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Bleacher Report: Virginia Tech's Early Season Losses Mire Taylor's Heisman Campaign

“What if…” scenarios are some of the most obnoxious things in sports, but they do present interesting discussions. Questions such as, “What if Boise State were in the SEC?” or “What if college football had a playoff system?” flood conversations across the country, no matter how irrelevant they are. After the Georgia Tech game—the Hokies’ seventh straight win—the hypothetical question beginning to appear when talking about the Hokies is “If Virginia Tech didn’t lose to James Madison, where would Tyrod Taylor be in this year’s Heisman race?” Taylor’s numbers on Thursday night weren’t dazzling: 15-for-25, 137 yards (57 added on ...

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