At the Military Bowl, fans and players are experiencing challenging weather conditions, with an expected inch of rain and a game-time temperature of 53 degrees. Virginia Tech's Kyron Drones scored a touchdown following a Tulane muffed punt, recovered by Da'Wain Lofton, giving the Hokies a 10-7 lead late in the first quarter. Tulane quarterback Justin Ibieta suffered a right leg injury, necessitating an air cast and his removal from the field via cart. The inclement weather is impacting the game's play, with passing proving difficult and the rain intensifying in the second half, leading to a Virginia Tech fumble recovered by Tulane. The Hokies' strategy in the wet conditions seems to favor running plays over passing, and a pass interference call on Tulane gave Virginia Tech a first and goal at the 2-yard line.
Rain's coming down and it's pretty foggy from our view up in the press box. Looked like a Tulane completion, a fumble, a scrum and a #Hokies recovery at the Green Wave 44.
QB keeper gets stuffed a yard short of the first down. Tulane sends on the punt team. Do you even advise Holloway to try to field this punt in this weather? #Hokies
QB keeper gets stuffed a yard short of the first down. Tulane sends on the punt team. Do you even advice Holloway to try to field this punt in this weather? #Hokies
Feels like you're going to need to give me a real good reason to throw the ball in this weather. Doing it on first-and-10? That's strange. #Hokies
Swing pass (lateral technically) to Jaylin Lane, who gets clobbered and fumbles. Tulane recovers at the #Hokies' 17.
WE ARE BACK AND THE RAIN IS BACK AND TULANE HAS RECOVERED A VT FUMBLE 45 SECONDS INTO THE SECOND HALF
#Hokies will receive to start the second half here in a second. The rain has picked up again. Coming down pretty good from the looks of the light standards in the stadium.
Will Johnson recovers the squib kick after it went off a Tulane player. #Hokies have 5 seconds left and no timeouts. Maybe time for a Drones' heave?
Tuten stuffed right at the goal line. #Hokies didn't get the timeout called right away. There's 10 seconds left. Let too much time run off there.
Fade to Da'Quan Felton is incomplete. But PI on Tulane. FIrst and goal for the #Hokies at the 2.
Fade to Da'Quan Felton is incomplete. But PI on Tulane. FIrst and goal for the #Hokies at the 2. Somehow there's only 14 seconds left. That can't be right.
Right leg injury for #Tulane's Justin Ibieta. Being carted to the locker room.
Tulane QB Justin Ibeita about to be carted off after that run play. Looks like they're putting an air cast on his right leg. #Hokies
Tulane quarterback Justin Ibieta hurt on a run around the left side. The staff is calling for a cart to take him off the field. That isn't good.
Justin Ibieta is down after the first play of #Tulane series. Came up gimpy after run and then fell down a few seconds later.
Tulane muffed punt, #Hokies recovery, Drones TD run makes it 10-7 Virginia Tech with 2:20 left in the first. How about Da'Wain Lofton, who's in the transfer portal, making a play on that special teams mistake?
Justin Ibieta in at QB for Tulane this drive. Incomplete pass on a WR screen on the first play. Didn't look like he got a good handle on it. It's going to be tough to pass today in the rain. #Hokies
Kyron Drones on the QB draw might be the #Hokies' most effective play in this weather.
Temperature eight minutes before kickoff is 53 degrees. An inch of rain expected to fall during #Tulane-Virginia Tech game.
Announcement in the press box: Expecting an inch of rain during the game. As long as it doesn't come all at once. #Hokies
If you’re coming to the Military Bowl, bring a poncho. It’s going to be a wet one. #Hokies https://t.co/XqApPY1flQ