I watched the Virginia Tech/Georgia Tech game last night on ESPN, where the Hokies prevailed 20-17 in overtime. Upon watching this game and many other Virginia Tech games over the past few years, I've noticed something - their special teams (nicknamed Beamer Ball) are held to a completely different standard than any other college football team. What Beamer Ball was most well known for were blocked kicks (punts, field goals and/or extra points). Through these blocks, the special teams unit would often times score themselves and if not, set up the offense in great field position to either completely alter the momentum of the game and/or place the final stamp on the team's victory. Virginia Tech led the nation in blocked kicks in the '90s, but their quantity of blocks has decreased quite substantially in the past several years and it has not gone unnoticed by announcers. Especially over the past 2-3 years, I can't tell you how many times I've heard an announcer sugge...
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