The Goat Pen

Well, 19, actually-- VT scored a touchdown on a fumble return. As I said, BC is a very bad offensive football team. VT isn't much better, and BC's defense is pretty darn good-- at one point midway through the fourth quarter, VT had gained a total of ten yards in the second half, and the play that ga...

Boston College is a very bad offensive football team, and they might have had a great chance to win this game in the fourth quarter if it hadn't been for one of the worst calls I've ever seen. BC was denied a touchdown on a fumble return in the third quarter, because the officials inexplicably ruled...

Virginia Tech hasn't been able to overcome adversity this year, and Frank Beamer may have finally run out of time. There's been a lot of chatter over the last two weeks that the wheels of coaching change are already in motion. I'm of mixed feelings about this-- VT badly needs someone that can energi...

I didn't see Wake Forest-BC, but somehow, I think I saw that game last year. I feel your pain, BC fans.

The three positions at which VT could not afford a serious injury were QB, MLB, and CB. There was no proven depth at any of those positions. QB Michael Brewer went down in the second half of the first game, MLB Andrew Motuapuaka went down in week two, and now Kendall Fuller is done for the year. It'...

http://www.barkingcarnival.com/2015/9/26/9402795/phantom-calls-from-corrupt-officiating-crew-buries-texas-longhorns I know Barking Carnival isn't an unbiased site, nor would it ever claim to be, but I don't think I've ever seen an SBNation site seriously accuse a game of being rigged. Given the num...

When Michael Brewer went down week one, I think most VT fans expected the Hokies to struggle and possibly lose at Purdue and/or East Carolina, due to the total lack of experience remaining at QB-- backup Brendan Motley had thrown one pass in college, and barely threw in high school, as his high scho...

Virginia Tech's suffered from some tough early losses against top-notch programs recently, but this one might be the most costly. VT could afford a wipeout loss to the #1 team in the country, but they couldn't afford the injuries they suffered tonight, most notably the injury to Michael Brewer. Ohio...

I don't think there will be much grumbling about Harbaugh this year, unless he does something criminal or spectacularly stupid, but worse than 7-5 is looking quite possible. After tonight's display, I think most Michigan fans would take a 7-5 regular season for this team right now.

http://www.wdbj7.com/news/local/new-river-valley/jim-weaver-former-virginia-tech-athletic-director-dies/33949976 Jim Weaver managed VT's financial resources about as well as anyone possibly could have, upgraded just about every athletic facility on campus, and helped raise VT's more-or-less nonexis...

We had a fight before the coin toss, an ejection for targeting, a blocked punt for a touchdown, a pick six by a defensive tackle, missed field goals, injured QBs, all sorts of offensive incompetence, and then, the strangest thing happened-- VT-UVa actually turned into an entertaining game. It probab...

My first thought after watching what has to be one of the worst losses of Frank Beamer's tenure is that tapes of this game should be issued as interrogation tools to police departments across the country-- being forced to watch this game would break just about anybody. This is the kind of loss that ...

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It seems hell hath no fury like a former defensive coordinator scorned.

I think Rich Rodriguez would be a fantastic hire for Florida. A rather good book has been written about Rich Rodriguez's failures at Michigan-- those failures were not entirely of his own making. He has great recruiting contacts in Florida, and he runs an offensive system tailor-made for the sort of...

I think Mississippi State fans are going to rue this game for years. Mississippi State has the talent this year to beat Alabama, but they just didn't show up for the first twenty minutes or so, and the road team isn't going to win in Tuscaloosa doing that(well, unless Cam Newton's their QB). I'd lov...