The First Bank & Trust Friday Q&A: Realignment, The Lunch Pail, And Cole Beck

Virginia Tech
J.C. Price could have to use the portal for help at defensive tackle in the offseason. (Ivan Morozov)

1) Seeing as the football roster will largely remain the same in 2024, what position(s) need to be upgraded to compete like a 10+ win program again? – GCHokie34

Chris Coleman: As far as I’m concerned, Virginia Tech has a pretty favorable football schedule in 2024. We know the dates of the non-conference games, and we know the conference opponents. Here are the non-conference games…

at Vanderbilt (August 31)
vs. Marshall (Sept. 7)
at Old Dominion (Sept. 14)
vs. Rutgers (Sept. 21)

I’m assuming there will be some progress made in 2023 and between the 2023 and 2024 seasons. With that assumption, I view all four of those games as extremely winnable. Here’s the ACC schedule…

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