A Different Approach Regarding Virginia Tech Football Scheduling

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

The 2011 Virginia Tech College Football Schedule has been released and for those who have checked out it carefully, specifically as to the way it compares to recent times, it evidently includes a distinct appearance. This is mainly as it pertains to the actual out-of-conference section of the schedule in which the athletic director and head coach have more control (instead of the ACC conference schedule which is a lot more pre-determined).

Usually, Virginia Tech has featured an enormous name challenger in an out of conference match up. This game has usually been at the outset of the season, perhaps the initial game of the year. This ended up being true this year when the Hokies took on Boise State at FedEx Field in Washington DC. In 2009, Virginia Tech did something similar by playing Alabama, the actual eventual BCS National Champ in the Chik-fil-a Classic in Atlanta. The Hokies also have similar games lately with LSU and also USC.

This year, the actual Hokies open the season with Appalachian State, at ECU, Arkansas State, and Marshall. While ECU is a decent program in Conference USA and should worry Hokie followers some, not one of those competitors are ‘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 much easier to find than the Boise State or even Alabama tickets were in previous year.

Even though the out-of-conference games with massive featured competitors have given great pre-season build-up in addition to drama with regard to both fan bases, the Hokies have fallen out on the actual losing end of just about each of them. This has position the Hokies behind in terms of team goals for that year immediately (generally banging them out from the National title picture) really prior to the season can even begin.

Now that doesn’t imply they were still poor ideas. The teams and coaching staffs will probably tell you just how those earlier premier match-ups supply benefits when it comes to pre-season and off-season determination. They additionally give the school incredible promotion in that the actual games are generally designed for TV events that can only assist the program. As a premier program, Virginia Tech likely really wants to play in these types of games to be on that stage.

Nevertheless being beaten in a number of these games in sequential years, 2011 will change whether intentional or not. The beginning of this year, with Four out-of-conference games against non-BCS conference schools allows the actual Hokies to build in to the season more gradually. In a year where they’re breaking in new qb Logan Thomas, that may be not necessarily a bad thing. It will play a part when it comes to strength of schedule if the Hokies wind up watching the actual BCS rankings at some point.

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

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