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i College OOTBALL THE ROANOKE TIMES SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 19 2004 tA ip 4 A ividrqueb ndgans yen pui on anome crV impressive offensive and defensive display against an outmanned opponent in a 51 0 victory over Akron Next week the Cavaliers take on Syracuse in their last nonconference game PAGE 3 7 51 Zip Unbeaten Cavaliers win big again No 12 Virginia and quarterback Marques Hagans (left) put on another Virginia ilk 1 At MJL 19 ip 1 lI I 1 Wbft3v tfY' IMBk iBf slB KELLY HAHN JOHNSON I The Roanoke Times Quarterback Bryan Randall lunges in for a touchdown to cap off a 30 yard scamper and give Tech a 24 7 lead late in the first half Saturday Randall ran for 93 yards on 12 carries yr) Virginia Tech 41 Duke 17 "V'T mSBp i to jIHL' iimwi jl 1 io TOIhHIk' frat 3l mwfC'U 'HHkSVh BjX jilk TOfcU' wMi wHHMV 1 WrXBK LJMiBk: 1 4 Wf wW rlSPSiUETOiE KJ XJwLTOk saMKlbNSWV kML' 'mHH flu TwSIr 4 toW 1 0 SHkev MvHHn7 A bL39IHa 5 toJ Bk JAl i HB 'BNBhi "tu HB1HB'r 7 nw I 9 "jfl Half HMMaW' 4 jBMBBBB' BSMMHMKgtw4 ite' 'if NEW ERA UNCORKED Certainly the Hokies will find out a whole lot more about themselves next Satur day when North Carolina State (1 1) comes to town for noon ESPN game The Wolf pack will be much more of a test than a Duke programi been kicked around for years at most every ACC football cocktail hour The injury ravaged Blue Devils (0 3 0 1) showed for coming out party1 and promptly got bashed again After Duke hit it with an early shot a trick play re verse that Deon Adams took 28 yards to give the visitors a 7 0 lead eight minutes into the game Tech sobered up and threw the Devils in the mixer The Hokies then hitO the button and pro ceeded to score the next 31 points to put the game on ice? recipe was spiced by a defense that held Dukd! See TECH 5 MORE INSIDE Quarterback Bryan Randall closes in on one of most prized career records 4 Senior wideout Richard Johnson throws a touchdown and catches another 5 By Randy King raridykingroanokecom '981 3126 MATT GENTRY I The Roanoke Times Justin Hamilton leaps into the end zone over Blue Devils defenders to give the Hokies their first score Saturday afternoon Virginia Tech scores 31 straight points to set off the celebration for its first ACC victory only Duke but win reveals answers BLACKSBURG Except for a couple of minor glitches Virginia ACC football party proved to be one happy Hokie hoedown Getting major contribu tions in three phases of the defense and special teams Tech cele brated its foray into the ACC with a thorough 41 17 punish ing of winless Duke in front of 65115 revelers at Lane Sta dium on Saturday afternoon When all the and hollerin had subsided Tech was 2 1 overall and more im portantly 1 0 in the ACC we went out we were like our first ACC game got to make our own impression and let everybody know here and here to Tech linebacker Vince Hall said think we made a little statement today a little something something but we can make a better one next BLACKSBURG History? What history? The empty seats along the upper rim of Lane Stadium on Saturday told you all you needed to know about the true magnitude of this game or all the hype about Vir ginia first game in the ACC for all the talk about the wait being over no changing the fact that Duke is Duke and the big conference games start this coming weekend But even if hard to get excited about the opponent it easy to get excited about the way Tech has played in' its first three games Many of the questions that this team had as it entered the season look a lot less pressing after Saturday's 41 17 victory over the Blue Devils Among the highlights: Bryan Randall The senior quar terback still makes the occasional decision but overall been a solid engine for offense Ran rdall is about a dozen routine comple tions away from becoming the pro all time career leader in total offense typically throwing the ball when he should tucking the ball when he should and running the ball like a star tailback The physical tools are there his over throwing one jeceiver on a deep route Saturday should remove any lingering doubts about his arm strength Josh Hyman Tech coach rank Beamer even threw in a when talking about this freshman receiv performance on Saturday defensive backs were probably thinking the same thing after Hyman got See McARLING 5 Aaron Mcarlingaronmcfarhng 981 3222 JI a 3 1 Kk I 1 fl a 'v if 11 a I 1 I III I ML I 8 II I I 1 I i I I I 1 Jib 4 fc yUf Mi' "fa5ib 8 Inside this section Acc West Virginia finally'f inds a way to beat Maryland in a 16 13 overtime thriller in Morgantown Wr 4 TOP 25 No 14 Auburn scores late to knock off No 5 LSU A VMI Missed opportunities hurt the Keydets in a flfl 16 10 loss to Tennessee Tech in Lexington STATE gets its first win with a victory over Sewanee A fnni ay jh.