Jason Monastra

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Unbelievably sad…..

http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/trackandfield/news/story?id=3092889

That is some of the best news I have seen in sometime.  An actual ranking that we can stick by.  Every year being the same song and dance, I was relieved this afternoon to see an unchanged ranking coming off the win at GT.

Hokie faithful I am all about, but lets not be delerious.  We are good, but we have had so many bloated records against sub-prime teams ascenting the AP poll only to be dismantled by a team that is truely the caliber of a top 5.  LSU being the prime example this year.  Trust me, BC should not be there either.  They have escaped many a game, including our loss two weeks ago.  Fate caught up against FSU and as soon as more people start blitzing and pressuring Ryan, the BC windfall will continue.  Now they are playing Maryland this week so it might not manifest itself, but with an away game at Clemson on the 17th, I believe we will see the end of the BC top ten hoax.

11th in the country, 2nd in the ACC Coastal with our bowl future all dependant on our ability to finish games and put people away.  Our defense has been not up to the stellar performance of the past with currently being ranked 10th in rushing and 38th in passing in the nation with a total defense ranked nationwide at 11th (boosted heavily by our innate ability to score on defense - currently ranked 4th in the country).  Our offense is crippled ranked 108th overall in Division I-A.  Beamer has got a tremendous game plan on the defensive side of the ball, complimented by one of the best special teams at any level - eluding him and a national championship is a team that can score.