why does everyone say vt will beat us this year

[flyguy]

I don't see Virginia tech beating us this year, esp after losing bud foster and all the other problems vt has. i still dont understand why everybody has us losing to them.

 

[ben]

I dont see virgina tech beating us this year, esp after loosing bud foster and all the other problems vt has. i still dont understand why everybody has us loosing to them.

nobody likes a loose virgina

 

[KevinCaneFace]

6-7

 

[AlexCane]

I mean, what about our past history of losing games that we should be winning is reassuring or comforting to you or anyone picking games? I hope this year is different but until we see the product on the field, history isn't in our favor right now.

Edit: We lost to FIU after all.

 

[canesarchitect]

I don't see Virginia tech beating us this year, esp after losing bud foster and all the other problems vt has. i still dont understand why everybody has us losing to them.

Who?

 

[canes_aaron]

The same reason we are being picked 6th in the acc. It all doesn’t matter, just need to go out and win games

 

[ThomasM]

Same reason UL is favored over us.... Wait... uhhh...

They are just idiots.

 

[JD08]

They won't be saying that by the time the game rolls around.

 

[Colombie]

Because they have a lot of returning starters and the game is in Virginia.

Other than that I don't see much logic to it either.

 

[CaneFanWNY]

Let em sleep, if this offense does what alot of us are expecting it to do, the ACC tears will be ******* glorious

 

[305407cane]

All depends on the wet bulb that night

 

[DTP]

Because the trendy media choice this season is “not falling for Miami again”.

The truth is, it would take incredibly bad luck and/or serious injuries for Miami not to improve on last season’s record. We’re talking about a team that lost 5 games by 7 or less. Compared to just two wins by 7 or less. Statistically, these thing tend to even out over time. (Just like all the narrow wins in 2017 became losses in 2018)

So, even if the team doesn’t improve (hard to believe it won’t) they’d still be in line for 1-2 more wins this season based off averages alone.

 

[TheEye]

We could beat VT and lose to a team the consensus says we would beat. What year has that not happened?

 

[OrangeBowlMagic]

Imagine caring and/or listening to who "everyone" says we will or won't beat.

Couldn't even remotely be me.

 

[Tru C]

We have a difference maker at QB. I’m more confident than I’ve ever been. We have a guy that can take a simple read option from the 5 yard line, bounce it to the outside and tear *** for 95 yards to the house then two offensive possessions later, fake the read option, pull up and launch that ish down the field for the bomb. Never had a player of that caliber at quarterback.

 

[TheOriginalCane]

I don't see Virginia tech beating us this year, esp after losing bud foster and all the other problems vt has. i still dont understand why everybody has us losing to them.

Because you will always find some alleged Cane fans who are fanboys of EVERY OTHER head coach in the country except ours. They will tell you how great Justin Fuente or Mike Norvell is, and how those guys could do serious damage if they coached at Miami and had access to SoFla talent.

This happens every year, all you have to do is replace those coaches' names with whoever was hired in Power 5 in the preceding 365 days, and you'll have a template for a response from a soft-shouldered mope who is trying to "keep it real" by predicting that we will go 7-5.

 

[mirednmediocrity2]

Because they have a lot of returning starters and the game is in Virginia.

Other than that I don't see much logic to it either.

Don't we ALWAYS lose to UVA and VT when we play at their place?

 

[RightSaidFred]

Because the trendy media choice this season is “not falling for Miami again”.

The truth is, it would take incredibly bad luck and/or serious injuries for Miami not to improve on last season’s record. We’re talking about a team that lost 5 games by 7 or less. Compared to just two wins by 7 or less. Statistically, these thing tend to even out over time. (Just like all the narrow wins in 2017 became losses in 2018)

So, even if the team doesn’t improve (hard to believe it won’t) they’d still be in line for 1-2 more wins this season based off averages alone.

Maybe we were lucky to lose those 5 games by only 7 points. Luck can go both ways.

I think you’re right that we’ll win more games than last year, but it will be because we’ve improved as a football team. Your luck argument is just flawed IMO.

 

[KrazyCane]

VaTech kicked our *** last year.... I dont know the name of that dual threat QB they had out there embarrassing us, but he’s a problem.

 

[KOOLAID4L]

We really don't know what we can do. ALl these scrimmages we have with 6 touchdowns isn't really showing us what we can really do when its game time. Will the offense be a lot better yes, but we don't know until we hit UAB UP THURSDAY.