ORLANDO – Both Virginia Tech head coach Justin Fuente and Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy shared that game preparations are all but finished – the “hay is in the barn,” as Fuente put it – as the two met with media members and answered questions at a final news conference Wednesday before Thursday evening’s Camping World Bowl.
The 30-minute news conference marked the final media availability before the game. Both teams were slated for brief closed practices later Wednesday afternoon, and Tech’s staff plans to conduct position meetings later Wednesday evening. So the news conference allowed reporters a final time to ask an array of questions of both Fuente and Gundy, who sat at a table next to a moderator – with the Camping World Bowl championship trophy in the center.