Virginia Tech will reportedly not play in a bowl game this season.
According to Brett McMurphy, the Hokies have chosen to not play in a bowl game this season after finishing 5-6. (RELATED: David Hookstead Is The True King In The North When It Comes To College Football)
By opting out of the bowl season, Virginia Tech will snap a streak of 27 straight bowl appearances.
Virginia Tech opts out of playing in a bowl this season, ACC sources told @Stadium. The Hokies had played in 27 consecutive bowls, the nation’s longest current streak. My updated bowl projections after Hokies decision & Tuesday’s @CFBPlayoff rankings https://t.co/WDFzBFa5gL
— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) December 16, 2020
As I’ve said many times before, we’re going to see more and more teams follow this example in the coming days.
I think there are going to be a bunch of teams that opt out of playing bowl games during the coronavirus pandemic.
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It’s been a long and chaotic season, teams are beat up and missing players and it’s simply hard to focus on a bowl game.
It becomes substantially harder if you’re also only going to make a garbage bowl, which is pretty much the situation VT was in.
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Before this is all over, I can promise you more teams will do the same.