Virginia (4-7) travels to Blacksburg Saturday for the last game of a very disappointing 2010 season. The Hokies (9-2) have two more games, the ACC Championship next weekend, and then what certainly will be a better bowl game than Virginia has ever been to a few weeks later in January.
The Hokies have run the table since uncharacteristically losing the first two games of the year. Tech has a stable of offensive weapons that are certain to give Virginia’s coaching staff gastrointestinal distress. Tyrod Taylor, Jarrett Boykin, Darren Evans, Ryan Williams, David Wilson, it could get ugly early down in Appalachia for the undermanned Wahoos.
Virginia is 8-12 with Marc Verica as the starter. The Hoos have not won in Blacksburg since an improbable win in 1998, and they have lost 10 out of the past 11 in the bitter rivalry.
I’ve heard rumors around town that offensive coordinator Bill Lazor will be leaving Virginia after the season to return to the NFL.
Can Virginia win? Anything is possible, but I think the Hoos get embarrassed Saturday 48-13. Tech is playing as well as anyone on the East Coast, and their specialty is kicking Virginia’s ass all around the gridiron. Yuck. I can only imagine all those lovely Hokie fans shaking their keys on a key play, all dressed in that lovely orange and maroon…