I post a lot on X during Virginia Tech games, and every week I hear from people who are not on X. So I asked Grok, X’s resident AI to go find my ten most popular posts during Saturday’s Virginia Tech-VMI game. Here they are:
1. Brent Pry
“This is just my opinion about Brent Pry: I heard there was several hiccups in the negotiations between Virginia Tech and James Franklin during those tense days in November, and the guy who jumped in the middle and smoothed things out was Brent. Without him being an inside sales guy to his good friend, I’m not sure Franklin ends up on the sidelines tonight…”
https://x.com/DaveScarangella/status/2096401290741813631
2. Clean, Mistake-Free Football
“I realize VMI is not a level of competition that you can draw any conclusions from, but the last few years I’m not sure if you put the team on the field all by itself it could go an entire quarter without making mistakes and someone jumping early. This is so refreshing to see…”
https://x.com/DaveScarangella/status/2096394237935812956
3. Pry’s Defense In First Quarter
“We’ve all talked about Franklin having something to prove in this first game, but Brent Pry had just as much if not more proving Franklin made the right call bringing him back to run the defense. Pry’s defense responded by holding VMI to minus -3 yards of total offense in the 1st quarter.”
https://x.com/DaveScarangella/status/2096391810629206123
4. Apology To The 70-point Crowd
“I’d like to apologize to those in my TL who suggested the Hokies could win by as much as 70 by thinking you all had been engaging in excessive drinking in the middle of the day. But upon further review, you might have been on to something :)”
https://x.com/DaveScarangella/status/2096416284292297095
5. New Lights at Lane
“I never thought Lane was dark in the past. But these new lights add a lot of zing to the stadium’s zang zang…”
https://x.com/DaveScarangella/status/2096382564965528018
6. “Real. And Spectacular.”
“As opening-season wins go, this one was real. And spectacular…”
https://x.com/DaveScarangella/status/2096433220216590471
7. Greatest-Hits Night
“This is like a greatest hits package of the last 50 years of Hokie football. Long touchdown passes, big runs, blocked punt, special teams scoring….only thing we haven’t seen is the defense scoring. And there’s still a second half to play.”
https://x.com/DaveScarangella/status/2096400457891484154
8. Last Time Hokies Scored In The 70s
“Last time the Hokies scored in the 70s, I believe, was October 14, 1995 when we beat Akron in Lane 77-27…”
https://x.com/DaveScarangella/status/2096424118350385503
9. Hope vs. What We Saw
“I know what I was hoping for tonight. I know what I’m watching now. I think it’s fair to say that at least so far, the latter has exceeded the former.”
https://x.com/DaveScarangella/status/2096385861109629352
10. Sideline Energy
“I have looked at the sidelines far too many times in the last decade and seen some who didn’t look like they were having fun. At least tonight, everyone looks pretty engaged and Franklin and company still look like they’re as involved in coaching everyone up as if it were 0-0”
https://x.com/DaveScarangella/status/2096420253760729237
