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Virginia Tech & Ohio State: Special Teams Breakdown

The least sexiest aspect of football is the special teams but it will also play a vital role in determining whether the Hokies can upset the #1 team in the country this coming Labor Day. It's been well documented for sometime that Beamerball no longer exists and what remains is a conservative approach focused primarily on field position rather than a big punt block or the occasional roughing the punter penalty. This doesn't mean the Hokies special teams unit has completely disappeared in fact in 2014 AJ. Hughes ranked 17th in the country in punt distance averaging a respectable 39.