Hokie ClubThe Virginia Tech football staff is taking a new approach to the bowl season, starting with the pre-break practices and leading all the way up the game on Jan. 1.
The team will practice Friday and Saturday of this week and then five more times after exams end before breaking for the Holidays on the 22nd. The players will have to be back in town Christmas Night for an early flight on the 26th to Miami.
In the past, the team went through conditioning with team runs and lifting, but this year will feature more practices and even a scrimmage next week.
The staff has also changed the curfew for the Hokies once in Miami. In years past, the first couple of nights, the team was allowed to stay out until 2 a.m., and then the curfew was slowly brought back. This year, it will be midnight every night once in Miami and will be the normal 11 o’clock curfew the night before the game.
The FedEx Orange Bowl will be the Hokies’ 16th straight bowl game