What will you consider a successful season, and what has to happen to accomplish it?

Upwind of uva: I’ve been pointing to 2015 for a couple years now, thinking that this is the year that we could reasonably hope to field a competent offensive line, and as a result the offense should take a significant step forward. The 2015 season is a crossroads of sorts for Virginia Tech and I have a nervous optimism about the strides the offense can take. Last season there were signs, a la 1992, that the necessary parts were finally be coming together on offense, which should lead to an improved team.

Then again, there were also the Wake Forest and Miami games last year to showcase offensive incompetence we haven’t seen often in the Beamer Bowl era. Perhaps I’m running to kick the ball, with Stacy Searels or Scot Loeffler playing the role of Lucy. We’ll see, but my point is that I am allowing myself to hold certain expectations this year. For the first time in a while, I think that wins and losses play a little larger role in judging the success of the season.

Looking at the schedule, I think the season’s success hinges on the outcomes of five games. I may be giving the other games short shrift, but these five are the key games that will tip the scales of the season in one direction or another:

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