Pry's seat hotter after 0-3 Hokies fall to ODU

BLACKSBURG, Va. -- Colton Joseph threw for 276 yards and 2 touchdowns to pb Old Dominion to a amazingly casual 45-26 victory implicit Virginia Tech connected Saturday, dropping the Hokies to 0-3 successful a pivotal play for manager Brent Pry.

On a nighttime erstwhile his squad was booed loudly heading into the locker country for halftime, Pry's Hokies fell to 16-24 successful his tenure, and person been particularly abysmal the past 2 games, getting outscored 89-46 and allowing 1,017 yards.

"Obviously, we're incredibly disappointed," Pry said aft his latest loss. "Not the absorption I saw the squad going tonight. We couldn't get stops."

Joseph completed 16 of 22 passes and besides rushed for 63 yards and a people for the Monarchs (2-1), who registered the program's archetypal roadworthy triumph implicit an ACC opponent.

"We conscionable couldn't get immoderate momentum going," Pry said. "We turned the shot implicit successful the reddish zone. We get a turnover and we can't currency successful connected it. There were flashes, successful the game, of the quality to tally the ball. There were flashes of the quality to propulsion the ball, but not adjacent accordant enough."

The Monarchs, who entered the crippled arsenic 6.5-point underdogs, converted 2 first-half Virginia Tech turnovers into touchdowns and jumped retired to a 28-0 halftime lead. They moved the shot astatine volition against the Hokies defence successful the archetypal 30 minutes, amassing 334 yards and going connected scoring drives of 93, 97, 88, and 77 yards.

"Clearly, it starts with me," Pry said. "Coaches, players, everybody is accountable here. We've got to get backmost to the basics and find a mode to beryllium person to the squad we tin be."

Trequan Jones added 101 yards rushing and a people for the Monarchs. Old Dominion finished with 527 full yards, including 250 connected the ground.

Kyron Drones threw for 266 yards and 3 touchdowns for Virginia Tech, which fell to 0-3 to commencement a play for the archetypal clip since 1987. The Hokies person mislaid 4 consecutive dating to past season.

The Monarchs, who person present beaten Virginia Tech 3 times successful this series, played arguably their champion crippled successful manager Ricky Rahne's six seasons.

"I springiness Old Dominion credit," Pry said. "They've got a bully squad ... but we intelligibly didn't play good capable astatine all.

Virginia Tech volition big Wofford connected Saturday. ODU volition big Liberty connected Sept. 27.

"We consciousness assured beauteous overmuch each week," Old Dominion manager Ricky Rahne said. "Our guys are assured successful their abilities. They're assured successful who they are, and our guys played truly well."

The Associated Press contributed to this report.