It’s not surprising that Virginia Tech lost to Tennessee on Saturday night; the Vols are a talented football team.  However, the way the Hokies lost was both disappointing and maddening.

Take a look at these numbers…

Virginia Tech outgained Tennessee 400-330
Virginia Tech was 6-of-13 on third downs, Tennessee was 3-of-13
Virginia Tech held Tennessee to 91 passing yards
Tennessee only ran 65 plays from scrimmage
Tennessee did not return a single kickoff during the game

Sounds like a fairly comfortable Virginia Tech win, right?  Anybody who looked at those numbers would not think Tennessee won the football game by 21 points, but unfortunately that’s exactly what happened.

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