virginia tech vs clemson

Going to the game tomorrow night!  woot!  It'll be cold and possibly rainy [edit:  it snowed on last night's practice], but it's a night home game on espn.  And the stadium is going to be crazy rocking.  One of my old buddies from college is flying in from california to go to the game as well and we'll be driving down thursday morning.  Hah, when we picked this game as the one to go, we were expecting both teams to come in relatively unscathed with great records.  Well, one team did that, but it wasn't tech :( 

Right now, it's pretty safe to say that clemson is the cream of the crop in the ACC.  They're #1 or #2 in every offensive/defensive category in the conference.  They have the most experienced (3 sr), talented, and nfl ready (avg 6'5" 320lbs) offensive line that tech will see all year.  I've been reading comparisons of their two running backs, cj spiller and james davis, to reggie bush and lendale white.  And actually, for the most part, everything I've read or seen about clemson bodes ill for tech.  On the plus side, they've been bitten by a couple big injuries.  Lost 2 of their starting lb's for the year.  Their #1 wr was out for a couple weeks with an ankle injury and did not play in the big GT game saturday, so I'm hopign that he won't be ready for tomorrow.  But both their offensive and defensive lines are fully healthy... and that's where tech is the weakest.  It's going to be a long night if our lines continue to get pushed around.

However, there's a couple intangibles that look to be in tech's favor.  First thing I have hope for is that clemson perenially finds ways to lose games that they should win, specifically on the road.  They're also 1-5 on thursday nights (espn games).  And finally, tech hasn't been an underdog at home very often - the last time that happened, miami came in 2003 and got blown out 31-7.

So, with all that, I can't pick against clemson.  The talent on paper looks ridiculous and tech's got so many problems (not enough room in this post to document, maybe another post).  Anyway, if the cameras are on me, I should be easy to pick out.  I'll still be wearing the dumb sling.