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Virginia Tech is a run-first team that leans on the ground game in nearly every situation, running the ball 55 percent of the time overall and holding that tendency even when the game script changes. Their offense is below average in efficiency at 0.2 PPA per play and converts third downs at only 41 percent, making them a team that struggles to sustain drives. Defensively they are giving up chunk plays at a high rate and allowing nearly half of third-down attempts to be converted, which creates real opportunities for a disciplined offense.

Every scrimmage snap split by down and distance. Run rate and pass rate are heat-shaded on a Maryland-red scale so the strong tendencies jump off the page. The top row is all downs combined.

The same run/pass tendency, re-cut by where the ball sits, the score on the board, and which half it is. Counts are real charted snaps; thin splits are flagged honestly. Run % and pass % are heat-shaded on the same Maryland-red scale.

Drive for drive: what Virginia Tech does with the ball, next to what their defense gives up. Points per drive are estimated from the drive result (touchdown counts as seven, field goal as three). Everything here is computed from real CFBD drive data.

How the man calling it for Virginia Tech thinks on fourth down, drawn from every fourth-down snap his offense has taken this season. "Went" means they ran a play (rush or pass); "kicked" means a field goal or a punt. The split is then cut by field zone so you know where he gets aggressive.

• ★If we can establish a early lead their offense has no real counter -- their run-heavy identity does not change with game script and their passing game converts third-and-long at a low rate, so we keep pressure on them to throw.
• ★Their defense allows explosive plays at 13.4 percent -- attack vertically and create opportunities for chunk plays on early downs before they can pin their ears back on third and long.
• ★Their 47.2 percent third-down conversion allowed is a clear invitation to stay on schedule on first and second down so we are consistently in manageable third-down situations where they struggle to get off the field.
• ★Their offense runs 60.6 percent on first down and 60.6 percent in the red zone -- our front seven needs to own first and second down and eliminate the run, which forces their reluctant passing game into a situation where they have shown they cannot convert.

This is the charting layer. CFBD play-by-play does not carry coverage shells, blitz, or pressure, so the rates below stay blank until a game is broken down on film or pulled from Telemetry. The sample row shows the shape only, not real numbers.

This is the charting layer. Personnel groupings and formation families are not in CFBD play-by-play; they are tagged off the film or pulled from Telemetry, then drop straight into these tables. The sample row is illustrative shape only.

The numbers above come from charted play-by-play. The detail a coordinator wants next, special-teams maps, opponent media quotes, and player grades, comes off the film and the Telemetry feed. Each item below drops straight into this report once charted.

• Coverage and blitz tendencies by down and distance (Telemetry / PFF charting).
• Special-teams punt and kickoff location maps.
• Opponent media quotes from the weekly press conferences.
• Player grades, pressures, and coverage data from Telemetry.