quote:The No. 9 Hokies struggled early and lost to No. 2 LSU before a Tiger Stadium crowd of 92,400 bourbon-soaked Cajuns.
quote:Then the game started. And the hospitality stopped. The Tigers were quick and merciless in their dismantling of Virginia Tech, a 48-7 rout that did nothing to discourage LSU’s national-title aspirations.
quote:For sure, Virginia Tech's first visit inside the belly of a Southeastern Conference beast in 20 years did not go well at all. Let's just say the Hokies handled the brain-jangling chaos inside Tiger Stadium about the way Miss Teen South Carolina thinks on her feet.
quote: This was a Virginia Tech team that simply had the misfortune of being caught in the eye of a perfect storm, against an opulently talented team that as well as any LSU team you could describe played up to the level of its staggering potential.
quote:LSU quarterback Matt Flynn was sacked three times at State, which does not have nearly the defense Tech does. This will be a low scoring game. This will be a close game.