We owe North Carolina an epic beating in Chapel Hill this season.
I will definitely be on-hand to witness that.
I will definitely be on-hand to witness that.
I just hope carolina can have decent football team for once in my lifetime
The ACC championship runs through Blacksburg...once again.
And ends on 09.26 lol.
We'll see, the last time VT played a powerhouse from the SEC it didn't end so well for us (LSU two years ago). But this is a much better team, Alabama may be distracted my their recent scandal and isn't half the team that LSU was back then. I'm nervously awaiting this game.
Even if we do lose to Bama, I still see us winning the division though. Boston College seems primed for a down year, especially with Herzlich out. Clemson and Florida State annually underachieve. Wake and UNC have nice teams, but I don't see them winning the division. I'm sure some Miami homers may disagree, but that team still isn't ready to contend.
We'll see, the last time VT played a powerhouse from the SEC it didn't end so well for us (LSU two years ago). But this is a much better team, Alabama may be distracted my their recent scandal and isn't half the team that LSU was back then. I'm nervously awaiting this game.
Even if we do lose to Bama, I still see us winning the division though. Boston College seems primed for a down year, especially with Herzlich out. Clemson and Florida State annually underachieve. Wake and UNC have nice teams, but I don't see them winning the division. I'm sure some Miami homers may disagree, but that team still isn't ready to contend.
I don't know who wins this game...all I know is this....Bama's defense is every bit as good at that LSU defense was....
VT's bread and butter is running the football.....and I don't believe anybody in the country can run the football on Bama....not gonna happen...they couldn't do it last year and they certainly won't do it this year....Tyrod Taylor is going to have to win that football game for VT....
But it's not just Terrance Cody, Rolando McClain and Javier Arenas for Bama's defense....they're loaded everywhere....Kareem Jackson is one of the best cover corners in the country....and you'll know a lot more about him by the time the draft rolls around next April....I promise...
Brandon Deadrick is one of the most complete and disciplined DE's in the country....ask Tim Tebow....everytime Tebow tried to run against Bama in the SEC championship game....Deadrick was right there to get him and never let Tebow get big yards on the ground....
Donte Hightower came in and started at ILB last year as a true freshman....just like McClain did when he was a freshman....only Hightower has the potential to be even better than Rolando....not to mention a leader and physical presence at SS in Justin Woodall....
The key IMO is going to be how Bama replaces Andre Smith and Antoine Caldwell on the offensive line....and how Greg McElroy handles his first start...I do think VT's secondary matches up well with Bama's receivers though...specifically Virgil and Chancellor....
I agree with JCane though....you give Nick Saban an entire year to prepare....and you've got your work cut out for you....as noted by Bama holding the best RB tandem in the country last year in James Davis and C.J. Spiller to a combined ZERO rushing yards in the first game last year....
Alabama v. Clemson last season to open the year. Clemson was handing Alabama a touchdown in Vegas. I took Alabama straight up and laughed my way to the bank. Easiest money I made all year. I know enough about that Clemson program living just minutes from the campus to know that Tommy Bowden ran the softest camp in the country. On the opposite sideline was the man who runs the toughest camp in the country: Nick Saban. No-brainer.