Virginia Tech vs Alabama | Expert Sports Handicappers
Even with all of the years having a Vick at quarterback, the Virginia Tech Hokies have never started a season ranked as high as their number seven spot this year. They should savor the pre-season flavor, because all of that is likely to come to an end Saturday night in Atlanta, as Alabama returns to the Georgia Dome for opening night, a building where they dismantled the Georgia Bulldogs on opening weekend last season.
The Crimson Tide, ranked 5th in the country, come in with a massive chip in their shoulder for such a highly ranked team, a chip born from the humiliation of getting man-handled by Utah in the Sugar Bowl last year, hot on the heels of the Tide’s deflating loss to eventual national champion Florida in the SEC title game.
For a team that lost its quarterback, Alabama does not have too much to be terribly concerned about. After all, they won and lost games last year on the back of their third-ranked defense, a squad that returns eight
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