The Goat Pen

And now Michael Brewer is throwing terrible interceptions. VT has faceplanted at home before-- right now, this is a bellyflop onto a land mine. If it weren't for some uncharacteristic sloppy play from ECU on their last couple of possessions, this would be 31-0.

That's three underthrown bombs that ECU receivers have come back and caught now.

21-0. Brandon Facyson is having a nightmare game, and VT is getting run out of Lane Stadium right now. ECU has 205 yards in the first quarter. VT has never won a game in which they've trailed by 21 points.

Yeah, but VT's had three possessions, gotten no first downs, and gained only five yards. VT badly needs a big play right now. I think VT could come back from down 14 against this ECU team. I don't think they're coming back from down 21.

14-0 East Carolina after two possessions. They've done what Ohio State couldn't do consistently-- beat VT with the deep ball. Shane Carden has been excellent so far. VT's stay in the top 25 may be a brief one.

Credit them for still playing the game even after the shitty way Notre Dame cancelled the series on them.

This assumed that Michigan would, in fact, show up in South Bend and contest the game. Given the results from Saturday night, I'd have to say this was clearly an erroneous assumption.

Just to add something to an earlier conversation, David Cutcliffe's problem with Florida State's coaching staff goes back a little farther than last year's ACC title game. He took issue with FSU's strength coach Vic Viloria's conduct during the 2012 FSU-Duke game, and even went on Twitter to call Vi...

I will note that I would have enjoyed this unexpected victory much more had I not been sitting through what will likely prove to be the death blow to Brady Hoke's tenure at Michigan at the same time. I expected Michigan to lose that game, but that performance...well, there are still ten games left t...

Virginia Tech had never beaten a team ranked in the top eight on the road before Saturday night-- they were 0-34 in such games. If you notice that any VT fans you know are unusually elated by a win over a team playing a backup QB, it's because VT fans have never seen a win quite like that. Ohio Stat...

William and Mary might have the best defense in the FCS this year-- they were #2 in scoring defense last year, and they're bringing seven starters back. If W&M's defense can force a bunch of turnovers(and a VT offense committing a bunch of turnovers is always a possibility), the Tribe might get ...

It's nearly time for the season to start, which means VT must be trying in vain to find a few more offensive linemen. This year's lack of offensive line depth is especially impressive, though-- with the season-ending injuries suffered by Mark Shuman and Brent Benedict(both projected starters), VT no...

The Big Ten fan was right. Hell, as a Big Ten fan, I've seen Wisconsin-Northwestern basketball games more aesthetically pleasing than VT-UVa was this year. For the second consecutive year, VT-UVa was awful. For most of the second half, this was well-nigh unwatchable. I was watching this at a family ...

Virginia Tech's just not good enough to deserve to play Florida State, and I'm almost grateful that game now probably won't happen. I didn't see this game live, as I was in Evanston for the four hour exercise in existential despair that was Michigan-Northwestern, but I've made it through it now. VT ...

Frank Beamer has finally kicked Cody Journell off the team, giving this weird VT season another unusual twist: the in-season dismissal of an outlaw kicker. For the second straight home game, the senior player featured on VT's tickets will not play in the game due to disciplinary action-- Journell's ...

I pretty much agree with the above assessments of Miami-- they were a pretender(much as VT was before the Duke game) as a top fifteen team, and they were clearly hobbled by the loss of Duke Johnson. Even so, they were still the most talented team VT had played since Alabama, and the Hokies' offensiv...

VT athletic director Jim Weaver is stepping down the end of next month. His contract ran through December of 2015, but his ongoing struggle with Parkinson's disease and his need for hip replacement surgery forced him to opt for early retirement. Weaver effectively managed the football program(apart ...

I know Frank Beamer considered it the Lord's work. He always takes the Miami game personally, and that intensity only ratcheted up when the Hurricanes hired Al Golden. There didn't seem to be any jawing between the staffs after the game. I was thinking there might be, because these two staffs really...

VT was coming off two bad losses. Logan Thomas had been inconsistent, the offense couldn't stop turning the ball over, VT couldn't run the ball against anybody, and the Hokies were going on the road unranked to play a top fifteen team, a situation in which VT hadn't won since beating #9 West Virgini...