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The Hokies have played many MAC teams throughout the Beamer Bowl Era and will welcome Ohio to Lane Stadium on Saturday for the third meeting between the two schools. The Hokies are 2-0 all-time against the Bobcats, winning 37-29 in Blacksburg in 1971, and 53-21 in Athens in 1972. This is expected to be another blowout victory for Tech. Let’s take a look at the other games against MAC opponents during the Beamer Bowl Era. In 1993, the Hokies opened the season at home against Bowling Green. Tech got off to a slow start in the game, trailing 7-0 when Bowling Green returned a fumble 57 yards for a touchdown. VT took a 14-10 lead into halftime. The Hokies came out strong in the 2nd half, scoring on three consecutive possessions. Tech led by the score of 33-10 before Bowling Green scored a touchdown on the final play of the game to make a final margin on 33-16. The Hokies beat the Akron Zips 77-27 in Lane Stadium in 1995. It was the highest scoring game in the history of both Akron and Virginia Tech. The Hokies had 638 yards of total offense as the Hokies ran all over the Zips. Ken Oxendine and Al Clark each ran for over 100 yards, and neither player even started for the Hokies at the time. Virginia Tech traveled to Akron to open the 1996 season, and this game was much different from 1995. Akron came ready to play, while the Hokies left their game back in Blacksburg. VT still managed to pull out a victory, 21-18, behind the running of true freshman Shyrone Stith, but the game was much closer than anyone expected. In the most notorious MAC game in Virginia Tech history, Miami University (of Ohio, not Florida) defeated the Hokies 24-17 in Blacksburg on Homecoming in 1997. Miami blocked two Tech kicks, recovered two fumbles and faked a field goal for a touchdown in the upset. Beamerball was Beamerballed as the Hokies suffered their first loss of the 1997 season. The Hokies opened the 2000 season facing a familiar foe…the Akron Zips. Virginia Tech was breaking in a new defense and the Akron offense put up a lot of yards, but the more talented Hokies easily recorded the victory 52-23. The Hokies put up 549 yards of total offense behind sophomore sensation Michael Vick, who passed for 186 yards and rushed for 102 yards in the win. VT played Western Michigan in the second game of the 2001 season. The Broncos were coming off a 9-3 season, and some expected them to give the Hokies a game. However VT easily dispatched the overmatched MAC West school 31-0. Kevin Jones had ten carries for 75 yards, while the Tech defense held the Broncos to just 166 yards of total offense. In 2002, the Hokies hosted Marshall and All-American quarterback Byron Leftwich. Marshall was looking to establish their name on a national level, but the Hokies would have none of it as they blew out the Thundering Herd 47-21. Lee Suggs and Kevin Jones rushed for over 100 yards in the victory. Leftwich passed for over 400 yards, but much of that came in the fourth quarter after the game was decided. VT traveled to Kalamazoo, Michigan later in the year for a rematch with Western Michigan. VT shut out the Broncos again, this time by the score of 30-0. Tech got off to a tough start, but scored two touchdowns in the final 1:41 of the second quarter to take a 16-0 lead into halftime. Lee Suggs scored on a 28 yard shovel pass and Alex Markogiannakis returned a fumble 25 yards for a touchdown. The Hokies kicked off the 2003 season with a 49-28 victory over Central Florida. VT, normally known for running the football, put on a passing display that day, with Bryan Randall and Marcus Vick combining for 380 yards and four touchdowns. Kevin Jones ran for 83 yards on 22 carries. Tech welcomed Western Michigan back to Lane Stadium in 2004 and shut the Broncos out for the third time in a row, this time to the tune of 63-0. In three games since 2001, Western Michigan has never scored on the Hokies. They came close in 2004, but Jim Davis blocked a field goal attempt to preserve the shutout. VT outscored Western Michigan 124-0 in three games. The MAC has been able to score some noticeable upsets throughout the years, but only once in the Beamer Bowl Era has that come against the Hokies. Tech's record against MAC teams in the Beamer Bowl Era is 9-1, with an aggregate score of 420-157 (an average of 42-16). | |||||||||||||
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With
two important in-conference road victories secured, the Hokies return to
the friendly confines of Lane Stadium this week to meet the Ohio Bobcats
out of the MAC. The Bobcats are coming off their own impressive home
opener with a hard fought victory last week over the Pittsburgh Panthers
in overtime.
6-3,
205-pound Holy Spirit (Absecon, N.J.) star Zach Luckett will make his
first official visit this weekend. It may be the most important and,
possibly, the only official visit he takes in his recruiting process.
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The
fourth-ranked Virginia Tech Hokies look to move to 3-0 on the season when
they host the Ohio Bobcats on Saturday afternoon in Lane Stadium. The
Hokies are coming off a 45-0 rout of the Duke Blue Devils in Durham, while
the Bobcats are sky high after knocking off defending Big East Champion
Pitt 16-10 on Friday night.
A
noon kickoff, sunny skies, and a small, cozy stadium ... the perfect setup
for some killer game photos. TSL brings you 50 great photos from Virginia
Tech's visit to Duke, a 45-0 win for the Hokies. See all of the Tech
touchdowns, plus the first pics anywhere of Branden Ore, George Bell,
Macho Harris, Jeremy Gilchrist, and Cory Holt (at right) in action.
Monday
night’s Hokie Hotline featured athletic director Jim Weaver, defensive
coordinator Bud Foster and head coach Frank Beamer. Weaver gave more
details about West side expansion delays, Foster talked about the
defensive performance against Duke, and Beamer discussed a variety of
subjects.
With
the fans looking closely for a letdown, the Hokies played hard, set a
defensive record in holding Duke to 35 yards, and opened up the offense a
little bit in coasting to a 45-0 victory. Two games into the season, the
Hokies are evolving and progressing in their drive for their second
straight ACC championship.
These
pictures, taken Sunday, September 11th by message board poster HokieDevil,
show the continued progress on expansion. The exterior of the expansion
has made great strides since our last photo gallery, and lights have been
installed on the East stands. For more of HokieDevil's documentation of
West side expansion, see 
Last
week’s Virginia Tech – N.C. State game went basically as predicted
with the game tied 13-13 going into the fourth quarter and the outcome
decided by a big touchdown pass from Marcus Vick to David Clowney. The
fake punt was a surprise and Brandon Pace missed a late field goal, or my
prediction would have been right on the nose.
Before
addressing the Duke game, I want to take a brief look back at the N.C.
State game and how the critical match-ups identified helped determine the
outcome of the game. Last week’s game with N.C. State had a number of
intriguing match-ups to watch. I identified three key areas that I
believed to be critical to the outcome in the game: (1) the pass rush and
penetration off the edge (from the defensive ends); (2) using slot
receivers (the inside receiver in a two-wide formation) and tight ends
over the middle; and (3) the vertical passing game. In retrospect, all
three aspects were clearly part of the game plan for each of the teams.