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Virginia Tech is a run-first team that leans on the ground game in nearly every situation, converting at an average rate on third down and generating modest efficiency overall with a PPA/play of 0.2. Their defense is giving up chunk plays at a concerning rate and converting third downs at nearly a coin-flip clip, suggesting this is a beatable unit on both sides of the ball.

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 stay on schedule and move the chains, their 47.2 percent third-down conversion allowed becomes our best friend, meaning we should expect to convert at a high rate when we get there.
• ★Our ability to threaten vertically should stress a defense giving up explosive plays at a 13.4 percent rate, so we want to get our best receivers into one-on-one situations down the field early in the game.
• ★Because they run 60.6 percent on first down and only succeed on 42.4 percent of their plays overall, our front seven can play downhill and force second and third and long consistently, which puts their passing game in uncomfortable territory.
• ★Their offense does not quit on the run even when trailing, so our defensive tackles must stay gap sound for four full quarters and not let comfort with a lead cause us to lose our run fits late in the game.

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.