Hoos Up Close: The Virginia Tech Game

Wahoos Get Aggressive and Close Out Tech

For the second straight week, UVa played and coached with a definitive "playoff" purpose, using a festive
home field crowd to help carry them to a critical 14-point win over in-state rival Virginia Tech. Many believed prior to
the game that making and preventing big plays would be the keys to UVa producing a win against the Hokies. The Wahoos
created their opportunities with aggressive play calling and received outstanding performances from an assortment of
different players. The results ended UVa’s four-game losing streak to VT, returned the Commonwealth Cup to Mr.
Jefferson’s grounds, and placed the ‘Hoos in Charlotte’s Continental Tire Bowl for the second straight year.

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