Two Deep | The Longest-Running Hokies Podcast · Pete B. & Sam Jessee | Sons of Saturday

Warming Up to James Franklin, His Fit at VT, Miami Recap, and UVA Preview with Grayson Wimbish

November 26, 2025·1 hr 26 min·7 clips

Virginia Tech just put together what could be the worst half of football in modern history, and the hosts are fuming.

The cold open starts angry. Virginia Tech gets dragged through a brutal half of football, a national-television embarrassment, and the old fan dread that rock bottom may have found a lower floor. Pete has company for this one. With Sam out for moving and holiday travel, Grayson Wimbush steps in and brings the old Sons of Saturday feel: memory, frustration, and a little dark comedy from people who have watched too much of this before. Then the temperature changes fast. The talk shifts to the energy around the program. Recruiting chatter is picking up, Bruce Arians is on McAfee, and people are suddenly talking about Virginia Tech again. The hosts treat that as a genuine PR bonanza. Wins are not just scoreboard sugar here. Football is the university's billboard, and that idea gets personal in a hurry. Grayson says he does not end up at Tech without Michael Vick, especially with his family pull toward Penn State. Recruiting becomes the cleanest proof. Kevin Jones comes up as the kind of five-star player who could have gone almost anywhere, but wanted Frank Beamer and Michael Vick. That old standard still hangs over everything. It gives the new-coach excitement some weight, because the hope is bigger than a better Saturday record. The hope is that Virginia Tech feels relevant again. UVA is still sitting there, of course. The closing logic is pure Hokies fan math. A loss would hurt. Nobody is pretending otherwise. But a four-star commitment, more recruiting heat, and the start of a new era give the room something sturdier to hold onto than one rivalry result. The episode lands in that familiar place between survival and optimism. The fan community stays close to the mic too, with subscriptions, Sons of Saturday crossovers, Tales of Terror Dome, and the final beat-UVA signoff keeping the analysis tied to the local network that makes the show feel lived-in.

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A Hokies-heavy listen that turns a brutal loss into a wider argument about Virginia Tech's next era.

Virginia Tech's rough loss to Vanderbilt sets the frame, but the conversation does not stay in the wreckage for long. Pete B and Grayson Wimbish move quickly into what comes next: the coaching future, the recruiting buzz around a new coach, and why momentum matters for the…

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You want the worst-half fallout, the Vanderbilt embarrassment, and the Hokies' new-era spin in one sit-down.

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