Bob Donnan-USA TODAY Sports As part of the dwindling off season, SOTU will preview each game on the Canes’ schedule. During the season there will be much more in-depth previews the week before each game, but these will serve to get you ready for what is to come. Enjoy! Today we did something a little different. Rather than just previewing the teams and the series, we enlisted the help of Pierson Booher (@PhillyHokie007) of The Key Play, to get the scoop on the Hokies. We’ll be sure to check back in with Pierson again before the 10/17 match-up at Sun Life Stadium. Full Q&A below: SOTU: Virginia Tech started last season by beating the soon to be National Champion Ohio State Buckeyes. But the wheels came off in a hurry. What happened? What needs to happen for them to make some noise in the ACC in 2015? TKP: This is going to sound like a complete cop-out, but the Hokies faltered after defeating Ohio State due to a frustrating combination of injuries to key players, a banged up quarterback, youth and some questionable play calling from Offensive Coordinator Scot Loeffler. It was a perfect storm of unfortunate circumstances, occurring during a season in which Virginia Tech entered the fall knowing newcomers would be forced to play key roles from the outset. The good news is most of the injured players have returned to full strength (most notably DT Luther Maddy and CB Brandon Facyson), and the young-ins that were thrown into the deep end a year ago are significantly more experienced. Consider this: More than 80% of the points scored by Virginia Tech last season came from freshmen…
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