Pardon the rhyme, but the Hokies are halfway through, and they’re 4-2. Those
of you who predicted 8-4 are on the mark so far; those who predicted 10-2 will
probably be proven wrong in the coming weeks; and those of you who predicted
11-1 or 12-0 are no doubt reassessing your prognostication skills, firing off
angry emails and letters and message board posts, or simply coming to the
realization that this team is a ways away from reaching that level again. As for
us here at TSL, analyzing some stats at the halfway point, using Phil
Martin’s late August “Keys to the Season” article as a reference
point, tells us a lot about how things have gone through the first six games.

Much has been said and written about Sean Glennon vs. Ike Whitaker, the
behavior of the VT players, and other sweeping topics. But this article won’t
tackle huge philosophical issues like that. Instead, it will mostly center on
statistics.

Back on August 31st, Phil Martin provided us with keys
and stats to watch for the 2006 season. Using that article as a
guideline, here’s how the Hokies are doing (and we’ll also cover some topics
that have popped up since Phil’s article):

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