Fresno State and the “experts” expect them to win, at the moment. We’ll see when the big odds come out on Wednesday. But for now, let’s celebrate an opening win and the improvements that have been made. Let’s also be aware that the Hokies are a work in progress and both coaches and players need to get better.

Also, there will be a general review of the offense and offensive play calling with respect to the “Power Spread” offense that is supposed to be the “thing” this season. (Hint: So far the only thing new about the Power Spread is the name.)

A View from the Sidelines: 2023 Season Hokie Football Season Starts! ODU visits Lane

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A Return of some Whimsy Between Quarters, now the 1st and 2nd

To Close. These Two I call Sweet Revenge 1 and 2

GO HOKIES!!!

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