More Pistol, Please

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Back in July, I wrote an article that covered why I believed the Hokies should run more plays from the Pistol formation this season. Two games into the season, we’ve seen Tech run some Pistol while also running shotgun, with a few plays from under center mixed in for effect.

Virginia Tech’s running game has performed very well out of the Pistol through the first two games of the season. We didn’t see it as much against Ohio State as we did against William & Mary, but when we did see it, it was effective.

Here are the numbers for handoffs to tailbacks out of the Pistol formation through the first two games:

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