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On Thursday, Hampton High School linebacker Tyrel Wilson became the 14th player to commit to Virginia Tech's recruiting class of 2009. He chose the Hokies over a scholarship offer from Tennessee.

Wilson, who is 6-3, 215-lbs, moved from defensive end to linebacker for this season. That is the position he is being recruited to play at Virginia Tech, according to what Hampton head coach Mike Smith told the Newport News Daily Press.

"He's playing linebacker and that's where he's going to play (at Tech)," Smith told Daily Press writer Norm Wood.

Wilson's father is James Wilson, who played at Tennessee in the 1980's. He finished #3 in Tennessee history in sacks. In the end, Tyrel Wilson decided to be a Hokie rather than attend his father's alma mater. He reportedly also had offers from Penn State, UNC and UVA.

Wilson is ranked the #38 player in the state by TechSideline.com.

Virginia Tech will take their first conference road trip of the season tomorrow when they travel to Chapel Hill to take on North Carolina. If the previous 15 seasons are to be believed, the Hokies have a good shot to win the football game this weekend.

Since Big East round robin play began in 1993, the Hokies are 15-0 in their first conference road game of the season. Granted, many of those wins came against hapless teams such as Rutgers, but 15-0 is 15-0.

Here is a quick look at who Virginia Tech has defeated in their first conference road game of the season, year by year since 1993.

The closest score in there was the 20-16 win at NC State to begin the 2005 season. The Hokies also narrowly knocked off Boston College 12-7 in 1994, beat Miami 27-20 in overtime in 1998, beat BC 28-23 in 2002 and beat Wake 17-10 in 2004. Tech won the other 10 games by double digits.

That's a gaudy record and an impressive margin of victory, but it should also be noted that only six of those 15 teams went on to finish the season with a winning record. Here is how the Hokies fared against those six teams.

While the Hokies' average win in conference road openers comes by 22 points, Tech only beats teams that go on to a winning record by an average of 8.8 points per game. North Carolina is expected to go bowling this year, so we have to expect this game to be a battle, just like past games against Miami, Boston College and NC State.

I'm looking for a tough battle that is similar to the 1998 Miami game, if the Hokies can pull it out. I don't think anyone foresees Virginia Tech running Carolina off their own home field, not this year at least.

The game is obviously huge in the ACC standings. The Hokies are already 1-0, with a win over Georgia Tech. At this point it appears that four teams from the Coastal could challenge for the division title. UNC, Miami, Georgia Tech and Virginia Tech look like the top contenders, while Duke and Virginia will fight it out to not finish last. It will be important for Tech to grab head-to-head victories over as many of those teams as possible.

The Hokies already have a head-to-head win over Georgia Tech, which in effect puts VT two games ahead of GT in the standings. If the two teams tie at the top of the standings, the Hokies would get the nod. That's why it will be important to beat UNC on Saturday. If the Hokies can get out to a 2-0 start in ACC play, and hold the tiebreaker over two other Coastal contenders, their chances of going to the ACC Championship Game increase greatly.

In a year where 6-2 will probably win the Coastal, or at least tie for it, the Hokies would only have to go 4-2 in the ACC down the stretch. They would have to win three home games against Maryland, Duke and UVA, as well as pick up one road win against Boston College, Florida State or Miami. If Tech loses to Carolina, they'd have to go 5-1 against those teams to hit the magic 6-2 mark, as well as win two of three tough road games.