When you hear Scot Loeffler talking about the need to get the running game going, he isn’t joking. Virginia Tech’s running back production over the last two seasons has been the lowest of the ACC era.

Let me go ahead and throw the numbers at you. Here’s a year by year look at how many yards Tech’s running backs have combined for since 2004, from most to least:

2009: 2,330
2011: 2,137
2010: 2,101
2005: 2,022
2004: 1,827
2008: 1,628
2006: 1,506
2007: 1,377
2012: 1,259
2013: 1,168

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