AND WE'RE BACK IN THE GAME!

That's right, the Virginia Tech Hokie football team is ranked 23rd in both the AP and Coach's Polls. Holy balls.

How did this happen? Did anyone think we'd be here a month ago? Who scores 49 points in the first half??

No matter. Through a combination of comebacks and shitty games, Tech is back in the Top 25.

If it helps, do you know who's still NOT ranked? JMU.

...that helps a lot, actually.

We beat CMU.  They suck.  Now we play Wake Forest.  They suck too, but they are in the ACC, so it actually counts for something.  And it's homecoming.  I think this calls for one of the best Kanye songs out there:

So good.  Anyways, onto the predictions!

An abbreviated preview this week. Here's a list of things that are stupid:

• Going to grad school
• Quarters
• Finals
• Finals that end at 9pm the Friday before Homecoming

So apologies all-around. The comments are the fun part anyways.

Jump...

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Do we overuse this picture? Yeah, overuse like a fox!

With basketball season right around the corner, one-time contributor B-Dubs makes his triumphant return in this year's basketball preview. By "this year" we mean "our first ever." Enjoy.

THIS JUST IN! Virginia Tech to become a basketball school!

...Well, not entirely. Though lord knows, Seth Greenberg sure wants it that way.  Listen, we all know how devastating our snub from the NCAA tournament was last year, but it was surely a step in the right direction.  With the added strength to our out of conference schedule, if we perform up to expectations, we should see the big dance in March.  So while that part is in place, how are the Hokies doing on the recruiting trail?

The answers are jump-tastic...

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That was fun.  Feels good to basically not shit my pants through an entire game.  Let's keep this up Hokies.

Short one today, because come on, it's CMU.

- Tyrod was great.  Again.

- Darren Evans is back.  He had a good game and can be relied upon to carry the ball into the end zone.  Thank heavens.

- Greg Nosal is a beast.  Just one of our unsung players who have more of a commitment to the team than their own appendages.  Well most appendages.

- We went with a 0% 3rd down conversion scheme.  Good move on that one, guys.   Ugh.

- We gave them 21 points.  The first TD was earned, the second, not so much, but I am completely discounting the third one, because they scored it with 1:22 left in the game, and I'm pretty sure I saw CGally on the defensive line.  Right next to DiP.  Just like here on the NEZ, we clearly were not playing our first line guys.

- We have reestablished that CMU is a shit school with a shit football program.  And all of you CMU alums can thank OkieChippewa and FireUpChips for my sentiment.  They ruined your school for me.

- In a related note, if those two brazen asshats would like to argue how their team still should not be considered a cupcake or how they can beat us in wrasslin', we are all ears.

- Good game Hokies.  We put CMU in their place.  It was a good off-week.  But now we resume ACC football next week against Wake.  Back to schools that actually matter.

We here are The North End Zone like to think of ourselves as experts on what makes a person badass. Not that we're badasses ourselves or anything. We just know it when we see it.

So on the mantle next to Sig Hansen, Steve McQueen, and Cody Grimm now sits Greg Nosal.

Per the Richmond Times:

At some point in the game, Nosal got one of his pinky fingers caught between two helmets. The tip of the finger was severed – from the middle of the fingernail up. Tech’s medical staff found that piece inside Nosal’s glove.

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Despite the horrific injury, Nosal wanted to go back into the game. The medical staff put a dressing and cast on the finger and gave Nosal some pain medicine.

As for the tip of his finger, it was wrapped in gauze and put on ice, to keep the tissue fresh, until the end of the third quarter, when trainers told Nosal he had to go back into the locker room and get the thing sewn on.

Sweet. Jesus. Hat is off to you, good sir.

Please hold your nicknames for the Thursday preview.

It's finally here.  The date that we at The North End Zone circled on our calendars at the beginning of the season.

CM Fuckin' U.

Pictured, actual Central Michigan linebacker.

Post-comeback hangover? Hardly. All the reasons Tech wins and Central Michigan remains irrelevant, after the jump...

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This should be the last week I post the Zombie Kill. We'd like to welcome D_w to the NEZ writing staff. We'll have a formal ceremony after he actually posts something.

For now, onto the ZKotW:

I think it's time to find a nickname for Mr. Morgan...

Never underestimate the power of MS Paint.