Over the first 10 years of ACC divisional play, the winner of the Coastal was named Something Tech nine times. Virginia Tech won the division six times; Georgia Tech won it three. And the collision of the Techs was invariably one of the better games of the conference season. Ah, those were the days, my friends. We thought they’d never end. But they did.
Virginia Tech arrived at Bobby Dodd Stadium on Thursday night tied for fifth in the seven-team Coastal. Alone in seventh place were the Yellow Jackets, who not so long ago capped an 11-3 season by beating Mississippi State in the Orange Bowl.