Sometimes you have a leader on offense that the defense will follow. All players follow Weinke. He's the best one thing we've got going for us now. But it could just as well be Vick, the 19-year old scrambler who could be the first freshman quarterback to lead his team to a national championship since Oklahoma's Jamelle Holieway 14 years ago. Physically, I'll put myself up against anybody in the country at this position.
Comparisons are ludicrous because there are no comparisons.
Weinke is a slow-footed pocket passer. Vick is a pinball Pikachu with 4.3 speed, bouncing off whatever hits him. Their birthdays are 30 days apart but their life experiences are worlds apart. Vick came to Virginia Tech two years ago and redshirted before starting in 1999. Weinke committed to Florida State in 1991 out of St. Paul, Minn., then decided to try baseball.