Tale Of The Tape: No. 23 Virginia Tech at Virginia
Posted on Thursday, Nov. 28, 2019, 9:07 pm
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Virginia and Virginia Tech will duke it out for the 101st time Friday, with both the ACC Coastal Division title and the Hokies’ 15-game winning streak against the Cavaliers on the line.
The Wahoos (8-3, 5-2 ACC) and their 23rd-ranked bitter rivals to the south (also 8-3, 5-2) have both had a successful month of November, each having won three games in a row, and each side will put everything on the line in Friday’s regular-season finale, which will be televised nationally on ABC.
The winner will claim the division championship and will face Atlantic Division winner Clemson, the No. 3 team in the land, in next weekend’s ACC Championship game in Charlotte.
The Hokies haven’t allowed a single point in the last nine quarters, going all the way back to the end of the third quarter of their Nov. 9 upset of then-ranked Wake Forest. It’ll be longtime defensive coordinator Bud Foster’s final regular-season contest, as he announced his plans to retire at the end of the campaign.
The ‘Hoos would like nothing more than to send Foster out with a loss, end the streak, silence the chatter, and in the process claim the Coastal crown for the first time.
Tale Of The Tape
The Coaches
UVA — Bronco Mendenhall
4th season at Virginia (24-25); 15th season overall (123-68); Record vs. VT: 0-3
VT — Justin Fuente
4th season at VT (33-18); 8th season overall (59-41); Record vs. UVA: 3-0
The Depth Chart
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Coastal Division Standings
Broadcast Information
TV: ABC
Announcers: Dave Flemming (play-by-play), Jim Mora (analyst), Paul Carcaterra (sideline)
Radio: Virginia Sports Network
Announcers: Dave Koehn (play-by-play), Tony Covington (analyst), Jay James (sideline)
Satellite Radio:
Sirius Channel — 84
XM Channel — 84
Internet Channel — 84
Kickoff Forecast
Sunny, 51 degrees
Precipitation — 0%
Wind — 4 mph
Humidity — 43%
(Courtesy AccuWeather)
