Virginia Tech

The Virginia Tech Hokies entered the 2008 season after an 11–3 overall 2007 record that included a win in the 2007 ACC Championship Game and a season-ending loss to the Kansas Jayhawks in the 2008 Orange Bowl.[23] Although the Hokies won the ACC for the second time in less than four years, fans and analysts anticipated Virginia Tech would spend 2008 rebuilding a team that saw 12 starters graduate or enter the National Football League (NFL) Draft.[24] Though picked in a preseason poll to win the Coastal Division of the ACC,[25] the Hokies were upset in their season opener by East Carolina University.[26]

Following the loss, Virginia Tech head coach Frank Beamer announced that backup quarterback Tyrod Taylor, who had previously been expected to redshirt and sit out the season, would play in the Hokies' second game, against Furman.[27] Both Taylor and Sean Glennon performed well against Furman, and Tech won, 24–7.[28] Tech's third game of the season came against the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, who were debuting a new offensive system—the wishbone—under first-year head coach Paul Johnson. Unlike the game against Furman, Taylor started the game and remained at quarterback throughout, guiding the Hokies to their first ACC victory of the season, a 20–17 win that later gave Tech a crucial head-to-head tiebreaker against the Yellow Jackets, fellow members of the Coastal Division.[29] The Hokies' fourth game of the season came against the North Carolina Tar Heels, who were defeated by the same margin of victory as Tech's win against Georgia Tech, 20–17.

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