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by JRB » Sun Nov 17, 2013 5:44 am
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 just has such small margin for error, and today the critical errors usually came in the form of ill-timed sacks and wasted field position. Maryland played really well after the first quarter, C.J. Brown was terrific running the ball, and VT let a game they were controlling early on get away from them. The officials were terrible, but they were terrible both ways-- VT got what looked like a clear defensive touchdown wiped out by a dubious replay decision, and Maryland lost a possession on an interception when the back judge clumsily blocked out the Maryland receiver. VT did well to tie it up after going down 21-7, but once it was tied, the Hokies had two possessions at midfield to get a go-ahead score in regulation, and went three-and-out on both of them. In overtime, VT had a first-and-goal on the seven, and had to settle for three. When this team throws away chances, they can lose to anybody, and Maryland was good enough today that they didn't need that much help.
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JRB on Sat Nov 30, 2013 11:11 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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