When the final gun went off Saturday -- or in Virginia Tech's case, when the
cannon sounded -- it marked the halfway point of the regular season for the
Hokies. With the win over Central Michigan, the Hokies moved to 4-2 on the
season, and at 2-0 in the ACC, they stand alone atop the ACC's Coastal Division.
The Hokies are in the driver's seat for an appearance in the ACC Championship
Game, and this far into the season, some truths are starting to set in.
One of the interesting things about having to write about Hokie football
games is that I never know what my "angle" is going to be until a game
is over. In the case of Saturday's game, I found myself pondering not the huge,
arching program-level issues, but the simple statistical oddities that came out
of this contest.