Hokie ClubBLACKSBURG – Behind five total touchdowns from Kyron Drones, the Virginia Tech football team defeated Cal 42-34 in double overtime Friday night for the club’s second ACC victory of the season (3-5, 2-2).
Read and watch below to see what Interim Head Coach Philip Montgomery had to say:
Interim Head Coach Philip Montgomery
Opening statement: I couldn't be more proud of our football team and our coaching staff. These guys have been through a lot, this is a tough ballgame. That's a good Cal team who came in here 5-2 and been playing extremely well. We knew we were going to have our hands full tonight and we knew it was going to take all three phases to get this thing done.
Came out of the gates the way I wanted us to, what we talked about. Got off to a really good start and in all three phases. Defense came out and made big stops, offense went out and got points. The second quarter was a little rough. We come back, down 10 and in the second half I thought our guys steped up and continued to fight, continued to battle all night long.
I couldn't be more proud of our football team and coaching staff the way they've molded together and stayed together. What a big win, that joy and that excitement in that locker room is unbelievable.
On the success of the Hokies' run game which produced 357 yards: We made some adjustments at halftime and I thought as we added a couple different layers to it, we were able to attack a little bit more outside. We really got [Kyron Drones] involved in the run game a lot more in the second half. He did a tremendous job of that. You look at what [Marcellous Hawkins] was able to do, he had some explosive runs you know the first guy doesn’t bring him down … Coming out in the second half we made some big throws coming down the field. We had the one to [Takye Heath] I think that helped loosen things up. We’ve got to continue to do those things and those guys made some big plays for us.