5 Essential Things Every CFB Champion needs: VT 4 out of 5?

Grant Hinton wrote a very interesting article over on Grantland.

He identified one thing teams don't have to have: a proven QB. While no one doubts Brewer's toughness, and he gave some clutch performances last year to be sure, too many picks last year definitely means he's not in the proven QB category.

5 Essential Traits(in reverse order from the article):

1. Creative Scoring: CHECK, Beamerball, baby!
2. A Stellar Secondary: CHECK, can we get a double check on this one?
3. A Def line of Doom: CHECK, Maddy, Dadi, Ken & Corey, welcome to Sacksburg!
4. A First term coach: Hmm, getting iffy here. Does Scott Loeffler being in his 1st term as our OC count? Half a check.
5. Elite Recruiting: Umm, no. But, this year for the Hokies there seems to be a sort of harmonic convergence with more, deeper offensive talent plus experience, to go along with our always stalwart lunch pail D, combined with the Bud Foster effect. I'm going to go out on a limb and give us half a check mark on this one, with my homer glasses firmly in place.

What does 4 checks out of 5 get us? That and $5 will get you a cup of coffee at Starbucks.

But, it might also mean we have the foundation for what could be a very special season in Blacksburg.