In last week’s article, I wrote that I hadn’t felt as good leaving Lane Stadium as I did after the BC win in a long time.  I didn’t think I’d get the same feeling again so soon.  Instead, we got a repeat performance against East Carolina, and in many ways this win was more impressive because the Pirates are a much more dangerous team than the Eagles.

Virginia Tech has struggled with East Carolina in recent years.  That goes without saying.  Since 2007, here are the results of each meeting…

2007: 17-7 W
2008: 27-22 L
2009: 16-3 W
2010: 49-27 W
2011: 17-10 W
2013: 15-10 W
2014: 28-21 L
2015: 35-28 L

With the exception of 2010, even when the Hokies beat East Carolina it was always a low scoring nail-biter.  Yesterday’s game was neither.  Tech hit the Pirates with a barrage of offense, defense and special teams, and took a 38-0 lead at halftime.

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