GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NCAAF: VIRGINIA TECH at GEORGIA TECH

NCAAF: VIRGINIA TECH at GEORGIA TECH

<div class="pre">NCAAF FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
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VIRGINIA TECH (11) 3 14 7 3 27
GEORGIA TECH 3 0 0 0 3 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER: GEORGIA TECH - FG, TRAVIS BELL 24 YD, 5:53.
GEORGIA TECH 3-0
VIRGINIA TECH - FG, JUD DUNLEVY 28 YD, 13:33.
VIRGINIA TECH 3-3
2ND QUARTER: VIRGINIA TECH - TD, SEAN GLENNON 2 YD RUN (JUD
DUNLEVY KICK), 1:08. VIRGINIA
TECH 10-3
VIRGINIA TECH - TD, JUSTIN HARPER 40 YD PASS FROM
SEAN GLENNON (JUD DUNLEVY
KICK), 9:30. VIRGINIA TECH
17-3
3RD QUARTER: VIRGINIA TECH - TD, JOSH MORGAN 71 YD PASS FROM
SEAN GLENNON (JUD DUNLEVY
KICK), 10:38. VIRGINIA TECH
24-3
4TH QUARTER: VIRGINIA TECH - FG, JUD DUNLEVY 28 YD, 2:16.
VIRGINIA TECH 27-3</div>

 

NCAAF: VIRGINIA TECH at GEORGIA TECH

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NCAAF
VIRGINIA TECH (11) 27
GEORGIA TECH 3 FINAL</div>

 

ATLANTA (Ticker) -- You can take away his jersey, but you can'ttake away Sean Glennon's ability to do the job.


Glennon threw for a pair of touchdowns and rushed for another asVirginia Tech kept it's Atlantic Coast Conference title hopesalive with a 27-3 victory over Georgia Tech on Thursday.

Prior to the game, the jerseys of Glennon and cornerbacks KamChancellor and Brandon Flowers were stolen from the Hokies'locker room, forcing them to use old Yellow Jackets' jerseys inthe game. The players colored over the team names with blackmarker, wrote their own names on the back and drew their ownversion of the Nike "swoosh" under the collar to make thejerseys as close to their teammates as possible.


While Chancellor and Flowers had their proper jerseys flown inand changed at halftime, a backup for Glennon could not befound, and he played the entire contest in the old Georgia Techuniform, completing 22-of-32 passes for 295 yards.

The Virginia Tech (7-3, 4-1 ACC Coastal Division) defense forcedfive turnovers and held Georgia Tech (5-4, 2-4) to 13 firstdowns and just two third-down conversions in 11 chances.Cornerback Victor Harris grabbed an interception and recovered afumble, and Flowers set up the Hokies' final score with aninterception with 1:33 left in the third quarter.


The team's traded field goals in the first quarter, with TravisBell putting the Yellow Jackets on top 3-0 with a 24-yard strike9:09 into the game. Virginia Tech responded with a 71/2-minute drive that resulted in Jud Dunlevy's 28-yard fieldgoal and a 3-3 tie.


The Hokies took control in the second quarter, when Glennonrushed two yards up the middle at the 14:15 mark for a 10-3lead.


Glennon's first touchdown pass came with 5:40 left in the firsthalf, a 40-yard strike to Justin Harper which took Virginia Techinto the half with a 17-3 lead.


Yellow Jackets starting quarterback Taylor Bennett was replacedby true freshman Josh Nesbit midway through the third quarter,and the youngster nearly got Georgia Tech back in the game whenhe lofted a pass deep downfield to wide receiver James Johnson,who had no defender within 15 yards and a clear path to the endzone. But Johnson could not come down with an over-the-shouldercatch.


Johnson, who made seven catches for 136 yards, fumbled on theYellow Jackets next possession, and Virginia Tech and Glennonresponded with a 71-yard scoring strike to Josh Morgan to putthe game away.


Bennett finished the contest 11-of-26 for 157 yards and fourinterceptions for Georgia Tech, which was eliminated fromCoastal Division contention with the loss.


The Hokies outgained the Yellow Jackets, 480 to 273, and movedinto a first-place tie in the Coastal Division with in-staterival Virginia (7-2, 4-1).

 

NCAAF: VIRGINIA TECH at GEORGIA TECH

<div class="pre">NCAAF FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
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VIRGINIA TECH (11) 3 14 7 3 27
GEORGIA TECH 3 0 0 0 3 FINAL

GEORGIA TECH-FG, T Bell 24 YD 5:53 1st Qtr
VIRGINIA TECH-FG, J Dunlevy 28 YD 13:33 1st Qtr
VIRGINIA TECH-TD, S Glennon 2 YD RUN (J Dunlevy KICK) 1:08 2nd
Qtr
VIRGINIA TECH-TD, J Harper 40 YD PASS FROM S Glennon (J Dunlevy
KICK) 9:30 2nd Qtr
VIRGINIA TECH-TD, J Morgan 71 YD PASS FROM S Glennon (J Dunlevy
KICK) 10:38 3rd Qtr
VIRGINIA TECH-FG, J Dunlevy 28 YD 2:16 4th Qtr


VIRGINIA TECH GEORGIA TECH
First downs 20 13
Rushed-yards 46-185 26-105
Passing yards 296 166
Sacked-yards lost 6-25 2-23
Return yards 65 41
Passes 22-33-0 12-29-5
Punts 7-47.1 6-42.5
Fumbles-lost 2-1 1-1
Penalties-yards 5-35 4-29
Time of possession 37:25 22:35


Individual Statistics

RUSHING: VIRGINIA TECH-Branden Ore 19-86, Jahre Cheeseman 6-84, Kenny
Lewis Jr. 6-13, Josh Hyman 1-6, Kenneth Jefferson 1-MINUS 1, Sean
Glennon 13-MINUS 3. GEORGIA TECH-Jonathan Dwyer 10-68, Josh Nesbitt
4-32, Jamaal Evans 6-9, - Team 1-MINUS 1, Taylor Bennett 5-MINUS 3.

PASSING: VIRGINIA TECH-Sean Glennon 22-32-296- 0, - Team 0-1-0- 0.
GEORGIA TECH-Taylor Bennett 11-26-157- 4. Josh Nesbitt 1-3-9- 1.

RECEIVING: VIRGINIA TECH-Josh Morgan 6-103, Justin Harper 4-77, Eddie
Royal 2-45, Josh Hyman 4-27, Andre Smith 2-22, Greg Boone 2-14,
Carlton Weatherford 2-8. GEORGIA TECH-James Johnson 7-136, Mike Cox
3-21, Correy Earls 1-9, Jamaal Evans 1-0.


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ATLANTA (Ticker) -- You can take away his jersey, but you can'ttake away Sean Glennon's ability to do the job.


Glennon threw for a pair of touchdowns and rushed for another asVirginia Tech kept it's Atlantic Coast Conference title hopesalive with a 27-3 victory over Georgia Tech on Thursday.

Prior to the game, the jerseys of Glennon and cornerbacks KamChancellor and Brandon Flowers were stolen from the Hokies'locker room, forcing them to use old Yellow Jackets' jerseys inthe game. The players colored over the team names with blackmarker, wrote their own names on the back and drew their ownversion of the Nike "swoosh" under the collar to make thejerseys as close to their teammates as possible.


"We had jersey complications," Virginia Tech coach Frank Beamersaid. "Nothing was going to stop us from coming out andcompeting and playing a great football game against a team Ihave a lot of respect for, a coach I have a lot of respect forand a coaching staff I have a lot of respect for."

While Chancellor and Flowers had their proper jerseys flown inand changed at halftime, a backup for Glennon could not befound, and he played the entire contest in the old Georgia Techuniform, completing 22-of-32 passes for 295 yards.

"He's made some big plays for us and run our football team verywell," Beamer said. "I'm proud of Sean. We just gave him thegame ball in there for being the outstanding player of the game.He's done a nice job."


The Virginia Tech (7-3, 4-1 ACC Coastal Division) defense forcedfive turnovers and held Georgia Tech (5-4, 2-4) to 13 firstdowns and just two third-down conversions in 11 chances.Cornerback Victor Harris grabbed an interception and recovered afumble, and Flowers set up the Hokies' final score with aninterception with 1:33 left in the third quarter.


"They made some plays, every time they got moving on us a littlebit," Beamer said about the defense. "We made some plays, and acouple of them I thought were big-time interceptions. Theyweren't easy interceptions."


The team's traded field goals in the first quarter, with TravisBell putting the Yellow Jackets on top 3-0 with a 24-yard strike9:09 into the game. Virginia Tech responded with a 71/2-minute drive that resulted in Jud Dunlevy's 28-yard fieldgoal and a 3-3 tie.


"Most of them were 3rd-and-1s, 3rd-and-2s," Georgia Tech coachChan Gailey said. "There were some 3rd-and-longs in there, butmost of them were 3rd-and 1s or 3rd-and-2s. They kept the balla great deal, but we had our opportunities to get off thefield."


The Hokies took control in the second quarter, when Glennonrushed two yards up the middle at the 14:15 mark for a 10-3lead.


Glennon's first touchdown pass came with 5:40 left in the firsthalf, a 40-yard strike to Justin Harper which took Virginia Techinto the half with a 17-3 lead.


"I thought he did a good job of just taking what was there,"Gailey said of Glennon. "He didn't try to force anything. Ithink he threw maybe one or two balls deep; that was all. Hedid a good job of throwing the ball underneath and hitting theguys, and they broke a couple of tackles."


Yellow Jackets starting quarterback Taylor Bennett was replacedby true freshman Josh Nesbit midway through the third quarter,and the youngster nearly got Georgia Tech back in the game whenhe lofted a pass deep downfield to wide receiver James Johnson,who had no defender within 15 yards and a clear path to the endzone. But Johnson could not come down with an over-the-shouldercatch.


"Yes," Johnson said when asked if the pass handcuffed him. "Hekind of threw it, it was supposed to be in front of me, but as areceiver it is hard to run like that and really run yourfastest. It was a missed opportunity."


Johnson, who made seven catches for 136 yards, fumbled on theYellow Jackets next possession, and Virginia Tech and Glennonresponded with a 71-yard scoring strike to Josh Morgan to putthe game away.


Bennett finished the contest 11-of-26 for 157 yards and fourinterceptions for Georgia Tech, which was eliminated fromCoastal Division contention with the loss.


The Hokies outgained the Yellow Jackets, 480 to 273, and movedinto a first-place tie in the Coastal Division with in-staterival Virginia (7-2, 4-1).


"I'm really proud of our football team," Beamer said. "I toldthem I wanted to be able to come in here tonight and tell youhow tough-minded we are at Virginia Tech, to come back from aloss like we had last week (to No. 2 Boston College) to beat areally good football team. We weren't going to let it bother us.