Virginia Tech's 2016 football schedule features 10 Saturday games and 2 Thursday contests, a model which satisfies Whit Babcock's request to the ACC.
"I've not been told anything about a Friday game, I was told last year that we'd like rotate out of that and hopefully we will," Babcock told The Key Play in January. "We put in our annual request to ideally play a Thursday night home, so other than that, right now we're just saying Saturdays and a Thursday night home game. We'll see what the ACC gives us."
| Date | Opponent | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 9/3/2016 | Liberty | Blacksburg, VA |
| 9/10/2016 | vs. Tennessee | Bristol, TN |
| 9/17/2016 | Boston College | Blacksburg, VA |
| 9/24/2016 | East Carolina | Blacksburg, VA |
| 10/8/2016 | at North Carolina | Chapel Hill, NC |
| 10/15/2016 | at Syracuse | Syracuse, NY |
| 10/20/2016 | Miami (Thursday) | Blacksburg, VA |
| 10/27/2016 | at Pittsburgh (Thursday) | Pittsburgh, PA |
| 11/5/2016 | at Duke | Durham, NC |
| 11/12/2016 | Georgia Tech | Blacksburg, VA |
| 11/19/2016 | at Notre Dame | South Bend, IN |
| 11/26/2016 | Virginia | Blacksburg, VA |
| 12/3/2016 | ACC Championship Game | Charlotte, NC |
After an initial glance, the Hokies' slate of games for the upcoming football season seems relatively manageable. However, Tech's past few schedules have appeared more conducive than .500-ish football.
Superficial analysis is as follows:
Snagging Boston College early is an underrated perk.
A bye week for Tech to get their legs back underneath them after what should be physical contests against Tennessee and Boston College is a bonus. Also, consider that North Carolina travels to Tallahassee while Tech will be off. There's a drawback to having the off week four games into the season, but Tech gets a few extra days rest after it travels to Pittsburgh.
There is a Thursday night game in Lane Stadium. That's good. Unless you prefer a Friday night game, then that's bad. (Either way the Thursday night game contains potassium benzoate.)
The Thursday night game is against Miami — one of the premier opponents on Tech's schedule. Tech being able to market Miami as its marquee home game is solid, and the environment in Lane will be juiced. However, if I was in charge of creating the ACC schedule, and I did so in the best interest of Virginia Tech, the Hokies would play Boston College on Thursday night. I would take the implicit exposure of Thursday night's primetime audience, and hedge my bets that Virginia Tech-Miami could draw a timeslot on Saturday better than the de facto noon or noon-thirty for VT-BC to maximize exposure.
Virginia Tech does host Miami on a short week after a visit to Syracuse. Even though it's a long road trip, at least Tech will arrive at the home of one of the ACC's worst programs.
The few days breather before the stretch run of at Duke, Georgia Tech, at Notre Dame and Virginia should be a nice respite.
The complete ACC schedule is also available for your consumption.
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