Chick-fil-A Bowl
Tennessee vs. Virginia Tech
The 8-3 Hokies are about as good as they come from the ACC, with just 3 loses against 9 wins, most of them lopsided. Both the offense and defense turned it up after consecutive losses to Georgia Tech and North Carolina kept them out of the ACC championship game, but they won their final four games by a combined margin of 132-35. This one's about conference pride, and both teams will show up and play hard.
If you don't like hard hits, don't watch, because this one may be brutal.
Tennessee certainly played a more challenging schedule, and may hold the physical advantage in the trenches.They’ve got plenty of time to come up with a game plan to contain the Hokies’ skill players on offense, and have developed enough of a scoring spark of their own to be competitive.Much of their focus will likely be to pressure Va. Tech QB Taylor hoping he’ll revert to his sometimes poor decision making and interception prone ways.
In what should be a low scoring affair dictated by the defenses, the points are definitely the play.
+5
The 8-3 Hokies are about as good as they come from the ACC, with just 3 loses against 9 wins, most of them lopsided. Both the offense and defense turned it up after consecutive losses to Georgia Tech and North Carolina kept them out of the ACC championship game, but they won their final four games by a combined margin of 132-35. This one's about conference pride, and both teams will show up and play hard.
If you don't like hard hits, don't watch, because this one may be brutal.
Tennessee certainly played a more challenging schedule, and may hold the physical advantage in the trenches.They’ve got plenty of time to come up with a game plan to contain the Hokies’ skill players on offense, and have developed enough of a scoring spark of their own to be competitive.Much of their focus will likely be to pressure Va. Tech QB Taylor hoping he’ll revert to his sometimes poor decision making and interception prone ways.
In what should be a low scoring affair dictated by the defenses, the points are definitely the play.
+5