The Roanoke Times from Roanoke, Virginia • 31

(The Roanoke Times Struggleshow importance ri i CHESTNUT HILL Mass There to have been someone who dashed like this through these parts before Paul Revere maybe? or Michael Vick the football extraordinary has become the expected When was the last time a quarterback went 5 for 7 with an interception a pitch to nobody and two fumbles and still played to rave reviews? When was the last time a Virginia Tech QB ran 82 yards for a touch down it was Bob Schweickert going 96 in 1 962 against Wake orest and the play paled on tlje excitement meter to a non scoring 3p yarder on which Vick did a 360 and hurdled two opponents to set up the go ahead touchdown? I That said Tech needed all 210 yards of the magic legs could muster Saturday against Boston Col lege If a 48 34 triumph taught the Hok its anything it was that if they want to remain on the endangered species list for ranked unbeatens they may have to keep outscoring people Tech rushed for 420 yards Tailback Lee Suggs with 145 rushing yards was a strong as Vick was spectacular How ever the Hokies just put away the Eagles who are 0 2 in the Big East and have a hill to climb to return to the pbstseason BC rushed for 2 13 yards the first to eclipse the 200 yard mark since Tem JACK BOGACZYK K'' 202 in the stunning upset at Lane Stadium two years ago The ifagles did it mostly without their best back Cedric Washington who was iryured in the second quarter Tech also help itself with an uncharacteristic 13 penalties 1 1 In 15 career starts (14 1) the Hokies are averaging more than 43 points per game Defensively Tech is rebuilding and no one should have been surprised that coach Tom step slow offense made it a game I hard to say what the exact thing said Cory Bird terrific strong safety played well really vll at times Then other times they ran the ball on us they tied it up at 14 1 think played better and we got some bad fiield position from the offense Still no excuse I think we responded got to respond all of the 1 1 Lost among the additions to Heisman hopeful highlight reel was goal line stand BC had first and goal at the 1 late in the third quarter It reminded the Hokies of how tSey put themselves in position for a IB game Big East winning streak i stand was a huge uplift to lEJrd said a team run 2 yards lojbi you doing something right We just have to do it all of the 1 1 Defensive line coach Charley Wiles kaid Tech stuffed the Eagles with its package to counter triple tight end jumbo set The Hokies had pven men on the line of scrimmage fck linemen and Bird as tilth three linebackers and one defen sive back 1 1 Early in the game offensive lihe averaging 303 pounds bounced found the front particularly light ends Nathaniel Adibi and Lamar fcobb After getting 62 sacks in 12 Kames last season Tech still is strug Cng to find a pass rush with onlyeven QB takedowns in four games 1 With third ranked loss at Bfississippi State the Hokies figure tojpve up one spot in the polls today At Iko 3 Tech will have climbed eightpots in five weeks Rf This season getting there as Hugh as staying there Of the pre eason Associated Top 25 14 (t'ams have combined for 23 losses jftiat poll is slippery ive other teams 'have lost since entering the rankings during the season IJb got to be a better football Tech coach rank Beamer said think quite obvious we still have a lot of work to O' that or play Vick both ways i4ck Bogaczyk can be reached4981 3124orjackbroanokecom OLYMPICS Sportsunday GAME 5 No 4 Virgnia Tech 48 Boston College 34 What a rush Vick leads A OCTO 1 2000 SECTION 'V 14 3 Statistics notes C3 ground attack with Marion Jones adds a gold medal and a bronze medal in relays to give her five medals in Sydney 014 Sports newsonline or the latest sports news and scores go online at roanokdlmeicom ERIC BRADY THE HOAAiOKE TIMES Michael Vick eludes a diving defender as he did much of the game on the way to the third highest rushing total in Tech history 210 yards By RANDY KING THE ROA SOKE TIMES CHESTNUT HILL Mass or most quarterbacks trying woo Heisman Trophy voters anj abysmal 5 for 1 7 passing ganu for 61 yards with three turny overs would be a campaign killer Of course Michael Vick' like most quarterbacks On a sunny fall afternoon irt which his normal reliable' throwing arm had trouble hit ting the broad side of a Vick resorted to his feet Satur day to kick Boston tail Simply running wild on thq' artificial turf of Alumni Stadiy urn Vick broke loose for 210 rushing yards and three touch uowns io icau fourth ranked Virginia Tech to a 48 34 Big East victory over Boston College Continuing to produce reel of highlight video that isfi most certain to sway numerous Heisman voters his way Vick scored on runs of 82 26 and 1 1J yards as Tech beat BC for fifth straight time and improved to 4 0 2 0 in the league The 210 ground yards on 16 carries is a record for ip Hokies quarterback Bob Sch i weickert was the former owner of the mark 204 yards in It was the third highest rushing total by a Tech player toppedj only by Kenny 223 yards in 1978 vs VMI and Roscoq Coles' 214 in 1976 againsf Tulsa guy does some fantas tic things out Tech coach rank Beamer marveled' love watching the guy He has the ability to ad lib that is just amazing On some plays you believe never get out of there and all of a sudden henp he Like everyone else the Ea gles (2 2 0 2 Big East) fly fast enough to hang witlf Vick PLEASE SEE HOKIESC3 C8 I TTVjHH rr 0i lRr III if MEmb a SRRiijlaitft 7 1 W' ej' MJ (P AC51 xta "jr ci GAME 5 Virginia 27 Wake orest 10 Cavs fight off distractions to win easily Antoine Womack rushes for a career high 180 yards as Virginia rolls up more than 400 yards By DOUG DOUGHTY THE ROANOKE TIMES WINSTON SALEM NC The distractions that made Vir ginia football coach George Welsh leery of a trip to Wake orest were not as overwhelm ing as he had feared The Cavaliers seldom lost focus Saturday night in a 27 10 victory over Wake orest before a Groves Stadium crowd announced at 20151 It was 17th straight victory over the Deacons in a streak dating back to 1983 second season Welsh subsequently has set all of the school and ACC records for coaching victories but criticism on Internet sites and elsewhere prompted ath letic director Terry Holland to try to clarify coaching future last week Holland continued to voice his support for Welsh as late as Saturday night but his earlier use of the words and remained a topic of conversation Welsh mentioned the pos sibility of a distraction in a ri day meeting with Holland but it did not materialize against a Deacons team that ranked 100th or worse among 11'5 Division I A teams in seven sta tistical categories mention it to the Welsh said think there was a distraction I really I thought we came into the game in the right PLEASE SEE IWC2 i i I Wi ASSOCIA TED 'WAS'O Wake orest running back Ovie Mughelli is hunted by Virginia linebacker Yubrenal Isabelle.