Big Least no more. Over the past several years, the Big East has gained new found respect in NCAA football. Like it or not, the Big East was the most successful conference in the past two years of post season play, with an 8-2 record. This year, Miami and VT are ranked in the top 5, and Pitt is starting to gain new found respect. Boston College is no slouch either.

Pitt has really turned things around. They are 5-1 so far this season, winning 11 of their last 12 games, including wins over VT last year, and NC State in the Tangerine Bowl. They may crack the Top 25 pretty soon. They have some tough tests coming up, playing Notre Dame, VT, and Miami, all on the road. Personally, I'm going to go out on a limb and call for the upset win at Notre Dame this weekend. That's right, I said it. Pitt will beat Notre Dame this weekend. (Stop laughing!)

Meanwhile, my Hokies have to play BC on Thursday night, and Pitt is our homecoming game. Tech still doesn't have a kicker, with Carter Worley out with a sore back. The last game we had to use our kicker-offer dude and he didn't do so well. Lets hope VT will score lots of TDs and then go for two. As an Old Hokie Fan (pre-1993) I remember when we always went for two because our kicker was so bad. Actually, our whole team was bad back then, finishing just 2-8-1 in 1992. Oh boy, was that a horrible season.