Friday Q&A: July 2, 2010

After taking a couple of weeks to discuss Boise State, this week we’re back to field questions about the Hokies. We’ll talk about offensive and defensive sleepers, Tech’s toughest matchup of 2010, and other topics.

1) Who are your picks for offensive and defensive sleeper of the year, and why?

CC: That’s a good question. Who is flying under the radar right now that is capable of having a very good season in 2010? We see different guys step up each season, it’s only a matter of picking them out correctly before the season starts.

On the offensive side of the ball, it’s not easy to choose someone. The Hokies return their starting quarterback, all of their top receivers, their entire backfield, and they get back Darren Evans from injury. There just isn’t a lot of room for new contributors to step up at the skilled positions because those older, more experienced players are going to dominate playing time.

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