Hokie ClubBLACKSBURG – Behind three John Love fied goals and the first touchdown in maroon and orange for Marcellous Hawkins, the Virginia Tech football team defeated NC State 23-21 Saturday night for the club’s second consecutive victory. The Hokies have now started 1-0 in ACC play for the fifth time in the last six seasons and stand at 2-3 on the season.
Read and watch below to see what Interim Head Coach Philip Montgomery had to say:
Interim Head Coach Philip Montgomery
Opening statement: Just an incredible win by our guys and the way they fought. They came here with a mission and a passion about them and couldn't be more proud of them ... Couldn't be more proud of our players, couldn't be more proud of our coaches. In the midst of everything going on, these guys have continued to work, continued to come to work every day, continued to grow as a football team. We played a complete game tonight, we played four quarters, we played complimentary football all three phases contributed to the win. We had a bunch of young guys step up and make some incredible plays for us throughout the game, some young freshmen that came in and played extremely well. Guys are stepping up with their opportunities, they know that those are coming and they are still growing, they are still staying locked in, they're still doing the things that we've got to do.
On entertaining the idea of going for it on fourth and one in the fourth quarter: Pretty seriously. A lot of discussions, I really wanted to go for it if I'm being honest. If we were a little deeper in their territory I probably would have, the only thing I looked it is, they basically are already in field goal range if we don't and that probably swayed me the other way. Our defense had been playing well and I just trusted those guys to go out and do what they've been doing all day and that's what we talked about. Trusting each other, everybody doing their job and they stepped up big.