Nebraska agrees

We were emailing one of the Husker beatwriters and let him in on some data.

He then shared his view of the Virginia Tech football program AND seems to agree on what is holding VT back.

JFA BLOG: Interesting piece on VT special teams. Our ST aren’t really as good as they used to be. Now, we actually win games because our talent and depth level have increased. We do actually "reload" vs. rebuild as evidenced with 5 top 10 finishes in the past 9 seasons and our steady climb up the football program hierarchy (at least perception wise) the past 15 years.

Anyway, did you know that VT has had 47 players drafted into the NFL since 2000? I'm guessing that's probably ranks in the top 5-10 of all college football programs.

Our offense has been the main reason holding VT from national championships. The VT fan base has been voicing its displeasure with our offensive coordinator, Bryan Stinespring and a change needs to be made as our offense has held back our program as far as winning national championships. We were ranked 100th and 102nd in total offense for '06 and '07. Under Stinespring our offense has averaged in the high-70s in total offense, clearly not where a top 15-type program should be.

Husker writer: I agree that with a better offense, VT could be a major power. Seems like since the Vicks, the Hokies have been rather ordinary. I didn't realize the last two years were as bad as you pointed out, though.