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GSOHokie01
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If the team floundered all through 2023, you wouldn’t have seen the hype.

But they didn’t. The second half of 2023 was significantly better, a needed QB change was made and Drones had a good showing, and we capped it off with a bowl win. Add in all the returning starters, 2024 should have been an improvement over 2023. In the second half of 2023 it looked like we had turned the corner and things were beginning to click. Having the same regular season record as 2023 would have been viewed as a failure, and guess what 2024 was a failed season, so much so that coaches lost their jobs.
Posted: 01/18/2025 at 10:26 AM ET
(In response to this post by vt82jm)

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Never understood the hype
vt82jm • 01/18/25 10:12 AM ET
Qb was an overrated position
HokieKick`nBack • 01/19/25 06:58 AM ET
A really solid team everywhere except
Squatro • 01/19/25 06:42 AM ET
No excuses but things just didn't go our way
HokiesACC2004 • 01/19/25 03:28 AM ET
Some of us pointed that out as the hype train left the station. Fact is,
HoustonHokie • 01/18/25 07:27 PM ET
All great responses, I am not bashing our team, however
vt82jm • 01/18/25 07:13 PM ET
^bad take, hype was real, never has VT returned that many starters...ever
Scream_On_D • 01/18/25 05:03 PM ET
Obviously Tuten and APR were great
crazylane • 01/18/25 08:15 PM ET
Drones was hurt the entire ACC season **
hokiepro • 01/18/25 08:38 PM ET
Various reasons
crazylane • 01/18/25 10:08 PM ET
Because the goal is to get better?**
WestyHokie • 01/18/25 03:28 PM ET
This year's team was arguably better than last year
Happy Dog • 01/18/25 11:40 AM ET
No doubt, no blowouts and in all the games and ahead in most.**
OlderHokie • 01/18/25 01:18 PM ET
Good post. Just the way the ball bounces in game is way bigger than
VTCALS72 • 01/18/25 12:03 PM ET
Absolutely, and I'll add further...
Beerman • 01/18/25 02:19 PM ET
2023 season finished so strong. that was the indicator along with returnees**
MDHokie79 • 01/18/25 11:20 AM ET
Many predicted 8-4 with a 10-2 season when every bounce went the right way.
proudhokie2001 • 01/18/25 10:51 AM ET
i recall a quote from andy dufresne to red in the shawshank redemption:
squarerootofone • 01/18/25 10:36 AM ET
3–8 is a bad team. 7-6 is NOT a bad team. 24 team had lots of NFL prospects
VTizzle • 01/18/25 10:36 AM ET
If the team floundered all through 2023, you wouldn’t have seen the hype. ◄
GSOHokie01 • 01/18/25 10:26 AM ET
2023 was not a bad team. fans, short for fanatic
VTCALS72 • 01/18/25 10:23 AM ET