That word used to mean something. Now it is an oxymoron. I cringe whenever I hear it. Non-Hokies may associate that word with quality special teams play; but it hasn't been that for a long, long, time now. Virginia Tech special teams are, and have been, mediocre at best. "Beamerball" should be banned from the VT football lexicon -- forever.
I won't even discuss former VT kicker, Cody Journell, and the shame and embarrassment that he recently bestowed on the VT football program. His arrest and suspension was cited multiple times by the ESPN game crew in front of a national audience in a BCS game
And in the Sugar Bowl game tonight, VT special teams play and coaching was downright awful -- as was the offensive play-calling. In fact, the offensive play-calling was downright bull-headed. I thought that new play-caller (this season) Michael O'Cain was bringing something fresh to the table. Offensive Coordinator Bryan Stinespring came up with game plan which provided O'Cain the portfolio of plays to run, so I don't know which one to blame -- probably both. In a nutshell, in tonight's game, VT did more than enough bad things to lose, and Michigan did just enough good things to win.
Words cannot express how disappointing, embarrassing, and devastating that this loss was. Hokie Nation will no doubt be expressing, in vitriolic terms, its reaction to the poor coaching on offense and special teams over the next few days. If we ever lose defensive coach Bud Foster to a head-coaching position with another team, the program will be in even deeper caca.
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