What a strange game. It's unusual to see a team dominate play like the Hokies
did, turn it over just once, and yet win by just three points in a contest where
the outcome was in doubt with less than three minutes to go. It was one of VT's
better offensive efforts of the season, but failures in the red zone and some
crafty coaching by the Virginia staff kept it close. In the end, Tech got what
they needed, and for the fourth time in five years, the Hokies will play a
single game for the ACC championship.
I'll be honest: I just don't get up for this rivalry very much anymore. I
lived and worked in Charlottesville in the late 1980s and early 1990s, when
Virginia was dominating the series as Tech was struggling with probation. UVa
won five of six from 1987-1992, although they only soundly beat the Hokies one
time, thrashing Tech 38-0 in 1991.