The This year's Virginia Tech football schedule is out and fans and experts alike are doing their regular evaluation of the schedule and trying to prognosticate wins and losses. Fans are gearing up and starting to figure out exactly where they'll get things like Virginia Tech vs East Carolina football tickets.

Should you evaluate the 2011 Virginia Tech football schedule, you will see a lot of common things as well as some new things we haven’t observed in recent years. In 2011 the Hokies will have their typical ACC adversaries both home and also on the road, including several high profile Thursday night match-ups. But what is absent that we’ve witnessed in recent years is the high profile out-of-conference match-up that always comes at the start of the season.

Recently, Virginia Tech has started the season with a high profile out-of-conference match-up. This is usually a made for Television game that's against a premier challenger that's ranked, and also the game is hyped just about all during the off-season. Virginia Tech has played games such as this against USC, LSU, Alabama, and last year Boise State. While these games produce excellent expectation for the season, and excellent motivation for the team, they have a drawback (well, at least for Virginia Tech) for the reason that Virginia Tech has lost many of them. This puts them in an immediate pit to begin the season.

All of us don’t know if this is intentional or not, however the This year's season doesn't have this type of game. In fact, there isn't any compelling out-of-conference match-up on the schedule at all. On the actual contrary, the actual Hokies start the season with 4 OOC opponents from ‘mid-major’ conferences, including the games against East Carolina, Arkansas State, Marshall, and a Div I-AA team Appalachian State. Despite being I-AA, Appalachian State is a good program who has conpeted for many current national championships.

After those four opening games, the Hokies get into ACC action full swing throughout the season. In 2011, Virginia Tech has home games against Clemson, Miami, Boston College, and North Carolina (UNC). Certainly Virginia Tech vs Clemson tickets will be high in demand. They are on the road within the ACC against Wake Forest, Duke, Georgia Tech, and Virginia. A closer look discloses some interesting findings.

The actual Hokies clearly possess a advantageous ACC schedule. Their toughest opponents are all at home (Clemson, Miami, BC, and UNC). The lower opponents are on the road (Wake, Duke, and UVa). The ACC schedule lines up nicely for the Hokies this year.

Also, given the Hokies will be breaking in a new qb this year (Logan Thomas will take over for graduating Tyrod Taylor), getting 4 mid-major teams to open the season is unquestionably an advantage. This certainly provides the Hokies a chance to break in Thomas before hitting the more difficult ACC schedule.

Lastly, while there is absolutely no big early season OOC match-up, there will be some big Television games with regard to Virginia Tech this year. Specifically, the Hokies will play at Georgia Tech and also at home against UNC in back to back again Thurs night games in November. Virginia Tech versus UNC football tickets will be some of the most nearly impossible to find this year.

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