I’ll take my crow medium well, with a splash of BBQ sauce on the side. I thought the Hokies were probably done. Many of you probably thought they were done, too. But they weren’t. Yesterday’s 42-35 victory over Miami represents one of the biggest 180s from week to week in the history of Virginia Tech football, and while there’s no guarantee that those types of performances will continue, the win certainly did wonders for morale, both for the team and for the fanbase.
The 180 didn’t begin in South Florida on Saturday. It started last weekend after the Duke game, when Justin Fuente put the team through a very tough and challenging week of practice. He challenged their toughness, and they responded. When coaches choose to have tougher practices after bad performances, it can go in one of two ways.