2010 Virginia Tech Football: Duke Game Guide
by furrer4heisman on Oct 18, 2010 2:16 AM EDT
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Virginia Tech Hokies (5-2, 3-0) vs. Duke Blue Devils (1-5, 0-3)
Time: Noon EDT
Date: Saturday, Oct. 23, 2010
Place: Lane Stadium/Worsham Field (66,233), Blacksburg, Va.
TV: ACC Network
Radio: VT ISP, XM TBA, Sirius TBA
Duke: The Blue Devils are coming off a 28-13 loss at home to Miami in which they committed seven turnovers and managed just 3.4 yards per play ... Duke is one of two ACC teams (Wake Forest) allowing more than 400 yards per game ... Duke does average 399 yards per game on offense and 393 in conference games ... the Blue Devils are led by first-year starting quarterback Sean Renfree, who is throwing for over 270 yards per game ... Renfree has a 57 completion percentage, averages 6.6 ypa and has thrown 10 touchdowns and 14 interceptions ... he has thrown 10 interceptions in his last three games ... Renfree struggled against Miami and was pulled at the end of the game for freshman Brandon Connette.
Trends: Virginia Tech has won five consecutive games after losing its first two ... Duke has lost five consecutive games after winning its season opener ... the Hokies have won 15 of their last 17 home games and eight of their last nine home conference games ... Duke has lost four consecutive ACC road games and seven consecutive conference games overall.
History Lesson: The Hokies are 10-7 all-time against Duke ... Duke won the first six meetings, but the Hokies have won 10 of the last 11, including the last nine ... Tech is 6-0 against the Blue Devils under Frank Beamer and 5-0 against them in Lane Stadium ... the last meeting in Blacksburg was a 14-3 win for the Hokies in 2008 ... the teams combined for nine turnovers and 16 punts ... the game essentially ended when Macho Harris returned an interception 23 yards for a touchdown with a little over a minute remaining.
What to Expect
- Expect Duke to at least try to run the ball. The Devils still pass more than they run, but not nearly as much as last season, when they passed almost 50 percent more than they ran.
- Expect any of three backs to get the majority of the carries for Duke. The Blue Devils could go to Desmond Scott, Josh Snead or Jay Hollingsworth. All three have been inconsistent due to offensive line struggles, but Scott is the guy I've been most impressed with.
- Expect the Hokies to have more success through the air. Duke is allowing 8.5 yards per attempt, last in the ACC and a full yard more than the No. 11 team, Wake Forest. Of course, the Blue Devils also allow nearly five yards per rush attempt, second-worst in the conference ahead of Wake.
- Expect points. Lots and lots of points.
Hokies Win If: They don't hit the snooze bar for the Noon start.
Blue Devils Win If: They get an early lead, force turnovers and get consistency from the run game.
Dot-dot-dots: Tyrod Taylor's 292 passing yards against Wake Forest were the second-most of his career ... he threw for a personal-best 327 last year at Duke ... Saturday's game against the Deacs ended with the Hokies in the red zone, which snapped their streak of 22 consecutive red zone conversions, including 17 touchdowns ... after missing his first career field goal attempt, Chris Hazley has made 10 in a row.
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Tyrod supposedly wearing a cast on his hand...
Most seem to agree that it is simply therapeutic, much like a walking boot.
On a different note, hopefully RW is back to 100% and can get 10 or so carries this week to prepare for GT…
Been weird, in my NCAA 11 dynasty RW is ALWAYS getting hurt ><
is that from
when he landed on his wrist on the second drive of the second half when they inexplicably put him back in because wake had cut the lead to 49-21?
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by furrer4heisman on Oct 18, 2010 11:13 AM EDT up reply actions
Glad somebody noticed...
Why did Beamer put Taylor back in the game then??? To me that was just begging for disaster. You’re up 28 on the 2nd to worst team in the conference at home. What if Taylor tears an ACL on 1st down there? How many of us would have been SCREAMING off with their heads?
Geez-Louise.
by Leonard Thompson on Oct 18, 2010 11:21 AM EDT up reply actions
2001
they kept Lee Suggs in against UConn to get him to 100 yards and he tore his ACL.
Did they really think Wake was going to even come close to coming back on Saturday? It was just a dumb, dumb move.
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by furrer4heisman on Oct 18, 2010 11:41 AM EDT up reply actions
Yep....
I dunno guys
I disagree. The way Harris was running the ball, and the way our defense was letting him just shred us, I think it could have snowballed. Maybe they wouldn’t have won, but if they did get back in it to the point where let’s say the cut the margin in half going into the fourth, don’t you think Tyrod would have come back then as well? I think we needed a statement to truly put those guys away and dispel any chance of a comeback. The end result certainly made sure we didn’t have to fret about a comeback…which is something I wish we had made sure of against JMU, BC in 07…the list goes on and on as you know. It may have been more points in this game, but I’ve been tired of seeing Beamer milk even seven point leads like he’s god and his defense is infallible for way too many years now. So seeing him get the points while he can to make ABSOLUTELY sure it’s a W is alright by me, even if that means injuring your star QB in the process (which would have been terrible, but I would have stood behind him on). But it worked out for the best, and short of a BS offensive pass I call (Roberts may have rubbed him, but Boykin was so open and so far away, he was never getting there) Ty would have had his fifth TD of the day. Also, did anyone else think it was his LEFT hand?
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