Say it ain’t so.
After a tumultuous offseason kicked off in December with Justin Fuente keeping his head coaching job at Virginia Tech and a pair of former four-star offensive linemen hitting the transfer portal, things seemingly calmed down in Blacksburg.
With the basketball team playing well, some in the fan base had forgotten — or were trying to forget — another disappointing football season.
On Thursday afternoon, Tech fans were hit with the disappointing news that the most popular coach on staff, co-defensive line coach, Darryl Tapp, appeared to be on the verge of joining the San Francisco 49ers as an assistant defensive line coach.