VT Miami
AngryPirate
Senior Member
Miami -2.5 @ Virginia Tech
I would love some thoughts on this game.
I go to Tech and have had to sit through or watch a couple miserable games. Tyrod Taylor is a mike vick wanna-be. HE SUCKS. He has no passing accuracy and cant make decisions as fast as the games pace. He likes to run and could be a dangerous thought on his feet, but it takes him so long to decide he wants to run that the defense is all over it. Against the two ranked opponents this year, he has been in NEGATIVE rushing yards. If u take away that lucky (yes i said lucky) pass(es) to beat Nebraska last week, then Taylor was held to double digits in passing yards against both ranked opponents as well. Techs defense is great but i think miami scores at least 21 meaning VT has to score 3 TDs which cant happen with their offense, their defense or special teams will have to get one or two TDs to win. But last week we saw nebrakas kicker take VTs return game out of the picture by putting every kick in the back of the endzone. If that happens again i see a blowout. Miami has a very fast paced offense and can light it up quick and VT CAN NOT SCORE ON OFFENSE. I LOVE miami here. My only problem is that EVERYONE including everyone on espn is sucking miamis dick. And no1 is giving VT a shot. There are two reasons why I have not already placed my bet:
1) I dont usually place bets on (or against) my own teams.
2)I feel like this is a trap game, and I just came off a huge trap game loss last week with the patriots.
I would love EVERYONES opinion
I would love some thoughts on this game.
I go to Tech and have had to sit through or watch a couple miserable games. Tyrod Taylor is a mike vick wanna-be. HE SUCKS. He has no passing accuracy and cant make decisions as fast as the games pace. He likes to run and could be a dangerous thought on his feet, but it takes him so long to decide he wants to run that the defense is all over it. Against the two ranked opponents this year, he has been in NEGATIVE rushing yards. If u take away that lucky (yes i said lucky) pass(es) to beat Nebraska last week, then Taylor was held to double digits in passing yards against both ranked opponents as well. Techs defense is great but i think miami scores at least 21 meaning VT has to score 3 TDs which cant happen with their offense, their defense or special teams will have to get one or two TDs to win. But last week we saw nebrakas kicker take VTs return game out of the picture by putting every kick in the back of the endzone. If that happens again i see a blowout. Miami has a very fast paced offense and can light it up quick and VT CAN NOT SCORE ON OFFENSE. I LOVE miami here. My only problem is that EVERYONE including everyone on espn is sucking miamis dick. And no1 is giving VT a shot. There are two reasons why I have not already placed my bet:
1) I dont usually place bets on (or against) my own teams.
2)I feel like this is a trap game, and I just came off a huge trap game loss last week with the patriots.
I would love EVERYONES opinion
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Revenge from last years loss by 2 pts
Hokies have lost just 4 home games over the past 5 seasons
Miami has Oklahoma next week
When was the last time Tech lost at home as a dog?
How many times has Tech been an underdog at home in the last decade?
Answer:
Miami is the last team to beat them back in 2001..... REVENGE
That is their only HOME LOSS in TEN seasons AS AN UNDERDOG.
I posted this play on Monday and hammered it.
WIN or LOSE the Hokies play all out balls to the wall. And my philosophy is and always will be to put your money on the team that you know you'll get an honest effort out of. In this game that is Virginia Tech.
Good Luck
Same thing happened last week with me. I loved Nebraska (+5 i think) and was about to make it a huge play but everyone on this forum convinced me that Tech would dominate that game so I backed off. Tech wins by 1 and I dont win a large bet.
Miami killed Va Tech 27-7 in '05. VaTech was 3 in the country and a 6pt favorite.
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BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) - Miami swaggered into Virginia Tech as underdogs and took a huge bite out of the Hokies' national title hopes.
The fifth-ranked Hurricanes put the clamps on Marcus Vick, forcing him into six turnovers, and blew the Hokies right out of the national title picture with a stunning 27-7 victory on Saturday night.
The third-ranked Hokies (8-1, 5-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) had hoped an impressive win over Miami would not only take them a step closer to their second straight ACC title, but also give them a boost in the Bowl Championship Series standings.
Virginia Tech was in third place behind Southern California and Texas in the BCS standings, with designs on making a late-season run to the Rose Bowl.
Instead, Miami (7-1, 4-1) helped clear the clutter at the top of the BCS and ensure that Virginia Tech won't be this season's Auburn - perfect but left out of the national title game.
"We played with a chip on our shoulder," said Miami quarterback Kyle Wright, who passed for 146 yards and a touchdown, despite being shaken up in the first half and missing most of the second quarter. "I've been saying it for the whole week down there, if we come out and play they way we should, I didn't think they could play with us."
The day started with five unbeaten teams in major college football, but the Hokies and UCLA fell. Texas and Alabama stayed perfect and USC was trying to do the same against Stanford.
"We were well prepared and ready to play, but they played great and we just couldn't quite get going," Hokies coach Frank Beamer said.
The Hurricanes were a rare 6 1/2-point underdog, and none too pleased about it. Looking for respect, they refused to be the foil in the Hokies' national title scenario, took control of the ACC's Coastal Division race and even made themselves a dark horse to reach the Rose Bowl.
The Hurricanes turned four lost fumbles by Vick and two interceptions into 17 points.
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<!-- STORY AD ENDS HERE -->"One fumble slipped out of my hands," said Vick, who had turnovers on four straight possessions in the second half. "The other fumbles was my ball security and me being reckless out there."
Rocky McIntosh led the charge for Miami's defense with 10 tackles, two sacks and a fumble recovery.
Pinned deep in their own territory late in the third quarter, the Hokies couldn't hold out the Miami rush and Vick was swarmed under by Javon Nanton and company. The ball squirted loose and Kareem Brown jumped on it in the end zone to give Miami a 27-0 lead.
The score made Lane Stadium - one of the rowdiest in the country and a place where Miami lost 31-7 two years ago - sound like a library.
Vick finished 8-for-22 for 90 yards against the top-ranked defense in the country, the worst performance of his college career, by far.
"He had a lot of people in there in the backfield with him," Beamer said.
Vick ran for a 2-yard TD in the fourth quarter, to keep the Hokies from being shut out for the first time since 1995. It was just the second time in 30 games Virginia Tech has lost with either Michael or Marcus Vick starting at quarterback.
Miami allowed 167 total yards, the fifth straight game the 'Canes have held an opponent under 200, and had four sacks.
The loss was just the second in 30 games by Virginia Tech with Marcus or Michael Vick starting at quarterback.
Offensively, Wright and Miami were just the opposite of Vick and the Hokies - efficient and opportunistic.
Wright was 13-for-22 with an interception and a 9-yard TD pass to Darnell Jenkins in the third quarter after the Hurricanes recovered a fumbled snap by Vick.
Charlie Jones ran for 97 yards and a touchdown and the Hurricanes put up more points against the No. 1 scoring defense in the country than the last three ACC opponents combined.
Miami had lost two straight and seven of 10 to its former Big East rivals. Now if the Hurricanes win out, they'll play in the first ACC title game in Jacksonville, Fla., on Dec. 3 against Florida State.
Miami has won seven in a row since losing the season opener at Florida State.
The 'Canes took the crowd out of it early Saturday night with the type of defensive plays Virginia Tech usually relies on to overwhelm opponents.
The first strike came from Thomas Carroll, who came off the blind side to strip the ball from Vick in the first quarter and Miami recovered at the Virginia Tech 29. The Hokies limited the damage to a 27-yard field goal by Jon Peattie.
Miami made it 10-0 in the second quarter, putting together a 17-play, 82-yard drive that was aided by a personal foul called on Hokies defensive end Darryl Tapp, and capped off when Jones blasted into the end zone on a fourth-and-goal from the 1.
The Hurricanes lost leading rusher Tyrone Moss for the game to a sprained knee on the drive and Wright was also knocked out of action on the helmet-to-helmet hit by Tapp.
Wright played the entire second half and the first-year starter helped Miami snap Virginia Tech's 11-game ACC winning streak and 16-game streak in regular-season games.
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Last season
And last dog to beat them at home.
Love that angle.
VT has something to prove but the Canes have the swagger and they've been on a roll lately.
The key matchup, IMO, is how Jacory Harris will handle the pass-rush of VT. The Hokies' defensive line did well against Bama and that shows their ability.
But, as I have sd before, I am on the Miami bandwagon and I think they can win this game. Not to mention, this game is a HUGE one for Miami's season (not only as a potential conference champ but they could end the season with one loss if they get thru VT).
GL either way
From a trends standpoint, you take VT.
You take the hometeam in a place like Blacksburg
You go with a team that has been more consistent recently
BUT, Miami has helped me this season and I will try to keep going with it.
also taking the under 46.5. its raining here and not supposed to stop all day. look for a lot of running and a lower score
good luck