After this weekend's 51-7 rout of Georgia Tech, Beamerball looks to be back this season. Virginia Tech's defense and special teams came up big.

Speaking of the D, ESPN took a look at just how good the Virginia Tech Defense has been playing:

- Allowed just 23 points in 1st 4 games.

- 13 straight quarters without allowing a TD until 3rd quarter vs. Georgia Tech.

- Virginia Tech's defense has scored more touchdowns overall than their opponent's offense this season (3-2).

In related news, the Walter Camp National Defensive Player of the Week has been awarded to, the Virginia Tech Defense. It's the first time an entire defensive unit has earned the award.

But for those of you that are superstitious, the Hokies have risen to #3 in the AP poll. Next week they play West Virginia on the road. As I mentioned two weeks ago, there was another time Virginia Tech was #3 and travelling to Morgantown. Let's hope history does not repeat itself.

Personally, I'm a little worried about the offense. I know, they've outscoring opponents 161 to 23, but I think that's a little misleading. Some of that is defensive and special teams scoring, both of which have also set the offense up with relatively short yardage. The O-line is my biggest concern. They don't seem to be protecting the quarterback enough, forcing Marcus Vick to have to get his plays off quickly before they break down. To put things in perspective, the offense has allowed nearly as many sacks as the defense has gotten against their opponents. Tech's "award winning" defense has put up 12 sacks this season for 70 yards, where as the offense has allowed 11 for 69 yards.

On the other hand, if Tech improves their offensive blocking, I think they're unstoppable.