Aug 22 2011
An Alternative Philosophy Pertaining To Virginia Tech Hokies College Football Scheduling
For those who have observed the actual 2011 Virginia Tech Football Schedule and really examined the actual games in detail, you will see that there’s a bit of a shift in scheduling philosophy within Blacksburg this season.
The actual 2011 Virginia Tech Football Schedule is released and for anyone who has examined this in depth, specially regarding how it compares to recent times, it obviously features a distinct look. This is especially when it comes to the actual out-of-conference element of the schedule where the athletic director and head coach find more control (as opposed to the ACC conference schedule that is far more pre-determined).
Recently, Virginia Tech has showcased a huge name opponent in an out of conference match up. This kind of game has typically been at the beginning of the season, maybe the very first game of the entire year. This was in fact true this year when the Hokies took on Boise State at FedEx Field in Washington DC. In 2009, Virginia Tech did something similar by playing Alabama, the actual eventual BCS National Champ within the Chik-fil-a Classic in Atlanta. The actual Hokies have had similar games in recent times with LSU as well as USC.
This season, the actual Hokies open the season with Appalachian State, at East Carolina, Arkansas State, and Marshall. While ECU is a decent program in Conference USA and really should worry Hokie fans some, not one of these competitors tend to be ‘featured match ups’ similar to the ones discussed from previous years and give the Virginia Tech 2011 Football Schedule a very different feel. Virginia Tech vs Appalachian State tickets will be much easier to find compared to Boise State or even Alabama seats were in previous year.
As the out-of-conference games with large featured adversaries have provided great pre-season build-up as well as drama with regard to both fan bases, the Hokies have come out on the actual losing end of just about each of them. This has put the Hokies behind regarding team objectives for that year straight away (generally banging them out of the National Championship picture) truly prior to a season can even get started.
Now that doesn’t imply they were still bad ideas. The teams and coaching staffs will most likely tell you just how those early premier match-ups provide benefits when it comes to pre-season and off-season motivation. They additionally provide the college incredible promotion in that the actual games are usually designed for Television events that can only assist the program. As a leading program, Virginia Tech likely wants to play in these kinds of games to be on that stage.
Nevertheless being beaten in a number of these games in sequential years, this year will change whether intentional or not. The beginning of this year, with 4 out-of-conference games against non-BCS conference schools allows the actual Hokies to build into the season more gradually. In a year where they’re breaking in new quarterback Logan Thomas, that is probably not a bad thing. It will play a part when it comes to strength of schedule if the Hokies end up watching the actual BCS rankings at some point.
Whether this is a permanent change to scheduling philosophy or otherwise remains to be seen. The fact that Virginia Tech lately announced they intend to play in another Chik-fil-a Classic against Alabama in 2013 obviously means they are not abandoning these games entirely. But the 2011 schedule definitely will possess a different feel to it than previous years.
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