College football is just getting started with its 2022 season, but it’s also, somehow, in peak form in Week 1, which opened Thursday with all kinds of wacky madness, including the now-infamous “puke six.”
While Friday’s schedule of games weren’t exactly the most intriguing, there was still plenty of chaos. Enter the Virginia Tech-Old Dominion game in Norfolk, Virginia.
The Monarchs entered halftime with a 10-7 lead over the Hokies. But in a hilarious turn of events, the start of the second half was delayed because, according to ESPNU’s broadcast, some Virginia Tech assistant coaches got stuck in the elevator on their way back up to the press box.
Virginia Tech at Old Dominion is delayed because coaches are stuck in an elevator. pic.twitter.com/MBWxcsdASb
— ESPN College Football (@ESPNCFB) September 3, 2022
Per ESPNU’s broadcast of the game:
“We’re holding the game, I’ve just been told — this is real — because some of the opposing coaches are stuck in the elevator. So the coaches that would have to get up here to the press box to watch the game at the press level, which some coaches like to do, are apparently stuck in the elevator.”
The Virginia Tech coaches are stuck in an elevator
pic.twitter.com/jxJ4fioElX— OddsShopper (@OddsShopper) September 3, 2022
Yikes, not ideal. The delay lasted for more than 15 minutes, according to The Athletic.
The game eventually resumed with the assistant coaches presumably no longer stuck in the elevator, but that didn’t stop the college football world from making jokes.
(Featured image courtesy of ESPN)
Here are some of college football's best reactions to the Virginia Tech-Old Dominion elevator fiasco
The irony is Virginia Tech agreed to play at Old Dominion to help raise money for a new press box elevator.
— Tom Fornelli (@TomFornelli) September 3, 2022
2nd half of the ODU game is delayed because Virginia Tech coaches are stuck in the elevator.
They’ll do anything to slow us down. Sad. pic.twitter.com/7cnujIxdt1
— Ben Verlander (@BenVerlander) September 3, 2022
So Virginia Tech coaching staff is stuck in an elevator.
Welcome back CFB. #Hokievator
— BigOrangeHeupel (@BigOrangeHeupel) September 3, 2022
I took a phone call and apparently the Virginia Tech staff is now stuck in a stadium elevator.
That's some kind of a home-field advantage for Old Dominion…
— Just Call Me Jake (@Commando074) September 3, 2022
This is another one to check off the college football bingo list.
Virginia Tech coaches stuck in elevator, so game was postponed for bit. pic.twitter.com/Zx1CyS7xCz
— Trey Wallace (@TreyWallace_) September 3, 2022
The Old Dominion/Virginia Tech game is currently being put on hold because some of the coaches got stuck in an elevator. God I love college football.
— Hayden (@HaydenVassar) September 3, 2022
SOMEBODY GO SAVE BRENT PRY! The Virginia Tech, Old Dominion game is being delayed because some Hokies coaches are stuck in an elevator! 😂
College Football is back baby! #CollegeFootball #Hokies
— The College Football & Basketball Experience (@TCEonSGPN) September 3, 2022
This is almost like a super bowl halftime except instead of Mariah Carey or Bruno Mars, it’s Virginia Tech assistant coaches stuck in an elevator
— Eric Marcolini (@MarcoliniVA) September 3, 2022
How did Virginia Tech go from feared fringe ACC contender to a punchline and having its coaches get stuck in a opposing stadium’s elevator?
— Tony Simms (@TigerReese) September 3, 2022
Old Dominion facility manager when he sees Virginia Tech coaches getting into a broken elevator pic.twitter.com/gqpE3shnDy
— PropSwap (@PropSwap) September 3, 2022
That one hammered Old Dominion fan stumbling into the same elevator as the Virginia Tech coaches pic.twitter.com/PmFX9kDWSx
— Clint Lamb (@ClintRLamb) September 3, 2022
A real football guy would've taken the stairs 🏈
Virginia Tech/ODU is delayed because VT coaches are stuck in the elevator.pic.twitter.com/TgaE00Nswy
— Dimers.com (@DimersCom) September 3, 2022
Welp. Stuck in an elevator is definitely a new one for us. This is so Virginia tech football it hurts.
— Jenn (@jennifervt03) September 3, 2022
Virginia Tech coaches are questionable to return, stuck in elevator https://t.co/4aAIj3BgKs
— College Fantasy Football (@FBSFantasyFoot) September 3, 2022
This is the most Virginia Tech thing in the world. Stuck in an elevator? Really?
— “Vah Tech” – Kirk Herbstreit (@SBranscome19) September 3, 2022
The Virginia Tech coaches, much like the Virginia Tech offense, are stuck in an elevator. You can't be serious
— uSTADIUM uNIVERSITY (@uSTADIUMCollege) September 3, 2022
