Tuesday thoughts...

I know, I know...it's the biggest week of the year for VT football and you haven't heard a peep out of me since before Thanksgiving. There are a lot of things to talk about here, and I won't try to divide them out into multiple posts.

(1) It seems when we have our best offensive days (and yes, this qualified as one), we have the unenviable issue of not being able to finish drives and capitalize while in the red zone. This game should NOT have been as nail-biting as it was. We dominated all the metrics - time of possession, first downs, yardage. Just not the one that counted - the score. We missed a FG, couldn't convert a 4th and goal, and threw a pick in the endzone. Assuming the worst we would have gotten there was 9 points for the three possessions, the final is 26-14. MUCH nicer. Assume TDs? 35-14. Eek.

(2) Bud Foster deserves a statue. Seriously, the guy loses eight, count them EIGHT players off of his great defense last year to the NFL, has to shift guys around, and still has the sixth best defense in the country? Take a look at the below. If somehow VT can limit yards over the next two games, VT will be the ONLY team in division I to have 5 top 5 defenses since 2004. Um, that's silly.

2008 - 6th
2007 - 4th
2006 - 1st
2005 - 1st
2004 - 4th


Well, it's BC. Again. There are a few reasons I feel better about the matchup this go around. Their QB is out and a guy who has started one game will be facing Bud's D. Ron Brace, the mammoth DT may be out. Our offense is playing much better, especially throwing and catching then we were the last time we met, AND we only lost by 5 then.

Don't expect a lot of points people. VT is 6th in total D and BC is 8th. Points will be at a premium. Both teams love to score non-offensive TDs. That may be the only the way the endzone is reached.

Kudos to Frank and his coaching staff for taking a very young and inexperienced team, riddled with doubt and injuries, back to another ACC championship. The future is bright.

Go Hokies!