This is very simple. If ECU wins out, they are going going to be a top 5 team. Not bad for our only loss. It will be a nice debate over who gets to play USC for the National Championship, us or ECU, but I think the voters will be on our side, since we will have an ACC championship. Kirk Herbstreit will note 3 main reasons we are picked to play in the national championship over the other one loss teams (and undefeated ECU):
a) strength of schedule ( beat top 15 teams miami and FSU away from lane, and beat #2 and previously undefeated Wake Forest in the ACC Championship game).
b) a resurgent offense that scored 45 points a game on the season (is that right? can something be resurgent if it has never been surgent in the first place? I'll let this slide..Kirk may not be a genius but is awfully easy on the eyes)
c) a beautiful and mystical bus that follows the team around, giving the team confidence as well as a warm fuzzy feeling
Back to reality..its been a tough 2 weeks. GT, in THEIR rebuilding year, is probably going to beat us. Our oline sucks, our QB's are awful, a dlineman from our crappy dline is hurt making our dline even crappier against an option offense, our WR's are...well, they don't matter anyway. I spent the weekend trying to apologize to my dog for naming her Taylor. After a year in the system Tryod can't find a receiver all game against a D2 team, can't read a D2 defense (lets not get into how our experienced oline can't block a D2 defense)? Clearly he is not going to leave for the NFL anytime soon, and he probably should have gone to Florida where they could have used him correctly. Here is hoping Bruce Taylor is good, so when the dog grows up I can lie to her about her name. I should have known to stick to defense anyway. Hokies hate Sean Glennon. Hokies hate Stinespring. There are fist fights in the stands. Diesel is $5 a gallon. I thought this was supposed to be fun? I waited all year for this?
What could possibly save this year? I wish I knew. Our offense won't get much better, our defense hopefully gets a little better. I have 100% confidence that our special teams get better. What else is there? Well, there is one thing that will get better. Tailgaiting.
A 3:30 game is coming to lane, and VT Tank Bus is coming with it. This is a chance for Hokies every where to get very liquored up, and get very obnoxious. We can finally be on the same page. Tank bus will be making its first trip to the parking lots of Lane. It will be in the normal spot, in the public lots, with the riff raff. Also, as incredible as it may sound, a few passengers have gotten off the Tank bus! Inconceivable! This means, there may be a few extra seats available on this trip (you, yes you, could ride on the tank bus!). It is still TBD on whether we let these band wagon riders back on the bus, we will take our cues from Frank Beamer, maybe we will wait and see if there is room.
Details....Tank Bus will leave Falls Church at 5pm sharp on Friday. Tank bus will depart Blacksburg at 10am on Sunday. In between is what you make of it. If anyone is interested in riding, send cash, compliments, or black mail me. Whatever it takes. The captain will have further details. This will be our first real tailgate with games, food, music, and other creature comforts.
Things we learned on the Maiden Voyage
1. Josh Edwards may be out of our lives forever.
2. We take heart wrenching losses much better than before. Is it old age, or practice?
3. Its hard to get arrested in Charlotte, we tried, and failed.
4. Its hard to get kicked of bars in Charlotte, we tried, failed many times, and eventually succeeded. Apparently repeatedly ramming your head into a girls chest trying to knock her over, under the guise of dancing with her, is eventually grounds for dismissal in a Charlotte bar. Good to know.
5. Katie does not like apologizing. Ryan is still waiting....and in my opinion, this is getting ridiculous. Its just dancing.
6. We may be old, but we still got it. Quick math, Friday afternoon - Saturday night....approximately 2 hrs of sleep, 2 hours thought collecting/showering (varies individually), 4 hours of ECU game watching, which leaves about 24 hours of drinking/being hilarious/generally raising hell and making people angry.
7. Tires are WAY overrated.
This is going to be a close one, and could very well be decided in the parking lots.
6-3, VT, everyone make sure you don't forget your nightly prayers to Bud Foster this week.
Tone
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