Having watched every VT game in full last year (often an extremely painful endeavor), I can assure you that the PPG allowed statistic is heavily skewed. I can't tell you how many times the offense turned the ball over deep in their own territory, put up several consecutive 3 and outs, etc. The defense would do an amazing job of holding the other team to FG attempts, but ultimately they would wear down and give up some points.
Now of course, points on the board count the same no matter where they come from. But make no mistake about it, the defense is legit and carried the team every week.
First of all, every team in this history of sports finds any motivation possible to get hyped up and focused on a big game. Second of all, if you even spend 5 minutes scrolling through this thread the majority of the discussion is based on if OSU will score "only" 30 points, or if they'll still put up 45+ with some starters missing. I can promise you that points will not come easily, and if tOSU actually does break 40 then they will have played one hell of a game and most likely scored a few TDs on D/ST. While I realize that tOSU has come a long way since last September, this time around it's in Blacksburg and I really hope that Urban has them practicing silent counts because they won't be able to hear [Mark May].
