VT-Boise St.

How many big games has Tyrod Taylor won? Sorry dude but the ACC was a joke last year. Making one pass against Nebraska on a wing and a prayer against blown coverage doesn't do it for me.

Listen, you made a statement and you were wrong. We all watch CFB and you are the only who thinks Moore gets rattled. He played a very good game against TCU. I could care less if he threw a TD pass or not. He played good against what was one of the best defenses in CFB in the biggest game of the year. I think Bookie Assassin just feels sorry for you. He is too smart to agree with a dumb statement like that.

I think your statement of "I don't see Boise State play much" is quite obvious. You can talk about competition all you want but very few quarterbacks can put up the wins and numbers Moore has so early in their career.

If Boise was in the ACC last year I think they would have won the conference, so I wouldn't be picking on the WAC too much. The ACC was won by a team that allowed 30 points per game. That conference was terrible.

You need to stop jumping to conclusions based on one or two plays. You are the same guy who started the thread "Greg Paulus is a stud" after he played half a quarter against Minnesota in the opener.

Don't make dumb statements that shows your lack of knowledge on the sport and then act surprised when people call you out on it.

I dont see this being a high scoring game at all. I am seeing the Hokies winning the game 21-14 or 21-17. First game jitters, along with playing in front of a hostile crowd will surely, in my mind, keep the Boise offense somewhat off key. I love these discussions and disagreements, that means football season is just around the corner.

no doubt this game will be analyzed into the ground, being top 5-10 matchup and best of the week one, DC metro is the largest base of VT alumni so basically a home game, VT lost here 24-13 (trailed 14-13 with 5 min to go) to a dominant USC team (eventual NC 55-19 over OU)

BSU has basically played 4 legit games over couple yrs, twice each against Oregon and TCU, with horned toads being the much closer similar to VT, Ducks simply don't have the defense equal to the other two, which leaves the two matchups against TCU as similar to this one, both good games 16-17 (275 yds rushing for TCU) and 17-10 (36 yds rushing for TCU), one offensive TD for BSU in both games however VT defense with losses is not as good as TCU's the past couple years although Foster will get the most out of them if Rivers is recovered from march surgery

game will likely come down to whether VT can run the ball since Taylor passing is not great against better defenses, so which TCU version of matchup will show up 275 yds rushing or 36 yds....or somewhere in between

one problem last year was TCU not committed enough to the run (and possibly bit flat after just missing out on NC game)....only 11 rushing atts not including 9 by Dalton running for his life - ridiculously low number and bad game plan. If VT commits to the run and gets 200+ rushing they could control the game as TCU did couple years ago, otherwise if they can't run then they will be more like TCU last year, leaning towards VT being committed to success running the ball and if so they will have a good shot even if defense gives up some points

couldn't agree more

Quote Originally Posted by nostradamus12:

speaking of TCU looking at their schedule...other than trip to Utah, easy road and probably undefeated again

I think the Horned Frogs have a Great shot at 12-0..... They were dominate Last year until the BCS fucked them by making them play Boise St. AGAIN....

Very early but I do lean Boise here.  The Broncos offense was evidently one of the best last year and they return everyone on that side of the ball so I don't see anything changing.  On the flipside, this will be a tough cover for VaTech who brings in 7 new defensive starters including key players in Worlids and leading tackler Grimm.  No matter how talented the replacements for the Hokies maybe, it is a tall task to come in the first game of the season and expect to be clicking against anyteam let alone this high powered offense.  The key obviously will be for VaTech to control the clock with Williams and Evans and keep that Boise offense off the field.  If they are unable to do that, no matter how great this running back tandum is it will not keep up with the Boise pass offense.

I give a lot of respect to Coach Beamer and this VaTech program for scheduling such a game.