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Virginia Tech was a young and inexperienced team in 2008, but they could possibly be contenders for this season's national championship. With an experienced and polished Tyrod Taylor leading the offense, there is little doubt in my mind that this will be Tech's greatest season since Michael Vick was the team's QB. With a little luck, the team could easily find their way into the national championship hunt, but will unlikely finish the season higher than second place.
Running a simulation using NCAA Football 2010 (Electronic Arts) on the Sony PS3, Virginia Tech ended up with a 12-1 record, including an ACC Championship win and an invite to the Orange Bowl. Their one loss in the simulation was to Alabama, which I believe they will win in real life. Although I predict Virginia Tech to make it to the national championship along with Florida, their win streak will end there. Florida will pull off the win with their bench depth and championship experience.
The two primary keys to Virginia Tech success are Tyrod Taylor at QB and Darren Evans at tailback. The Virginia Tech Hokies will open the 2009 season with an upset win over Alabama, which will set the tone for a magical season. If Frank Beamer's special teams and Bud Foster's defense perform the way they have for the past decade and a half, the Hokies will be the strongest team in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). This will be the first season in several years where Virginia Tech will field a strong and competent offense. Tyrod Taylor will need to remain healthy for the entire season for the offense to hold together.
As a side note, another national championship appearance by Frank Beamer will certainly secure his place as a legend of college coaching. Beamer's only appearance in a national championship was in the 1999 season when Michael Vick led the Hokies in an unfortunate loss against Florida State. I am predicting another national championship loss for the Hokies a decade later, but with a little luck and magic, we might be watching a true Cinderella story with the Hokies this season.
Here are my predictions for Virginia Tech's season:
Vs. Alabama
W 28-21
Marshall
W 35-7
Nebraska
W 21-7
Miami
W 28-17
At Duke
W 48-14
Boston College
W 17-13
At Georgia Tech
W 24-17
North Carolina
W 28-14
At East Carolina
W 21-14
At Maryland
W 35-13
NC State
W 28-17
At Virginia
W 35-13
ACC Championship (vs. FSU)
W 28-27
National Championship (vs. Florida)
L 21-45
from: Nicks Weblog
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Lloyd Banks gives some details on his new upcoming single featuring Juelz Santana to MTV:
“I’m just starting back. I’ve been so focused with taking over the street and people hearing me back on that market — so when I come with the official records, they’ll appreciate it more. ‘Beamer, Benz or Bentley,’ It’s a club record, party record, car record. It’s a lot of energy and something new. It’s a sound that ain’t out there right now.”
Let’s go Banko! 3rd album is due this Summer.
Hallo meine Familie und Freunden!
Today is my last P-day at the MTC! I leave fly out this Tuesday morning. I have a four hour layover in the JFK airport. I think I get a phone call home but I’m not sure how that works. But I’ll find out. It will be between 3:00 and 7:00 East coast time. I am the flight leader of 2 people, so it’s me and another elder that is serving in Berlin that are flying together.
I am still doing great and loving life here at the MTC. Last Saturday I got my haircut for free. Unfortunately it is a little bit too reminiscent of my “Ramona the Pest” days. It’s not my favorite and it’s definitely shorter, but I’m making it look cute. I don’t know how to upload pictures on these computers so you’ll all just have to wait with anticipation.
Yesterday I got 4 shots to get ready to leave. Two in each arm and today my arms are super sore. I was so dizzy afterwards, but they gave me orange juice and ate my first cookie from the MTC. My companions and I also went to the “Enhancement Class” where they give you a basic makeover and $200 of free Nuskin products. I don’t believe it was really $200 worth, but I am grateful for any free stuff, especially makeup.
Aunt Carol asked me if I noticed the haze outside, but to be honest, I only look at the sky on Sundays and Fridays when I go to the temple, otherwise I would never know what the weather was like.
Everytime I’ve gone to the temple, I have seen someone I know, but not on purpose. Last week I saw Lisa Jensen who I had a German class with who is also going to serve in Berlin but doesn’t report until February. Then on Sunday I ran into some of my parents’ friends they knew back when they were recently married I think. They were the Petersons. She recognized me first and said, “You look like a Singer!”
Plus my nametag gave it away. I knew she looked familiar from Christmas card pictures!
I have found my voice here at the MTC! Singing and Music and the Spoken Word are our outlets for music, so I sing louder and prouder than I ever have before and I love it. Last week we had to laugh because the first two songs in Music and the Spoken Word were “Ain’t Gonna Study No More” and “Going Home”. And last week the closing song was “Somewhere Out There”. Ironic for missionaries at the MTC huh? But not to worry, those thoughts are far from my mind and I haven’t been homesick at all yet. Sister Smith has a beautiful voice and sings all the time and when we do service together we sing songs from the movie Prince of Egypt. I love it.
I am so happy! I am also grateful to be completely over my cold/sickness, whatever it was that I had last week.
On Sunday Susan Easton Black came and spoke to us and basically gave us a history lesson about Joseph Smith’s life. Elder Singer managed to sit right behind me and commentate whenever he had something funny to say. When Elder Singer says the Joseph Smith movie was “touching”, that he means he was crying afterwards. On Tuesday we had a great devotional from Elder David F. Evans about the importance of the Book of Mormon. It really made me love the Book of Mormon even more. Elder Oaks once said, “We read the Book of Mormon over and over again, not because the it changes, but because we change.” I absolutely believe this because there have been so many more scriptures that stand out to me from a missionary perspective.
Another thing that I love to do here is make outbound calls from the Referral Center. This is great opportunity to talk to real people versus practice investigators. We call them up to confirm an order they made of a Book of Mormon or some kind of church media. Then we talk to them about the church. I got a lot of answering machines, but I did get two people to accept a visit from the missionaries which made it all worth it.
I have also rediscovered Romans chapter 8! This is a great chapter in the Bible, especially from a missionary perspective. I can’t remember if I wrote about this last time, so sorry if I did but we have 3 elders in my branch here from mainland China. They are in my district (one is actually serving in Houston Mandarin speaking) even with their broken English, you can feel the Spirit so strong and know that they have testimonies of this gospel. That has given me great comfort about my own German speaking abilities. Even though I have imperfect German, the Spirit testifies of truth! I have also learned a lot more about faith. Miracles are wrought by faith (Moroni 7:35-37) and the Lord will bless me according to my faith. I want to be a missionary that does not limit what the Lord can do for me based on my lack of faith, trust on confidence in Him!
I love you all! Thanks so much for your letters, DearElders, love and support!
Love, Sister Singer
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