1) We’ve been terrible after the bye week. What can be done to reverse that trend and why? – RhinoVT

Chris Coleman: Here’s what has happened to Virginia Tech after its most recent bye weeks…

October 9, 2021: 32-29 L to Notre Dame
December 5, 2020: 45-10 L to Clemson
November 2, 2019: 21-20 L to Notre Dame
September 27, 2019: 45-10 L to Duke
October 25, 2018: 49-28 L to Georgia Tech

I think each one of those games has its own unique explanation, with the exception of the 2019 Duke game. I have absolutely no explanation for that one. Why do cows always graze facing north or south? Why do things disappear in the Bermuda Triangle? How come the aliens haven’t announced their presence to us yet? Or maybe they have, but we aren’t listening correctly? Why did Virginia Tech only give the ball to Raheem Blackshear twice against Miami? I’d have a better chance of explaining those things to you than I would the 2019 Duke game.

Here are my explanations for the other ones…

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