There really is no fitting way to describe the first half of this game except bad. From before the snap, when the Jackets had delay of game penalty, the Jackets never seemed to half a chance. There was simply just an inability for the offense to gain any momentum and it was just a symptom of what was to come.
Virginia Tech gained 299 yards to Georgia Tech’s 49 at the half with the majority of those yards coming off explosion plays in the run game for the Hokie offense. The Yellow Jacket defense looked disorganized and undisciplined at times seemingly unable to line up correctly and allowing massive gaps in coverage or just tackling poorly, A targeting penalty on Christian Campbell that saw the senior linebacker ejected after the review was confirmed and just kept piling on what was an already poor performance.