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ANOTHER DISCOURAGING SETBACK AT GT
Tough but true:

Most troubling, the Yellow Jackets have failed to maintain any sort of momentum. They have followed some of their best wins with crushing defeats. They have failed to close out games with victory in reach.

"We had a big opportunity to win this game at home on a Thursday night," Gailey said, "and we didn't take advantage of that opportunity."

That's becoming a theme.

JACKETS HURT THEIR BOWL HOPES

OFFENSIVE WOES AID JACKETS COLLAPSE
On PJ Daniels:

Gailey said Friday that he didn't have a report on Daniels' condition or status for the Yellow Jackets' game with North Carolina State on Nov. 6.

Tech is now 4-0 when Daniels plays an entire game and 0-3 when the junior missed either part (0-2) or all (0-1) of a contest.

Chris Woods (9 carries, 57 yards) did solid work in place of Daniels, but the Yellow Jackets modified their attack - and Virginia Tech altered its defense - without Daniels in the backfield.

"When I knew he was out, I was doing a couple of different things to try to move the football," said Gailey, who calls plays. "It changes a little bit."

It changed more than a little Thursday night. It changed the Yellow Jackets' offense and it changed the game.

BIG PLAYS LEAD TO BIG TURNAROUND
Funny and sad article at the same time:

"H'lo!" was my hasty answer. My column on Virginia Tech's 34-20 win over Georgia Tech was due in 20 minutes. It wasn't a good time to talk. It wasn't a great time for the caller, either.

"Know any coaches out there we could hire?" he said.

It was my longtime friend Brad, a Georgia Tech graduate who had just watched his team's stunning collapse from the bleachers.

Here's the gist of what he said next: Not only was Georgia Tech coach Chan Gailey awful, but there's a chance he's responsible for the flu-vaccine shortage. Quarterback Reggie Ball would need to throw 36 touchdown passes in the next game merely to earn the title of "average." The playcalling is simply dreadful...

JACKETS LOOKING TO BOUNCE BACK

VATECH SAVORS COMEBACK
The VT freshman who had those picks at the end of the game:

Not even in rec ball, I haven't had two picks that quick," said Minor, of his interceptions that came in a span of 95 seconds. "We needed a big play. Crunch time, they put all their receivers out. I was the extra corner in there and I did my job."

HOKIES ARE JUST IN TIME

WR'S LIVE LARGE IN ATLANTA
Story on VT's WR's, not ours.

INSPIRED FRESHMAN HELP VT COMEBACK

SHATTERING STEREOTYPES
More on VT's win.

HOKIES STEPPED UP IN LOCKERROOM

YOUNG PLAYERS, RANDALL FINISH STRONG