One Less Crutch for Brian Stinespring, Two More for Darren Evans

Image Courtesy of the Baltimore Sun

Well shit. So much for all that incredible depth at tailback for the Hokies in 2009. Per HokieSports and Kyle Tucker, Darren Evans went down with a torn left ACL in practice this afternoon. Evans was running a route and planted wrong, and collapsed instantly. This was supposedly the result of an injury a few days ago when Evans stepped on an offensive lineman’s leg and heard a pop. The training staff kept Evans in a non-contact blue jersey for three days and he was in a regular practice jersey today. Billy Hite and the staff must now count on Josh Oglesby, Ryan Williams and David Wilson to carry the load for the season. The trio is extremely hyped, but only brings 38 career carries in experience along with their collective talent. I’m certainly disheartened, and you all should be too. Evans worked extremely hard in the offseason to improve his strength and was poised for a great follow up to his record-breaking freshman season. Here’s hoping he makes a full recovery for 2010.

Hokies @ Miami: Pregame Thoughts

According to DeAngelo Hall, this Tech team is worth him talking shit to his new Redskins teammates. For the first time in the last three years, I'm actually proud that he was a Hokie. As much as I love Portis, Moss & Co. now, I sure as hell hated them when they were 'Canes. I hope his "boys" as he called them back him up tonight on National Television

This is a monster game for our young Hokies. Going to Miami is never easy, but as we've all read this entire week, the road team has won 3 of the last 4 matchups in this series. I believe that will continue tonight. I'm going to keep this short and sweet, but I believe that our offensive line SHOULD be able to overpower a stout Miami front seven, that's been good, but not great against the decent offenses they've faced this year. Last Thursday looked a lot like 2004, and I think this game will be along the lines of that '04 season finale in the O.B. Tech will get a big special teams play, give up a big running touchdown, but get just enough from the defense (i.e. timely turnover, sack or safety) to pull this one out. This game will look a lot better than the last time we travelled to Dolphin stadium.

Virginia Tech 23
Miamuh 21

I'll be live blogging the game, so check back up throughout the game for my thoughts! Feel free to comment as well