The Hokies have managed to give Hokie Nation some acid indigestion moments in this one. Stanford took the opening kickoff smartly down the field, while the Tech defense looked a bit flat. Not unprepared, but it seemed like they were swimming upstream trying to get stops. Stanford’s opening drive didn’t see a 3rd down until the Tech defense finally stiffened (Aneas Pebbles grabs a critical 5-yard sack on 3rd and 8 yards to go) and managed to force the Cardinal into a chancy 53-yard field goal attempt. The kick was long enough but sailed to the left of the goal posts and even with a decent enough drive, and a good time of possession, Stanford ended up with nothing in the way of points.