With expectations of a blowout along the lines of Arkansas State-2002, and predictions of 56-0, 63-7 (yours truly),
and even 70-0 making the rounds on the message boards, Virginia Tech's somewhat lackluster 38-0 win over Northeastern
raised some Hokie eyebrows. Tech has been known to crush good 1-AA teams, and the Huskies were billed as a very,
very bad 1-AA team, so a win that saw the Hokies sputter at times is cause for concern on the part of many.
Count yours truly among those who expected this one to be a bigger romp than it wound up being. Tech was never
threatened in this game, of course, but the Hokies also never really got the steamroller going. Tech only had a small
handful of plays in which they flashed vastly superior athleticism, and the Hokies never completely took control of both
lines of scrimmage. After the Hokies put up three touchdowns in the first 11:31 of the game, the pace slowed
considerably.