If you are from the Sooner State, tonights game is a treat for you. If you are from the Commonwealth this Saturday’s game appears to be pretty lop-sided. Gone are the Fall of 1978 days when Ron Zollicoffer bobbled, bobbled some more, almost caught, then dropped a pass in the back of the end-zone that was ruled a catch, thereby saving the VT day. (also: a quick Miami note)
That was the best overall Miami night I’ve seen in two or more years. Very strict discipline, the normal disruptively uber-speedy ‘Cane defense, and a career night from circumspect Qb Kyle Wright. If Miami can conjure a legit running-game, they could be the team to beat in the ACC, and they will be a tougher test than I had thought, after the mental and physical expenditure that FSU will demand.
Tulsa has improved by and large due to former head coach Steve Kragthorpe’s innovative offense. But the Golden Hurricane reins are now being held by Todd Graham, a defensive specialist. He’ll need to be just that, and then some, to stop the high-powered 
Boomer-Sooner attack of Oklahoma, which is #1 in scoring right now, checking in at a smooth 61 per game if you need ’em. But how good is the OK stop-unit you ask? How about #2 in all of D-1. Tulsa is without their starting Tb, and even though they are at home, beating the 1st best offense and the 2nd best defense is a tall order, even if they were completely healthy. My spys tell me that Oklahoma is on a mission this year, I believe them, as the Sooner’s have 13 out of 17 unit ranking checking in at 13th best or better in all of D-1. OK by 20+ points on ESPN2.
Our game is gonna be competitive, right up through the opening coin-toss, and for a little Tech Trivia, who is that on the far right of my pic playing W&M, back in the day? W&M is too small and too light in the pants
to stop even our patchwork offensive-line, as I expect B.Ore will get close to his in-coming 2007 seasonal yardage total in this one game (181 if you are keeping score at home). One of you mentioned that W&M would be a nice preview of coming attractions that would help us prep for pass-happy Yates of UNC next weekend. I agree. W&M will throw the ball around, and they do have the best OLine in the Colonial Athletic Association. Ergo, they can and will crack the always impressive scoreboard goose-egg this Saturday in Lane Stadium. But this is a nice day for taking a look-see at several Tech positions at game speed. Back-up Rb, several first year offensive-linemen, and next years returning LB’s and WR’s. But this game is already over, VT wins, and wins big, and don’t forget that bench-warmers need playing-time to.
Fast Facts: Total VT 1st quarter points this year? 3. Team who opened Lane Stadium with VT? W&M; a 9-7 Hokie win to start 1965. VT has won 27 straight home non-conference games. VT 40 W&M 9.
Other locals:…wvu will beat ECU. Primarily because ECU has endured 12 quarters of football that have been decided by 3, 3, and 10 points respectively; in other words these Pirates need some R&R in Tortuga with Captain Jack Sparrow to get their swagger back. On top of that, they have a lame OLine, and even though they did hold wvu to their lowest Rushing Total in nearly two seasons last year, wvu will win by about 20 points. france has beaten GT in paris every year since 1990, and I have no idea why? I do know that the home team has won 92% of the time and that GT could very well have a B.C. headache powder hang-over. It takes a nice passing team, or a team with an electric Rb to catch the blitzy Yellow-Jacket defense for big-gainers to have a fair to middling chance to win. Despite peerman’s improvement’s france is still an offensive surge-suppressor of a football team, and streaks are meant to be broken; (eventually). GT wins by 2. b-st.
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