We've been on the road nearly six hours, three of us packed into the truck's outdated cockpit, racing against the sun's fiery ascent and watching cars scurry past like monochromatic beetles from our throne high above the asphalt.

Modern culture, from literature to television to cinema, has become obsessed with the contemplation of our doom. More specifically, we are infatuated with the conceived idea that a monumental change is coming.

Despite a twenty-five point margin of victory, the actual game told a surprisingly different story. Hokies fans should come away from the first game feeling good, if not overly enthused, about the rest of the season.