college football week 1 analysis

The first week of the college football season is in the books after last night’s thriller in Blacksburg, with Virginia Tech beating Georgia Tech in overtime 20-17, a game where each team converted must-have fourth downs in the final minute-plus of regulation.

VT-GT was also the most consequential game of college football Week 1, as the win put the Hokies in the driver’s seat for ACC Coastal Division title. I picked Georgia Tech to win this division at the start of the year and while they played well enough to believe a good year is still ahead, you have to give a major hat-tip t o Virginia Tech’s sophomore quarterback Logan Thomas. Trailing 17-14, surrounded by nine new starters, and 44 seconds in the clock, Thomas comes up with the drive for the game-tying field goal, capping a solid all-around performance. I know the game was in Blacksburg, but if Georgia Tech can’t beat a completely rebuilt Hokie offense on the first night of the season, then you have to wonder what’s going to happen as Virginia Tech gets better. Looks like we can plan on seeing Frank Beamer on the sidelines again come the first Saturday in December when they play the ACC Championship Game in Charlotte.