We’ll start with Saturdays:
Virginia Tech: 11-2. The running game will be special with Williams and Evans. I worry about the defense. I’m predicting a win over Boise State to open the season. Tech will be 9-0 heading into Chapel Hill on November 13th and lose at North Carolina and lose the following week at Miami.
UVA: 5-7. I like the new coach (Mike London) and I think there are enough parts there that will fit into his system. They need more speed and talent across the board to become competitive and I think that’s a multi-year project.
Tennessee (where I’m from): 5-7. The NCAA snooping around already about the brief Lane Kiffin era is not good news. I project probation and more scholarship loses sometime in the next 6 to 8 months. This is a program that may not be competitive again in the SEC for another four to five years.
Middle Tennessee State (my alma mater): 11-2. The Blue Raiders win the Sun Belt! Watch their quarterback Dwight Dasher.
Local high school scene:
Blue Ridge:
1) William Byrd
2) Northside
3) Alleghany
4) Lord Botetourt
5) Staunton River
Seminole:
1) Amherst County
2) Liberty
3) Jefferson Forest
4) Brookville
5) Rustburg
6) E.C. Glass
7) Heritage
River Ridge:
1) Salem
2) Cave Spring
3) Christiansburg
4) Hidden Valley
5) Blacksburg
6) Pulaski County
Three Rivers:
1) Radford
2) Eastern Montgomery
3) Giles
4) Floyd County
5) Glenvar
6) Auburn
Western Valley:
1) Patrick Henry
2) Franklin County
3) William Fleming
4) George Washington
5) Halifax County
Mountain Empire:
1) Fort Chiswell
2) Narrows
3) Galax
4) Grayson County
5) Bland County
Piedmont:
1) Magna Vista
2) Martinsville
3) Bassett
4) Tunstall
5) Patrick County
I know I’ve left out a few and I’ll have those on August 25th.
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