In 2011, Virginia Tech was really good. They started the season 4-0 and climbed all the way up to #11 in the AP national rankings. Then in week 5, Clemson came into Blacksburg and basically demoralized Virginia Tech on their home field with a suffocating defense. Tech shook off the loss and then rang off seven straight wins and pretty much cruised to the Coastal title, earning a date with the winners of the Atlantic: Clemson.
And in the ACC Championship Game, it was pretty much the same thing all over again, with Clemson’s defense smothering Virginia Tech, with Tajh Boyd throwing fifty touchdowns, running in ten more and making Al Bundy’s legendary high school game seem like Pop Warner. The two losses to Clemson would be Virginia Tech’s only losses* on the season.
*Excluding the bullshit loss to Michigan in the Sugar Bowl that wasn’t really a loss because Danny Coale’s touchdown was good but the crooked fucking refs overturned it, gifting the game to Michigan
In 2012, Virginia Tech wasn’t really that good. But they still played Clemson, and much like the year before, Clemson hung a ton of points on them again in a blowout victory.