Hokie ClubBLACKSBURG – Following the Hokies’ 38-6 victory over Wofford Saturday at Lane Stadium, Interim Head Coach Philip Montgomery stepped to the podium to discuss the game and Tech’s performance. Read and watch below to see what they had to say:
Interim Head Coach Philip Montgomery
Opening statement: It was an emotional week. Very proud of our players and our coaching staff with all the things that went on during the week.
It was an emotional week. Very proud of our players and our coaching staff with all the things that have gone on throughout the week. I told you all throughout the week that guys have shown up. Guys are practicing extremely hard.
We did some really good things. I really liked our energy, our tempo, and the things that we were doing. We wanted to roll that into this week. We talked about playing a complete game. We’re playing four quarters. of being start on defense doing the things and becoming more balanced on offense. I thought we did a lot of those things today. I thought our defense played tremendously. Well, I thought our defensive line was just wreaking havoc. The linebackers played really well and made good tackles. The secondary was swarming, so I was very, very pleased with that part of it. I thought our offense was more balanced. I thought we did a nice job in the run game. I thought, you know, we were trying to take our shots when we could. We knew it was going to be difficult in their style of defense, but I thought we did a nice job of checking things down, staying ahead of the chain, and doing those things, so I couldn’t be more proud of our players.
I couldn’t be more proud of our coaches. You know this is just one week. We got to continue to keep building. We got to continue to keep growing, but it was good to have that happen for them. They went out and earned it. They went out and did it. I couldn’t be more proud of them.
I want to say thank you to our fans; they showed up today. They were passionate like always. They did a great job cheering and supporting our players. That means so much to the guys in that locker room and to our university, so I want to thank them and to please keep doing that. We’re going to need your support all the way through this as we continue to go.
It’s about stacking weeks together and getting an opportunity, but I thought our players you know when you go through everything they went through this week, the amount of joy and the amount of love that was in that locker room was tremendous. We got to continue to keep growing, building, and continue to keep getting better as a football team.