Surging Vanderbilt meets skidding Virginia Tech

(Photo credit: Mark Zaleski / The Tennessean / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)In four years as coach at James Madison, Mark Byington never had an opportunity to take on in-state foe Virginia Tech.

But now in his first year at Vanderbilt, Byington gets that chance by way of the SEC/ACC Challenge, as the Commodores face the Hokies on Wednesday in Blacksburg, Va.

While Byington and Vanderbilt (7-1) are off to the scho