Oct 6 | Virginia Tech

wizards8507

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According to IE less than 48 hours ago ND vs Va Tech was going to be a blood bath in favor of Va Tech. All you posters are changing your mind now? Week minded people.

I love how ND was 3-0 and you all were bitching like ND was 1-2 and lost to an 0-3 ODU team.


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I always thought VT was tremendously overrated.
 

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Is this the kid that built a house in the Florida State backfield? Either way, this certainly can't help.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/VaTech?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#VaTech</a> coach Justin Fuente: "After consultation with our coaching staff and administration at Virginia Tech, Trevon Hill has been dismissed from the football team effective immediately for not upholding the high standards that we have for our student-athletes at Virginia Tech."</p>— Bruce Feldman (@BruceFeldmanCFB) <a href="https://twitter.com/BruceFeldmanCFB/status/1043895762940129280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 23, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
 

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Is this the kid that built a house in the Florida State backfield? Either way, this certainly can't help.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/VaTech?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#VaTech</a> coach Justin Fuente: "After consultation with our coaching staff and administration at Virginia Tech, Trevon Hill has been dismissed from the football team effective immediately for not upholding the high standards that we have for our student-athletes at Virginia Tech."</p>— Bruce Feldman (@BruceFeldmanCFB) <a href="https://twitter.com/BruceFeldmanCFB/status/1043895762940129280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 23, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>


Led team in TFLs and sacks
 

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Sucks that VT lost, need teams to win except when ND plays them. Still expect a doozie is Blacksburg.
 

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Any update on their QB? He was knocked out of the game last night and on crutches on the sidelines.
 

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And now their star QB is out.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Virginia Tech QB Josh Jackson suffered fracture in left leg, sources told <a href="https://twitter.com/WatchStadium?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WatchStadium</a>. No timetable on when he can return</p>— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) <a href="https://twitter.com/Brett_McMurphy/status/1044255891363680256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 24, 2018</a></blockquote>
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And now their star QB is out.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Virginia Tech QB Josh Jackson suffered fracture in left leg, sources told <a href="https://twitter.com/WatchStadium?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WatchStadium</a>. No timetable on when he can return</p>— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) <a href="https://twitter.com/Brett_McMurphy/status/1044255891363680256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 24, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Yeah honestly this game I'm not worried about as much as I was. Old Dominion threw all over the field on them. With a QB who was 5 foot 11 .
 

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Says he got in a locker room fight with two players... Gaines and Kearney.

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I am pleased with this development out of Blacksburg. I was fully expecting to walk into a hornets nest. Book's performance had me feeling we had a chance to survive but this loss plus two key players gone has me thinking they might give up football by the time we get to town. Has to knock down the opening hype level a good 50% for those fans with a quick path to taking the crowd out completely if we execute out of the blocks.
 

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If the game isn't at night the environment won't be half as raucous. It does, however, make the money we spent on that AirBNB seem like a total waste.

Jackson being out is massive. My main worries about this game were the offense we were trying play with Wimbush (fixed, hopefully) and Jackson being an elite QB. The other worry was the environment itself after the debacle in Miami last year. Now, this game is looking no more daunting than the game against Northwestern... a loseable road game, but ND controls their own destiny in terms of "taking care of business."
 

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ESPN won't announce the game time until ND vs Stan results are in

Wait - I thought this was for sure a night game?!!? Not a lot of good games that week. As of now Miss St/Auburn or Oklahoma/Texas are the only Top 25 match ups.
 

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Wait - I thought this was for sure a night game?!!? Not a lot of good games that week. As of now Miss St/Auburn or Oklahoma/Texas are the only Top 25 match ups.

ESPN said they are exercising their 6 day wait policy before they announce any game times
 

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Wait - I thought this was for sure a night game?!!? Not a lot of good games that week. As of now Miss St/Auburn or Oklahoma/Texas are the only Top 25 match ups.

VT is no longer ranked and there is a good chance they lose at Duke this weekend and our 2-2 when we go there. My assumption is, if we both win and are they back in the top 25 it will be a night game. If they lose, it will not.
 

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Honestly with WImbush at QB and their starting QB I had us as probally a 7 point underdog playing them at home. Now with book and their QB out I would put us as a 14 point favorite
 

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VT is no longer ranked and there is a good chance they lose at Duke this weekend and our 2-2 when we go there. My assumption is, if we both win and are they back in the top 25 it will be a night game. If they lose, it will not.

I disagree. I think this will be a night game regardless of if VT loses or not.

ND is a ratings gold mine, and a night game in Blacksburg will be a huge draw in and of itself.

There isn't much competition either. Texas-OU and Auburn-Miss State are the only potential Top 25 matchups, and Texas-OU is always played during the day. If it comes down to a top 5-10 ND team v. Virginia Tech and a ranked matchup between Auburn-MSU, I'm willing to bet they pick ND-VT every time.
 

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Wait - I thought this was for sure a night game?!!? Not a lot of good games that week. As of now Miss St/Auburn or Oklahoma/Texas are the only Top 25 match ups.

Red River Rivalry is always a noon kick off though right?
 

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VT is no longer ranked and there is a good chance they lose at Duke this weekend and our 2-2 when we go there. My assumption is, if we both win and are they back in the top 25 it will be a night game. If they lose, it will not.

They're ranked in the Coaches still, not sure how. But if they beat undefeated Duke, there's a strong chance they'd be back in the top 25 in both polls.
 
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