WOW: 2:00 to go, VA Tech 10, BC 7 and at midfield!

I agree completely. Football matters so little in the big scheme of things. Maybe losing will help the Hokies down the path of righteousness. Football, and sports in General, is kinda a game watched, played, and officiated by morally questionable individuals. I don't have to even try to point it out.

Only running, biking (well), and swimming among a few others are 'PURE' anymore.

when did you graduate from VaT?

good post, vt alum. the team that deserves to win is the one that scores more points. nobody should feel worse for v-tech because they lost a football game. winning doesn't somehow make the tragic events go away or seem any better.

what is great is that the game and atmosphere symbolizes that life goes on and life will still be great at v-tech.

as for the game, the weather obviously played a role in how well the offenses were able to function. matt ryan did an amazing job down the stretch making play after play when their season was on the line on the road. that's an awfully tough place to play, especially at night. bc is for real and matt ryan should be the heisman front runner at this point. they got a little luck, but every national championship type team needs a little along the way. i don't quite understand the basis for saying bc doesn't deserve their number 2 ranking. they just beat a top 10 team on the road at night and they're undefeated. you could make a case for a number of teams, but anyone saying bc doesn't deserve their ranking is out of their mind. and can we please stop with the "half the sec teams and half the pac teams could beat bc" type statements? the sec is 5-5 vs. bcs conference opponents this year. their rankings are based on beating each other, not beating anyone out of conference (other than lsu beating v-tech early in the season, which is a solid win, albeit a home win)

tomorrow night will be rocking in the beav. last team to beat ohio state during the regular season: psu in 05 same venue, same 8 pm start time, same type of weather.

Boston College will lose to a Florida school, probably Florida State.

They beat the number 8 team in the country what else can they do? They may not end up going undefeated but you can only beat who is on your schedule and let the chips fall where they may. Penn St.is not any better than VaTech that is for sure we have seen that in their play thus far. I believe that BC had a tougher match up this week than OSU does.

Good points, VTalum.

On the other hand, as a VT XC alum, I'd like to mention that rolling over and handing us the ACC title in XC this weekend would be much appreciated. (Just kidding, we'll get there the old-fashioned way, eventually.)

As a recent Hokie XC/Track Alum our team has the chance to have its best showing ever at ACC's (albeit we haven't been there for long). The girls have a chance to win and the men should improve on their 6th place performances of the past two years.

Regarding the football game, as disappointing as it was, in the end it is still just a football game. It was painful to watch the last two minutes (especially after the onside kick)- but it wasn't worth losing sleep over. Besides as we all know, the game was really just the opening act before the real show this weekend: The ACC Cross Country Championships.

Did you run under Ben Thomas? He seems to be doing a great job. I was a teammate of his, and well it's a long story but let's just say I'm glad he became the coach at VT...

Flagpole Willy wrote:

If Ohio State beats Penn State in Happy Valley, then they should further their No. 1 ranking. It's a tall order though.

A tall order? Penn State is ranked #25. Ohio State has not and will not play anybody until they get to the title game.