Ryan. Williams. Is. Awesome.

I attended the Virginia Tech beatdown of the North Carolina State Wolfpack on Saturday, and I got to witness a lot of spectacular plays: Tyrod Taylor tossing a completion while falling backwards to the ground with three defenders hanging off him; Cody Grimm forcing three fumbles by NC State on their first four plays; and Jarrett Boykin making a beautiful diving catch in the end zone for a 38-yard TD. But nothing could match Ryan Williams' third quarter run where he literally dragged an NC State defender ten yards into the end zone. Williams is the sort of special player who just doesn't come along very often. Almost every time he touches the ball, he makes big things happen. And to think: he is only a Freshman. Alas, he probably will not be around for three more years; the big money of the NFL will call him away. But man, it surely is wonderful to be here to see him while the Hokies have him on the roster.

College Football: Where Fortunes Quickly Change

The Hokies are now ranked No. 6, higher than any other team with one loss.  After the Alabama loss, I would never have thought that Tech had any chance to be mentioned in the same breath as "national championship."  And after the horrible showing against Nebraska, where only Tyrod Taylor's heroics in the waning seconds prevented another loss, I wondered whether we were looking at a 4 or 5 loss season.  But fortunes change quickly in the world of college football.  The Hokies are looking good today, but a loss anywhere else on the schedule will put a quick end to national championship talk, swinging the pendulum back in the other direction.

One more thought:  where else on the web do you get comments about college football and nuclear proliferation on the same page?