Now this, folks, is how it should feel coming to Lane Stadium on a Saturday afternoon. More traffic. Bigger tailgates. Cooler breezes flicking the flags.
And most of all, better matchup.
I don't know about you, but I've been looking forward to this Georgia Tech-Virginia Tech game for a long time. There's only so many ways you can write "We don't know much about this team."
No sabemos mucho acera esta equipo.
My apologies to those who took Spanish beyond high school and can point out what I'm sure are multiple errors in that latest attempt, but I wanted to try one more way before we move on.
Anyway, today we learn something. Actually, we already have learned something -- people don't trust the Hokies. Writers, TV analysts, fans -- they're all very, very suspicious about this team, and they're picking accordingly. Beat writer Randy King made a rare pick against the Hokies in the paper this week (although we should note that UVa beat writer Doug Doughty picked against the Wahoos today, too, and we see how that's working out). But Randy's usually pretty sharp on these things, and he's as close to the program as anybody.
Regardless, I'm not buying it. If this game were in Atlanta, I think it'd be a different story. But after tolerating four bad opponents, these fans are going to be ridiculously loud today. The Hokies usually rise to the occasion in such spots (think Texas A&M and LSU, two early season home games in recent years where a lot of people thought Tech would be in trouble).
I tend to agree with Shanna the Forecasting Cow today, who predicts the Hokies to win 27-17.
We're going to try something a little different today. I'm going to assume you have a television or a radio and know how the game is going on the field. I plan to chime in less frequently, but I hope with better nuggets of info and analysis than simple blow-by-blow coverage of plays. As usual, I will post postgame quotes from key players as soon as possible after the game. If you have suggestions on how the blog can be better (and don't say "cut and paste Kyle Tucker's blog," because I already thought of that and the editor said no), please post them down below.
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