If you missed the VT-WMU game, where the Hokies won 63-0, you missed a play that is all too rare in football. Defensive End, Jason Lallis, got a paw up there and tipped a Western Michigan pass. Confusion ensued as opposing players scrummed for the ball. Keeping his head, Lallis then reached in and plucked the ball from an offensive lineman's hands and lumbered into the endzone for the score.

Almost none of the players on the field even saw Lallis strip the ball, but the crowd went nuts as bulky lineman lived the lineman's dream. These guys rarely get their hands on the ball and most of their time is spent pushing and shoving.

Sure, he was penalized 15 yards on the ensuing kickoff (for excessive celebration) but it was well earned. It must be the first time I had ever seen 60,000 people cheer a 15 yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty on their own team. Boo ya!

Stat of the day: In the three game, four year series, Western Michigan hasn't even scored on Virginia Tech.

the Hokies concluded their three game series with Western Michigan by shutting out the Broncos in all three meetings. Tech won by scores of 31-0 (2001), 30-0 (2002), and 63-0 (2004). It's nearly impossible to shut out the same team three straight times, but defensive coordinator Bud Foster and his staff pulled-off that 'hat trick.'

Making this feat more unusual is this: Western Michigan has traditionally been one of the higher scoring teams in the Mid-American Conference. In fact, the Broncos have been shut out only three times since 1997 - all three games against Virginia Tech.