This weekend, my beloved Hokies played 'Beamerball', and handed instate rival, the University of Virginia a 21-9 beating. Contrary to how most Virginia Tech fans feel about Virginia, I don't hate UVA. I never have. In fact, coming up in high school, I actually had planned on attending UVA. I applied and was accepted to Virginia, but turned them down in favor of Virginia Tech's superior Engineering college, much to the chagrin of my good friend Ken, who went to UVA and majored in Engineering.

Not one to be known for schadenfreude, I am a bit miffed at Virginia's being snubbed by some major bowls. Although Virginia finished tied for 2nd in the ACC, they were passed up by the Gator Bowl, Peach Bowl, and Tangerine Bowl. Respectively, those bowls took NC State, Maryland, and Clemson over the Cavaliers, even though Virginia beat all three of those teams. Economics and geography seem to be working against the Cavs.

Looking forward, I am hoping that VT will beat Miami. Putting my VT fanaticism aside, a Miami loss would throw the second Fiesta Bowl bid down to a one-loss team and create all sorts of BCS chaos. I'd also like to see Washington State beat UCLA next week and firm up their PAC-10 Championship. That would force the BCS to choose between Notre Dame and USC for an at-large bid and create even more BCS controversy. If the Orange Bowl were to pass up USC for Notre Dame, who incidentally got creamed by USC just two days ago, I would have an early Christmas present. It may be a long shot, but stranger things have happened. I know, it may seem hypocritical of my to root for bad things to happen to USC, but I'm actually rooting for BCS conflict, and conflict seems to be the only way to bring about much needed change.