BLACKSBURG — The first half of Virginia Tech’s football season included a number of unexpected twists and turns — which would be true even if head coach Brent Pry had not been dismissed just three weeks into the campaign.

The team knew that by the time it headed to Atlanta for Saturday’s 3:30 p.m. game at No. 13 Georgia Tech, all the progress that has been made meshing a team full of first-year freshmen and first-year Hokies acquired through the transfer portal would need to be showing results.

Now that this game has arrived, the rest of Virginia Tech’s road is even more treacherous than expected. The Yellow Jackets (5-0, 2-0 ACC) are the first of six down-the-stretch foes with winning records and one of the four ACC members holding a spot in AP Top 25: Georgia Tech, No. 2 Miami, No. 19

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