Thursday Night Spotlight, Week 7
#22 Virginia Tech (-3) at Boston College
Virginia Tech has had an extra week to think about that 38-27 beatdown they suffered at the hands of Georgia Tech in Blacksburg. The Hokies are out to prove that they really are contenders in the ACC’s Coastal Division, where they’re essentially trailing the Yellow Jackets by two games right now. So there’s little to no room for error, as Georgia Tech isn’t exactly facing a murderer’s row in their remaining conference slate (though they do have Clemson and Miami back-to-back).
At 1-1, Boston College isn’t exactly out of the conference race either, though they are also a couple of games out of the outright lead in the Atlantic, courtesy of a desperation touchdown pass allowed at NC State. But aside from a wild one-point overtime win over #12 Clemson, the Eagles haven’t been particularly impressive in their other wins over Central Michigan, Brigham Young, and Sylvester Croom’s arch-nemeses, the Maine Black Bears.
The Hokies haven’t really been able to get their running game going against any opponents of note, as tailback Branden Ore was held to 59 yards by the Yellow Jackets, though the team did find itself playing catch-up almost immediately. Boston College appears fairly vulnerable against the pass, however, and Sean Glennon has been pretty good directing the offense so far, though nothing spectacular.
The Eagle offense has steadily improved as the season has progressed, but they’ll be hard pressed to light up the scoreboard against the Virginia Tech defense. Take away the disastrous first half versus Calvin Johnson, and this unit has been pretty close to the vaunted Tech defenses of recent memory.
Despite what happened in their last game, Virginia Tech is probably still a pretty good football team, one that should at least stay in the conference race for the rest of the season. I can’t see a Frank Beamer-coached team go out and lose two straight conference games, especially with an extra week to prepare.
Virginia Tech - 17, Boston College - 13
Virginia Tech has had an extra week to think about that 38-27 beatdown they suffered at the hands of Georgia Tech in Blacksburg. The Hokies are out to prove that they really are contenders in the ACC’s Coastal Division, where they’re essentially trailing the Yellow Jackets by two games right now. So there’s little to no room for error, as Georgia Tech isn’t exactly facing a murderer’s row in their remaining conference slate (though they do have Clemson and Miami back-to-back).
At 1-1, Boston College isn’t exactly out of the conference race either, though they are also a couple of games out of the outright lead in the Atlantic, courtesy of a desperation touchdown pass allowed at NC State. But aside from a wild one-point overtime win over #12 Clemson, the Eagles haven’t been particularly impressive in their other wins over Central Michigan, Brigham Young, and Sylvester Croom’s arch-nemeses, the Maine Black Bears.
The Hokies haven’t really been able to get their running game going against any opponents of note, as tailback Branden Ore was held to 59 yards by the Yellow Jackets, though the team did find itself playing catch-up almost immediately. Boston College appears fairly vulnerable against the pass, however, and Sean Glennon has been pretty good directing the offense so far, though nothing spectacular.
The Eagle offense has steadily improved as the season has progressed, but they’ll be hard pressed to light up the scoreboard against the Virginia Tech defense. Take away the disastrous first half versus Calvin Johnson, and this unit has been pretty close to the vaunted Tech defenses of recent memory.
Despite what happened in their last game, Virginia Tech is probably still a pretty good football team, one that should at least stay in the conference race for the rest of the season. I can’t see a Frank Beamer-coached team go out and lose two straight conference games, especially with an extra week to prepare.
Virginia Tech - 17, Boston College - 13
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