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The Atlantic Coast Conference released the game times and TV schedules for games played the weekend of Oct. 17. Among the games is the Virginia Tech vs. Boston College game at Lane Stadium in Blacksburg, Va. The No. 6 ranked Hokies will host the Boston College Eagles at noon EDT, and the game will be televised on Raycom.

See the complete schedule of kickoff times and TV schedules at TheACC.com.

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Virginia Tech freshman running back Ryan Williams scores a touchdown in the Hokies’ 31-7 win over Miami.

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So much for the “swagger” being back at the “U”. Or, perhaps it just didn’t make the trip to Blacksburg with the No. 9 ranked Miami Hurricanes. All of the “experts” on ESPN picked the Canes in the day’s only matchup between top 25 teams. No one seemed to think the Hokies could beat a Miami team with a pair of impressive and dominant wins over ranked teams. That was just fine with the Virginia Tech players.

The Hokies dominated Miami today, with the exception of Miami’s opening drive in the second half, which led to their only points of the game. Other than that, Virginia Tech dominated. On offense. On defense. On special teams. All-World redshirt freshman running back Ryan Williams led the Hokies with 150 rushing on 34 carries and a pair of touchdowns.

Williams, who has been named the Atlantic Coast Conference’s Rookie of the Week twice this season, has eight TDs in the first four games of the season and is on pace to destroy the freshman record (11) set by Darren Evans just last season. Williams, the ACC’s leading rusher and scorer, was a work horse against Miami and seemed to get stronger as the game went on.

“I’m impressed with that guy,” said Virginia Tech head coach Frank Beamer of Williams. “He runs hard. He can make a guy miss. He’s got speed, and he hurts those guys when he’s running. I like watching him.”

The offense as a whole played its best game of the season. The offensive line created gaping holes for Tech’s running backs and gave Tyrod Taylor plenty of time the few times the Hokies attempted a pass. Taylor made excellent decisions in the game. Though he only attempted nine passes, he connected on four of them and had one dropped. Considering the weather conditions, it’s not surprising the Hokies kept the ball on the ground. And why pass when your running game is grinding out an average of five yards per play?

From a coaching perspective, I have to give offensive coordinator Bryan Stinespring a lot of credit for calling a good game. There was a good mixture of inside/outside runs; enough passes to keep the Canes honest; and a perfectly executed shovel pass. It was probably the best called game by Stinespring in a couple of seasons against a quality opponent.

The Hokies opened the scoring after Tech strong safety Dorian Porch sacked Miami QB Jacory Harris forcing a fumble, which Porched recovered. The Hokies needed just four plays before Williams punched it in for the game’s first touchdown giving Tech a 7-0 lead.

Virginia Tech scored again on its next possession capping a seven-play, 89-yard drive with a 48-yard touchdown pass to a wide open Jarrett Boykin. The Hokies went up 14-0.

The Hokies third score of the first half came in the second quarter on the team’s first blocked punt of the season. Miami was punting deep in their own end when Jacob Sykes came clean off the edge to block the punt, which rolled to near the goal line. Matt Reidy picked it up at the one and stepped into the end zone for the touchdown – 21-0 Virginia Tech at the half.

The second half didn’t start well for the Hokies. Miami came out fired up returning the second half kick off 55 yards to the Tech 46. From there, the Canes methodically knifed through Tech’s defense and in just five plays they marched into the end zone to cut the Tech lead to 21-7.

The Canes marched down the field again on their second possession of the third quarter, but tight end Jimmy Graham dropped two passes to stall the drive deep in Tech territory. Miami went for it on fourth down, but Tech’s defense stepped up and stopped Miami.

Tech added a field goal on its next possession, which ran off nearly five minutes from the clock. That gave the defense time to regroup, rest and then come out to shut Miami down the rest of the way.

The Hokies scored their final touchdown of the game early in the fourth quarter after Rashad Carmichael intercepted a Jacory Harris pass and returned it to Miami’s 25 yard line. Five plays later Williams ran it in for his second TD of the game.

Some injury notes: Sergio Render is a warrior. The guy left the game twice with apparent shoulder injuries but came back each time, fighting through the pain to protect Taylor. Also, Blake DeChristopher left the game with an ankle injury – not sure how serious the injury is, but we’ll know more on Thursday when the injury reports come out.

Alright, that’s all for now. I’ll have more tomorrow, including video highlights. A great win for the Hokies. And more importantly, it’s the second straight nationally televised game in which we won a big game against a good team. [Updated] With losses by No. 4 Ole Miss, No. 5 Penn State, No. 6 California and No. 9 Miami, expect the Hokies to move back into the top 10 – they could conceivably move up to No. 7.

Read the HokieSports.com recap.

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There’s a cool site that lets you create your own Hokie trading card for free. I made one of me and my son with a picture of us at last year’s Georgia Tech game. Make yours at www.vt.edu/all-americans.

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Things aren’t going well for the Hokies at the running back position for the Virginia Tech Hokies. Both ESPN and TechSideline.com reported that Ryan Williams is now the No. 1 RB for the Hokies because of Josh Oglesby has a bad hamstring and heel infection. David Wilson has missed the last week with a bad shoulder, but he should be back in time for the start of the season.

At a recent Hokie Alumni golf tournament, Mike Burnop talked about how Ryan Williams missed the first summer session and then came into summer camp out of shape and overweight. But, Billy Hite says he has regained his conditioning and dropped weight and even if Darren Evans was healthy, Williams would be competing for the top RB spot. Let’s hope he can play up to his potential.

In other news, Logan Thomas, who was reported to have already been declared a redshirt this season by a Lynchburg newspaper, is still apparently battling Ju-Ju Clayton for the backup QB spot. Stay tuned.

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Virginia Tech offensive lineman Sergio Render in on the 2009 Outland Trophy preseason watch list. Render ( 6-3, 308 pounds) enters the 2009 season as a three year starter and the leader of what looks to be a much-improved offensive line. Render is one of those rare players who has basically started every game since his freshman season. In three years he has 39 starts, making him the unquestioned veteran leader of the this unit.

His senior season, however, will not be without its challenges. For starters, he moves from right guard to left guard this season, presumably to protect the Hokies’ only viable quarterback Tyrod Taylor’s blind side. Render missed all of the spring practice season after shoulder surgery, but was back in time for the start of the fall practice session.

Three other ACC players made the Football Writers Association of America’s Outland Trophy preseason watch list, which includes 40 names total:

Vince Oghobaase, Duke
Boo Robinson, Wake Forest
Matt Tennant, Boston College

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GobblerGear.com is opening a brand new store on Saturday, Aug. 1, in Salem, Va.! There will be free food and drink (while supplies last) as well as free shirts and pictures with the Hokie Bird! Visit GobblerGear.com for more information!

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ABC13 News is reporting that former Virginia Tech Hokies football player Jahre Cheeseman has been arrested in conjunction with an “incident” at a local bank. He is being held at Western Virginia Regional Jail in Salem and has been charged with misdemeanor assault, larceny and obstruction of justice.

Cheeseman, a rising senior, announced prior to the Orange Bowl that he would transfer for his senior year.

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For the first time since 1991 when LB Al Chamblee was selected in the 12th round (yes, they used to have 12 rounds of the NFL draft), only one Virginia Tech Hokie was selected in the NFL draft. Victor “Macho” Harris was the 157th overall pick (5th round) and went to the Philadelphia Eagles.

Orion Martin, who was thought to be a possible 7th round pick, was passed over and will likely sign a free agent deal this week.

The last time a Hokie was not drafted in the NFL’s annual choose-em-up was in 1990. For more Hokie draft history, check out http://tinyurl.com/d6zm4c.

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