Fire Fuente? Virginia Tech fans sound off after embarrassing loss to Boston College
Virginia Tech suffered a 17-3 loss to Boston College on Friday night — and the game wasn’t as close as the final scored might indicated.
Boston College possessed the ball for nearly 37 minutes of game time and limited the Hokies to just 73 total passing yards on the night. Even considering Virginia Tech was forced to turn to backup quarterback Knox Kadum, its offense was strangely ineffective.
Va Tech averaged just 4.6 yards per play and gained 12 first downs. Malachi Thomas was the lone bright spot, gaining 70 yards on 13 carries.
Virginia Tech’s inability to move the ball has become somewhat normal in recent years. According to ESPN’s David Hale, this is the 43rd consecutive game where the Hokies have totaled under 500 yards of offense.
Virginia Tech has now gone 43 consecutive games without racking up 500 yards of offense — the longest streak in the country by 11 games (Illinois, 32) and longest by any P5 team since Minn went 49 straight from 2009-13.
The last time the Hokies hit 500? The loss at Old Dominion.
— 💫🅰️♈️🆔 (@ADavidHaleJoint) November 6, 2021
This loss brings Virginia Tech down to 4-5 on the season and puts the Hokies in danger of not qualifying for a bowl for the first time since 1992.
It also means coach Justin Fuente is now just 42-31 in nearly six seasons at the helm in Blacksburg. Fans have been turning up the heat on his tenure for the last several weeks, but tonight’s loss may have been a breaking point.
Here’s some of the reaction from Virginia Tech fans who are asking for the administration to move on from Fuente as head coach:
Please fire Justin Fuente.
— Sean (@carlinum24) November 6, 2021
#FireFuente pic.twitter.com/QOORqWKH3v
— Logan Tilley (@Logan_Tilley) November 6, 2021
Come on @WhitBabcock do the right thing and just end this nightmare. The players deserve better. #FireFuente #Hokies
— Jay (@RoanokeHokie) November 6, 2021
Absolutely Pathetic #FireFuente
— Jacob Yates (@GoHokies1127) November 6, 2021
VT sucks… #FireFuente
— Aaron Jacobs (@Aarondjacobs9) November 6, 2021
Surely there’s enough boosters willing to donate money to raise his buyout by now? Come on @WhitBabcock #Firehisass #FireFuente
— Logan Tilley (@Logan_Tilley) November 6, 2021
Enter Sandman and a #FireFuente chant seems like a great way to kickoff the final home game next week #Hokies
— Jordan Sereno (@jsshokies) November 6, 2021
Soooo @WhitBabcock have you seen enough yet? This is straight up embarrassing #FireFuente #FireCornelsen
— Jack Meissner (@jackmeissner_15) November 6, 2021
Fire Justin Fuente right now
— William Fulmer (@WilliamFulmer5) November 6, 2021
FIRE. FUENTE. RIGHT. NOW. YOU. ABSOLUTE. COWARD. WHIT.
— Chris (@CassellCaptain) November 6, 2021
Major kudos to @WhitBabcock. He hasn't deactivated his account and gets thousands of notifications every weekend LOL. But seriously, #FireFuente
— Joel Gillespie (@JAGillespie90) November 6, 2021
This team has no spark, no energy, no enthusiasm, no heart. It lays 100 percent on the coaching staff. Fuente has destroyed a National power house team by simply failing at his job.
— FIRE FUENTE TO SPACE (@thehokie_effect) November 6, 2021
VT is horrible.. Fire coach fuente chants will be strong next weeks game
— Ryan Cassidy (@furtherAM) November 6, 2021
It sucks we have to wait a month and a half for this honey to get fired. I'm not sure this fanbase can handle more…#FireFuente https://t.co/82camokTk8
— Hunter Davis (@Bal_BirdDog) November 6, 2021
The weekly “Fire Fuente” tweet https://t.co/inww0Ufzgq
— Scott Albanese (@SAlbanese03) November 6, 2021
FIRE JUSTIN FUENTE @HokiesFB
— Robert Powers (@robertpowers5) November 6, 2021
If he waits until morning, he can catch a flight back to Texas. #FireFuente https://t.co/fpkJBBc9S8 pic.twitter.com/SrgMBG3sPA
— Hunter Davis (@Bal_BirdDog) November 6, 2021
This. Absolutely pathetic. #FireFuente @CoachFuente @WhitBabcock https://t.co/lOziv1D4bs
— Jordan Sereno (@jsshokies) November 6, 2021
This is it https://t.co/cpMasjsiNr
— Fire Fuente (@JPCVT) November 6, 2021