The Roanoke Times from Roanoke, Virginia • 32

Game Bij PAGE C6 THE ROANOKE TIMES WEEK 1: vs GEORGIA TECH When: 8 pm Where: Lane Stadium Television: ESPN2 VIRGINIA TECH OOTBALL SUNDAY AUGUST 27 2000 I DCftRIK ilLvU nUO Yellow Jackets 0 0 SERIESUNE LAST MEETING 4 I A CT A 11 Va Tech lost t0 SU 46 29 Lnvl uftMC Ga Tech lost to Miami 28 13 VATECH1W0DEEP OENSE NO PLAYER HT WT YR lanker 88 Andre Davis 6 1 196 Jr 19 Ernest Wilford 6 5 211 Split end 18 Emmett Johnson 6 3 205 Jr 82 Ron Moody 6 1 196 Left tackle 59 Anthony Lambo 6 3 286 Sr 57 Anthony Davis 6 4 321 So Right tackle 76 Dave Kadela 6 6 287 Sr 58 Matt Wincek 6 5 283 Jr Left guard 69 Matt Lehr 6 2 285 Sr 63 Joe Marchant 6 3 291 Sr Right guard 79 Josh Redding 6 4 305 Sr 74 Luke Owens 6 3 315 So Center 61 Steve DeMasi 6 3 277 Jr 64 Jake Grove 6 3 278 Tight end 93 Browning Wynn 6 3 230 Jr 87 Bob Slowikowski 6 5 246 Jr Quarterback 7 Michael Vick 6 1 212 So 13 Dave Meyer 6 3 201 Sr Tailback 22 Lee Suggs 6 0 206 So 4 Andre Kendrick 5 7 175 Sr ullback 27 Jarrett erguson 5 9 217 Jr 42 Cullen Hawkins 6 0 215 Sr Place kicker 49 Carter Warley 5 11 184 97 Jon Mollerup 5 11 199 So DEENSE NO PLAYER HT WT YR End 83 Nathaniel Adibi 6 3 242 95 Jim Davis 6 4 236 End 28 Lamar Cobb 6 2 224 So 99 Cols Colas 6 0 226 Tackle 94 Chad Beasley 6 5 277 Jr fl 70 Kevin Lewis 6 1 263 Nose tackle 71 David Pugh 6 3 271 Jr 54 Dan Wilkinson 6 1 260 Jr Linebacker 40 Ben Taylor 6 2 226 Jr 45 Benny Wolfe 5 10 203 Sr Linebacker 41 Jake Houseright 6 3 237 Jr 34 Brian Welch 6 0 240 Jr' Linebacker 14 Nick Sorensen 6 3 206 Sr 30 Tee Butler 6 0 201 Sr Rover 16 Cory Bird 5 10 219 Sr 8 Phillip Summers 6 0 204 Sr Cornerback 2 Ronyell Whitaker 5 9 193 So 17 Garnell Wilds 6 0 187 Cornerback 24 Larry Austin 5 9 184 Jr 25 Billy Hardee 5 11 196 So ree safety 35 Willie Pile 6 2 203 So 25 Billy Hardee 5 11 196 So Punter 48 Robert Peaslee 6 0 188 20 Vinnie Burns 5 11 167 HEAD COACH rank Beamer 5THINGST0WATCH BY RANDY KING Game Day Go online at roanoketimescom 1 The opening act of Michael run for the Heisman Trophy The precocious Vir ginia Tech quarterback has a chance to get out of the gates quickly with a huge perfor mance in what will be the only game on the college football menu tonight Of course it helps that crew which absolutely adored Vick last season will be in town to chronicle his every move in the ESPN2 contest Vick who is trying to become the first sophomore to win the award must be salivating to get on the field and do his thing against a young Georgia Tech defense that yielded 30 plus points a game in 1999 tired of all the preseason hype" Vick said ready to get out there and do what I do best play football not pose for magazine covers" BBBBBBBSBbg JMHBMMhMilBR wr BIBbSuBSsS hHHW 3BBtBBiBB AW Mmf wHIHMhSHHk JuZrjREv mi ml 'mB Ml vw rawfc 'jb BbhHL df Ajjt hhmhhbHS mBMhmMHMe 1 HHH SHmK' jmb BBB BBBBBr VBBr BBBBtB BBBBBK Michael Vick dazzled opponents and spectators as a redshirt freshman quarterback leading Virginia Tech to an 11 0 regular season and a slot in the national championship game 2 Virginia Tech's retooled defense Hokies defensive coordinator Bud oster heads into the season with eight new starters on a unit that dominated the national statistics a year ago Although it lost Heisman runner up QB Joe Hamilton and big play receiver Dez White Georgia offense will show the Hokies a ton of formations and plenty of mo tion Jackets offensive coordinator Ralph group led the country in total of fense (509 ypg) and has been held to under 20 points just twice in the past 29 games 3 Virginia totally revamped kicking game The Hokies always known for their stout special teams work enter the opener with a new place kicker (Carter Warley) a new punter '(Bobby Peaslee) a new deep snapper (Ken Keister) and a new holder (Peaslee) Both Warley and Peaslee have confessed there will be some butterflies present as they make their debuts in front of some 56288 fans and a national TV audi ence 4 Virginia Tech tailback Lee Suggs who is making his first college start The Hokies are expecting the redshirt sophomore from Roanoke to be their next great back While Sundays are always big in the house hold the father the Rev Lee Suggs Sr is pastor of Schaffer Memorial Baptist Church this one looms even bigger 5 Lane new video scoreboard The board which towers over the north end of the stadium will be in operation for the first time ans missing a play will be afford ed the chance to catch it on replay Mean while Tech coach rank Beamer is hoping his players will be able to keep their eyes off the big screen and on the game GA TECH TWO DEEP OENSE NO PLAYER HT WT YR Split end 7 Jon Muyres 6 2 199 Sr 9 Kerry Watkins 5 11 186 So Left tackle 65 Chris Brown 6 6 315 Sr 76 Jason Kemble 6 4 299 Jr Left guard 62 Clay Hartley 6 4 280 66 Ray Roberts Blake 6 2 273 So Center 61 David Schmidgall 6 2 275 Sr 67 Hugh Reilly 6 4 275 Right guard 70 Brent Key 6 4 290 Sr 64 Ashley Henderson 6 3 275 So Right tackle 79 John Bennett 6 5 290 72 Dustin Vaitekunas 6 7 314 So Tight end 80 Russell Matvay 6 4 245 Jr 84 Will Heller 6 6 255 So Quarterback 11 George Godsey 6 2 202 Jr 13 Andy Hall 6 1 190 ullback 47 Wilder 6 2 255 Sr 37 Johnathan Jackson 6 2 225 Tailback 35 Joe Bums 5 10 205 So 32 Sean Gregory 6 0 211 Jr lanker 6 Kelly Campbell 5 11 170 Jr 3 Will Glover 5 10 178 So Place kicker 87 Luke Manget 5 9 176 So 15 Philip Newman 5 11 186 So DEENSE NO PLAYER HT WT YR End 55 Greg Gathers 6 1'260 So 97 elipe Claybrooks 6 4 255 Sr Tackle 98 Merrix Watson 6 3 285 Jr 90 Bryan Corhen 6 4 287 Sr Tackle 94 Berwin Echols 6 3 296 So 93 Tony Robinson 6 4 293 Sr End 38 Nick Rogers 6 2 250 Jr 58 red Wright 6 4 250 So Linebacker 43 Ather Brown 6 3 225 51 Daryl Smith 6 2 225 Linebacker 48 Matt Miller 6 4 245 Jr 50 Hobie Holiday 6 3 245 Linebacker 42 Recardo Winbush 6 1 218 So 52 Anthony Lawston 6 3 220 Cornerback 29 Marvious Hester 5 11 170 So 17 Winfred Brown 5 9 168 Cornerback 1 Jamara Clark 5 8 170 Sr 23 Jonathan Cox 5 10 185 Strong safety 33 Chris Young 6 0 207 Jr 31 Sterling 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