Intro and welcome back to the 2012 SB Nation college football countdown today's team number 18 Virginia Tech Frank Beamer's hes have won at least 10 games in a season for eight straight years now the Offense big story for 2012 is can they keep that streak going with a rebuilt offense with nine returning starters the Virginia Tech defense should be as salty as ever but on the offensive side it's Logan Thomas and not much else Thomas is a Star Quarterback an absolute bull but he is without four starting offensive linemen his top two receiving targets and his top two running backs from 2011 the big number 22 that's the total RBs number of career carries for returning Virginia Tech running backs Tech has become a bit of a running backs Factory in recent years but they're replacing last year's star David Wilson with a red shirt freshman Michael Holmes you can win with youth but counting on doing so is typically a pretty bad idea the big Final Thoughts game comes when Florida State visits blackburg on November 8th if we're talking about the division race then perhaps games versus North Carolina and Georgia Tech are more important but Florida State on a Thursday night on ESPN will Define Virginia Tech season good or bad a win could either save an iffy season or Define another great season for Virginia Tech this has been your 2012 Virginia Tech football preview stay tuned to ESP Nation for more