I
saw a lot of encouraging signs Saturday night for the 2009 Hokies, but I also
saw a lot more of the same-old-same-old. On the positive side, Tech played hard
and played with composure, and one new player in particular, Ryan Williams,
really stood out. But on the offensive side of the ball, the team once again
struggled with many of the same issues we have seen for three years running now.
Can someone explain to me why I picked Virginia Tech to win this game? Just
hard-headed, I guess, and full of preseason optimism. But after three straight
losses to three of the perennially more talented teams in the SEC -- Georgia
(2006), LSU (2007), and Alabama (2009) -- I'm finally ready to admit it: the
Hokies can't play for 60 minutes with the big boys of the SEC.