2008 Virginia Tech Football Schedule Released
Virginia Tech’s football schedule for the upcoming season was released on Friday, and a game at Nebraska highlights the out-of-conference schedule. Despite heading to Nebraska the Hokies have a very weak schedule outside of the ACC. They open against East Carolina in Charlotte, NC. and then play Furman on Sept. 6, for their home opener. They play Nebraska on the 27th of Sept. and they finish their out-of-conference schedule with a home game against Western Kentucky on October 4th.
The Hokies also have two Thursday night games on the schedule. The first will be against Maryland in Blacksburg on November 6, and then the very next week at Miami on Thursday November 13. They will close their season against Virginia and after that the Hokies hope to be heading to Tampa Bay for the ACC Championship.
Not to get ahead of myself, but the Hokies have a very winnable schedule in 2008. There is a great chance of the Hokies going undefeated in the regular season even though they lost a number of players on both sides of the ball. Nebraska, Florida State and Miami aren’t the huge forces they used to be, but these teams all had very solid recruiting classes; Miami was considered to have the best recruiting class in the nation. However saying this these teams have great athletes and they can compete with any team in the country on any given day. On top of having to play these three teams the Hokies don’t play one of those three at home in 2008. Another game I’m looking forward to is against Boston College on Oct. 18 in Chestnut Hill, MA. Boston College has lost a number of players from last year’s roster and they often don’t recruit as well as Virginia Tech. This game has become a rivalry game inside the ACC and Boston College has had success against Virginia Tech during the regular season.
The Hokies will have a lot of new starters on both sides of the ball this season, but Virginia Tech is a well coached team and shouldn’t struggle but so much. They have two very winnable games at the beginning of the year, and this should give them some momentum when they open up conference play against Georgia Tech at home. They have four games, all of which they should win, before they play at Nebraska. I think we will see what this young team is made of after the first three games, and if all goes well I believe Virginia Tech could run through their schedule untouched and find themselves in the ACC Championship to possibly play for a national championship bid come December.
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