ACC Week One Report Card: Virginia Tech

Based on popular opinion coming into Virginia Tech's nationally televised 2009 opener, things went pretty much as expected for the Hokies...at least as far as the outcome. Alabama used a strong, dominant fourth quarter to defeat Virginia Tech 34-24 on Saturday night. Frank Beamer and company were certainly hoping for a different outcome, and expected to execute their gameplan better than they did. Unfortunately for the Hokies, their team looked like a mirror image of last year's team or every team Tech has put on the field for the last four or five seasons: a team depending on a top tier defense, occasional big plays from the special teams, and a schizophrenic offense. Saturday night, in the Georgia Dome, was no different.   Offense Watching Virginia Tech's offense gives Hokie fans the same gut-wrenching, stomach-dropping feeling one would get if they showed up a minute late to the terminal of the last flight to Cancun for spring break. And, if you were to ...