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Two days before Notre Dame Virginia Tech, I'm Tim Priest.

With Tim O'Malley and Pete Samson, we have a ton to talk about the Hokies,

Notre Dame going into Lane Stadium, their record against ranked teams, which is a

little bit surprising here in the last decade, and then a whole bunch of questions from our

readers in Segment 2.

Virginia Tech is a, we all know that they lost the Old Dominion, terrible loss, 632 yards

they gave up.

I mean, they must have just absolutely not showed up that day

against an old Dominion team that was motivated playing at home. But they're a decent team,

not a great team. They have turned to their backup quarterback Ryan Willis,

who's a transfer from Kansas. Their running game struggles, they've been good against the run.

They lost Trayvon Hill.

Their best pass rusher was kicked off the team. Their secondary has been depleted.

So, I mean, it's a tough environment to go into. We're all looking forward to seeing it.

What do you guys think about Virginia Tech?

You know, I'm trying to think of a team that my opinion of has swayed as hard as it has in both

directions since the start of the season as Virginia Tech from watching them on Florida State

night.

I think it was Monday night, Labor Day weekend thinking like, wow, this team is legit and

is going to be like every bit the Clemson, Florida

State road trip that Notre Amos had in the past, to losing the Old Dominion, to beating Duke

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