"My fellow Americans, our long national nightmare is over."
-President Gerald Ford
I knew the Russell Athletic Bowl would be ugly, but who knew we would witness one of the worst played games in college football history?
Virginia Tech won on a missed Rutgers field goal in overtime. The Hokies didn't score until the fourth quarter and Rutgers only scored three points on offense.
The lone Scarlet Knights touchdown came on a botched Hokie snap on the game's opening drive, when Logan Thomas inexplicably tried to pick the ball up and run before he fumbled in the endzone.
Replay seemed to show Thomas down for a safety, the first of many curious calls by the Big XII officiating crew.
The Hokies managed just three yards of rushing in this game. That's an average of 3.4 inches per carry.
The Tech fan base was completely apathetic about this game, myself included. I felt kind of bad, but I really just wanted to get it over with so we could get to the important business of finally making some offensive coaching changes.
Tech fans have been expecting such changes for years, but now it seems there is enough overwhelming evidence something must happen that not even Frank Beamer can 'aw shucks' his way around the issue.
Pete Roussel of Coachingsearch.com reported last night that Tech wide receivers coach Kevin Sherman will be leaving to accept a position at Purdue. Sherman refused to address the issue after last night's game.
That's just a drop in the bucket and to be sure, the receivers were far from the biggest issue on offense.
That being said, the routes have been awful for years. Several times last night in Orlando Logan Thomas expected wideouts to be somewhere else, throwing an interception on one such play.
The receivers haven't been consistent and their aversion to making blocks may speak to childhood instances of trouble with Legos.
More likely, they were poorly coached.
I expect much more to change with at least one coach "retiring" while others accept positions elsewhere before being outright canned.
It was a painful season, but perhaps it was necessary to get the changes Tech needs to get to the next level.
Ultimately, Tech had its worst season in 20 years and somehow still managed a winning record and a bowl victory.
Not bad with a bunch of incompetent coaches.
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