Texas A&M beats Virginia Tech in Wooden Legacy semifinal

“I think of this game as a statement game, to tell Clemson that we’re coming”, Ekanem said. Okay there was missing the front end of the one-and-one late, but unfortunately I just expect us to suck at free throws now (the Aggies were 3-8 from the line today). “Well, we didn’t win the paint and we lost the boards by one”.

UVa senior running back Taquan Mizzell was of a different mind, saying, “That was unexpected, definitely”. He trails only Don Strock (3,243 yards in 1972) for the most in a single season in Tech history. Isaiah Ford is Virginia Tech’s lead receiver this year with 69 catches for 949 yards and seven touchdowns. Virginia subbed quarterbacks Matt Johns and Kurt Benkert in and out frequently throughout the game and neither got anything going.

Get all kinds of college football stories, rumors, game coverage, and Jim Harbaugh oddity in your inbox every day. The Commonwealth Cup hasn’t left Blacksburg in 12 years and if Justin Fuente has anything to say about it, it won’t be moving for at least another year. I certainly didn’t expect that going into the game.

“There’s still a lot of opportunity left for us”, Swinney said. Now we need to go take care of business. Sophomore free safety Mook Reynolds forced Virginia senior quarterback Connor Brewer to fumble and Motuapuaka scooped up the ball and rumbled 70 yards for the score.

Rogers’ 100-yard performance as the first of his career, as the Hokies racked up a season-high 289 yards rushing and finished with a season-high 579 total yards. Johns, by contrast, made his first start last weekend in a loss at Georgia Tech, and while he threw one touchdown pass, he was intercepted three times. He totaled 134 yards (105 rushing, 29 receiving) and two touchdowns on Saturday, all while wearing the No. 25 in honor of Frank Beamer. “I thought it was really cool”.

Evans would get an early third quarter dismissal finishing 16 of 27 for 253 yards and throwing for two touchdowns.

Ahmed Hill had 18 points for Virginia Tech.

Since winning the 2014 Mountain West Tournament, the Lobos have dropped 9 of 10 games in tournament settings (0-1 NCAA Tournament, 0-2 MWC Tournament, 1-6 in non-conference exempt tournaments), including the past five. The Cavaliers are 4-6-1 against the spread, failing to cover in the last three games. Also, don’t forget the fact that this happened the last time Justin Fuente and Bronco Mendenhall faced off. I’m responsible for how they prepare and how they execute. “They were disappointed, but they weren’t defeated”.

In the 2016 finale for UVA Football, the Cavaliers were over matched against ACC Coastal Champion Virginia Tech and lost 52-10. Tech’s only greater margin of victory against U.Va. was the largest in the series – a 48-0 win in 1983.

“I think our guys played hard”, UNM coach Craig Neal said. We have to come out with out own enthusiasm and intensity.

“We had spent all year in the effort to develop a consistent quarterback and we did not accomplish that”, Anae said.