Is Virginia Tech a title threat?

Returning your front 7 is pretty sporty on D.

And if you care to gauge a team's title hopes on their schedule, then UGaly should be seen as a threat too, but I don't believe that.

They don't play Boise early in the season do they?

VT does better if no one talks about them at all during the off-season.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

Virginia Tech: HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA HA HA HA HA

Virginia usually blows a game early in the season. Sometimes two.

Virginia Tech, I mean. Virginia usually blows about 9 games.

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Originally posted 09:12 AM ET  06.20 by GR=O-6fan

Returning your front 7 is pretty sporty on D.And if you care to gauge a team's title hopes on their schedule, then UGaly should be seen as a threat too, but I don't believe that.

To be fair, UGA's sched isn't all that different from UF's sans LSU

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Originally posted 10:09 AM ET  06.20 by PDX Dawg

To be fair, UGA's sched isn't all that different from UF's sans LSU

I don't see UF as a NC Threat this year either

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Originally posted 10:04 AM ET  06.20 by colonel

Almost there DocMadLab, needs a little work though. :-)

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I don't think they are a title threat even with a favorable schedule. The thing is, they do not recruit at an elite level. Good recruiting, good coaching, and favorable schedules get them to 10 wins regularly, but they seldom beat truly elite teams. That's because they have comparatively few stud athletes.

Take the 2013 recruiting classes, for example. Michigan, Bama, UF, UT, LSU, and OSU all have 10+ 4-5* athletes committed at this point. VT has two, both 4*. They finished with 7 last year, 4 in 2011, 5 in 2010, 5 in 2009. They just don't have the horses to run with the big boys.

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Originally posted 10:09 AM ET  06.20 by PDX Dawg

To be fair, UGA's sched isn't all that different from UF's sans LSU

To be REALLY fair, that's a pretty fair differential.

Not to mention that with the expansion, we lost a game with Ole Lady, and picked up a game at aTm, the conf home opener for them, no picnic there.

My main point, though, was that predicting a team's results based on schedule alone just isn't smart. The article's last sentence ----> "Still, their schedule is the reason why the Hokies could find themselves in another BCS bowl game at the end of the year, and it could very well be the BCS national championship game."

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Originally posted 09:38 AM ET  06.20 by Deep Creek

They don't play Boise early in the season do they?

LMFAO, I knew there was a reason I liked you!!!!

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Originally posted 10:19 AM ET  06.20 by FSU.Osceola

I don't think they are a title threat even with a favorable schedule. The thing is, they do not recruit at an elite level. Good recruiting, good coaching, and favorable schedules get them to 10 wins regularly, but they seldom beat truly elite teams. That's because they have comparatively few stud athletes. Take the 2013 recruiting classes, for example. Michigan, Bama, UF, UT, LSU, and OSU all have 10+ 4-5* athletes committed at this point. VT has two, both 4*. They finished with 7 last year, 4 in 2011, 5 in 2010, 5 in 2009. They just don't have the horses to run with the big boys.

You stated that " they seldom beat truly elite teams"???? So I'm to assume, that FSU is not an "elite" team, right?????

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Originally posted 10:27 AM ET  06.20 by GR=O-6fan

To be REALLY fair, that's a pretty fair differential. Not to mention that with the expansion, we lost a game with Ole Lady, and picked up a game at aTm, the conf home opener for them, no picnic there.My main point, though, was that predicting a team's results based on schedule alone just isn't smart. The article's last sentence ----> "Still, their schedule is the reason why the Hokies could find themselves in another BCS bowl game at the end of the year, and it could very well be the BCS national championship game."

Yeah, but GA Southern will be tougher for the dawgs than Jacksonville St will be for the gadahs :)

Virginia Tech?..........I thought they already gave the tital this year to Saten and crew?

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Originally posted 10:40 AM ET  06.20 by The Oldtimer

You stated that " they seldom beat truly elite teams"???? So I'm to assume, that FSU is not an "elite" team, right?????

Let's put it this way -- until Virginia Tech beats a Top 5 team outside of Blacksburg, I'll say they don't stand a chance.