A Different Approach Pertaining To Virginia Tech Hokies College Football Scheduling

For those who have seen the actual 2011 Virginia Tech Football Schedule and really analyzed the actual games in detail, you will find that there’s a bit of a shift in scheduling philosophy in Blacksburg this season.

The 2011 Virginia Tech Football Schedule is released and for whoever has considered this carefully, specially regarding the actual way it compares to the past few years, it certainly features a different appearance. This is especially as it pertains to the actual out-of-conference part of the schedule in which the athletic director as well as coach get more control (as opposed to the ACC conference schedule that is more pre-determined).

Usually, Virginia Tech has showcased a big name challenger in an out of conference game. This kind of game has generally been at the start of the season, perhaps the very first game of the year. This ended up being true in 2010 when the Hokies played Boise State at FedEx Field in Washington DC. In 2009, Virginia Tech did something similar by playing Alabama, the actual ultimate BCS National Champion in the Chik-fil-a Classic in Atlanta. The Hokies have had comparable games in recent times with LSU and USC.

This season, the actual Hokies open the season with Appalachian State, at ECU, Arkansas State, and Marshall. While East Carolina is a decent program in Conference USA and really should concern Hokie followers some, not one of those opponents tend to be ‘featured match ups’ like the types discussed from previous years and give the Virginia Tech 2011 Football Schedule a completely different feel. Virginia Tech vs Arkansas State tickets will be easier to find than the Boise State or even Alabama tickets were in previous year.

While the out-of-conference games with massive featured adversaries have provided wonderful pre-season build-up and drama regarding both fan bases, the Hokies came out on the actual losing end of virtually every one of them. This has placed the Hokies behind with regards to group objectives for the year right away (normally banging them out from the National title picture) truly before the season can even get started.

Now that doesn’t mean they were nevertheless bad ideas. The teams as well as coaching staffs will probably tell you just how those early premier match-ups supply benefits when it comes to pre-season as well as off-season determination. They also give the college incredible promotion in that the actual games are usually made for Television events that can only assist the program. As a leading program, Virginia Tech likely wants to perform in these types of games to be on that stage.

Nevertheless being beaten in several these games in consecutive years, this year will be different whether intentional or not. The beginning of this year, with Four out-of-conference games against non-BCS conference schools will allow the actual Hokies to build into the season much more gradually. In a year where they are breaking in brand new quarterback Logan Thomas, that may be not a bad thing. It will have a part when it comes to strength of schedule if the Hokies wind up watching the actual BCS rankings at some point.

Whether this can be a long term switch to scheduling philosophy or otherwise remains to be seen. The proven fact that Virginia Tech recently announced that they plan to play in an additional Chik-fil-a Classic against Alabama in 2013 obviously means they are not really abandoning these types of games altogether. But the 2011 schedule definitely will possess a different feel to it than previous years.

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