//Shorthanded Va. Tech starts season with NC State

Shorthanded Va. Tech starts season with NC State

North Carolina State and Virginia Tech were delayed but the ACC matchup will not be denied.

Scheduled to open the season in the head-to-head conference meeting on Sept. 12, the Wolfpack and Hokies were postponed due to positive COVID-19 tests and the quarantining of student-athletes at N.C. State.

Two weeks after that originally scheduled meeting, the Wolfpack and Hokies are set to hook up Saturday for a nighttime kickoff at Virginia Tech.

The meeting is the first between these programs since 2015.

The host Hokies finally arrive at their season opener after two delays.

Not only was Virginia Tech’s Sept. 12 game against N.C. State postponed for COVID-19 reasons, the Sept. 19 game versus Virginia — since rescheduled for Dec. 12 — was also scratched.

The Hokies are back on the field for gameday for the first time since losing two games in a row to end 2019 — at rival Virginia and then