Schmitt 10 Report Share Posted December 12, 2007 LOL......nah....I didn't say you put VICKSburg on there. You said the thread could be deleted because of it's topic....I just said that tech could be as well. They has a big choke themselves when Matt Ryan picked them apart.....it really blew their title hopes. Hell if they would have won that game as they should have....they would be playing for a title. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hokie07 11 Report Share Posted December 13, 2007 [ QUOTE ] They has a big choke themselves when Matt Ryan picked them apart.....it really blew their title hopes. Hell if they would have won that game as they should have....they would be playing for a title. [/ QUOTE ] Again, we all know this... that argument has surfaced a million times and Tech fans are just as aware that if they didn't let Ryan "pick apart" their defense then they would be playing in the title game, just as if WVU didn't blow it against Pitt... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schmitt 10 Report Share Posted December 13, 2007 Exactly!......just a point to those who had a fun day when WVU choked....just a reminder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMan 3,569 Report Share Posted December 13, 2007 Let's compare chokes... BC...ranked #2 at the time they beat VT Pitt...4-7 going into the game vs. WVU VT...ranked #8 at the time they lost to BC WVU...ranked #2 when they lost to Pitt VT was a 3 point underdog vs. BC WVU was a 28 point favorite vs. Pitt VT would have remained tied with UVA in their Division in the ACC if they had won. WVU would have been playing in the National Championship game if they won. FACTS don't lie...2007 Choke Artist of the Year award goes to... WVU Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted Account 5,203 Report Share Posted December 13, 2007 [ QUOTE ] Let's compare chokes... BC...ranked #2 at the time they beat VT Pitt...4-7 going into the game vs. WVU VT...ranked #8 at the time they lost to BC WVU...ranked #2 when they lost to Pitt VT was a 3 point underdog vs. BC WVU was a 28 point favorite vs. Pitt VT would have remained tied with UVA in their Division in the ACC if they had won. WVU would have been playing in the National Championship game if they won. FACTS don't lie...2007 Choke Artist of the Year award goes to... WVU [/ QUOTE ] That's pretty much it. Though the argument could be made in hindsight that the first Boston College-Virginia Tech game was for the national title berth, you could defend by saying that the direct outcome of a national title appearance wasn't in the balance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schmitt 10 Report Share Posted December 15, 2007 No matter how you slice it up.....with a season of upsets as it was, it was a major choke in hokieville. Both teams had monumental chokes. WVU coked on the eve of a NC berth. Tech choked at home with a good lead with little time to go. I only wished we had that lead against Pitt. Tech would be new orleans bound without Bud Foster getting to conservative. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hokie07 11 Report Share Posted December 15, 2007 [ QUOTE ] Tech would be new orleans bound without Bud Foster getting to conservative. [/ QUOTE ] Tech would never be where they are today if it weren't for Bud Foster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMan 3,569 Report Share Posted December 15, 2007 [ QUOTE ] No matter how you slice it up.....with a season of upsets as it was, it was a major choke in hokieville. Both teams had monumental chokes. WVU coked on the eve of a NC berth. Tech choked at home with a good lead with little time to go. I only wished we had that lead against Pitt. Tech would be new orleans bound without Bud Foster getting to conservative. [/ QUOTE ] Even if VT was 12-1, they would have needed Tennessee to beat LSU in the SEC Championship to earn a trip to NOLA... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted Account 5,203 Report Share Posted December 15, 2007 [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] No matter how you slice it up.....with a season of upsets as it was, it was a major choke in hokieville. Both teams had monumental chokes. WVU coked on the eve of a NC berth. Tech choked at home with a good lead with little time to go. I only wished we had that lead against Pitt. Tech would be new orleans bound without Bud Foster getting to conservative. [/ QUOTE ] Even if VT was 12-1, they would have needed Tennessee to beat LSU in the SEC Championship to earn a trip to NOLA... [/ QUOTE ] I think a 12-1 Virginia Tech team would've made it to Nawlins for the national title game. Exhibit A: http://www.colleyrankings.com/scgi-bin/playgod.cgi Remove the result of the Boston College game, add the result of a Tech victory over Boston College, and you get a Virginia Tech team that is far and away #1 in this computer ranking. Other computers would have shown similar effects. Exhibit B: the human polls. If you look at this, you see that Virginia Tech would undoubtedly be over the 2-loss Georgia and Oklahoma teams: http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/rankingsindex?seasonYear=2007&weekNumber=15&seasonType=2 Let's be conservative, and say that the voters wouldn't rank Virginia Tech ahead of LSU. Ohio State finished the season on an incredible 1-game winning streak. Same for LSU, as well. Virginia Tech would have finished the season on an 11-game winning streak, and they would have won a conference title, which Ohio State didn't have to do. Ohio State loss was far more untimely, and I believe that Virginia Tech would have jumped at least Ohio State, if not LSU as well. Which would've probably made Virginia Tech-Ohio State, most likely, given LSU's even more untimely Arkansas defeat and 2-losses to LSU's 1. Though LSU would've made it close. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schmitt 10 Report Share Posted December 16, 2007 [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] No matter how you slice it up.....with a season of upsets as it was, it was a major choke in hokieville. Both teams had monumental chokes. WVU coked on the eve of a NC berth. Tech choked at home with a good lead with little time to go. I only wished we had that lead against Pitt. Tech would be new orleans bound without Bud Foster getting to conservative. [/ QUOTE ] Even if VT was 12-1, they would have needed Tennessee to beat LSU in the SEC Championship to earn a trip to NOLA... [/ QUOTE ] If tech would have won that game....in week at , at home against BC...they would have been 7-1 en route to an ACC championship and a birth in the NC game. They were ranked one spot behind WVU at 8 when they played BC. Had they beaten #2, they would have moved up a few spots, got major points in the BCS. If WVU had the same shot being ranked one ahead and playing a "weak" schedule, then Tech would have had their shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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