The Roanoke Times from Roanoke, Virginia • 27

C0LLyrR4LL Virginia I ecn iy west Virginia 15 BACK TO BASICS A A 1 i special teams carry Tech' with a little help from the running game Virginia Mike Imoh (center)'rushes past West Virginia defenders (from left) Jahmile Addae Eric Wicks andKevin McLee Imoh in his first tailback start carried 30 times for 115 yards MM'1 WKw'T TTZ i i 'A Si L' ''v ae 4 j3 7 pfcsjwqj 4 I 'V? iit jMk vy Xjop' liPTltararr ftTar jHjjk 1 jfc jBk 5w iHk sff Ma WSA1( iWnw vrB wiA Al WkjSSSwswlSL Avr 'f 1Ji i' 2 4 MATT GENTRY I Ths Roanoke Times Imoh cams a place in football spotlight BLACKSBURG He was the footnote in the summer scandal the oh by the way ac complice at the bottom of all the stories about the plight of Virginia Tech quarterback Mar cus Vick Just three weeks ago Tech tailback Mike Imoh was a suspended and forgotten man a lonely vic tim of his own poor judgment But on Saturday a day of great redemption at Lane Stadium it was only fitting that Imoh was in the middle of it all Picking up tough yards on first down Sprint ing through holes on kickoff return Draining a gameclock that never seemed to 3OA J444 want to expire And in the end savoring a 19 13 victory over sixth ranked West Virginia a young Tech fan shouted to his friend as they celebrated near midfield 'after the game anyone seen over there kid Talking to ESPN About football 5:7 a nice change it? Answering Questions about a 30 carry 115 yard perfor mance rather than questions about one bad choice? take back that night at apartment which led to his pleading no con test to contributing to delinquency of a minor and incurring a three game suspension from See McARLING 2 Aaron Mcarling aaronmcfarlmg yroanokecom 981 3222 tel MATT GENTRY I The Roanoke Times i Lwwm iy Tv i 4 'T 3 at k5waBk fAiM 3 's 4 f4 7 KU tf' 3 A Johnathan Lewis (center) grabs onto West Virginia running back Jason Colson and offensive guard Jeff Berk The Hokies held the Mountaineers to 134 yards rushing 142 shy of their average Tech returns to Beamerball to avoid falling below and delivers some payback to sixth ranked West Virginia By Randy King randyklngroanokecom 981 3126 BLACKSBURG Virginia Tech foot ball team have picked a better time to resort to some of its old tricks With its season hanging on the line Satur day afternoon Tech turned to the longt ime calling cards MORE INSIDE of its program suffocating Tech kicker defense and big play special Brandon Pace teams to derail No 6 rebounds West Virginia 19 13 in front of a noisy throng of 65115 witnesses at Lane Stadium man! It was special Tech defen sive end Jim Davis said defense brought the lunch pail Tech coach rank Beamer came out with his trick plays it was just a Beamerball type of Not to mention a season a late miss vs NC State Page 3 wvu watches its dream of a perfect season go kaput Page 3 Coach Beamer's trick turning day for the Hokies scheme leads and a crushing day for the the way to a Mountaineers Instead of crucial block falling below 500 through page3 five games for the first time since 1992 Tech improved to 3 2 and restored its confidence that it can do a lot of damage before this re building season finishes Meanwhile WVU fell to 4 1 and watched its not so unrealistic See TECH 2 iSa lftWi st seO! Inside this section TOP 25 David Greene sets a school record with five touchdown passes to lead Georgia 5 ACC STATE NC State overcomes a two touchdown halftime VMI lets a 21 point lead evaporate and loses 25 24 when Charleston HB deficit to beat Wake orest 27 21 in overtime Southern scores on a two point conversion with 28 seconds left i ft 4 dRr I.