The Roanoke Times from Roanoke, Virginia • 25

0TR4LL THE ROANOKE TIMES SUNDAY OCTOBER 10 2004 vr) Virginia Tech 17 Wake orest 10 "JI) Virginia Tech running back Mike Imoh dives in for the winning score with 2:10 remaining at Wake Groves Stadium on Saturday Hokies quarterback Bryan Randall orchestrated the 78 yard drive Hokies find fiew identity guess it was See TECH 2 Inside this section WINSTON SALEM NC The Vir ginia Tech football team made its first tripas an ACC member to Tobacco Road on Saturday afternoon The Hokies simply refused to get smoked Leaving Wake orest as the one in need of curing Tech rode a 78 yaid touchdown drive engineered by quarterback Bryan Randall to take the lead then watched its rlnfnncA hnlri ife errin nn thr cr imo in thn fi IIO1U S1W mv ll By Randy King randykmgroanokecom 981 3126 ARMY ENDS SKID Bobby Ross gets his first win at West Point as the Cadets end a 19 game losing streak with a victory over Cincinnati MATT GENTRY I The Roanoke Times Wide receiver Jason Anderson (80) cannot come up with a touchdown Catch on Wake last drive Tech coach rank Beamer said the offense took the ball down the field to score then the defense came up with a couple of plays and kept them out of the end zone Wc got it done on both sides when it really counted and that makes you feel good about this While defense and special teams fueled 19 13 victory over then No 6 West Virginia last Saturday the sporadic offense contributed this time Coming to life when it needed to most the Hokies' offense trotted onto the field with 6:08 to play with the game deadlocked 10 10 Picking a perfect time to orchestrate the first fourth quarter game winning drive in fc I1 if Aaron ytMcarling maronncfarlingroanokecom fef 981 3222 down and running the ball and making UPSETS RULE IN ACC I SOONERS BLANK LONGHORNS Georgia Tech knocks off No 23 Maryland Oklahoma shuts down Texas and Adrian agd North Carolina surprises North Carolina Peterson rushes for more than 200 yards to Jjjtate lorida State avoids the upset bug 1 lead the No 2 Sooners over the No 5 with a narrow win over Syracuse Longhorns for the fifth straight time SAVING BEST OR LAST QB Randall leads winning drive Tech defense makes final stand WINSTON SALM NC noth ing in the student athlete handbook that says season changing wins have to come on nation al television or in a hostile environment or under the lights against a hated rival followingyeek full of hype A On Saturday one came when few were I rv It 1 wcuviuiig in dir utiiciwiac routine afternoon game on a campus that care much for football It came in front of a split crowd in a tiny stadium the backdrop of a small time bowl game But there was nothing small time about Virginia 17 10 win over Wake orest on Saturday and the Hokies know it What did they gain? Their fnitrfb xxrin nf thn CAncnn jjeir first ACC road win A second straight yjftdry by a touchdown or less One huge step toward a 12th straight bowl game What did they lose? Their old identity TSame old Tech everyone would have said mid the Hokies lost win the close one keep the momentum going after a big wn Buckle up now assuming still on pie bandwagon for another mediocre See MCARLING 2 i his Tech career Randall guided the Hokies on a 10 play 78 yard trip to the Wake end zone Alter hitting tight end Jen King tor a 24 yard pass to get his club moving Ran dall converted a third and seven with 12 yard scamper to the Wake 37 then ripped oil runs pt 12 and 21 yards on two of 'the next three snaps as i ecu penetrated to the tana OJ my Deacons 11 Two plays lat driVC pulling it er tailback Mike Imoh who fin nal seconds to post a hard earned 17 10 ished with 100 victory at Groves Stadium yards rushing on the very end the players made 29 carries busted dll 1IIS1UU 11U11UUL1 V'" oursiae imun I made a defender SOIlie pluyS miss then stretched his way QB Bryan Randall over the goal line Tech last drive for a game deciding 7 yard touchdown run with 2:10 left "I guess it was kind of my drive pulling it down and running the ball and making some plays" Randall said just knew that we needed to make something happen and put some points on the board for our defense MSI JES 1 Ml i LOLLffiiM Vr KMHSSIWffl Daft i JLO sanHXI thm wE mf jfr 4 1 rri wtii Tin iwnii anr i i iiiTii Tfmdiif nrTWTrti tirTT i frir nm iir ir inTiiittnir" MATT GENTRY I The Ro (L 1 I 'ir 'i) I StX ts 4 Jj I 1 A i A A 1 II Bi S' i7 'i Vrr 1 i A' I.