Purdue-Virginia Tech remains in weather delay in first quarter

The weather delay continued at Virginia Tech as Purdue announced the game would not resume as of the two-o’clock hour.

Earlier in the day, the game was stopped in the first quarter with the Boilermakers leading 7-0. As of the latest update, there was no estimated time for resumption.

However, Purude officials revealed when there’d be a reevaluation period.

“The weather delay will continue and be reevaluated at 3:00 PM ET,” the team’s Twitter page wrote.

Virginia Tech tried to lighten the mood on social media while waiting for the game to resume.

Us rn pic.twitter.com/ZLaSIvRhvk

— Virginia Tech Football (@HokiesFB) September 9, 2023

Before the delay, Purdue put up decent offensive numbers. Quarterback Hudson Card was eight-of-11 passing for 89 yards.

Running back Devin Mockobee had three carries for 21 yards and the lone score of the game to that point. On the flip side, nothing went well for Virginia Tech very well.

Quarterback Grant Wells was just one-of-two passing for 21 yards while Bhayshul Tuten ran twice for -3 yards.

Brent Pry using familiarity with Big Ten in game vs. Purdue

This isn’t Brent Pry‘s first tango with Big Ten competition. On Saturday, the Virginia Tech head coach will lead his Hokies into battle against Purdue on Saturday. Before the matchup, Pry discussed what he learned about the Big Ten during his eight seasons as Penn State‘s defensive coordinator.

“That’d be tough,” Pry said. “Over eight years, the league changed some and we were certainly a league for a long time that had multiple tight end sets and then the next week, you’d have spread, throw it all around the yard. You’d have big-boy, two-back ball, multiple tight ends and then, playing empty 40 snaps, so it was challenging that way as a defensive play caller.”

In his final season with Penn State, Pry was a Broyles Award nominee for the top assistant coach in the country as the team ranked fourth nationally in Red Zone defense, seventh in scoring defense, eighth in defensive pass efficiency and held their opponents to 4.7 yards per play.