If you read ESPN’s sports punditry (I shall remain calm… ohmmmm….) in a rather dismissive pile on regarding the Hokies, all ultimately led by Phil Steele’s total dissing of Virginia Tech in his preseason gig. We do not even appear in the equation of the Bleacher Report looking at the potential Top 25 Coaches’ Poll. Of course they are more interested in the top 5 because it’s going to fundamentally be the same five teams that it has been for the bulk of the current “ersatz playoff” fandangle. Never let it be said that the sports pundit class wasn’t enthralled of group think.