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Preview: No. 1 Ohio State at Virginia Tech

When Frank Beamer led his Virginia Tech Hokies into Ohio Stadium last September, not many national pundits gave them much of a chance against Ohio State. Even though the Buckeyes worked their way past Navy's deceptive triple option attack a week earlier without star quarterback Braxton Miller, those on the outside looking in didn't see a scenario where Beamer's gang of Hokies would leave Ohio Stadium and Ohio State's home opener happy, under the lights no less.

Then, it happened.

Beamer and defensive coordinator Bud Foster implemented their vaunted 46 Bear Cover 0 defense, sometimes putting as many as nine Hokies in the box defensively and daring J.