Alabama Matchup Breakdown: Virginia Tech

Good morning everyone and Roll Tide!  Each week, I will be bringing you a unit by unit matchup for each opponent the Crimson Tide will face this college football season.  I will use stats as well as personal opinion to do this.  Now I won't breakdown every team the Tide faces (ie North Texas, UT-Chattanooga), just the SEC teams and any other marquee opponent that shows up on the schedule. That being said, let's get to it! September 5th in The Georgia Dome, the Crimson Tide will face Virginia Tech in a matchup of two BCS conference divisional champion picks.  The Tide comes into this game ranked No. 5 in the country while the Hokies are ranked just behind them at No. 7.  Both teams are coming off solid campaigns in 2008 with the Hokies winning the ACC and the Orange Bowl, and Alabama going 12-0 in the regular season before two disappointing losses in the SEC title game and the Sugar Bowl.  I am sure each team is looking forward to ...