Peter Casey-USA TODAY Sports The Buckeyes were able to overcome a loss to the Hokies in 2014 and win their way to a National Title, but in 2015 what would a huge win or tough loss mean for the Hokies 2015 season? Can Virginia Tech upset the Buckeyes again? That’s the question fans are asking ourselves as Labor Day Monday approaches and believe me it isn’t just VT fans wondering this as CBS writer Dennis Dodd is wondering the same thing in his article posted on the 1st of September. Yes, the Buckeyes have revenge on their minds due to the single blemish on their record last year, but it makes me scratch my head when national writers or causal fans just don’t realize the wealth of talent the Hokies bring back for this 2015 season; however as I write this I know the single factor holding VT back from meeting their full potential is coaching and by coaching I mean Scot Loeffler the Offensive Coordinator. There isn’t a shadow of doubt I have in the Bud Foster led defense entering Monday nights match-up and understand he will be employing a near mirror image of the 46 front employed last season, but the offensive game plan heading into this game is a complete mystery because with Loeffler at the helm there is never really a rhyme or reason to his play calls during the course of a game. Despite his obvious flaws as a coordinator, how will this game impact the Hokies season moving forward, win or loss? For starters, if the Hokies lose this game you can flush the dream of sneaking into the four team playoffs down the drain as VT’s strength of schedule would not be strong enough to recover over the course of the season. So as a fan you have to ask yourself, entering this season are your delusional hopes to sneak into the playoffs or compete for an ACC title which we haven’t done since 2010 or simply be competitive and NOT go into overtime with a putrid Wake Forest football team? Still can’t get this image out of my mind from last year. A loss to the defending national champions isn’t the worst thing in the world as Vegas has clearly shown that bettors are heavily favoring the Buckeyes as we inch closer to the game as the spread has increased from -11 to currently -14.5. (On a side note, if your a Hokie fan with some change on the side you take the 14 points being given to you that way win or lose, you’re rooting HARD all game long). So say the Buckeyes pull out the victory in Lane stadium in a close one winning by the score of 27-17, what does this mean for the rest of the season…
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