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It's only two weeks into the college football season, and the Hokies have already played arguably the best team in the nation in LSU, and another likely bowl bound team in East Carolina. Statistically, Virginia Tech hasn't been impressive in either game. In fact, they rank near the bottom of the nation in nearly every category you can think of.
How many times do you see Bud Foster's defenses giving up an average of 429.5 yards per game? How many times do you see them rank #102 nationally in rushing defense? They are still #55 in pass defense, but that is a very bad mark for the unit that finished #1 in pass defense a year ago.
Even more depressing? Tech's defensive line isn't getting any penetration into the backfield. The Hokies are just #108 in tackles for loss, with seven on the season. The Hokies' leader in tackles for loss is Brandon Flowers, who has three of the team's seven total tackles for loss. Xavier Adibi has two, one of which was a sack, and Chris Ellis has one, which was a sack. The only non-sack tackle for loss on the season by a member of Tech's defensive line was by backup defensive tackle John Graves against LSU. The good news is that those stats will get better in the next few weeks. Ohio, William & Mary and UNC won't present the type of defenses that the Hokies faced in ECU and LSU, and Tech's defense won't be down forever. As a side note, the Hokies are ranked in the top 50 in just one major stat. Tech is 10th nationally in net punting, with a 40.5 yard average. Tech vs. The MAC Virginia Tech's next opponent, Ohio, is a member of the MAC. The Hokies are no strangers to MAC teams, having beaten up on quite a few of them throughout the years, including Ohio back in 2005. Here is a look at how Tech has fared against MAC teams since 1993.
In the Beamer Bowl Era, Virginia Tech is 11-1 against MAC teams. No MAC opponent has really challenged the Hokies since Miami University upset Tech in Lane Stadium back in 1997 by the score of 24-17. Akron gave Tech a game in the Rubber Bowl in the remnants of Hurricane Fran in 1996, but other than that, the Hokies generally steamroll MAC teams.
Western Michigan in particular has been a favorite whipping boy for Frank Beamer's Hokies. The Broncos have not scored on Tech in their three meetings since 2001. They lost in Blacksburg 31-0 in 2001, were downed 30-0 in Kalamazoo in 2002, and got hammered in Blacksburg again 63-0 in 2004. The Hokies face the Broncos again on September 11, 2010. Saturday's game with Ohio is a very important game, despite the Bobcats' conference affiliation. They are a solid team, and the Hokies will be starting true freshman quarterback Tyrod Taylor for the first time. If Bud Foster's defense can pitch their fourth consecutive shutout of a MAC foe, then they'd go a long way towards getting their defensive edge back. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Austin
Fuller and the rest of Richlands' (VA) senior class certainly are used
to winning. The class has contributed to the team's 32 consecutive regular
season win streak, a streak they hope to continue tonight versus an
undefeated Abington Falcons squad. The Blue Tornados (3-0) are coming off
a hard-fought victory over Powell Valley last Friday.
Virginia
Tech is licking its wounds as the Hokies try to regroup from the bayou
bashing received at the hands of the LSU Tigers. Lots of questions need to
be answered as Tech returns to the friendly confines of Lane Stadium to
face a solid Ohio Bobcats team. Will Tyrod Taylor provide the answer to a
dormant offense? Can the Hokies find a running game? Was the defensive
performance in Baton Rouge an aberration or do more fundamental issues
exist? The Hokie Nation is looking for answers, and the game with Ohio has
taken on surprising importance for a football team that appears to be in
search of an identity.
Wednesday,
Chris Coleman and Len Martez talked about the surprising breakdown of the
VT defense against LSU, the play of Tyrod Taylor, and how the Hokies are
going to break Taylor in over the upcoming three-game stretch at home. (WMA
format, compatible with Windows Media Player and MP3 players, 3.1 MB,
13:08).
A
native of Nigeria, Frank Ben-Eze entered Bishop O'Connell High
School (Arlington, VA) one year ago. A 6-10, 225-pound center, Ben-Eze had
only been playing basketball since the age of 15, so he certainly was raw
as a junior last season. He has improved since his arrival, though, and is
now up to four scholarship offers according to Bishop O'Connell head coach
Joe Wootten.
The
Hokies will look to get their season back on track this Saturday in Lane
Stadium when the undefeated Ohio Bobcats come to town. Tech beat Ohio 45-0
in Blacksburg back in 2005, but the Bobcats have improved a lot since then
under Frank Solich. The Hokies will get their best shot on Saturday.
When
I started writing for this site three years ago, I knew there would come a
time when I eventually would have to write about a blowout game that went
the wrong way. Well, Saturday it happened. On a hot, muggy Louisiana
night, the sound of that locomotive heard for miles was not the local
train heading through Baton Rouge.
Monday
night's guests were defensive coordinator Bud Foster, athletic director
Jim Weaver, and head football coach Frank Beamer. Foster and Beamer talked
about the whipping Tech took at LSU, and Weaver informed Tech fans that a
controversial band cheer is going bye-bye.
It
takes a full season to tell the story of a team. You don't really know
what you've got until it's all over and you can sift through the ashes, or
the confetti, if you're lucky. Having said that, there are chapters in a
book where a lot more happens than in other chapters, and the Hokie
coaches, fans, and players just experienced that. Chapter 2: LSU.
Frank
Beamer has named true freshman Tyrod Taylor as Virginia Tech's starting
quarterback against Ohio this Saturday. Taylor will be the first true
freshman to start at quarterback for Virginia Tech in the Frank Beamer
era. He is already one of just a handful to see playing time in his first
year.
Saturday
was perhaps the worst day in recent memory for the ACC. The conference
lost three important out-of-conference matchups with BCS conference teams,
and UNC also lost to East Carolina. Miami and Virginia Tech were crushed
by their high-profile opponents. The ACC is proving to be a bad football
conference so far in 2007.
#2
LSU handed Frank Beamer his worst loss ever at Virginia Tech, crushing the
#9 Hokies 48-7 on Saturday night. Not only did Tech lose badly, the
defense played poorly and the coaching staff burned the redshirt of Tyrod
Taylor, which could lead to a possible quarterback controversy in
Blacksburg.