Careful, I keep telling myself. It was just one game. I'm always saying that
you can't draw a lot of conclusions from one game, and it's not smart to flip
out or get hyper because of one game. Having said that, the one game we're
talking about here, a 44-3 win over Division 1-AA William & Mary, was pretty
alarming. It was a win that was lopsided on the scoreboard, but nearly even
statistically. ACC play opens this Saturday for the Hokies, and alarm bells are
clanging loudly.
For the record, this one was a 44-3 yawner that yours truly left at halftime,
setting a personal record for leaving a Hokie football game early. Hmmm, after
years of staying until the final whistle, with the notable exception of the 1991
whipping at Virginia (38-0, bad guys), I've left two out of four games early
this year: LSU and William & Mary. Boy, are those two games at the opposite
end of the spectrum, or what? I went into the game disinterested, and as the
first half muddled to a close, I decided to head out and find something more
engrossing to do.