Drones accounted for three of the four TD’s in the Hokies 31-7 domination of Stanford on Saturday and no, the powers to be haven’t embraced AI driven unmanned college football—yet. Drones refers to Virginia Tech’s Junior QB Kyrone Drones who connected on over 70% of his passes for 201 yards and 2 TD’s in addition to adding another 17 yards and a TD on the ground. Senior WR’s Da’Quan Felton and Stephen Gosnell accounted collectively for seven of those receptions for 137 yards and a TD each. On the ground the Hokies rushed 36 times for 136 yards with Senior RB Bhayshul Tuten carried the ball 21 times for 73 of those as well as the other rushing TD.
For Stanford, Junior QB Justin Lamson was 13-of-24 for 103 yards and 1 interception while Freshman RB Micah Ford lofted one up that connected with Sophomore WR Elic Ayomanor for a 19 yard TD in the last minute of the 3rd Qtr—Stanford’s only score of the game. The Cardinal’s first half consisted of a missed field goal, a fumble in the red zone at the 2 yard line, and two punts. The second half wasn’t much better with two three-and-outs, an interception leading to a Virginia Tech TD, and the lone TD of their own. The Hokies led from start-to-finish, up 14 zip at the half and 21-7 after three before adding another TD and field goal in the 4th Qtr for an easy 31-7 win.
Having lost to Miami the prior week in a game in which their winning late game TD throw from Drones was overturned on replay, Virginia Tech head coach Brent Pry had this to say afterwards: “That’s what we need to be offensively, defensively, special teams. A well-rounded effort against a good team at their place after a tough loss.” For Stanford, head coach Troy Taylor said; “We just never had any big plays, really. We didn’t do enough offensively to create some space and some big plays. We had some opportunities there, but we didn’t play well enough in all three phases.” Up next, Stanford jumps from the pot into the fireplace as they hit the road to take on No. 16 Notre Dame.