In the last three seasons, Hokie fans have seen their football team fall to depths they didn’t imagine possible.

If that statement sounds a little dramatic, let me present it to you another way: after the 2011 season, which saw VT go 11-1 in the regular season and rise as high as #5 in the rankings, did you ever imagine that in the next three seasons, Tech would go 22-17 overall, and a middling .500 (12-12) in the ACC?

I know I didn’t see it coming. I was pondering Tech’s rapid fall from grace recently, and I had a flashback … to the days after the 2003 season ended.

That was a tough time. For three seasons in a row, from 2001-2003, the Hokies started out strong, cracked the top five in the rankings, and then flamed out spectacularly each season.

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