BLACKSBURG — Virginia Tech football has a key test awaiting Saturday night when it travels to Clemson, S.C., for the first time since 2012 to play the Clemson Tigers. Three days out from the contest, Hokies head coach James Franklin spoke to the media after practice on Wednesday, Oct. 21. Here are the most noteworthy observations and quotes from the practice and Franklin's subsequent comments:

True freshman Benjamin Eziuka played 46 games.

In a perfect world, Eziuka would have been 6-foot-5. Though he's not — the Canton, Mich. native clocks in at 6-foot-2, 317 pounds, per his HokieSports page — Franklin remarked that "he's got pretty much everything that you're looking for.

Eziuka has played in every game so far this season at least on special teams, though he's only played three games on the O-line. The freshman took 14 snaps against VMI and three against Old Dominion the following week, not taking any snaps on the offensive line for the next four games.…