This week we welcome Hokie football alumnus and current Director of Player Development Tyrell Smith. We look back at his time at Virginia Tech as a player, dive into his football journey since graduation, and look at the way his current role with the Hokies impacts student athletes both on and off the field.

This week we welcome Tech Sideline Managing Editor David Cunningham to the show. We put a final bow on college basketball, men's and women's, before turning our attention to what David has had a chance to see about this Franklin helmed team so far through the first five Spring practices.

This week your boys are joined by VTScoop Jack-of-all-trades Kolby Crawford to help us evaluate the Hokies success in the transfer portal. We then flip things over to 2027 and get an initial lay of the land for how the Hokies currently sit with many of their key targets for the 2027 cycle.

In this episode we take a look at the circumstances that have led to the Men's Basketball ever-dwindling tournament chances. We then turn our attention to football by diving deep into our Way-Too-Early Two Deep for the 2026 Hokies.

The transfer portal class has been finalized and offseason workouts have begun. In this episode we discuss the schedule release, where the Hokies land on the national landscape with James Franklin at the helm, and how we feel about this roster heading into the Spring semester.

The Hokies have officially secured their QB1 and are well on their way to a unanimous top 10 transfer portal class. In this episode we discuss the portal adds for the Hokies, key retentions from the 2025 roster, and what is left to do on the staff building side as the transfer portal window draws to a close.

For the first time in State of the Program history we are opening up the mics and cameras to the listeners. This episode has always been a joint celebration or commiseration with fellow fans and we're taking that literally this year. The James Franklin era is upon us in Blacksburg, the staff is starting to take shape, and the portal window is on the horizon. Join BCP and let us know what has you most exciting about the James Franklin era and what things are still giving you pause.

In this episode we welcome our friend Matej Sis from VT Scoop to help us break down the Signing Day blitz from James Franklin and the Hokies. Also, while nothing official has dropped from Virginia Tech, national media are reporting the Hokies are set to (re)hire Brent Pry as defensive coordinator on James Franklin's new staff. Brent Pry returns just 3 months after being fired by the Hokies as Head Coach. Reports are also swirling that Franklin has tapped Ty Howle to be offensive coordinator. Each with their own implications, we breakdown these perspective hires and what we think the rest of the staff looks like as it continues to take shape ahead of the transfer portal opening in January.

A depleted Hokies roster walked into Scott Stadium uninspired and outmatched, leaving Charlottesville with a 27-7 defeat that was hard at times to watch. We Tell the Truth about the end of a season that was lost weeks ago. We then touch briefly on the feverish rush to Early Signing Day, how James Franklin's staff might look, and make our Big Screener picks of the week.

James Franklin is officially the new head football coach for the Virginia Tech Hokies. The committee zeroed in on their primary target early and the process and after much hand wringing were able to close the deal on one of the best coaches available. We talk about the effects of this hire before opening it up to the audience to give their takes on what the James Franklin hire means for the Hokies.