Pre-season Wrap-up

"Cry 'Havoc!' and let slip the dogs of war" - Mark Antony Saturday....The Hokies football season begins Saturday. This is the thought that began echoing in my head as soon as I woke up Sunday morning. I can already feel my stomach starting to tighten, my blood is pumping faster each day and by the time gametime arrives Saturday night in Atlanta, I will be ready to eat raw meat and bash my head into the wall for a 17th season as a Superfan. To top it all off, unlike most years (2004 excluded), the Hokies open this season against a legendary program. When your football program is in the refrain of a Steely Dan song, you have reached legendary status and the Alabama Crimson Tide intimidate most teams just by showing up. We'll see if the Hokies fall into the same category in a few days. TSF will have much more on this in a game preview later on, so for now (and while I can still type before the DT's set in) let me do a position-by-position breakdown as pre-seas...