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Last year, Brewer was king of the clutch third down conversion. There was a certain kind of magic there.

I'm pretty sure this won't be a repeat of last year. Both sides are going to make some pretty sizable adjustments.

VT's namesake for the last, oh, couple of decades has been a ball control offense (ie shitty but adequate), a stifling defense, and good special teams play. If we could break into the top 25 of a handful of key offensive stat categories and connect on the other two, we would have a very special team. It's difficult to look at the metrics of our offense alone and play stats against stats. We struggle to score against everyone. We do, however, try to limit mistakes and play the game on our terms. In terms of OSU, we had some matchups last year that created some scoring opportunities for us. Those matchups should carry over to this year, and if executed properly I don't think it's insane to think that we couldn't score offensively, particularly with your best defensive player out. Whether it's enough, I don't know.

I think this year we will put some pretty talented skill players on the field that could certainly give us some offensive weapons. We also have a line that seems to be improving and a QB that has actually spent a year in the program. I for one feel a lot better about the offense this year than the one that we fielded last year. Last years unit, of coarse, was the one that scored 4 touchdowns on your defense. If we score 28 offensive points again, I feel good about the outcome. If not, I dunno. It's gonna be a tough game and I don't see anyone running away with it. I certainly see OSU scoring 40 points much easier than VT (not gonna happen). But I could also see a situation similar to last year where we disrupt your offense and sustain enough drives to force OSU into some difficult positions. If the game is played on our terms, I think we win. If OSU establishes the run and gets up a few scores, it probably won't fair well. Go Hokies regardless.

Somewhat, but he has contain responsibility in those drills, so it gives the OL a bit of an advantage.

Is it concerning that Mihota got no pass rush in all three of his 1 on 1s against our second string tackles?

Do you really think our players are going to take this game lightly with all of the haters talking about how we lost to you? Think they're going to take it lightly when there are shirts, memes, and other things saying the Hokies are the national champs, or Ohio champs? Ohio State players aren't taking this game lightly at all.. they want revenge.

True, and he is a very offensive minded coach. Heavily involved.

And conversely OSU scoring on VT is OSU's biggest concern. Surely we have fans claiming we'll score in droves.. but I feel like we have to find away to win those 1 one 1 match ups in the passing game. I don't think we'll be giving up 7 sacks this time though.

They must be married...

Well Shoog, and there I was thinking you were all hair!

Obscure? Nah, clever, as usual. I was off my game, what little I have.

The fact that Elliot caught 9 passes combined in the next two games kind of disproves the first theory. I think it was much more of a case of Tom Herman figuring out who was good at what in games and how to best challenge certain defenses. I definitely wouldn't expect your OC to leave him in the backfield to pass protect all game again this year.

For the sake of argument though... we only truly returned one starter on our entire front seven last year and he was hurt, so...