Virginia Tech Football: Hokies stunned by Old Dominion

In a shockingly poor performance, Virginia Tech football saw their perfect season come to an end at the hands of a formerly winless Old Dominion squad.

Virginia Tech survived an injury to their starting quarterback and a sloppy game to stay undefeated. Old Dominion entered the contest 0-3 and wasn’t expected to give the Hokies a threat. Instead, Virginia Tech became the focal point of the nation when the rest of the afternoon games turned uncompetitive, save for the near-upset in Virginia.

When the clock hit 0:00, Virginia Tech escaped with a victory. The Hokies will lick their wounds, analyze the film, and put this one behind them as quickly as possible. Here are three things we learned about Virginia Tech in their ugliest performance of the season.

1. Steven Peoples might have to carry this team

In this era of college football, just about every team is spreading it out and moving the ball through the air with some version of a spread attack. Running the football is becoming a dying art, but that art is what good teams need to stay in control of games.

Virginia Tech avoided an offensive implosion by trusting running back Steven Peoples to get the yards the rest of the offense couldn’t. Peoples carried the ball 20 times for 156 yards and two touchdowns, including an 87-yard home run that made up for the up-and-down offense the Hokies exhibited throughout the rest of the game.