'BAMA rolls into the GEORGIA Dome to take on "BEAMER Ball" Blacksburg and the HOKIES...McCARRON has a Boot on but YELDON and COOPER do not...Can DB "U" and HOKIES D-Coordinator BUD FOSTER slow down SABAN & Company..."FALL SATURDAY's" TIDE vs HOKIES from ATL #RollTide #BeamerBall

The Alabama Crimson Tide start the 2013 seasons in Atlanta as this will be some sort of home game as they are much closer to ATL than the Virginia Tech Hokies. 'Bama comes in with all the Hype and deservedly so as there is no "Hype" Machine in T-Town it's real when talking about the defending National Champs.

The Hokies come unrated but the talent is all over the roster as Usual for "Defensive Back U" and they have one of the best in lead man Frank Beamer the architect of "Beamer Ball". Can they slow down Bama's Power-I Pro Set coming downhill as there is no where else to go but through you? The Hokies have the talent but it's going to take wits and a football IQ on the move as Bama challenges the mind and your "Valentine".

#1 CRIMSON TIDE vs the HOKIES from the Dirty Bird Cage 404
Saturday August 31, 2013 5:30pm ET

Key Players for ROLL TIDE

QB AJ McCarron
RB TJ Yeldon
WR Amari Cooper
OL Cyrus Kouandjio
OL Anthony Steen
TE Brian Vogler
LB CJ Mosley
LB Trey DePreist
DB Ha Ha Clinton-Dix
DL Ed Stinson
DL Xzavier Dickson

Key Players for HOKIES

QB Logan Thomas
LB Jack Tyler
C Andrew Miller
DL James Gayle
DL Derrick Hopkins
DB Antone Exum
DB Kyle Fuller
DB Kyshoen Jarrett
PK Cody Journell

The Tide are simply loaded as I probably could have just said their first 22 players and that would have been their key players. McCarron is far better than just a game-manager as he ha arrived and Cooper along with Men of Troy WR Marqise Lee are future "Monsters on the Outside" (Top NFL Wide Outs" of the future and one A and one B in the Major College ranks. RB Yeldon is a true-Soph and will be running behind that tough and huge O-Line and the Hokies need to man up up front. Va Tech Backer Jack Tyler is the best Backer in the ACC and the leader of that Hokies D.

The Hokies on Offense with all that change on both sides of the Pigskin get 6'8" QB Logan Thomas back and he might have saved "Beamer Ball" from being the Titanic. Can he gets his Draft Stock up and make enough plays to keep 'Bama off balance and score on them to keep thing close? The Hokies are real young in a lot of areas and if anything this is good barometer to see where they are at for a Program Builder with the young guys.

Winner: 'Bama 30-10

Game Time 5:30pm ET