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a in in COLLEGE ASHEVILLE CITIZEN-TIMES SUNDAY. OCTOBER 1 7, 2004 D2 FOOTBALL Virginia Tech smacks Florida 1 I x. '-4 1 1 I 11 1 f-Pll By Chris Kahn THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BLACKS8URG, Va. Bryan Randall passed for four touchdowns, despite throwing only 14 passes, and Virginia Tech forced five turnovers in a 62-0 defeat of Florida on Saturday. The Hokies (5-2) pounded the undersized Rattlers in the teams' first meeting, providing a painful example of why the Rattlers (2-5) indeed belong in Division I-AA.

The Rattlers, who briefly moved up to Division I-A last season and set their football schedule before moving back down, have lost all four games this year against opponents in the NCAA's top division. Florida plays two more Div. I-A teams this year Florida Atlantic and Florida International Tech's defense and special teams kept the Hokies on the Florida side of the field most of the day. The Hokies started their first four possessions from the Florida 16, 33, 13 and 19 scoring three TDs and a field goal all in the first quarter. Randall was o-for-14 and scored with throws of 16, 10, 20 and 9 yards before sitting out the second half.

Cendric Humes ran for 120 yards and two scores, and Mike Imoh added 42 yards and a TD on the ground. Brandon Pace had field goals of 44 and 32 yards. -f US'el Gene DaltonAHE associated press Virginia Tech receiver Josh Hyman (19) dives into the end zone for a touchdown past Florida defender Sammy Doughty in the second quarter Saturday in Blacksburg, Va. backups that started filtering in failed on fourth down and gave at halftime. They touched mid- up the ball on their own 48.

Flori- 1 field for the first time in the third da drove all the way to the 0 quarter, but on the following play, Tech 1, but failed on three tries to KC FeWTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS Duke quarterback Mike Schneider (7) is brought down by Georgia Tech linebacker Gerris Wilkinson (49) and defensive end Travis Parker (94) late in the second half in Atlanta on Saturday. Georgia Tech won, 24-7. Yellowjackets prove too much for Blue Devils ACC Virginia Tech I Florida Blake Warren mtercepted Ben punch it into the end zone. Dougherty's pass and ran 46 Dougherty finished ii-for-26 See box score on CIO yards for a touchdown. for 62 yards and three lntercep- The Rattlers struggled both The Rattlers got their best tions.

Backup Josh Drisccll was against Tech's starters and the chance to score after the Hokies 8-for-i2 for 77 yards. ACC t. Georgia Tech Duke 7 SunCom WIRELESS By Charles Odum THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ATLANTA P.J. Daniels' first career pass looked like a thing of beauty on the stat sheet "I guess it did wobble a little," Daniels said after throwing a 13-yard touchdown pass to Calvin Johnson to cap Georgia Tech's 24-7 win over Duke Saturday. Daniels, the Atlantic Coast Conference's leading rusher in 2003, ran for 114 yards and a score in the win over Duke, but all the talk after the game was his third-quarter scoring pass.

Daniels said he had never thrown a pass at any level, even youth league football, so everyone was surprised when he ran right on a second-and-8 play from the Duke 13 and suddenly lobbed the ball to Johnson, who was standing alone in the end zone. "It was fun," Daniels said. "The line did a great job of blocking, and coach told me to sell the fake, so I sold the fake. It didn't matter how I threw it as long as he caught it Calvin said it was a good pass." Johnson, a 6-foot-4 freshman See box score on CIO who caught six passes for 92 yards and two touchdowns, said his job was to wait for the Duke defensive back covering him to commit to what appeared to be a running play "and men go for the end zone." Tech quarterback Reggie Ball gave Daniels high marks for his passing efficiency. "It's the first pass he ever threw, and we got a touchdown," Ball said.

"That's not too shabby. He threw it We scored. I loved it." Georgia Tech (4-2, 3-2) earned payback for a 41-17 loss last season at Duke to end the Blue Devils' 30-game losing streak in conference games. "When we're clicking on all cylinders, we can beat anybody in the country," Ball said. Tech won despite losing three turnovers, including two interceptions thrown by Ball, who completed io-of-20 passes for 134 yards and a touchdown.

Unlimited Flat Rate Wireless. (What unlimited calling was supposed to be.) Clemson's skid ends Tigers trounce Utah State Aggies i35 ACC Clemson Utah State By Pete lacobelli THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CLEMSON, S.C. Clemson coach Tommy Bowden wasn't sure what else could go wrong. His team entered the Utah State contest on a four-game losing streak. His defense was struggling without a sack from its front four or an interception from its secondary.

His offense was nonproductive and its leader and star passer, Charlie Whitehurst, misfiring. And now the police car that drove him to the top of Death Valley's famous hill had just gotten clipped by the team bus. "Things didn't start out real well," Bowden said. Luckily, Clemson's running game and defense made sure Bowden had a happy ending Saturday. Reggie Merriweather ran for two of Clemson's four rushing touchdowns and the Tigers See box score on CIO snapped their losing streak with a 35-6 victory over Utah State.

"It was a game we needed at this point in time," Bowden said. They certainly did. The Tigers (2-4) came into the season ranked in the top 25, yet have fallen near the bottom of the Atlantic Coast Conference during their monthlong slide. The team hoped a return home it hadn't played at Death Valley since Sept 11 and a struggling opponent in Utah State (2-5) might be just the thing to revive its fading bowl hopes. And after some first-half struggles, that proved the case as the Aggies lost their third straight game.

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