Despite trepidation from Virginia Tech fans and observers going into the game, the Hokies laid a woodshed whipping on
Virginia Saturday, 52-14, giving Tech their biggest win in the series since a 48-0 victory way back in 1983. Virginia
Tech was never threatened in the game, which ended with the Hokies holding almost a two-to-one edge in yards gained and
time of possession. Virginia Tech played a near-perfect game Saturday, and Virginia paid the price.

This is one of those games that, believe it or not, is difficult to analyze. It was a whipping, and you find yourself
sitting back and saying, “Wow.” Any attempt at analysis comes out looking more like cheerleading, because you
wind up just talking about an endless list of things that Virginia Tech did well and Virginia did poorly.

Having said that, I’ll give it a try, ha-ha.

First we’ll take a look at some of the key stats from Saturday’s game, then we’ll try to put things into perspective.

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