Game Review - VT vs. Virginia

Thanksgiving doesn't get much better than that does it? Two Hokie wins in basketball and one of the worst smashings in the history of the Virginia Tech-Virginia rivalry as they blanked the Wahoos 38-0 in Charlottesville. It was the first shutout of the season for Coach Foster and Co., the first home shutout for the Cavaliers in DECADES and a proud weekend for Fighting Gobblers everywhere to be sure. Let's get to the meat and potatoes.What struck me as I watched this game live and then even moreso going back to the tape was not just that the Hokies won, but the WAY in which they won. Nearly every physical contest on a given play was won overpoweringly by the Hokies. There were so many plays where a Hokie defender just threw the Cavalier player out of his way. Or where David Wilson dismissed a tackler by pushing him away or running over him at the end of a run. Or Blake DeChristopher just flattening a linebacker. Defensive end James Gayle actually summed it up nicely when he s...