Richmond Times-Dispatch from Richmond, Virginia • 23

3Ucmon5 Shneff-Biffpatd) SECTION TUESDAY JANUARY 2 2001 NFL D2 mm D3 SCOREBOARD D7 Ricky Stokes is toying to get hb HoUes ready for BfcEistpby Backpage Ettor Minina (804)6494445 JbnMpMnmdtapMoini Dominant Tech clamps down on Tigers Dantzler BY MHg HAWW Tnm-DisrATCs Star Wnrm MCMONVUK Fte Th Moat Valuable Player trophy at the Gator Bowl went to Virginia Tech quarterback Michael Vick who definitely had apart in the Ho-Idea1 41-20 whipping of tiemaon yesterday Vick pasaed for 205 yarda and a touchdown and added a touch- down on the ground So NBC which televised the game tabbed him the MVP No disrespect to Vick but NBC might have missed the calL As the 68741 who watched at Alltel Stadium saw defensive line made this game what it was for the Holdea Junior tackle David Pugh introduced himaeif to Oemaon quarterback Woodrow Dantder early He and his linematea stayed with Dantzler and replacement Willie Simmona all day The two were sacked six times the moat QBa have been sacked in a game this aeaaon and pressured countless more times felt we played our best Charley Wiles defensive line coach said We won the line of scrimmage They couldn't run the balL They weren't able to get that established and the key to their attack" Oemaon finished with only 88 rushing SEE TECH PAGE DSfe decision now takes center stage ter Andri Kendrick said in the after-math of Tech's 41-20 Gator baiting of Oemaon I think Til let him tell you what going to do" Hie yesterday Vick said Dec 15 return to Tech for the 2001 campaign He diluted the vow five days ago and repositioned it into the up-in-theair file He did nothing at his latest public forum to clarify the issue realize I have a couple of days to think about some things and make my decision he said want to sit down with my family and come to some kind of conclusion1' There are approximately 50 mil- SEE UPPER PACE DS college football if he chooses and the Hokie Nation will settle for one of i them Maybe Vick will buy into this compromise Maybe take the NFL greenbacks and run Maybe hell long shot stick around to become a senior cocaptain Maybe a whole lot of people who bleed maroon and orange are holding their breath AH we know for sure is the kirfa got 11 days to reveal his final answer Does Michael Vick want to be a millionaire? That's fhe easy part Does Michael Vick want to be a millionaire tomorrow? the toughie think his pretty much second-team tailback bowl-trip roomie and workklaas gabmeis- MCNSONVUK Fta The chant grew in the west stands yesterday and rolled down onto the Alltel Stadium turf like an unfurled prayer more yeuf theaasembled worahipers be-aeeched the Chosen One who wore No 7 and a white head-bind and lugged an MVP trophy toward the exit ramp moreyearT Unselfiah folks theae Virginia Tech rooters Michael Vick has two more aeaaons to give Ssrib Caralna 24 ONsSBtoTj' THE ASSOCIATED HSSS gv MMswOrteans Virginia Tsch guard of victory la Hokioa and of the Gator Bowl i Oh'AMt I MV I 1 Beavers bare teeth Ths Assocuno Pans VM Stats (114) vs ObHko- mUM) i s-7 MHM Mat Ifariaa Was a look at (MMiiiinRVHnnn Ml -Haapali phase am A shssgth has base Mar A t- 'i more than a quartercentury handed the lOth-ranked Fighting Irish their worst bowl defeat since a 408 loss to Nebraska in the 1973 Orange BowL Jonathan Smith the 5-10 former walk-on who was mistaken for the team manager when coach Dennis Erickson first saw him completed 16 of 24 passes for 305 yards and three touchdowns then sat out the final quarter It was one of the most humiliating nighta for BEAVER PAGE D6 TKMK Mi Oregon remarkable rise from pitiful to powerhouse la complete The brash belligerent fifth-ranked Beavers backed up their pregame boasts and then aome last night in a 41-9 rout of Notre Dame in the Fiesta BowL frfflTBiMh Up the absociaied press Oregon State college football's laughingstock for Cavs-Deacons: battle of titans No 8 UVa No 4 Wake Forest off to surprising undefeated starts BY JPT WHTTl Tdmu-Domtcm Staff Warm nament title were No 20 in The Associated preseason poll this year since shot up to No 4 Virginia No 24 in the preaeason poll has climbed to No 8 Its highest position since January 1993 This Is definitely said Pete Gillen the Cavallera' third-year coach this kind of record at this time of year1 Wake coach Dave Odom said Surprise surprise The new year la upon ua and the only ACC teams with perfect records are Wake (11-0) and Virginia (100) They open ACC play tonight in Winston-Salem NC UVAAT WANE TOMYi 7 pm ON TM Mil IV -ms: Radio -WRW(1140) WKLV (1440) When the Atlantic Coast Conference basketball schedule for 200001 was released several punes that figured to match top-10 teams Jumped off the page among them North Carolina at Maryland (Jan 10) Maryland at Duke (Feb 27) and Duke at North Carolina (Much 4) So la thia atallatlc: Wake haa held 18 atralght opponent! to aub-40 percent shooting from the field Virginia enters shooting 495 parent snd has six play-era averaging at least 10 points Clearly But Virginia at Wake Forest? 1 don't think when you looked at the ACC back in September and October have said either team would have The Demon Deacons who caught fire late last season and biased to the National Invitation Tour 5KF UVA JMCK PAGB THE ASSOCIATED men.