JD Howell of ESPN Radio in Blacksburg made an interesting comment to me in the press box Saturday, right after the game. He said words to the effect of, “You know, ECU was a good team that made some plays and deserved to win. Georgia Tech isn’t that good. Virginia Tech gave it to them. They didn’t deserve to win.”

Or, put a different way, “ECU came in here and won. Georgia Tech came in here, and Virginia Tech lost to them.”

This is a long way for a team to fall in just two weeks. The Hokies went from beating a very good opponent on the road, to being beaten by a very good team at home, to giving the game away against a mediocre team.

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