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Was just in the ACC CG last season...
There will be zero travel after this game. I agree with HokieJoe3. No one should really be comparing recent Georgia Tech to recent Boise State...
with jmichons. And you'd better get used to it because 2013 starts off with an even tougher opponent.
That article says Corso picked Virginia Tech to win that game...
Since 2004, we've only lost in the week after paying Georgia Tech twice..
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Those openers didn 't hurt our competition's prospects. If we can't win those games we don't deserve any shot at a NC.
I was at both, and I say Miami because, while the UVA game was absolutely spectacular and I'm always down for an ass beating in Hooville, afterwards we were still in France. Would've been nice to head down to Big Al's like we did after Miami. And, in my opinion, the 2011 Miami crowd was the best we've been since the 2003 Miami game. Absolutely electric.
Also, RiVAHokie, I'm an 07 grad and still crash at my friends' places (although they work in Bburg). Never graduate, brah.
YES they CAN keep that Miller Lite piss water (my name for it also!!). Gimme a Bud or Busch Lite... camo can, obvi.
Wasn't it only a year(ish) ago that we, as a football team, were swearing up and down to stop scheduling hard season openers? And that we, as fans, were bitching about Weaver's poor scheduling because of these hard games??
Gah Tech isn't an Alabama or Boise State caliber team, but they sure aren't Austin Peay either. I'm a much bigger proponent of letting the boys find their legs against the Little Sisters of the Poor instead of "challenging" them in a tough opener. Just because its a night game and seems more exciting for fans doesn't mean its a good decision for our football team.
hokie smokies are the shit !!! but sorry .. i'm a blue collar guy too BCH -- but you can keep that miller lite piss water .. haha
trying not to be too much of a homer when i say this -- but i can't think of another program that has a better chance than VT of "breaking into the club" .. the other program that comes to mind for me: oregon .. with arkansas and wisconsin in the mix there too. but we dont play usc or lsu/bama or michigan/osu every season either
Considering our recruiting and resources as opposed to other acc teams like miami, fsu, and clemson, what CFB has accomplished in pretty astounding, if you ask me.
it sucked getting stoked for the game, dumped on for 30 minutes, and then having to drive home soaking wet .. that day sucked -- big time
This is an opener 12 years in the waiting.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/college/news/2000/08/28/corso_...
I'm assuming Corso's VT victory prediction still stands for this one.
Yes, the game that never happened was technically preseason, but I love this matchup and expect that it will be at night. Combine this opener with the stronger 2012 non-conference schedule and we could move up the rankings quickly if we start the season strong.
As in 2000, we will again start the season in the middle of the top 25 with a returning quarterback that makes us all think the sky is the limit.
That was the closest prediction ive seen all year.
What school most recently won its first National Championship? What year did that happen? Which school will be next? Do you think it is too difficult for a school to break into the elite club?
In the Poll Era (1936-) the most recent school was Florida in 1996 (before the BCS). Fla St won their first in 1993. Of the schools that have only won once the last was Washington, who split with Miami in 1991. Colorado and GT split in 1990. College Football Data Warehouse is the same but goes back further than 1936
Bottom line is that it appears the current BCS system favors traditional football power schools. Breaking into that "elite" status is near impossible since it is self supporting and the formula is not kind to outsiders and upstarts (Boise State and even VT). Unless a school can get several consectutive years of outstanding recruiting, have good luck, a strong enough schedule, be in a strong conference, have great coaching, etc... there is no chance at even getting in the mix. In a strong conference it is very difficult to out-recruit the established powers. Witness Fla St recruiting classes even though they haven't been in the ACC CG in a long time. Without winning in such a conference for many years you can't get votes in the polls. It is a big task. I don't see any new schools winning their first NC for a long time. The odds are stacked against such an event. I hope I am wrong.
Are returning quite a few defensive players. The Al Groh led 3-4 Defense however is much less stout than Bud's 4-3 base. The biggest thing with any game is cutting down on turnovers. Look at the GT-UNC game last year. Turning the ball over to a time draining triple option hurts any chance at redemption. My main concern will be the new RB situation. As terrible as Groh can be he knows how conservatively we'll be coming out the gate. Run first, pass later.
Nonetheless, I'm pretty excited about this one. It's been quite a fun rivalry.
Yes it gives Bud the whole offseason to prepare but it also gives PJ the entire offseason to prepare for us.
They're gonna get yards and chew up clock, Washington will have another spring and summer under his belt in the system.
I guarantee PJ will have something cooked up for us we've never seen before
But with Logan at the helm I'm confident we'll win
I would have rather played FSU 1st if for no other reason just the excitement leading up to the game
I do understand the concerns over us potentially not covering our base defense enough playing the option but having a whole off season in which we can devote portions to stopping the option is a huge advantage for us. I do understand that we will be playing a fresh option QB but also our D will be fresh and hopefully injury free. For matching up its great that we are returning all our defensive front against a running team while starting young DBs that shouldn't get much of a test.
I hope that playing GT first brings about an added focus on toughness and physicality this off season for the defense.
As far as our offense against their D we have a young OL but GT also loses 2/3 starting DL and a starter at LB in their front 7. GT's defense was ranked 44th in total defense and ranked 66th in rush defense which hopefully they don't improve much over the season for the young running game. I imagine it will also be tough for their players to accurately mimic our passing game to give their defense a good scout look at what our players will be able to do.
We played a top 10 Boise State team that had a defense returning a lot of senior starters, good returning offensive skill players, and a great college QB. That Boise State team was also coming off an undefeated season in 2009 which included beating Oregon and winning a BCS bowl game.
GT is coming off an 8-5 season in which their last 7 games resulted in 2-5. GT played a schedule in which only 3 of their wins came against teams that ended the year with winning records. GT loses 4 out of their top 5 leaders in catches including the only deep threat in Stephen Hill. They also lose RBs Roddy Jones, Preston Lyons, and Embry Peeples which accounted for 31% of their rushing production last year.
I think the caliber of opponent is on par with Boise St, although GT is not returning as many key players as Boise did in 2010. GT does return its entire chop-blocking O-line, so assuming someone can take over for Roddy Jones and Stephen Hill, they'll be pretty good. It'll be close, and likely come down to Logan's ability to make plays with his feet and limiting mental mistakes.
It'll be interesting to see what Foster rolls with for that game. Collins at DT, KFuller at Whip? Does he dare change it up from last year?
The biggest negative is the ability of the defense to adjust after the GT game. Overall, VT has done pretty well, better than most schools, but with a short week, it'll be tough. Of course, playing a team that averaged only 16.7 pts against D1 (1 FBS, 9 FCS) opponents the next week helps significantly.
Not sure how I feel about this. Our offense is going to need to be able to find some sort of tempo early otherwise I'm not sure how long our defense will be able to keep us in the game. Time for some Beamerball?
positive-
bud gets all summer camp to prep for the triple option
home game
buzz
negative-
no rb with experience
limited ol experience
vt a notorious slow starter the last few years
gt a fast starter under cpj, but against shit opponents for the most part.
a night game in Blacksburg would be incredible, though.
how I feel about it yet. I love that this give us a ton of time to prep for them, and lets us conserve our bye-week for someone besides them for once; maybe we can use between FSU and Klempsun or sometime further down the stretch. I just hope we don't come out flat like we tend to after these long breaks.
"chokies" is obvious, but I NEED further explanation on those quips you were throwing back and forth at each other.