What a day, what a day...and wear can I get a UVA hat?

Crazy day in the world of sports. Two days after Tech's 41-23 slashing of Thug U. (Whiteout turned into "Wipeout"), the ACC football landscape goes haywire. Coming into today, we needed UNC, VPI, and UVA to lose one more (each has one game left next weekend). The day started off great with a resurgent NC State team blowing out UNC at home, 41-10, followed by Clemson capitalizing on three UVA turnovers to beat the Cavs in Charlottesville 13-3. The trifecta was a near-miss, as Duke was a starting QB away from an unlikely win in Blacksburg, but VPI pulled it out 14-3 despite five first-half turnovers. Probably 110 D-I teams beat VPI today, as they played an awful game offensively. Fortunately, VPI has another chance to lose as they host the Cavs next weekend. Why couldn't we have faced this VPI team? :(

Another crazy game involved Tech's bball team, which traveled down to Macon for an early afternoon matchup with the Mercer Bears. Things started off bad for the Jackets, and continued to look bad, as we never led in regulation. Somehow, despite being down 18 w/ 12 minutes left, and despite missing 14 free throws, Tech tied it up with about 30 seconds and sent it to OT, where the Jackets won 82-76. This was nothing short of a huge win for the young and inexperienced Jackets against a Mercer team that has wins at Auburn and at Bama, along with a W in LA against OJ Mayo and USC last season. Tech could have easily given up at many different points, but they just kept chuggin and got a win as a result. Now Tech stands at 2-0, and will host Arkansas-Pine Bluff next Tuesday at the Thrillerdome.

Next weekend Tech travels down the road to face that other GA team at the community college in athens. I'll have a post or two on that, along with some thoughts on Thanksgiving and what it means to me, early next week. I'll leave yall with highlights of Tech's win over Miami this past Thursday.