College Football Game Sees Delay Due To Strange Off-The-Field Emergency
An on-field loss by Virginia Tech’s football team wasn’t the only setback for players and staff members Friday.
The Hokies were halfway through a 20-17 loss to the Old Dominion Monarchs when their coaches got stuck in an elevator, according to Yahoo! Sports.
The issue reportedly stalled the game for over 15 minutes while fans awaited their return to the coaching box above S.B. Ballard Stadium, located at Norfolk’s Old Dominion University.
Broadcaster ESPNU’s cameras zoomed in on the empty coaching box as sportscasters said they’d never heard of such an incident during a game.
VT’s coaches are stuck in the elevator and aren’t out for the second half pic.twitter.com/214Ub6FDpo
— Barstool U (@BarstoolU) September 3, 2022
The coaches were eventually freed from the elevator, but not before ESPNU pivoted to a story about Hudson, the Monarchs’ team dog, during the delay.
— no context college football (@nocontextcfb) September 3, 2022
A number of college football fans and accounts on Twitter poked fun at the delay.
Read some of the reactions below:
The coaches are STUCK ON AN ELEVATOR yes we need the puppy shots for our anxiety thank you 😂😳
— Kelsey Riggs (@kelseyriggs) September 3, 2022
Exit light
Enter night
Take my hand
We’re stuck in elevator land https://t.co/JMVdNVUuQp— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) 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
The coaches watching from the elevator like pic.twitter.com/wtbihT6qcl
— Jake ➐ (@JDebursk) September 3, 2022
Serena match must be on inside elevator.. pic.twitter.com/pOw5CR8Los
— Andrew Brandt (@AndrewBrandt) September 3, 2022
This article originally appeared on HuffPost and has been updated.