Football: BC vs Virginia Tech '07

a cauldron of emotion and anticipation in blacksburg tonight virginia tech unleashing the hokey magic and lane stadium on thursday night but bc's jeff jagzinski was undaunted saying that lights will show up and play matt ryan will lead them and he'll have to throw his passes through torrential range if this keeps up number two is over october will bc's title dream be washed away tonight [Music] glad to have you with us thursday night college football another thursday night another number two team bc and virginia tech coming up momentarily rhys davis alongside lou holtz and mark may guys let's set the stage here who's going to win and why boston college and i think it's because of the run defense the number one run defense in the land and not only that on the offensive side of the ball andre calendar their running back leads the team in rushing fourth on a team of receiving and bad weather like this you want to get the ball to the running back out of the backfield so i think andre calendar is going to have a big day i agree with you also i think monster college is going to win because remember this i'm the guy that said before the season began they would be the disappointment of the year they have not been they've done a great job in addition to that they protect the pastor very well last year when boston college beat virginia tech they did not get sacked one time in addition that i think virginia tech sort of beat up they're great linebacker halls not going to play he's their leading tackler tyrod tyler their quarterback is a little bit gimpy so when you put it all together i think it has to be boston college and i'm sorry for my prediction before the oh now so you're apologizing because he sat right there last night maya copa maya cope we'll see it holy magic on thursday nights are 13-2 thursday nights on espn two bosses to b.c blue's going to give a pep talk to a team that needs it the children of the corn that's coming up at halftime now it's time to go to blacksburg well up in the mountains of virginia inside of lane stadium under the lights it's often meant football magic for the hokies in the all maroon tonight as a welcoming number two boston college in the sold out crowd here dressed in orange and maroon with costumes and pumpkin heads everywhere hoping to spring an early halloween trick or treat in the rain [Music] [Applause] and welcome to virginia tech's lane city man college football prime time presented by applebee's a crucial game tonight in the national championship race number two boston college and bcs number eight virginia tech also an important acc game but bc unranked in the preseason has made a rapid rise they've been doing their job all the upsets around them have bothered them up to number two behind only ohio state of the buckeyes of course have a test at penn state on saturday bc a true national title contender but the hokies down at number eight also not out of it and what can we hope is going to be a special night of college football chris fowler tom blackledge and craig james a regular guy in the middle doug flutie it's hurting him not to be here tonight but he's up in canada being inducted into the hall of fame up there todd's filling in and we expect a good one here boston college ranked at number two it's the highest ranking since 1942 it's part of a very special sport scene in boston with the red sox and the undefeated patriots but boy within a 13-day span number two has lost three times do you see if they get out of here though craig they're a serious contender absolutely last week we had south florida at rutgers number two team went down this is the same bullseye that's on the chest now boston college a lot of folks around the country trying to figure out really what type of team is boston college are they for real they don't have a lot of signature victories on that schedule right now when you start beating umass and army and notre dame that makes you wonder is this the number two team in the country here at lane stadium tonight it is a violent place it's gonna be a big challenge for them well virginia tech you know after their 41-point loss to lsu back in september everybody kind of wrote them off they were out of the picture but they found a way to keep winning their defense has gotten better and better their offense finding ways to get it done and if they win tonight not only are they right in the thick of things in the acc they're right back in the national championship picture they'll count on the motion the offense has been struggling and at quarterback tonight tyrod taylor the talented true freshman number five still has a high ankle sprain not gonna go so sean glennon there the experience junior number seven gets the start that should mean more passing and less quarterback running but that's the quarterback situation to keep an eye on for virginia tech we'll also keep an eye on the quarterback for boston college because he's very very good matt ryan i got a chance to watch a lot of tape on matt ryan this week and i love him and what i like about him is he's got the nfl body 6'5 220 pounds the arm that can make all the throws but what jumps out of me on the film he's got the nfl mind right now too he sees and recognizes defenses he knows where pressure's coming and he's a very difficult guy to sack because the ball gets out of his hands very quickly he better get out of his hands tonight because virginia tech's defense believes that they have a chance to get in the backfield matt ryan's going to have some challenges and really beamer ball will be on display here tonight eddie royal punt returns if and i say if he can return a putt and get in his hands unless they get away from him watch out defense you see all the tip balls this is a defense and a special team said in beemer's years have a combined 112 touchdowns you see the touchdowns this season so beamer ball will be on display here tonight at lane stadium matt ryan better be aware they may need some lane stadium magic they may need some help from special teams this crowd will be involved and right now the hokies set to make that walk through that long dark claustrophobic tunnel it's one of the great entrances in college football enters sandman and metallica playing and this place jumping up and down on a soggy chilly foggy night in the mountains foreign and the hokies shake up the championship chase boston college undefeated undaunted by all of this number two versus number eight from lane stadium next what's cooking in the bcs a thick steamy spicy alphabet soup and number two the bc eagles soaring to 7-0 led by a qb determined to prove you can't spell bcs without bc but tonight they face a major hurdle in the lane under the lights where the hokies have been special on thursday night can beaver ball bring down bc all the ingredients for an acc showdown soups on bc versus vt now in lane stadium on a thursday night virginia tech's been beaten only once but the team that beat him that was boston college and the eagles got him last year but chestnut hill a year ago 22-3 jeff jagazinski in his first year as head coach for the eagles undefeated and not intimidated at all he's with aaron andrews well coach you told us being the number two team in the nation is like wearing a bullseye by the way the number two team has lost three weeks in a row how aware of that is your team i don't think it makes any difference what they did the last three weeks so we're gonna go out and play our game and i think it's gonna be a heck of a football game tonight i know you've heard all week long thursday nights at lane stadium it's a pretty tough place to play how did you get your guys ready for this well what i did i made sure that they had lights because it was at night so i think we'll be okay all right thanks he loves that saying aaron thank you a little sarcasm they didn't take to that too kindly down here those are fighting words for hokie fans who definitely believe in the magic of lane stadium especially at night especially on thursday night frank beamer 204 career wins we talked about the weather neither teams played a game in really bad weather so far this year haven't practiced in bad weather that much and yes the forecast calls for more rain and some wind you know what i like about what jagazinski did there is is you know they talk about a team taking on the personality of their head coach well i think he wants his team to have his personality we're not afraid to play anybody we'll come in here and play yeah it's a great crowd but you know what this is what you come to college to play in games like this and you got to be relaxed when you're on the road in a hostile environment the last thing you need to do is have a team playing tight and this this atmosphere lends itself to making a player uptight bc players say they prefer to play on the road but there's more juice than there is at home they played a good game at georgia tech and at notre dame there's the dangerous return man eddie roll and royale to receive the kickoff of epinavish as she just squibs it bounces off one of the up men and is covered by the hokies at the 37-yard line so they don't even try to tempt mr royal the dangerous return man and now number seven sean glennon has had such an up and down career back in as starter with tyrod taylor unable to go you saw that the eagles offside on the opening kickoff quick decision by beamer to take the ball sean glennon played very well coming off the bench last week against duke [Applause] but he had time in that game too you know what there wasn't pressure in his face and he made nice decisions questioned whether or not virginia tech's offensive line can hold up and give him the time to throw the football the five yard penalty moves the ball to the 42-yard line first snap for the hokies brand lenore the setback lennon in the shotgun flying on the kickoff and now whistle before the first play he went in a guy that said has won 11 games as a starter trying to apply a new attitude on his return to the starting lineup please reset the 25 second clock and start on the signal please glenn on the opening day starter through an interception his very first pass attempt against east carolina didn't play well was overwhelmed along with the rest of the team down at lsu and lost his starting job at that point tonight back because of the injury they'll hand it off to royal on a reverse and a very short game let's meet virginia tech offense and his new starting quarterback sean glennon sponsoredmonster.com he's starting lineup for tonight's oaky offense the big boys up front are led by left tackle dwayne brown and senator ryan schuman at the skilled positions we've got a great group of senior receivers highlighted by split end josh morgan and flanker and fellow westfield high alumni eddie royal in the backfield we had a 28b good execution they told me glenda did it in one take no gain on first down lennon to throw and wanted oil in the flats now turns it up short game all right red sox fans part of the sports landscape of course closer jonathan hafel bond intercede to the defense up front ron brace clogs in the middle flanked by senior nick larkin senior captain jolan dunbar a force in the middle and jamie silva and lockdown corner dejuan tribble man the secondary with a combined nine interceptions good job by the closer uh didn't meet him in game one did they that's another story first third down of the night for the hokies they need six [Applause] linen looks left runs out of time and now throws the ball into traffic incomplete nick larkin off the edge pressuring glennon they'll punt and that's not a great sign for virginia tech that was a three-man rush and ed wang their right tackle who they're happy to have back is the guy that's going to get beat the right tackle 77 gets beat right away on the inside by nick larkin and glennon smartly gets rid of the football to avoid the sack and and wang is a player that they believe getting back now really healthy with reps brings them the best offensive line they have so brett bound to kick it away hokies do nothing with the good opening field position and the flags flying on their return knocked out of bounds is dejuan triple on the near sidelines 41-yard punt to check the flag after the eight-yard return andre smith on the stop and that'll back up jagazinski's offense in the first possession how will these teams respond to the rain biggest concern for a quarterback tied when it's raining off hard now well the first thing is getting the snap you got to make sure you secure the snap as long as they keep the balls fairly dry and matt ryan has a big hand so i'm not worried about him hanging on to the football but you got to get that snap first and then you don't squeeze the ball quite as hard when you throw it when it's a wet ball take a little bit off your grip and the bc's goals in this game here two things no big plays in special teams and no turnover so if you're a ball carrier receiver squeeze the football andre calendar gets the start at tailback he's been the feature back this season to the left of ryan ryan purvis the tight end in motion and calendar has the carry muscles forward for about four and pappelbon is back to intercede with the eagles offense the offensive line is led by the big man gaza shirless a local kid out of somerville mass and true freshman anthony castanzo heisman candidate matt ryan leads the offense and gets tough yards from a running back andre calendar and big plays from the wide receiver brandon robinson estanzo's the first true freshman to start a defensive line of bc in 10 years we keep a close eye on him tonight against that hokey pass rush ryan not sacked at all in last year's victory over the hokies second nap has broken up at the line of scrimmage that was chris ellis off the edge [Applause] there's macho harris introduce you to his teammates on defense [Applause] hey here's your hokey defense starting with the defensive line led by sac master chris ellis and in the middle veteran linebacker xavier hammer adibi and in the second day joining me my partner in crown brandon flowers with our captain of our defense dj parker and the young star cam chancellor real name victor but he prefers macho it's one of the key matchups in the game third down bc number one in the conference third down offense virginia tech number one on defense matt ryan doesn't like what he sees yeah the eagles converting side 46 on third down thanks in large part the number 12 who wants to clear up the signals before this first key play welcome back to blacksburg virginia well they need rain here they got it it has been raining this hard for about 48 hours our crew we got here yesterday was raining this hard we were driving around in it now this is the hardest it has been raining all day long even in practice it was coming down pretty good guys this is pretty darn hard see if they have a hard time converting on third and six it's ryan purvis the tight end fighting up toward that yellow line barry booker the defensive tackle making contact you know this is a game really where you talk about the weather and the impact that it can have on both football teams but now here we are first special teams beam of all opportunities well they made it the first time they got it right now second effort they got it but uh you're right that is going to be a factor in the wet weather when it comes up and so it's always in your mind you know that's boston college number one thing don't give them a short field and don't allow the beamer ball to happen [Applause] absolutely in motion calendar with the carry tough sledding brandon flowers off the corner to make the stop calendar was really the big guy last in their last game the win over notre dame i mean he had 10 catches in the game for over 90 yards also ran for 90 plus yards and he's kind of become more of the feature back in this boston college offense instead of sharing that time with whitworth i think he's the key guy in the offense i really do i think he's the go-to guy for matt ryan whether it's a hand off or in the flat or down the field about 26 passes on this season that's a ten of them coming against the irish puts ganell in motion pump fake from ryan they can scream batted in the air and almost intercepted barry booker on the pass rush got his hand on it and ryan living dangerously in the early going well they did try to set up a screen it was covered he had nowhere to go with the football and he really didn't know where to throw it away he's looking for a place to get rid of it and he dangerously kind of tossed it weakly back towards the middle tuesday at football practice we watched and todd how they really focused on the screens boston college loves the three and virginia tech denial defense is looking forward say the eagles were a great team on third down not so much at this down and distance third and eight ryan hit as he throws now they're coming in complete yeah the late signal and they have gotten the pass rush on ryan it was not hit all last last year's game at all one of the things that bud foster wanted to try was some different wrinkles this is a four-man rush but they came from a different spot chris ellis came inside he doesn't get the pressure but that little move on the inside freed up the outside rush and when they called it incomplete it made it a non-reviewable play for the referee here's that beaver ball the situation boston college was trying to avoid on a short field johnny ayers is an excellent punter averages 41 yards we'll see if he kicks it away from the dangerous return man royall [Applause] [Music] no chance on that one and the hokies will have the ball at about their 36-37 yard line 53 yards in the first punt for airs [Music] espn's college football prime time is presented by applebee's neighborhood grill and bar eating good in the neighborhood and in part by saturn with five totally new models it's just something to rethink about saturn yesterday's pep rally at castle coliseum of course the school spirit here the sense of unity at virginia tech very much on display in the last five or six months never stronger and they're counting on all that all the intangibles tonight including this wet weather to slow down matt ryan and bc so far so good second possession for the hokies at their 25-yard line and they hand it off and breaking free you know that's sean glennon that's the offense they run with tyrod taylor the zone read and brian steinspring the offensive coordinator said we're not going to reinvent our offense because tyrod's not playing that's what we do now we run the zone read and if shawn's running it we'll let him run it well boston college is expecting though to have a balanced stop it's bass told us defensive point at b.c we're going to prepare for either quarterback and for their system nice pickup on first down second and two play action glennick as the man open high throw off the hands of josh hyman lennon knocked down [Applause] josh number 27 yeah there's tyrod taylor we watched him in practice on tuesday just real ginger with his walk even and not ready a wet field like this just is not the right situation well and for a dual threat quarterback like he is i mean you don't gain anything by playing him in a game like this because his most valuable asset right now at this point in his development as a quarterback is taken away with that injury frustrating for beamer though they made the change for the ohio university hoping to have the true freshman ready for the stretch run and this is the stretch run and he has to sit out one third and short this is brandon orr makes a little move gets the first down near the 40 and this is the the 90th ranked rushing offense in the country just a shocking stat for this traditional power running program well this was a great lead block by nick marshman number 67 is going to lead orr nick marshman was starting at right tackle earlier in the year but with wang coming back they moved him back to guard did a nice job of getting out in front of orr and guard is the right position for martial i mean he's a bigger slower guy doesn't play well in open space necessarily so that's why they think they have the right combination or their best combination up front now they're hoping that running game will finally click tonight with that group together royal comes in motion quick balls on the balls on the ground and a scramble [Applause] eagles signaling their football no the hokies fall off and it's ore at the bottom of the pile last year up in boston 22-3 win by boston college four turnovers by virginia tech none for boston college in that game a lot of statistics don't mean a lot in football but turnover margin just about all the time tells the story absolutely they had four turnovers gave up three sacks bc's offense didn't do a lot but virginia tech really self-destructed that night a lot of determination to redeem themselves a year later against the same team one second and ten glennon back looks long fires for royal double coverage incomplete royal had a chance went up against marcellus bowman and dejuan tribble couldn't hold on eddie royal is a guy that can really stretch most any defense in the country and it really shows you something here todd that they're going to push boston college they do not want to play in a 15-yard box no they want to stretch them they want to make them make plays now this is double cover you say quarterback don't throw into double coverage but royal actually had his hands on the football but bowman stayed with it to the very end and was able to strip it out as they were going to the ground bowman the backup strong safety the sophomore third and ten an area in which the hokies have really struggled this season [Applause] and good protection fires left side it's a low throw caught but short of first down yardage by justin harper so a seven-yard game but they needed 10 and a punt [Applause] you can see the game playing with glennon back in there it's going to be throwing the football more throwings try to run creatively we've seen a couple like end sweeps some reverse type looking plays trying to create some running room and let sean glennon try to make some plays down the field triple one of many cincinnati guys on this pc team back to receive the punt from bowdoin and it bowden hits a very low line drive that will roll dead inside the 14. so an effective but ugly 40-yard punt everybody likes to have a 1-5 hang time on the punt every now and then well you talked about the the beat down in bc last year was 22-3 an embarrassing night frank beaver ryan not pressured turnovers all over the place here setting up the hokey defense in a bad position matt ryan passing for a couple of touchdowns to challenger 22-3 that was the game that matt ryan suffered a broken foot played the last two and a half months of the season on that broken foot he's healthy finally in 2007. and the delayed handoff this is l.v whitworth spinning fighting to get back to the line of scrimmage a nice play by chris ellis their athletic defensive end number 49 he got into the backfield so quickly that it forced wentworth to come underneath i right now i get the feeling boston college's offensive line has not seen this kind of speed up front that they're getting with virginia technology and the key to this game really for virginia tech is to change the line of scrimmage their whole deal defensively is to press the line of scrimmage and to make plays across the neutral zone so far they're able to do it second and ten and up up the middle and this is allender breaking for about an eight yard gain bc the weirdest schedule in the country they began with three conference games won them all and then a four-game non-conference swing and played a an acc game in about six weeks that's really strange and you know in a hard way for boston college to start they open with the defending acc champs wake forest then they play their ex-coach tom o'brien in the second game then they go on the road and play georgia tech and uh great way to start the season but you're right first time back in the conference in over a month calendar the setback on third and two ryan will throw and he's gonna allow that hot on the tight end almost intercepted another risky throw is cam chancellor the rover had rove right into the area of the tight end making the right decision is something that's critical for matt ryan in this offense right now and this defense we saw the drop the bailouts they're going to change the looks up front for virginia tech all the time and ryan really struggling here early 105 for just six yards in the early going and he has been pressured and the eagles not trying to run the ball on third and two come up empty another punt [Applause] johnny airs 53 yards on his first punt royale hoping he gets a chance [Applause] do get the punt away and a flag down as ayers another great punt too unbelievable directional kicking by ayers stephen virgil number 22 and that punt block team got in there and that will result in a first down for the eagles costly mistake penalties really hurt them last year in the loss to bc they're going after it but you just got to turn off i mean when you see he's gotten rid of the ball and it's off his foot move away but even under that duress he kicked the ball 64 yards to the sideline negating any kind of a possible return you know when you talk about beamer ball and all of the block kicks they've had through beamer's era and you watch practice and you see the tempo with which they practice on special teams it is full speed there's no lollygagging about it and so you know when you're coming after a punter like that and they they work on it but it's a slick carpet you can't quite stop up and quit as usually would on a dry carpet but you got to be smart i mean and you know virginia tech knows their crowd feeds off of special teams players and defensive plays and looking to get one there but they made a mistake see if ryan can get going after the slow start now calendar not much there once again chris ellis off the edge disrupting the play helped out by carlton powell and ryan martin there's a freshman playing right tackle at boston college castanzo good looking guy you know watching midfield but i'm telling you right now the speed on that right side they're gonna have to do something to help him out he is a freshman he's 6-7 he's a tall range he got has great feet but he's a little undersized probably about 265 pounds right now and he's going against one of the top defensive linemen in this league in chris ellis ryan on second and 11. fires over the middle wide open pass cut justin jarvis and he has a first down a 14-yard gain to the 40. boston college beat wake forest so that's really a game and a half lead in the atlantic division they could lose this game tonight and still control their destiny of course they're thinking about even bigger goals in the acc right now virginia and virginia tech in command of the coastal of course miami hoping that the eagles can knock off tech tonight corner blitz on first down ryan gets it out of there in a short completion and clarence meg with the young receiver five-yard game now right there that play doesn't look like a whole lot but that's what nfl guys see number one he knows the corner blitz is coming from his left and he's on the left hash and throws and out to the right sideline watch him he knows the pressure's coming he's got to get rid of it quick that's a hard throw left hash right sideline out pattern you better throw down on the rope one second and five calendar tries to cut it back it's tough sledding against the left side of that hokies defensive line carlton powell senior from chesapeake virginia on the stock and you talk about ride in that throw and keep in mind this is a rainy soggy surface you know and his accuracy and decision-making in watching the film is unbelievable he is he knows where he wants to go with the ball he doesn't hold it too long that's why he's hard to get to now virginia tech has gotten to him with some pressure last third down they went three-man rush and he stood back there and made a big throw okey sub in three fresh bodies on the defensive line on this third and four ryan flips it short caught fighting near first down yardage's calendar i don't think he's got it needed to make the 50. and they'll spot it a yard short it'll be fourth down [Applause] the active inside linebacker the senior their best defensive player with his running mate vince hall out injured on the stop what's gianzinski now that he's got that number two bullseye on his chest we've seen some other high rate ball clubs take some chances on fourth down well this is smart though this kind of weather on the road for this yeah but he's got to feel like his defense can handle virginia tech's offense right now they're not threatened by virginia tech's offense [Applause] okies don't really come after this point and royal lets it go over his head and it'll roll [Applause] [Music] remember the man can go into the end zone as long as the ball doesn't break the plane of the end zone it's okay if the if the player's in the end zone great job razzie smith got down there to get a hand on it and look at the field position for virginia tech on a nasty night in lane stadium wow this game being broadcast on espn hd presented by pioneer kuro get a good test of high definition as they review the spot of the football the ruling that the ball did not break the plane and the spotting of the ball inside the one-yard line the ball did break the plane will gain field position what do you guys think here's the blown-up view of it i don't think it's conclusive i mean you can you can make a little bit of an assumption that it maybe did but i i don't think there's anything conclusive i don't think it broke the plane i think it was a great call and uh well executed and again with weather like this and conditions like this you have to play field position your defense has played as well as they've played this season play field position try to get matt ryan a short field on his next possession good job by robert francois not to knock that ball in the end zone but cradle it at the one foot line and a quarterback sneak from glendon on first down and they get a pretty good push [Music] [Applause] well i guess you know what if they want anything they'd like to go forward and get bunched up a little diamond formation as their first noise there they cut the defense off guard maybe i'll take four yards on quarterback sneak anytime well they're averaging 3.3 coming into the game so if you get four on the quarterback sneak i might run it again 3.3 per rush this season is not a hokey like number that's for sure [Music] lennon looking to throw he'll tuck it and he'll be knocked out of bounds across the five see right now eddie royals telling sean glennon i think he had royal but he's got it he's just got to make that decision just a hair quicker he rolls out he gets his shoulders turned he's got to get rid of that football he waited a little too long but but you know it's a quarterback todd that takes confidence yeah you know here's a guy that is feeling his way back into this lineup and he knows probably that there are a lot of teammates thinking tyrod taylor was the guy but he's got to make the throw ugly numbers the ncaa rank 90th on the ground 101st passing and 112 in total yards per game that they're number eight in the vcs third and five play action they'll throw it in the front too high sneaking out was carlton weatherford the fullback glennon delivered it too high and they'll punch aji morris pressuring him off the corner it's kind of a short yardage play you know out of the i formation show run and slip the pullback out and he if he'd got that throw down weatherford would have had the first down and a new set of downs for virginia tech backed up near the end line on the punt again [Applause] pretty good punting duel so far in the first quarter another low kick triple fields it inside the 40 hit immediately excellent coverage by virginia tech but outstanding field position brandon dillard on the stop just 34 yards well we talked about this being a very exciting time for boston sports fans the red sox three wins away from the world championship the patriots just crushing people there are taking notice of bc but it's a crowded landscape a lot of excitement about the celtics there's a lot of college teams in the city of boston that kind of divide the loyalties there i like to kind of speak to you know experience there but in the 80s the patriots we were kind of second fiddle a little bit i mean you had the red sox and the celtics and they were doing their thing but you have to understand share the love that's what they do there and they'll take notice of bc gets out of here with a win and continues on the national title billy flutie fires almost intercepted doug flutie's nephew the redshirt freshman receiver slash quarterback came around the corner and devon morgan or davon morgan almost with a pick well you've already brought up about the speed of this defense here's a case where another guy waits too long to throw the ball flutie's got to throw it right now he waited he waited then he lofted it and that one almost was picked off i'm giggling because what would i do if he watches his nephew play and he marks everything and he'll be like man philly don't do that dug up in canada again being elected into the canadian hall of fame but he'll hear about that one ryan drops way back and trying to get it to calendar who tripped over an offensive lineman and the screen breaks down [Applause] screens have not worked in the early going for the eagles at all not when you're aware of it you know when the defense is coached up you know you're looking for screens they like to run them they're going to be looking yeah they are looking i mean but foster this isn't his first rodeo he's been around the block a few times he knows what this team wants to do and it's been 12 days since they've played extra preparation time to watch and study everything that bc has been doing foster worked against steve logan who's calling the place for the eagles they go way back lock and horns when logan was in east carolina here's that three-man look but a four-man rush and third and ten ryan flips it short bobbled and dropped by l.v whitworth had nowhere to go anyway [Applause] they're gonna squat underneath this is a defense that's looking for calendar and whitworth out of the backfield they're not dummies they've been watching films too you know i mean they understand this a very safe blanket for him and steve logan told us that you know my big question early in this game is what are they going to do about number 32 how are they going to cover calendar because he was a big weapon for us last week well i think he's got his answer they're gonna pay a lot of attention to 32. great field position squandered three incompletions and now ayers on the point again [Applause] two on the play clock and then they'll take the penalty to back up heirs and give him more room at a oh well guys 53-64 you know he needs a little more room to work with you talk to folks who watch bc and they'll say yeah matt ryan's a great player jolan dunbar linebacker he's an outstanding guy but very near the top of the list of eagles who played great this season johnny ayers the senior and dragozinski right there praising his guy well he's done a great job tonight under bad weather conditions he's a two-sport guy also plays baseball for the eagles you know this is weird on this play they brought in a whole new group to play punt defense here an entire new 11 for virginia 10. there's no fake hairs just boots it high royale takes a look at it doesn't feel that again and one more time the eagle coverage team will doubt it inside the tent you know a little confused on that boston college defensive lineup we need to go back and really re-examine that lineup a defensive lineup you guys know you can't do this broadcast without me and tonight i can say we as many times as i want we have alex albright at defensive end having a great year jalon dunbar at linebacker a big playmaker and in the secondary jamie silva has five interceptions and he'll knock your block off you are allowed to say we i guess he's also wearing the red socks way to go fluty man through massachusetts guy [Applause] doug wouldn't know what to make of this defensive struggle in the first quarter so far or hit after a short game a lot of people wondering you know this number that boston college defense has 46 yards a game they're giving up rushing on run defense how good are they what makes them a good run defense i've seen it already tonight they play with leverage they're in the right spots they get to the right gaps and they keep their outside leg and arm free on any kind of outside runs which really puts the pressure on virginia tech's offensive line you know we watched in the film we feel like this is a group that's going to have to really push the pile and find the right guy short completion great boon the tight end muscles for a first down up here the 24. 13 yard gain tuesday afternoon boone takes off he's on a long reception and it goes clank clank off his hands he said all right boom you're going underneath young man we're not throwing the ball deep to you anymore good safety cushion for it yeah well how about this guy 6-3 291 he was a high school quarterback i i don't know how you get to be 291 291 [Applause] he's known as their better blocking tight end sam wheeler will see as a pass catcher straight ahead handoff to brandon orr who talked about his struggles at home this summer was not part of the off-season conditioning nicked up and just really has not been able to get on track here's a guy that has more than 2 100 career rushing yards but just in his junior season 3.3 at carry they're waiting for him to have a breakout game you can see it in film sometimes he's 100 sometimes he's 50 he's got to become more consistent every play in gohan the running back coach billy height thought this was the best week of practice he's had all season they need him big time glennon fires far side off the hands of hyman and what sean glennon has got to really try to do is stay on top of the ball a little bit more when the ball's wet receivers they want that ball down around their chest where they can use their body if they need to a couple high throws we've seen from sean glennon here in the first quarter hard to handle the wet football both quarterbacks struggling glennon says that matt ryan one of the guys that he admires most in alex football perhaps his favorite college quarterback for his toughness and perseverance and how he has the mental aspect of the game perfect command third and seventh [Music] ducks up near the 50-yard line he beat the safety paul anderson that was an authoritative throw for them well and i was just getting ready to say don't work so much the outline the sidelines it looks like that right now at least glennon feels more comfortable in the middle of the field well he looks pretty good in the pocket on this one he stays in there he gets good protection and he stays up on top of the ball and that keeps that nose down right into eddie royal for the completion and you see eddie royal wanted to use that body just to secure the catch for the first down they want to get any royal as many touches as they can the senior from herndon run the ball already once tonight for no gain that's his first catch josh morgan in motion and morgan takes the handoff being chased on the far sidelines and forced out for a loss alex albright the left end staying at home good one saturday night will they also expect rain in happy valley the buckeyes can they survive the visit to penn state but they've lost five of seven will they get out of there undefeated in number one against joe papa's team abc prime time eight easter presented by southwest airlines college game day coming to you from st college on saturday morning gotta wish i was going up there with you now you're invited gamecocks in there glennon on second and 14. has lots of time now tucks it and he'll get back about four of those yards all bright on the stop it'll be third and ten now that is a big game though at happy valley you know obviously ohio state sitting up there at the top of the heap penn state i was impressed last week with penn state i know they gave up a lot of points but the fact that they won the game yeah the only thing i was a little concerned about was they didn't score touchdowns in the red zone when they got the turnovers and they're going to need touchdowns to beat ohio state right here 15 minutes in the book it's a scoreless stalemate eagles with 43 yards hokies with 69 in the first quarter [Applause] number two visiting number eight in the rainy night in lane stadium the old-fashioned field position football games in the first quarter scoreless and now the hokies have moved the ball 39 yards out from the shadow of the goal post face the third and 10. lennon still got it and he's got some room and he's got a first down sean glennon shows that he may not be ty rod taylor but he's got decent wheels picks up 12. and a nice decision to run the football he's done it a couple times tonight three-man rush by boston college which means they drop eight into coverage trying to make sean glennon read the field and he's gonna pick up a nice block from sergio render actually that's number 76 dwayne brown gets a little bit of a block enough to get him the first down at the end and and that type of play really will cost concern for spazziano and boston college they're going to have to be more aware of it not just eddie royal running across the middle and picking him up with linebackers look at that 33 yards rushing for the quarterback that wasn't supposed to be the good runner of the two [Applause] most promising drive for either team so far tonight or just kind of a slow start picks up about a yard and a half ron grace on the stop along with hersley [Applause] when you study the breakdown in the running game at virginia tech you just see that sometimes they're not together one guy one lineman not getting the right push or the right footwork well offensive line play is all about cohesion it's all about chemistry and five guys working together and you mentioned it this is just the second week since spring ball that they've had the combination up front of the five guys that they think is their best combination and they're facing of course the statistical number one rushing defense in the country boston college glennon pitches it to orr boy gets a block on the edge lowers the head and it's down near the 30. i don't think even frank spaziani the defensive coordinator thinks that he's got the best running defense in the country it's a function of the opponents they've played and the way the games have gone with bc playing with the lead a lot of times you're getting a lot of passing yards but they're still pretty stout against the running they have been pretty much over the last decade well and they're solid i mean they don't have flashy guys on defense but they're smart they get in the right spots and they're good tacklers and wandering around and he said you know these guys have rope-a-doped us a lot of times in the past last year we stopped their run pretty good but i'm still concerned third and two four swings [Applause] the 11th player of the drive and the hokies are moving here's the cohesion and the work that we're talking about greg boone the tight end number eight the right tackle watch the push you see the push you see the lane execution sam wheeler number 83 the other tight end in on also did a nice job keeping his man outside and again this offensive line the more they can work together the better that they hope the overall running game will be see two tight ends on the right side of the formation and first down play action fire short near side and the wheeler is the better receiver among the tight ends short game so glennon starting to gain some confidence yeah he looks better i mean you just watch his body language even checking off running plays at the line of scrimmage he looks like he has a little swagger to him right now no mystery to it you have a quarterback scramble for a big big gain you get the sweep to the outside you get the conversion on a running play it's going to open up the play action plus he hit the big third down play the nice throw to royal earlier in the drive high formation on second and five royal comes in motion or hit immediately hammered by [Applause] they weren't sure he was even going to be able to play tonight he'd gotten injured in the last ball game but uh that's how you do it right there helmet in the chest and drive the feet and put them on the ground that's a spillman specialty there flag is down by the way the end of the play as well as a hokie lineman they call on sportsmen like after the big hit looks like they're center ryan schumann number 58 who's down it was after the hit got up a little taunting yeah that's drawn flags these days this we drew a flag a week ago on uh usf at rutgers so a lecture from the coach in a great defensive play ruined by the flag we'll check the injury when we come back day on the practice field a reminder that none of us is as good as all of us a program here that was never really built on superstar players or a future nfl talent they've had some of that but built on cohesion working hard blue collar mentality things that frank beamer still preaches excellent drive 13 plays so far the hokies have a first down after the personal foul at the 11 yard line into the backfield disrupting the handoff [Applause] great penetration by the eagles [Applause] he's going to resave us for a 30-30 update all right chris san diego mayor jerry sanders says qualcomm stadium will be closed to fire evacuees as of noon pacific time on friday perhaps paving the way for the chargers and texans to play there this weekend and david stern says that more than half of his officials violated casino gambling rules but they won't be punished because stern's about to change those rules sportscenter after the game stay current with espn news reese thanks on second down to short completion to greg boone as they say boone here he dives for a short game to the eight yard line it'll set up third down a nice play on second down that time by sean glennon but on first down when the center schumann got hurt they had to bring in matt welsh number 51 the new center and they're going to go right past the center right in between the guard and center for the sack that was jake he's an offensive lineman he's an offensive lineman shifting the defense and he showed some quickness he did he's right over the nose again on this play third and seven and it has time doesn't have a man open and fires for royal did he get his feet in no signal he's looking for help he doesn't he doesn't have help yet they're lobbying and they say no touchdown well this will certainly get looked at taji morris defending on royal keep an eye on the feet lenin does a great job of buying time royal works the sideline just waits does he keep one foot in does he have the ball yet no i don't think so that's not a touchdown not a touchdown you gotta watch the ball and the feet yeah yeah possession of the ball not there now the band is playing of course they're going to stop and take a look part of the problem for the official was his position on the call he was actually about five yards off the sideline and didn't have the right angle down the line keep an eye on possession does royal have it before his feet leave the ground in the end zone well and royal tried to buy a little more time back to the inside but if he had gone maybe a little bit more to the inside before he came back i just didn't think it he had possession it didn't look like it didn't look like it now it was ruled a touchdown so the evidence has to be enough to overturn the call but again here's the official right here he's not right down the line to be able to see exactly where royal's foot was now he comes back into the line but he was kind of blind from the spot that he was in let's say right there he has possession but the feet are off off the ground looks like they're off the ground the one thing about these officials we had them a couple of weeks ago for the state of wake forest then we had a you know kind of a case book study on a call and make a decision and they're deliberate they'll take their time in this conference but hopefully get it right but this is what i like about the replay is because this is a play that deserves to be given the right call i mean this is this is a game that may not be a high scoring game sure but you hear some people talk about instant replay no don't you guys agree i mean it's there to correct the obvious blown call right or or missed call so if it's not real apparent upstairs then it must have been you know not conclusive enough for you to make the decision to overturn it what's your point my point is you're like looking like replay replay i love replay let's look at it see it look at it again make a decision you just may do it faster yes kind of helping me out there well i just was i wouldn't make somebody know exactly what you're saying it's going to be tough on that angle to tell this is better now does royal when does he completely grasp the football there's a little bit of a bobble when it first gets to him [Applause] wow they did not see enough to overturn the call in the field which was very late and a touchdown for royal now why is that so important i mean for virginia tech they've won 34 straight games when they've scored first so i mean you don't necessarily think that's got to hold up but it means a lot in a ball game like this one for the extra point [Applause] what a drive by virginia tech controversial ending perhaps but they go 91 yards 16 plays seven minutes and 13 seconds and you take a seven nothing lead and they really now you know sean glennon has to feel good about himself what a drive that he had on this and it really was a result first of all of his scrambling and man todd that's going to put a lot of a lot of concern in that defense right because boston college said hey we're going to rush three and drop eight we don't fear you as a scrambler but when he scrambles for a first down he moves around in the pocket buys extra time and ultimately gets the touchdown throw on that play glennon 506 in the drive and aaron a very different sean glennon that we've seen several games this year as he should be chris i'm standing right behind him by the bench and he is ecstatic very happy his teammates coming over and congratulating him this was a guy that his head coach beamer said you need to stop reading the message boards you need to just pay attention and concentrate on what you do the best very happy sean glennon over here on virginia tech sideline he admits there and he pouted and after he got benched the ohio university game tyrod taylor the true freshman comes in and starts then it didn't handle it well they didn't have a lot of conversations with him they kind of let him cool off and eventually feinstein the offensive coordinator started to praise him in the practice field to kind of help rebuild his confidence and he's been a pretty good teammate to taylor since then but he is eager to have this chance tonight well i think he finally realized after that ohio game he said look i realized i just had to get over it i had to get over it and now i had to prepare in case i get another opportunity which he got last week an even better opportunity tonight and realistically don't you remind the young man that he played at lsu and that lsu's defense has manhandled and made a lot of quarterbacks look terrible this year and i really think the move to tyrod taylor was not so much negative about sean glennon as it was our offense needs a spark brandon orr is not the same we need somebody to give us a spark they thought tyrod could do that jared divelli who leads the acc and touchbacks instead boots it short and jeff smith will have a chance jess smith has a crease in his knockdown at the 35-yard line kicker down there joining in on the tackle we talked about this game in baton rouge after all the emotion here in the opening win over east carolina they just ran into a very inspired nasty aggressive lsu team and nothing went right 48-7 but foster's defense embarrassed by lsu offense did nothing yeah and i think the biggest surprise was that defense because lsu gained almost 600 yards and that's a proud defensive unit at virginia tech they've played much much better since that night a second crack at a second ranked team tonight this time in their ballpark calendar is the setback now we'll see if ryan can answer for the eagles brandon robinson on a very short three-yard gain cody grimm the linebacker on the stop grimm the son of rusgrim the former hog offensive lineman for the redskins he's been given the starting nod over cam martin who will play tonight but martin the normal starter a case of mononucleosis that he overcame pretty quickly in the meantime a chance for the sophomore with a good football pedigree but as big as his dad but quicker a little quicker second and seven calendar is the setback megua in motion ryan look left pressured and sacked with his sixth set of the season they get to the all-american heisman candidate well this little wrinkle by the virginia tech defense is causing some problems it's just a four-man rush but they're standing one of them up you're gonna see this stand up here and look he's looking in but the problem's gonna come right off of cherylus's right side that's where the problem is chairless they're worried about where that fourth rusher's coming from and then he gets beat on the speed rush by chris ellis ellis is their best pass rusher he's a senior 19 and a half career sacks now third and 17. ryan almost intercepted the pass too tall for brandon robinson but jay parker was in the area guys and virginia tech is getting great pressure on matt ryan with only four rushers and that is hard for a quarterback because if you don't have to commit extra guys to the rush then you can put those guys in coverage and all your combinations but this has been a boston college offensive line that has not had any pressure allowed on the quarterback and so right now i really go back to it it's the speed of the game i think the speed up front of virginia tech's defensive line and the stunt movement that they have is causing problems i agree only giving up six sacks all season back to back three and outs for boston college ayers collects the high snappers they peel back to set up the return for royall well cannot turn the corner 50-yard punt 8-yard return hokies get the ball back up 7-0 on number two [Music] dad espn's college football primetime brought to you by the home depot and at t your world delivered hey todd we've heard you've been eating pretty unhealthy on your tour so we whipped you up a thai tofu and we got some veggies and tofu and brown rice and a hokey juice which is carrots and beets [Music] i know that's not your normal fairy what do you think of what's in the box here a little tofu i've never eaten tofu and this is your kind of food right now no it's like a healthy guy don't listen to her broccoli here you like broccoli if you get through this which one's the tofu here i'll take the dessert get through this chocolate cake for you i know that's more yours is that made with tofu also or not wait a minute it looks pretty nice they fumble this snap and a scrum our keys have retained possession now this is not your normal fare right you've got the tradition on saturday night you know you don't take mike patrick along with that i offer but i mean he doesn't like to come now he likes to talk about it he likes when i bring him sticky buns or something or ribs or whatever but uh no he doesn't go this is my home beefs and carrots you know we've had some dinner you know everywhere we go with this guy everybody wants to talk to you about the food they don't even ask me about football anymore they just asked i got ready for you this week too man i worked out hard we've had two big meals two big breaks you can eat pretty good too you could hang with me as shawn glennon is pressured to protect the football young man as he's brought down for his short game good coverage downfield by the eagles they put away that broccoli in the carrot juices halftime coming up in seven and a half here and i still got the cake and the rain once again starts to fall pretty hard yeah we just saw ron brace number 60. he's a he's a guy that when we talked to brian steinspring at virginia tech he said we must get movement on him he's about 330 pounds in the middle of that defense and when we run double teams at him we can't allow him to hold his ground matt welsh is still in its center now they've converted their last four on third down lennon flushed hold that ball looking to throw and now hammered for a short loss lennon keeping his eyes up field and finally brady smith was able to track him down ball protection knowing and aware of the situation the scoreboard everything about it sean glennon's got to really be wise with this ball in the pocket well and what he's done before this play is once he started to make that move he's tucked it and run this time he's keeping it loose he's looking to throw it lucky he didn't lose it again a low line drive punt by bowden and tribble catches it at the 30-yard line so boston college back on offense they've run 20 plays and have gained 36 yards so far well saturday night espn and espn2 team up to bring you great college football games at seven eastern undefeated kansas visiting the aggies in kyle field and gino not very good success historically against the big 12 south but this is a new jayhawk team and todd mike patrick company will be down the road in knoxville for the ball coach interesting game they both came off a really disappointing losses last week but they're both right in the thick of things in the sec so a huge game in knoxville they got him the last visit to knoxville first ever win for south carolina and rocky top the rain really falling ryan pressured on first down gets it away john fumble the football vc retains possession lloyd that thing gets slipperier and slipperier as the rain really comes down bud foster and virginia tech they really want to find a way to push matt ryan out of the pocket they want to get him away from behind the center they were able to accomplish that that time yeah they feel they can flush him out with some inside penetration and make him move his feet that's where he's not quite as dangerous or accurate that was a good throw but they still almost came up with the turnover here's that three-man look with a man standing up four-man rush from different spots again the short football knocked loose isn't it catching a fumble no signal yet ryan purvis the tight end is the man that ryan was throwing to you talk about ball security with sean glennon steve logan told us the same thing we must protect the football we can't get into beamer ball we can't let the defense make turnovers or score points well dwayne brown the left tackle did an excellent job of pushing the defensive end pressure up allow ryan to get up the field e.a what do you have down there well just to add on what you were saying about ball security and offensive coordinator steve logan remember he weighed the football for his team he said guys it doesn't it doesn't weigh that much you can carry just don't let it go if you get tackled by the way guys this is the loudest it's been in this stadium all night on the third and two a short completion rich gunnell hit at the 40-yard line they'll spot it across the 40 for a first down yeah that ball may weigh more than what 13.2 ounces tonight with a little water a little heavier with the water a little heavier but you know what on this particular play right here this this really will drive bud foster that defense crazy because they do a match-up zone and that means that you really find receivers in your match once they come into the area you can't allow receiver to run open at third and two and complete that pass john lloyd the tight end has twice lost the ball fourteenth that his team still has it and has a first down whitworth is the tailback and he gets it lv whitworth into the secondary whitworth dragged down from behind by dj parker after the longest eagles one of the night 16 yards it's a funny looking play because it looked almost like a sucker play matt 10 at the center looked like he was getting driven about five yards back off the line of scrimmage and pretty soon whitworth slipped in there for a big game it almost looked like that the snap didn't come off i know it was something funny [Applause] three tight end look for the eagles kevin challenger in motion ryan well protected fires it's challenger ducking to the 31-yard line first down we talked about you tonight matt ryan in the beginning of the show his nfl mind i mean he's he sees and recognizes and processes very quickly there's a lot of guys who you can show something in the film room and they get it but they can't do it in 2.4 seconds on the field matt ryan can he read the right side saw what he had came back left for the quick throw best looking bc drive of the night ryan has hit his last four passes and bud foster's defense wants to talk about it that's her first time ever inside of four minutes till halftime eagles try to get on the board against the hokies [Applause] [Music] hello adversity for the number two team in the country boston college said no big deal playing in lane at night throwing some rain and it's been tough going for the number two team lb whitworth and first down hammered after a short game ryan started the game just one of five since then eight of 11 but they haven't had the the big plays down field that steve logan is looking for no really big time deep threats on this boston college team i mean the receiving core here you know they're they're kind of pedestrian yeah and because of that i expect to see bud foster turn up the heat a little bit more with some pressure defense because i think he probably feels brandon flowers and victor harris his two corners can lock down pretty well oh here's that four-man line that we were talking about while ago when you go four really hadn't put pressure on him ryan takes a shot downfield rich canal off the shoulder pad at the one-yard line incomplete right in between two defenders and matt ryan threw that ball perfectly dropped it right in the bucket and canal just not able to come down with it well here you again you have protection up front the four-man rush not working and can it be any better thrown no right in between them going right over the shoulder is that is that pedestrian pedestrian well you know that's a that's a tough assessment of this receiving core i don't know if they they have an nfl type guy but there are some quality college receivers here and challenger and gannell and brandon robinson you don't think so hey i didn't say they were bad i just said they're not superstars out there i agree with that third nate ryan rolls steps out loses the football eagles cover it but it's a huge loss orion martin knocked it loose from ryan gastonzo the true freshman lineman falls on it but that's a crucial loss they were in field goal range and now back at the 42 or not and craig you mentioned bud foster said we want to make him move his feet if we can get him out of rhythm get him moving around a little bit we think we can make some plays he leaves the pocket because of the pressure from ellis and when he steps back up he loses the football is that three in a row now the ball's been on the carpet and three white jerseys luckily on those balls second sack tonight loses 13 yards and now air is in again active first half punt number five high kick royal once again lets it go and this one will roll into the end zone inside of three minutes in the first half for the hokies on top let's go to save us for a preview of the pontiac performance halftime report reece all right chris you guys try to stay dry there mayday's going to tell us who's on the mark and who's off the mark lou is going to deliver a pep talk to a team that desperately needs any kind of help they can get we'll also check the scene in eugene before the pac-10 showdown between the trojans and the ducks pontiac performance halftime report coming up in just a little while all right reese thanks a good weekend in the pac-10 it is usc an underdog at oregon cal and unbeaten arizona state as well in tempe okies figured to be very cautious here with the lead and the snap is fumbled boston college football and again remember it's the backup center in matt welsh they haven't had a problem in the two previous possessions but that time a poor exchange glennon never had the football welsh is a guy who's played guard both guard positions but of no note really that's ever played center so the ball and the exchange just not getting up there and the problem was the right guard sergio render was wrapping around the center at the same time so glennon not able to handle that football mark herzlich the linebacker makes the recovery exactly what beamer and the hokies did not want protecting a seven point lead before half time the defense has done such a great job limiting bc to just 64 yards calendar the back on first down they fake it to him ryan lost to the end zone throws into traffic and over the head of everybody robinson the receiver is he forcing things now out of frustration well i think they thought on that play that they were going to trick them they went with a quick count there was a little confusion in the lineup because of the formation for virginia tech but they weren't fooled on the deep route i think he threw that one away and i tell you where it really worked that play up front because they snapped the ball before the defense was able to figure out where they were going to line up but the back end of the defense wasn't fooled enough to make a play of it and they have seven or eight different protections here at boston college and they have to mix it up good job by chancellor and parker on coverage there in second and ten ryan takes the handoff just throws it away they're trying to set up the screen again and you know that because there's linemen released downfield i'm steve logan i'm thinking you know what i make i may stay away from those screens for a while because every time we've lined up the run one virginia tech has read our mail they've been waiting for us but at times logan says i'll run plays two or three times in a row if they're working but he says i'll be hard-headed and stubborn about it you know i'm gonna i'm gonna stick to it to see if you can defend it screens aren't working though they're not working tonight but they can't even get the screen completed much less make a game third and ten as loud as it's been all night calendar has it calendar breaks a tackle calendar with a flag down a flag down well they fooled him on the run too virginia tech thinking pass all the way they went with the quick little trap well they got ty hall the guard and a costly penalty the fifth of the first half for jagazinski's team left side there left guard ty hall just a little bit of a hitch in this giddy up before the snap wipes out the 13-yard gain they're marching back into very marginal field goal range for half an hour this is a wet night if i'm going to throw it here i may want to get a little extra help blocking on chris ellis i put a back over there to help my left tackle against chris ellis he's down at the bottom of the formation number 49. the calendar is the back ryan fires into traffic incomplete challenger was the receiver he had turned in the throw into the outside dj parker on defense and another strong stand by the hokey defense well before the game matt ryan was out real early and it was raining heavy and he was out trying to throw and get used to the rain and you know it's a smart guy trying to get used to what's going on with it well they're going to go for it they're going to go for it the kicker not too reliable for much beyond 40 yards and a tough wet night they'll take their chances on fourth and 15. with virginia tech you're thinking make them catch it in front of us and make a tackle they got a lot of yards to get to get a first down they rush three and still get pressure and he'll just throw it away barry booker number 59 got the quick pressure and when you get pressure inside as a quarterback you have no chance it's it's one thing if it comes outside and you can step up in the pocket when it comes right up on the inside you got some problems but i i'll go back to what you know you kind of lay your foundation in prepping for a game with all the film study boston college gave us no reason to believe that they wouldn't be able to handle a three-man rush we have not seen this in any of our film studies and it's just a clean breakthrough by barry booker number 59 three men eight dropping well he just beat the center i mean the center matt tennant who's a good player probably the best guy up there on that line just was slow after the snap and booker blew right past him speed baby speed a very highly regarded offensive line is getting whipped up front big time boston college gets nothing out of the fumbled snap [Applause] just 205 till halftime busting up the middle is brandon brandon into the secondary the longest win of the year against boston college takes it to the 40. there's a new center in also beau warren is now in at center and he gets a key block right in the middle they collapse the inside watch the center and the guard the tight end comes over sam wheeler and gets a block on the trap and brandon orr hits it for a big run well you know we've been amazed that brandon noor who has had a really successful career has not been able to get out of the gate this year that was his longest run of the year craig it had been 24 yards before that that good for 34. flushed by dunbar flicks it short and complete good job fighting forward harper a flag is down they hit glennon after he threw the ball this is a personal foul and we expect it is this will march it deep into bc territory he gained about eight on the play [Applause] no personal foul instead a very late flag and unnecessary really dwayne brown is going to be the guy that gets to block the back i saw glennon go down to the ground and i thought that's why they caught a late hit but dwayne brown actually pushed jolan dunbar into the quarterback and he wasn't going to get to glennon at all [Applause] dwayne brown the the most talented offensive lineman up there for virginia tech last two years starter at right tackle they moved him to left tackle this year costly penalty and you know you talk about the center that's in there now beau warren worked at in the spring at center former tied in a little more athletic up front but he's still inexperienced [Applause] 34 start too experienced to make a mental mistake like that field position ruined for the hokies the ball back on their side of the field at the 49 and i'm out now with 113 before halftime see if that changes beamer's idea of this possession well you want to be aggressive but your defense has really shut down matt matt ryan and the vc offense right now so you don't want to be dumb you want to be smart with the football but the other thing right now i don't you don't know what the weather's going to do the rest of the game it's raining very mildly right now so it might be a good time if you feel good about it and you feel sean glennon's on his game to take a shot well the forecast is for rain on and off for the next several days so there's no reason to charge believe virginia tech that's their second time out of the half at the 30 second timeout [Music] [Applause] ryan's goal is to develop highly specific anti-cancer drugs as an undergraduate chemistry major he's already won two national awards for research a goldwater scholarship and an award from the american chemical society my student amanda takes full advantage of our proximity to boston as an intern with the state supreme judicial court a promising young historian a man is an invaluable undergraduate research fellow and editor of a campus newspaper i'm ryan heaney i'm amanda matthews we're students at boston college wet and wild first half not much offense from the second ranked bcs team in the country boston college squadron opportunities had one promising drive it's not that couldn't make anything out of the good field position after the fumble and just 64 yards against pretty inspired hokie defense see if tech can add to the lead here minute 13 before halftime penalty pushing it back to the 49 and glennon will take a shot except he's dropped [Applause] larkin got him now i think frank beamer after two negative plays in a row i think he might be content to just take this thing on into the locker room especially when you're centered you got a different guy there and he got pushed back that time and it really all started with the center and the coordination go in regroup make sure he understands what the assignments are flooded be telling you to go for it wouldn't he he never he never wants to take a knee before and then take it to knee i mean it's it's shotgun formation for glenn and he'll fire over the middle and a catch by justin harper but no gain [Applause] there's like the linebacker there on the stop we've seen boston college get off to some slow starts play some unimpressive first halves and then turn it on after half time i'll have to do that again tonight but you know what we you made the comment todd before the game maybe this rain will keep this crowd quieted down i don't think so no what gets this groud going is a pass rush and the hokies have had that tonight they are pitching a shutout after 30 minutes against one of the top heisman candidates in the country matt ryan [Applause] old-fashioned defensive struggle eagles trailing for the first time at the break they've been better after halftime though let's see if they can get things going jagazinski is with aaron andrews well coach for your offensive line how do you counter their defense there in the second half well we just need to go ahead and be a little starter our communication is not very good right now we'll get that fixed here at halftime how much of it is the weather affecting matt ryan right now well we just got to get back into a rhythm and start throwing and catching we had some drops in that we'll get that fixed okay thanks chris ryan nine of 21 but the low key jagazinski will hardly panic 7-nothing virginia tech at halftime reese mark and lou now for the pontiac performance nice drive bristol it is get the ball to start the second half [Applause] rain is not falling very hard right now more of a heavy mist or a drizzle it's been degrees of rain on and off for two days and then maybe the very deep kickoff a rarity in college football these days the touch back and ryan will start 80 yards away from the end zone let's go to aaron andrews chris hokey's head coach frank beamer very happy with his offense and defense but his biggest concern right now is his center ryan truman standing right behind me he is out with a right ankle spring red shirt freshman beau warren comes in and frank beamer said this is what concerns him the most there have been snapping problems tonight they practiced it a bit at halftime they're going to practice it more here on the sidelines but he said just when we thought we got our offensive line together this happened you got center issues on the hokies side as well aaron thank you purvis the tight end in motion first play of the second half ryan fires batted down again what a night chris ellis is having right now chris ellis this time red the tendency that they had coming into the game when the tight end is off the ball expect a lot of quick slant and flat combinations he read the tight end off and instead of rushing he hung in there and played the eyes of the quarterback yeah but that young right tackle that freshman anthony castanzo he's got to come out there and get the feet out underneath that in metal line of scrimmage and allow that passing lane to open up six consecutive incompletions now for matt ryan second and ten ryan this time has protection fires over the middle and challenger has it kevin challenger into hokie territory to the 47 before xavier adibi made this top 32-yard game this is really where you talk about the match-up zone and and bud foster wants his players we watched it in practice on tuesday to communicate they have to talk and say player coming match up with him yeah one of the xavier db told us that the philosophy this week is that a quiet defense is a dead defense if they're not out there talking and communicating they're going to have problems that's the second catch of the night for challenger 48 the snap is low pressure off the edge ryan intercepted they say interception on the sidelines diving attempt with brandon flowers justin jarvis fell down the intended receiver was open in front of flowers matt ryan threw because he had pressure coming from the outside away from him and jarvis fell down and flowers fell into an interception flowers was all acc a year ago this is his first pick of the season you see here over on the tight end side he's off the line of scrimmage another soft underneath passing game and there's your receiver you gotta go get the ball now we talked about it earlier are these receivers up to the level of matt ryan and before the hokies can snap the football they'll take another look via instant replay [Applause] it was on this same near sideline down to the end zone to the right of the field the touchdown stood you think this will stand well if they didn't overturn the touchdown i think they're going to overturn this one either that was a secure catch by brandon flowers it looks like his left foot and ankle are clearly down before the knee hits clearly well well i i thought they were going to overturn the touchdown then knee may hit first that's a tight one tall ground break tall grass we're back the call stands this is ruled an interception does the foot hit before the knee and a bang bang with the insufficient evidence to overturn it so virgin tech ball at the 42 and brandon finds a little room on the right fourth out after about three by jolan dunbar now we've talked about this this boston college team guys and this strange schedule they open with the three conference games get off to a good start but then the four recent games army umass bowling green and a very poor notre dame team nothing like the speed on defense the environment they're seeing tonight nothing that matt ryan is accustomed to i mean he coming into the game six interceptions he's thrown one now six sacks he's had this year two already in the first half so a much different deal tonight with virginia 10. fires low throw incomplete so bc trying to knock off the rust much like the rockies were trying to do last night in world series and walking into a place where the hookies have been very successful on thursday night both of those thursday night losses though two boston college one of them here and then one of them last year up at chestnut hill so bc says they're not worried about playing under the lights they like it matter of fact they say they love being on the road warriors loud music loud everything get into the atmosphere they need to raise their game especially in offense third nate nick larkin has had a good ball game for the eagles his second sack of the night i didn't like that series you know you come out you get a couple three yards on the first down you run the football so establish the run and that's what that's how you protect sean glennon they don't trust the running game still they gained 80 yards rushing the first half it averaged more per carry by a few tenths than they did coming in but [Music] [Applause] so bretton bowden the punt jalon tribble is back deep the signals for a fair catch and makes it at the 28 yard line well our old flutie flakes is really wanting to itch to get back in the booth with us what do you got for us flutie are you there doug all right so you thought you were riding me for the night not quite that easy pony boy boston college offense matt ryan at quarterback leading the fly having a heck of a year andre calendar in the backfield running the ball and catching the ball out of the backfield having a great year and a tight end ryan purvis keep an eye on him that was a good pregame scouting report but after kickoff they've been bottled up ryan in the flat calendar can't make a man miss he gets about five cody grimm on the stop his backs the receivers ryan there's a reason to believe that you know bc's offense came in there with some confidence but it hasn't worked out well so far it's starting up front and that's the guy out of the backfield that he loves to go to i think calendar is the most important guy on this team when it comes to moving it down the field and the good news for boston college i mean they're still right in this thing it's a seven nothing ball game if he gets hot it's a tie ball game very shortly [Applause] ryan again the receiver slipping down that was brandon robinson and we talked about jagazinski's frustration about the drops this was a key play in the first half rich gennell has a throw even though coverage is good he should have made this catch at the one yard line yeah i agree that is a catch you got to make your quarterback sticks it in between two defenders it's a hard-fought defensive game may not have too many opportunities for a big play like that makes the catch they almost certainly punch it in and it's 7-7 instead that's one of four eagles drops third and five dc just two of nine on the third down tonight completion but is it enough i don't think so i don't either calendar made the catch hit immediately [Music] no he's nowhere near the yellow line there's the match-up zone that they were trying to accomplish that's the way you do it execution right there bud foster on hard during the week getting ready to get ready for this game and no endowment situation matchup zone i mean what that means is it is a zone defense you're not assigned to a particular man but if a man comes into your area you play him like man and that's why you stop him short after the hokies defense coming in one of the best in the nation forcing three an ounce and they've done it again tonight eddie royal back deep hasn't really been allowed to make much of an impression as a pub returner aarons has punted very well royal to have a chance at the 13. that's a block in the back that's a flag they're going to be back inside the five yard line that's a not a very smart move by macho harris he's got to pull off of that block in the starting corner playing on special teams as so many of the hokey starters do another 50-yard punt by johnny ayers he's been their mvp tonight he's bombing it he's really given the field position tremendous turnaround [Applause] hokies will have very poor field position they'll mark it half the distance flag is at the 10-yard line during your return walking the back number one of the offense half the distance to the goal line at the first down we have a timeout on the field [Applause] stake by the hokies and they'll be backed up at the five-yard line when you come back protecting your seven-nothing [Music] lead espn's college football prime time brought to you by dodge live life to the fullest dodge grab life and olivia award-winning high-definition television well there's been some waffling among the experts this college football season it's been very tough number two has been grilled three times into 13 day span usc shocked by 40 foot under stanford cal lost it home to oregon state a week ago tonight usf lost at rutgers number two boston college in a seven nothing hole a handoff to brandon orr on first down the hokies the last time they had the ball inside the 10-yard line drove 91 yards for a touchdown they've had blue field position most of the night though i would say one of the keys to that big drive was the quarterback scramble and so in the locker room i think glennon don't be afraid to take off and run at that element yeah and make a quick decision and for the most part he did that in the first half he didn't like what he saw he took off quickly boston college in this series using a rotation of defensive line four fresh bodies in there for jagazinski's team there's a time-out on the field let's check in with reese davis in the studio chris this week's a t espn all-america player of the week is dj hall of alabama 13 catches 185 yards couple of touchdowns and the tides 41-17 beat down of tennessee you can get in on the action text award vote to 87654 on your att wireless phone you might win yourself a trip to the national championship game now reese thank you problem with the sky cam which roams the field on a cable system here it's locked up and the crowd pushing its displeasure a little chance for the hokie offense to regroup on second and seven well you just need a little grease little wd-40 had a little rainy night first half [Applause] it's getting out of the way it's not over the field of play except just to the extreme edge of it at this point about the 15-yard line [Applause] frozen up in the rain the officials not something they face all the time trying to figure out what do we do about this can we play we have to wait we've endured a rain storm having jack laugh he hasn't smiled much tonight crank it out he smiled a lot in that media guy though didn't he he did if you look in the boston college media guide you can see every picture of coach jags he's got a smile on his face we're asking people to do it is that is that a constant i mean here he is there's at the press conference you know he's happy by getting the job he's got the hat on up here he's got a different hat he's still smiling more chuckles at the press conference with his family in the upper right hand corner he's all smiles all the time i'm talking to mike mccarthy head coach of the packers this afternoon he said well he's got a smile he's undefeated yeah you know and uh but mccarthy was happy for him too you know say his blue collar guy stays the course not surprised at all with a success took a job where he inherited an outstanding quarterback known for his really good organizational skills he said he learned you know from his time in the nfl how to organize things he practices a lot like an nfl team not a whole lot of content just one day of real hitting and less than two hours each day well make sure they understand what you're teaching them and no don't blow them away this connection with virginia tech he coached the falcons offensive line in o5 and of course exoking michael vick was there seven or no start but a perfect record in jeopardy tonight in lane stadium lennon in the shotgun next to brandon orr no fire short nice catch by josh hyman hammered out of bounds by tribble short of a first down third short now that's a nice call on second down because they moved glennon out of the pocket there was a safety blitz inside marcellus bowman was blitzing inside had that been a drop-back pass might have been a sack inside the five-yard line but a little half roll got him outside the old days guys this would have been no problem for the hokies to pick up third and one in their own end when they need it we'll see if they can get it right now and they've had a lot of success of what they've had on the ground today off the tackles and on the edge whether for the fullback in front of brandon hyman comes in motion it is ore tip-toeing near the 15-yard line just haven't been able to get that kind of push all season long they did they looked funny coming off the ball on that play craig that the line did not come off in unison they didn't come off with a lot of authority and boston college just held the line of scrimmage you know and we're not surprised are we i mean we watched film a lot of film that was the one thing we took away from all of our film study this week was that the offensive line at virginia tech just wasn't together and it's one guy here another guy ball carrier not running hard sometimes good job by dunbar and hers like the linebackers to fill those gaps for boston college and bowdoin into punt low kick triple calls for a fair catch at his 38-yard line dribble in no mood to gamble on punt returns on a rainy night nice job out does his job 47 yards on the punt four races to go the chase standing up for grabs jimmy johnson trying to run down his teammate jeff gordon nascar bush series at memphis on espn2 saturday at three eastern and the nextel cup race in atlanta on abc sunday at one o'clock eastern time will it be another championship for the 24 car and jimmy johnson running down can bc get the offense going here still chasing points whitworth there's the tail back and he gets the call lv whitworth to the 45 picks up six not a bad idea to get away from the outside and ellis right they're dominating out there with speed hit him in the gut yep try to punch him in the stomach a couple times see what you can do [Music] xavier db the heart and soul in there now without his partner vince hall missed his first start in 45 games last game out against duke with the broken wrist medivh having to take over the leadership of this defense there he is three tight ends in for the eagles cut down is whitworth orion martin off the edge ryan martin's one of those great stories you know the blue collar kid he didn't have any scholarship offers out of high school went to norfolk state then he went to hargrave military academy walked on here to be with his younger brother and then worked himself into being a starting defensive lineman a blue collar lunchtail pentagon he's made five tackles tonight another third down for the eagles just two for ten in that department ryan looks short almost intercepted as macho harris jumped the route in front of robinson he jumped around but again it was chris ellis his pressure in the backfield forced a wobbly throw watch chris ellis get right into the face of matt ryan and that ball doesn't come out with a lot of zips and it enables harris to jump the route you can't half zip when you can't step into the football we talked about in studying watching matt ryan through the year that he has a strong arm staying tall but he really needs to be able to step and deliver a quicker ball with his feet [Applause] okay what i'd put two guys on 49 the rest of the game if i was boston college he's he's causing too many problems ryan just 12 of 28 as many punts now as first downs royal takes it at the five and fights back to the 17-yard line 50 yards as heirs continues to boot in deep applebee's weekend menu talked about significant saturday in the pac-10 ohio state and penn state prime time game on abc can the buckeyes survive their biggest hurdle of the season something the eagles are trying to do tonight here and how about the trojans of usc going out to a very loud tough origin place to play with a quarterback sanchez that will probably start for them john david booty not quite ready to go arizona state has been owned by cal in recent years the bears have been a real nemesis [Applause] right now meantime number two continues to trail planet a first down throw puck fake goes deep eddie wide open makes the catch 42 yards the punt bank got the corner to want dribble out of the picture yeah but it really starts up front the protection to allow the double move was outstanding by this offensive line and then the arm of glennon to get it down there what's the body work of boyle nice job by royal using his body to shield triple away from the ball it was slightly under thrown royal knew exactly where it was slowed down and used his body you see sean saying i didn't put enough on it but his receiver bailed him out all of the eagles 40. [Applause] and time on the play clock ran out brandon orr they did signal the timeout from the sideline lennon had no idea the play clock was in danger of running out so they burned the timeout but saved the five-yard penalty virginia tech in bc territory up by a touchdown midway third quarter this game being broadcast on espn hd presented by pioneer kuro so the first down throw for glennon picks up 41 yards and sets up the hookies at the bc 41. [Applause] as a little crease the flag is down in the holding zone the nullify what would have been a nice run for brandon a nice call by brian steinsbring out of that timeout they went with the shift brought two guys over to outflank the boston college defense and then snapped it quick and were able to get to the corner but there was a hole back inside away from the ball [Applause] penalty is a problem for the hokies this season and uncharacteristic and especially a problem for an offense it's had trouble overcoming penalties like this this season but again number eight offense 10 yard penalty previous spot repeat first down that's your guy boom the tight end with the big hands down the field he's had some nice catches and good blocks but again you see the perimeter run the success you know for virginia tech has been on the corner with the running game you see a frustrated brian stein spring there he had a nice call out of the timeout they march it back that's his guy too he coaches tight ends yeah and get on his own [Applause] first and 20 now fake it to orr looking downfield trying to find josh morgan and a flag as the ball is intercepted by jamie silva [Applause] i'll check the flag silva has the ball at the four-yard line jamie silva has five interceptions but the problem on this one it was a corner blitz and that put him in single coverage running with a speedy wide receiver down the sideline he's not accustomed to playing man-to-man with a fast receiver he's much more of a strong safety type linebacker inside and so when you get an open space like that it really makes you put pressure on adjusting to the ball in the air he was in position but he just pushes off to go get the football yeah boy now offensive guys look defensive guys will say wave and a receiver can do that all day long and they'll never throw the flag yeah i don't know about that that's what do you think ledge pass interference yeah i think it was enough yeah just enough offensive dollar yeah this margin i'll tell you but it's a huge penalty because it gives the hokies an automatic first down at the 36 of boston college [Applause] or just can't get the corner chased down by brady smith 97 brady smith [Music] [Applause] people tuning in to see what is boston college about is this team good enough to get out of lane stadium with a win are they worthy of the number two ranking remember the team that's just behind bc in the bcs standings is lsu and they thumped this virginia tech team a 48-7 beat down on the buy-it now different setting different time of the season but people are bound to compare when you're talking about the top of the vcf standings ranking the last thing on the eagles mind at the moment [Applause] steps up he takes a big hit he thought he had some room to run but robert francois met him you know we've seen sean glennon move around pretty decent tonight one of the things he really did in the off season after the bowl game he didn't play well he made a real commitment to training and getting himself in better shape he went and worked with a speed coach and a guy that worked with him on his footwork and his agility he put a lot of extra work into that he's still not a tie rod taylor type but he's a lot more mobile than he was a year ago it's not the reinvention of a victim quarterback i think the difference in glennon though is his mental approach a psychological approach that's getting the starting job back on third and seven fires complete and it's caught by justin harper but he doesn't have enough for the first down silva on the stop it'll set up a decision for bemer here but to your point about his makeup mentally as a quarterback to lead a top 10 team that throw right there going down in distance and field position looking for three you know move the ball we're gonna take a field goal here john did leave here's three of four from beyond 40 yards pretty solid kicker this will be from about 45 yards [Applause] seven 10 of 11 superb numbers and he's got good range as well crucial this for a 10 point lead make it 11 of 12 on the season so the big pass play they're helped out by the pass interference penalty nullifying the interception and the hokies build a 10-point lead and the urgency will grow now for matt ryan as he gets the football back down 10. well there's still a lot of time in the game and this is when you count on his boys and his leadership this is a team that has 17 guys that have already graduated from college already have their degrees it's a mature senior-laden team and that's what you need right now you need that poise and that leadership to say hey guys it's nothing we got a lot of time we've been behind before let's take care of some business here but from a strategic x and o standpoint there's nothing that we've seen in this half to suggest that they've solved the problem which is the speed of virginia tech's defensive line and you've got virginia tech secondary now starting to recognize the squad on route well you're not going to get any faster during half time in the locker room so you're not going to match their speed you just got to do some different things and again i think they need to pay a little extra special attention to chris ellis rushing off the edge in definite past situations [Applause] don't levy to kick off ryan just 12-28 still hasn't hit the 100-yard mark in passing [Applause] this is jeff smith a yard deep in the end zone it's a couple of blocks takes a big hit at the 25. let's go to aaron matt matt ryan chris this will be interesting to see matt ryan's demeanor here just over on the sidelines before he just went into this huddle this is the most fired up i have seen him tonight he got in the face of every offensive lineman and just started screaming let's go this is it let's go he has been absolutely quiet this whole night on the sidelines right now that was pretty different see if it has an effect these guys said all week they didn't care about the environment they didn't care about coming to a hostile stadium didn't feel the pressure of being number two in the dcs once again they try to get down field to calendar and he was well covered by a db the linebacker all day they have been forcing the issue with matt ryan they've not let him set his feet and be comfortable and that's what a quarterback wants to feel comfort rhythm timing he has not had that tonight because of the speed and the pass rush of virginia tech even on the last play fowler there was holding on the right tackle costanzo he just didn't get called for it matt ryan was drifting when he threw he didn't set his feet on that one either he's missed 10 of his last 13 pass attempts ganel in motion ryan flushed again a flag flies it's incomplete robinson couldn't hold on it's in the holding zone again and they continue to single block chris ellis with this true freshman anthony castanzo i mean uh they said this guy's a talented guy he's still a young face mask pulling them down again castanzo the first true freshman to start at the offensive line for bc in 10 years but a tough assignment going against a senior and alice who's approaching 20 career sacks and he's flipped on both sides they're moving him around yeah he spreads the love he's going right tackle left tackle there's pressure but again taking the pocket pushing it to the side and making matt ryan throw on the move that time ellis pushed to the inside and forced matt ryan to get outside by rule all offensive face mass penalties are 15 yards that's half the distance to the goal repeat the dam first ready knife for that offensive line watch chris ellis at the top beats the freshman inside right there he's got him beat now that forces matt ryan to not be able to set his feet he's got to get out of the pocket he's got to go outside and try to make a play that's not where matt ryan makes his money doing that [Applause] calendar and whitworth both in the ball game both go out as past receivers and ryan sacked barry booker there was no help from the backs there they both went out they went out what's going on i mean you've got to recognize pressure comes from the outside you got it on the inside there's no way that matt ryan can look downfield and see anything with people in his face that time the right guard and the right tackle just got whipped it was one-on-one match-ups and both of them got whipped ryan has been sacked three times tonight 33 yards and loss and pressured countless times and now the noise of lane stadium on third and 33. play clocks down to three they just get the snap off and make the safe call calendar dropped for a short gain well what a defensive possession that was for virginia tech and what a performance tonight for virginia tech the defense showed up and they talked about not allowing beamer ball to occur and also they recognize sometimes you can't do anything about it right defense and special teams i haven't really been hurt on special teams yet the eighth punt of the night for johnny ayers is at a very good night royal may have a chance at a return they brought pressure once again ayers is knocked down royall fumbles the ball at midfield see if they call the five or the 15 yard variety dustin pickle was in pressuring errors it is a personal foul automatic first down crucial mistake and then draws a grimace from the special teams guru 31. don't even rush in 31 just just you got to go to the side i mean it's an acting job by ayers but oh look at this [Applause] the punters in the exposed position but that wasn't much of a personal foul yeah but go in and really take the ball off the punter's foot yeah you got to come in front of it he's feeding him so well he's back there go just get take the ball off the foot not high with your hand pickle get the ball hands down on the foot he put his hands down to try to avoid the contact and ran into him with his chest another chance for ryan in this struggling offense now ryan is really unsettled tonight that too tall for calendar doesn't look anything like he's looked in the first seven games you're right that's the right word unsettled his feet are unsettled his eyes are unsettled he's looking at the rush you know when a quarterback is in the right kind of rhythm he sees the field and feels the rush right now he's looking for where the problems are coming from and he's not comfortable even the throws that he makes look very simple and routine are not happening three for his last 14. and they'll keep it on the ground is his calendar across the 30 so they gain the first down on the running play well when you look at this boston college football team it's really it has one superstar on the team matt ryan when you look at the season 63 versus 40 tonight but you can't throw the football if you have pressure on you know and that offensive line is just discombobulated and i tell you what it with 10 points down and we're still in the third quarter i don't think you go completely away from the run either try to keep cal running because you need to take some pressure off your quarterback most senior tailbacks in the game both go into the pattern and this is a short completion wrestled down his calendar db on the tackle he'd be keeping a close eye on number 32 as a receiver they saw the damage you need to notre dame with those 10 catches like we did with south florida last week when they were down at rutgers you're going to find out is this the number two team in the country number two team in the country has to score points on the road and you said there's a lot of time todd and i agree but it's getting more urgent by the minute with this crowd and the way the hokies are gaining in confidence grinnell in motion on second and six orion wants to try a screen one more time this is calendar and great work against the screen passes continues the db combining with worlds on the stop well here's where you see the speed that was the one screen that looked like it had a chance for boston college and the speed of a db and world flying to the football stopped it for a very short game i'd look at a little time where you go over and you fake a screen left and thought right take advantage of this over aggressive defense run some counters do something to take advantage of the pursuit one of the best third down offenses in the country coming in boston college just two of 12. tonight this one's important the good news for bc chris ellis isn't in the game right now he's getting a break a rush four ryan again misfires he was looking for justin jarvis off target and again that's the second or third time that a receiver has had a little trouble getting out of his break he didn't fall down but he stumbled just enough to bust up the timing of that route i go back again andre calendar is a nice player in know run some draws with him do something to get us get the hands and take advantage of that defense is just pinning their ears back busy night for johnny ayers he's been great but coach james would like to see a little bit less of this guy let's see if they stay away from him instead of a return nowhere near the punter this time it's a short kick and bounces backwards covered at the 33. inside of two minutes to go in the third quarter okies back on offense protecting a 10-point lead espnu all-state standings we'll check out the bcs bc came in second only to ohio state the buckeyes of course facing a test in happy valley there was some thought eagles to get out of here with a win they might be number one look at the gap the gap is key right here after lsu it drops off significantly to arizona state oregon oklahoma i think the key thing in the championship chase will lsu lose a second game or force out of bounds on the near sideline lsu is going to have to lose another game i think for those other teams to to get up and pass him in the polls or the computers and if boston college were to lose how far will they drop you know it's that one of those deals just boston college i'm telling you man they got to come in here and win because there's a lot of doubt in there and you've got other teams down there on the bottom they're looking to jump up south florida lose a week ago and drop down to number 10. the computers still have the bulls at number five i don't think the computers even though pc is number one in computer average i can't imagine them being kind to bc if they lose this game no i can't either when it fires far sideline royal has to leave his feet to make the catch so it's a short gain and it'll set up a third and three well this is this is a situation where when you you look at this boston college team todd they better pay attention we saw a trickeration package worked on tuesday yeah uh and and eddie royal on a reverse on third and three are you calling for the requests up ten years tell me man right now you got a chance you got you got a chance to get something on him i would i'd get eddie royal the ball the good thing about third and three is you got a run pass threat that's legitimate either way eagles crowd the line of scrimmage play action fires in the flat and the fullback reaches behind him and makes a terrific catch carlton weatherford showing better hands than you expect from big block in full pack they had that play earlier in the ball game down by their own goal line and glennon overthrew him this time he throws the ball behind weatherford but what a catch by the big fella reaches back with the one hand wait if fullbacks were big heavy shoulder pads they can't reach back and make that you guys sound surprised that a fullback can make a catch come on now he's known for his blocking big guy he's not much of a pass guy the quarterback made that tough on him with a first down at the 44. orr steps to his right there's some room brandon stiff arms and games about 12. billy height the running back coach at virginia tech thought that brandon orr looked the best this week that he's looked all season frank spazziani watching as virginia tech probably running the ball better tonight than they have in a long time and brandon orr for sure but against duke in their last game you know they really were poor especially or in the backfield not only running the ball but in picking up or not picking up the blitzing off the corner so he had to get going today taji morris the corner who forced orr out of bounds is down on one knee yeah they've been trying to kind of diagnose what's wrong with orr physically you know say he's lost strength in the right leg he had kind of a hamstring problem hampered by ribs they couldn't figure out what it was he kind of lacked that explosiveness that burst and you guys said height felt like maybe he was coming around a little bit in practice they had 12 days to prepare and he does look a little sharper i saw him in the opener i saw him at clemson i didn't think he looked healthy at clemson a few weeks ago he looks better tonight but he still doesn't look quite the same as he did last year when he ran for over 100 yards and you have to give props up to ed wang that right tackle you know i mean they've they've pushed and they've been able to have some success behind him and getting to the perimeter so maybe this offensive line really has come on we didn't see it in film study right but they have had more reps out there and they've had some success i think what's fun about games this time of season fellas is the test for the teams that have navigated this part you know undefeated there are national championship contenders now boston college has 15 minutes and about 25 seconds to come back from a 10-point deficit and a tough place to play and we're going to learn about this team first the defense has to get the hokies off the field and weatherford carries there and it's a very short gain the one thing i might want to do if i'm brian steinspring even though you're running the ball with some effectiveness is maybe take a shot down the field because there's a new corner in the game roderick rollins has come in for taji morris if he stays in the game i'm not so sure i wouldn't take a shot at him it has been an inspired lunch pail effort from the hokies and they'll head to the final 15 about 10. [Music] new position for number two first time trailing after three quarters the band does the traditional hokey pokey at the end of three here great oaky traditions and see if they can pick up a first down around in is josh morgan hammered out of bounds they quickly snap it try to reverse but jomon dunbar the leader of that defense there to hammer the receiver what was that a little reverse huh first get them off there you got to spread the field use the whole field this number right here to me 121 yards for the heisman trophy candidate that's the top maybe the top heisman guy maybe the top guy coming in but uh right about now not but he still has a whole fourth quarter to make up some ground [Applause] oaky's very successful on third down tonight six of 13 much better than their season average [Applause] or stacked up for a loss what a great play great play by alex albright is that who was over there markers like the linebacker yeah great job of keeping leverage outside leverage they tried to get to the corner they tried to outflank them by formation and albright did a great job along with hersley just keep an outside position and again what you mean by that in that leverage is he came from the inside and he pushed him to the sidelines he did not allow ore to get up in the lane i believe albright just the sophomore has a huge future at boston college right back pretty good this season and dropped the ball down inside the 20. you try to pin ryan deep you got too much on that point and will sail into the end zone on the fly not a good effort by about in that time led foster's defense back to work keep waiting i think for the offensive line to improve its protection for ryan to get going i haven't seen it yet see the problem and the dilemma is if you want to keep guys in then that limits the number of guys you have eligible receivers so far steve logan has still decided he wants everybody out well but what's the point of having five receivers and you got your quarterback on your backside right or moving his feet too much that's what he's doing tonight so far there's a slot right there you keep him there work on this corner give yourself that's purvis one of two tight ends and they'll hand it off to whitler you know back in september when they lost to lsu this defense they thought they were pretty good but they didn't trust each other they didn't play in sync they weren't playing as a unit and they were embarrassed down there and ever since then they had a team meeting after that game and xavier adibi was very very vocal in that meeting and ever since then this defense has played as a unit very cohesive under bud foster ryan fires over the middle and robinson goes to his knee to catch the ball for a first down after a 17-yard gain at the 39. that's the matt ryan that we've seen you know where he's just buying a little time moving up in the pocket trying to get the receivers open but he's got to have that composure he's got to continue to see the receivers and if you want to lead your team and if you want to come into a place like this and win this is when you have to step up and play because everybody right now is depending on matt ryan everybody in that offensive hunter and everybody on that sideline five on the play clock play action ryan flips it off he's got the tight end purpose and he picks up about nine i like the first down throws off of play action it gives you a little bit better protection it takes a little bit of the steam out of that virginia tech defense when you get in the shotgun and spread out and they know pass that's when they've had some problems tonight but bud foster the defensive coordinator he really talks about how he likes to make the adjustments on the fly recognizing what the opponent's doing and then challenging them they've recognized pretty much everything tonight whitworth on second and one second effort near the first down didn't think he quite got it foster very intense guy he's had 12 days to get ready for this bc team he knows his defense was embarrassed by its performance at boston a year ago embarrassed by the game in baton rouge he's been on his guys and they've responded they really have they played an outstanding game tonight third one the sneaks there if they want it instead they run the stretch whitworth able to get away from a man in the backfield but a flag is falling they're trying to block barry booker he's been kept troubled all night this looks like a hold and it is booker got such great penetration on the play that it drew the holding penalty watch booker number 59 just shoot through there and there's the hold on cliff ramsey the right guard hold that would be that would be called a hug ramsay like a lot of those guys up front has had a tough night that is a huge penalty third and one they try to run the stretch play now they're all the way back third and 11. [Applause] you know what they thought the ball was on the right hash they came out of the huddle the ball was on the left hash they tried to change formations now they have to burn a timeout there was mass confusion among the entire eagles offense boston college still has two timeouts remaining but it's starting to get late for the eagles insurance are you in good hands yes those fans know one of the keys to the game has been b.c struggling on third down often third and long and again after that holding penalty it's third and eleven they have not converted a third down after halftime here's ellis right here 49. he's been the guy causing a lot of problems [Applause] ryan gets protection but fires high and he was looking for clarence mega it was behind him and again on third and long you have a chance to see this yeah that bud foster has been very successful with rushing three dropping eight having five underneath to go that match zone to take away the shorter routes that time he had protection he had an opening he's just a little bit behind on his throw a lot of bodies in there but he had a scene a quick shot of the greatest hokey ever bruce smith a guy who can appreciate pressure in the quarterback one of the all-time greats he's trying to set up the wall gets a block and gets the corner and dives across to the 23-yard line 49 on the punt 10 on the return as we head back to reece davis for a 30-30 update all right chris can't be good news for bc when the red sox have outscored them boston now has a 2-1 lead on colorado in game two of the world series they're moving to the top of the sixth inning mike lowell knocking in the go ahead run with an rbi double news from football indirectly san diego mayor jerry sanders says qualcomm stadium will not be available to fire evacuees starting at noon pacific time on friday that could clear the way for the chargers in texas to play there this weekend sportscenter after the game stay curious reese thank you and our hearts go after the folks in southern california displaced by the terrible fires by the way we talked earlier about mark sanchez the usc quarterback his father nick is a firefighter irvine california has been battling those blazes in orange county mark's saying his thoughts have been with his dad he's trying to you know keep constant word in where he is how he's doing he's certainly proud of his father absolutely has picked up three on first down as they try to do some damage choose some clock here in this possession or has a grease and brandon has a first down across the 32. this time ron pruitt on the stop brandon orr approaching 100 yards that would be a huge breakout game for a tailback he's really struggled this year you know you get the sense right now boston college is trying to figure out how they can make a play you know they've played pretty stout but they just haven't been able to uh to knock the ball loose here and they had the one fumble recovery and a fumbled snap could get nothing out of it in the first half when it will throw on first down swings it near side to josh morgan who's hit immediately over there by pruitt a bit of a risky throw a long throw in the flat that ball was in the air a long time and pruitt just ripped right through the guy trying to block him and almost got there to knock the ball away [Music] i circle the linebackers there the linebackers are the strength of this defense you know jolan dunbar and that group are the strength they're okay up front they're okay in the secondary but the linebackers playing downhill and making plays is what they're used to [Applause] [Music] they have not gotten nearly as much rest tonight as i think they've been accustomed to getting either short completion he's got the tight end boon and traffic in the big man muscling near the first down marker across the 40. i'll spot him dead before he eventually was dragged to the ground and the only touchdown in this game somewhat controversial after a discussion it was ruled in bounds royale did he keep his feet in bounds did he have control of the ball with the feet on the ground you know he reviewed it didn't overturn it i still think it was a very very marginal play i don't think he had control he didn't he did not have control of that football that's just not a touchdown it's on the board yeah it's third and one now weatherford in front of orr okies have struggled to get these third and shorts tonight this time just enough push up front or has a first down again the one thing that i feel right now for the boston college defense you said something about how to make a play i think in some ways you're trying to figure out how to hold on right now too because they're used to their offense possessing the ball hanging on to it driving the football bat ryan and the offense have not moved the ball tonight i think the defense is getting a little bit fatigued out here and i'll tell you what i'm seeing the offensive lineman of virginia tech setting their pads and their hips coming through there's some hips that are coming through in the defensive lineman now they said having this group together finally healthy these five guys out front they would hope it would suddenly spark the running game and or able to run through some tackles maybe the defense is getting weary picks up six one of the sure signs of a defense getting a little tired is miss tackles we haven't seen too many missed tackles out of this boston college bunch tonight but there were a couple on that play and we haven't seen brandon nor this season break many arm tackles either so maybe he's getting into gears again this was statistically the number one rush defense in the country coming in a few of us believed they actually were the best but the genetics tripled tripled the average rushing yards in bc's previous opponents kenny lewis now in the ball game the sophomore spelling brandon orr he's to the right from lennon [Applause] just a second on the play clock he could see glennon eager to get that ball snapped has to fall on it back in the 40. you mentioned beau warren is the center this is the third center that's played in the game tonight for virginia tech that one just a good outside show just a little bit yeah glennon not even thinking about picking up that football doing the same thing falling on it like one of your colorado rockies pitchers yesterday yes out of the strike zone third and 14. lewis is the long tailback wants to go downfield looking deep for royal jump ball and broken up nicely by tribble glennon's pass coming into the ball game boston college leading the nation with 18 interceptions sean glennon said about half those interceptions have come on deep passes when quarterbacks have just gotten a little bit too anxious too greedy that time they had a chance to pick one off weren't able to come down with the football and the net effect if they had intercepted the ball without like a nice that interception was totally a bit inflated because what six came against bowling green right in a blowout bowden puts the ball away and he'll bounce and roll dead just inside the 20 yard line 41 yards on the point the heisman candidate still no points on the board welcome back to blacksburg the hokies lead by 10. here's a guy that i know would love to be in this matchup tonight linebacker vince hall will get your injury in just a moment what's been the key for your defense tonight in pressuring matt moran i think our keyboard defense in general but everybody's been the same gap and just maintain their ball i mean all we gotta do is maintain responsibility and good things will happen for us second chance in playing the number two team in the nation chris yes an interception aaron ryan throws right into traffic and d.j parker his second pick of the year and that'll get vince hall happy the greatest defensive player ever coached by bud foster the guy with 365 career tackles and ryan pressing he definitely pressed on that one he's trying to make a play a lot of combination coverages and dj parker just saw the quarterback he went to double he felt the ball was coming there and turned and got a quick glance at the quarterback and it went to the ball i thought he's a great example of match zone right there wasn't it bracketing finding your guy getting on him a couple of picks tonight for ryan kenny lewis in the game oh it's a good push sharon back to you vince hall just asked did i mess it up how different is this team from the last time you played the number two team in the nation lsu i mean in general we're the same team but our mindsets right now is it was reality check for us last game we took and the lsu i mean they killed us did what they had to do against us but now we back and we knew sporting a maroon cast right here what's the latest with you when are we going to see you back on the field well hopefully i'll be out here right now but i mean we got to see we're talking about hopefully georgia tech game but right now i'm going week by week and i can't wait to get back out there though boys miss you out there thanks vince i appreciate it thank you the hokies will play a week from tonight at georgia tech down in atlanta interviewing a hurt guy and playing hurt aaron with that voice aaron is showing up for a injury list tonight but i mean to get vince hall back what a huge boost to the defense and now he's gotten it swagger back up this performs tonight they can hold on the last five minutes and frank biemer said that you know we have to get ready for the long run this stretch run right here this is the acc time and getting a guy like paul back then you've got brett warren over there linebacker with more depth right and he's played very well stepping in last week when he stepped in as a starter he had 11 tackles he had an interception brett warren number 33. hey fellas a reminder this is the number two team in the country going down again they got to make a play here see the clock from winding down the hokies will spend a timeout yeah just 4 32 to play will it be yet another number two team bc would be the fourth in a 20-day span to bite the dust and once again virginia tech climbs back into the hot here all the focus coming in on bc's chances as a contender but the hokies ranked number eight would certainly muscle back into the conversation absolutely i mean it just a boston college loss here tonight helps virginia tech obviously and all those other one-loss teams that are that are just kind of waiting there hoping to gain ground well and it also number 12 right there matt ryan you know there are two things that were on display here tonight first and foremost for boston college they want to win the game their number two team in the country but they also wanted to support matt ryan and his heisman run yeah that's in trouble right now it's definitely in trouble and then that last interception really pressing on it and uh again i just don't think this team boston college i don't think they're a bad team but they have not played a defense like this defense now they played georgia tech in atlanta johnson is defense is a good group they do a lot of different things so you have to read and decipher but they don't have man for man speed physicality the athleticism that this defense had guys they're getting whipped but again and we're not making excuses the weird schedule has to be considered a factor lennon wants to take a shot looking for royal and throws their way again bc a lot of it's for television opening up with three conference games and a very bizarre stretch of four non-conference games all of a sudden off that you play arguably your toughest conference game of the season down here and they just didn't look ready for it yeah but you know what there's a whole lot to be said about you play the best to be the best and when you just aren't going against when you have notre dame and you got umass you have army things just aren't the same pace and it really catches up with you vc defense did its job on this possession forcing a three and out on a field goal attempt from dunlevy even if he makes it it's still a two-score game there's still a flicker of hope i think the vc defense has done its job all night even the touchdown was really questionable just one miss all season long from 46. it's going to be a pooch punt the direct snap gets the punt up in the air and it'll roll dead at about the eighth so rather than a long field goal attempt to go up 13 beamer decides to pin boston college deep one more time he did this on in practice on tuesday really worked on it and said hey let's work on field position here and get it back where our defense is on the field it's getting real late for number two [Music] things are starting to feel a little bit i wouldn't say normal cause things are never gonna get back to normal but we've started to feel a little bit better you don't want to forget about those people people really come together this football season is what we needed i don't think we should let one person stop us from doing what we came here to do and start a career and have espn's college football prime time is presented by applebee's neighborhood grilling bar eating good in the neighborhood and in part by bmw the ultimate driving machine now they cranked up enter sandman in the break got the crowd going the hokies on the bench jumping around and one more time chris ellis in the face of matt ryan forces the incompletion this week during practice they didn't pipe in crowd noise what they did was matt at the line of scrimmage would kind of whisper and he really wanted his teammates in this situation right here to pay attention and really focus on him at the line of scrimmage urgency this possession for boston college down [Applause] 10. ryan fires behind brandon robinson who makes a nice adjustment and collects it at the 33 for a 25-yard gain but we just haven't seen very many throws at all that have been down the field everything has been short underneath everything has been under duress for matt ryan for the most part that time his receiver robinson did a nice job of coming back for the ball and ryan did a nice job of staying in the pocket stepping up and buying time to throw deep all right fires over the middle beautiful completion into hokey territory again it's robinson working on macho harris 22 more yards [Applause] that was a beautiful touch pass by ryan because it has to go over the linebacker but drop down in front of the safety that's a difficult throw bud foster right now needs to realize and i'm sure he is if you play soft against matt ryan in a zone and you don't match up when they come across you he's going to find the receiver there are very few guys that are going to make that throw against your defense and i think bud foster knew the guy just made a great throw over the tight end next to cantler in the backfield ellis pressure off the edge and ryan has to throw it away one more time they just have not been able to handle number 49 at all and the tight end was in the backfield chris the tight end was back there and leaked on through on his own you've got to chip block that just a little bit of just merging it and now they make some replacements you see ellis coming off they bring in four fresh pass rushers on second and ten you mentioned urgency and i i agree completely virgin or jurassic eyes has to score on this drive and i think they need some points but i think a touchdown they're going to be thinking right now touchdown there he is this is the tight end and purvis has a lot of room that's the first time tonight we've seen an eagle receiver catch the ball and nobody around him and he came out of the backfield there's a little delay a little delay he's out of the backfield those linebackers xavier adevian those guys have got to pay attention to the underneath passing game 20-yard game so three big pass plays and the drive that began for the eagles at the eight-yard line carried it to the 27 of the hokies [Applause] [Music] flutie's gonna have to come back and teach him how to slide he got the first down it worked well the good news is he got enough for a first down so the clock stops until they move the chain challenger brandon flowers fell down challenger was open right from the snap but matt ryan had already taken his eyes downfield pressure that's what president does won't let you see downfield block running now 2 34 in the ball game worth and calendar in the backfield both into the pattern ryan lasted to throw it away adibi was all over andre calendar what's happened tonight there's been so much consistent pressure that matt ryan even a senior quarterback who's played so much ball here is moving out of the pocket even when he doesn't have to move out of the pocket he's moving his feet even when the rush is not making him move his feet because it's just been that way for the most part the whole night and again this is where that offensive line has to understand the situation they're in where they are and allow ryan to stay in the pocket craig they brought in the 18 the starting four defensive line in return for this snap for the hokies ryan throwing to the end zone rich gannell didn't break to the post ryan on his backside so miscommunication continues how can you allow a freshman time after time on the outside to have the responsibility of ellis i don't know i don't know he's the best they got i guess at that position right now help him out third and ten [Applause] ryan for the end zone but for a touchdown he beat macho harris with a beautiful throw and finally bc on the board 211 to play don't check the call on the far side i've had a couple of reviews already did he get the feet down well remember gannel is the guy who had the one bounce off his head earlier catch foot yes right foot down before the left foot hit that is a perfect throw by matt ryan you know what that's better than the throw that he made against georgia tech maybe i mean that is he threw that football in anticipation of a spot coming open they will take a look at it as they should on all close calls if it stands a 92-yard touchdown drive in 205 for the eagles they didn't have to burn a timeout well that one didn't look nearly as close as the one that uh virginia tech got earlier in the ball game if they overturn this one and not the other one that's the right foot that he needs down and he's got that inside the line and vic this will stand and if it does and that's a heisman drive there yes fellas that's making some plays he scrambles runs gets the first down got more work to do though coach he ain't over is it no epinevis will come on and try to make it a three-point game and then the eagles defense will have to get the football back have to believe they'd use those timeouts on defense yeah just wondering now with 211 whether you go on sidekick or whether you kick it deep and hope you can stop him with the two timeouts and and you know you lost one time out at boston college on that time they came out of the huddle wrong hash to be messed up had to call time wasted it after video review the call on the field stands it is a catch and a touchdown now ryan four of eight in the drive he had 81 yards passing he had the 11 yard scramble and stumble for a first down but you're right that was a solid drive that kind of drive you'd expect from ryan is it too little too late and this is a crucial extra point he's missed three this year this one means a lot the former walk-on came on was the hero a year ago against the hokies up at chestnut hill boots it through [Applause] and number two rally let's take a look at the two touchdowns both close calls on the sideline as royal havoc is his foot inbound they called it on the field then the replay upheld it this one also called a touchdown appears to be a little more clear-cut well now the pressure shifts back over to sean glennon at quarterback trying to go out and to find first downs and chew up the clock and not make a mistake i think tom makes a good point though craig what would you do would you go for the onside kick gamble of getting the football back to ryan or would you take it deep and play defense i think i kick it down the field you got two timeouts to go you know that virginia tech is going to be conservative you know it's not a shoe in that they can run the football so they're going to be conservative and as a former carrier i know you hate to do that you're going to be out there protecting the ball not going anywhere yeah i think i think i agree with that i think you kick it deep you try to get them three and out and use those timeouts and then give the ball back to matt ryan with no timeouts but you got to get a good kickoff and good coverage because you can't allow them to get that ball out in good field position and the wind in the second half has changed from left to right so a little wind behind him but just not the ideal kickoff guy been forced into that duty because of injury and he's not known for a real strong leg royale to return this kick is standing up at the 25-yard line they got the hands team yeah virginia tech's playing for the onside kick they got everybody up [Applause] it will be an onside kick was hit first by a virginia tech player so that ball is live eagles say they have it it didn't travel 10 but a hokie touched it fresh and that puts it in play josh morgan the receiver on that hands team and tyrone pruitt number 48 comes up with the recovery wow so they do gamble they take the approach it doesn't go the 10 yards but look stepping up to try to field it is morgan and he can't come up with it had a chance to gather it in purvis the tight end knocked it loose pruitt falls on it wow you're talking about momentum shifts in a football game and i guess jags was thinking look we're going to hold him at midfield and we'll get ryan the ball back if he's got to go 90 he can do it he's got that much confidence in the quarterback but it's not midfield you're kicking from the from the 30 they already got it on the 40. on your 40. bc at the 34. two timeouts 207. it's purvis tiptoeing got near the 40. stopped by adivi and brett warren remember epinavish is not a long-range kicker very unreliable from beyond 40 yards so they really need to move the ball deep into hokie territory guys he's just one of five but beyond 40. rush three drop eight that's worth for the virginia tech all night which is what they did on first down they bring the blitz delivered robinson makes the catch almost slipping free the ball is loose they say down no fumble no fumble so robinson picks up 20 and bc is at the 41-yard line robinson showed some strength fighting victor harris for the football harris was in position and robinson just flat out wanted the ball more on that play but really maybe the first blitz we've seen tonight from center field and you know what when you come blitzen and you go man and that secondary down there you're in trouble against matt ryan whitworth and calendar in the game ryan against the three-man rush steps up and delivers a strike across the middle that's gunnell collecting in traffic and ryan a different quarterback suddenly the two-minute offense is all called by matt ryan on the field steve logan doesn't call the two-minute matt ryan has complete control calling the two-minute offense and right now he's calling his own number and we're now seeing matt ryan the heisman trophy candidate two-time out still no sense of urgency right now well gotta use one of them didn't like the personnel good call good call well the last drive was a a marathon march bc shutout until ryan went to work they gave him a few openings in the second year he began to take him he ran for 11 yards in the first down and there's the touchdown the beautiful throw to ganell who just gets the toe inbounds i've been on these wide receivers tonight right i mean i haven't been real complimentary of them and they haven't stepped up they have stepped up in this quarter this this unit has made some plays they've made some tough catches they've fought for the football they've gotten some separation gotten some openings again guys i think with a field goal kicker that's not real comfortable beyond 40 yards but just has a 45 yard career long and that's about where they would be if they attempted it at this point i think they want i think they think an end zone here i think you do think enzo because you've got virginia tech's defense on their heels a little bit after the last drive the botched uh onside kick i think you keep going aggressively for the end zone here remember their mindset touchdown to check down when they get close ryan on the run comes back to the near side fires complete on the sidelines out of bounds at the 14 is kevin challenger what a great job by matt ryan and for the first time i saw a chip on chris ellis calendar took a little piece out of him that time it allowed ryan a little extra time he scrambled 50 yards away by the pass wide receiver working to get an opportunity for the quarterback and ryan not real quick of feet by in time till challenger could come open now here's where you got it now any throw you make you can throw to the end zone if you want this really does come into play when they talk red zone which is touchdown to check down they're looking in the end zone for six there's only four on the play plot another chip on ellis ryan pressured fires over the head of purvis put her in a position where it really couldn't be picked off but don't you get the the idea in the sense watching ryan he's he may be buying time back there but he's not going to take a sack no he knows he can't take a sack even though he's got that one timeout they're in field goal range right now so he can't take a set you can be aggressive and go to the end zone but don't take a sack and force yourself to have to go for the touchdown there's that one timeout remaining for b.c and i really believe that virginia tech may have an empty gas tank on that corner they've been having success out here they've got to make a play [Applause] ryan flushed out a flag is down as he fires to the end zone for a touchdown ganell catches it but jagozinski knows this one's coming back looks like another hold well and again it all starts with the pressure when you get beat up front you have to hold yeah cliff ramsey number 73 is the guy that was caught for holding corey robertson who got that inside push [Applause] you can't take away what a tremendous effort that was by matt ryan rolling to his left throwing back to his right to the end zone hands in the secondary everybody out there's gas this is reached deep time you're right craig this defense has been so dominant all night now the hokie's just trying to hang on they've got some work to do to get into comfortable field goal position 27 seconds and one time out ryan flyers and trying to find robinson on the slant now it's third and 20. i think they need to begin to think about field goal position now i think you got to think a good solid completion and use your timeout good solid completion let the play clock and the clock run all the way down to about four seconds call your timeout and try to kick it and put it into overtime the former walk-on the guy who played significant role in the win over virginia tech a year ago after coming out of the crowd he was a regular student watching football really get a chance here to force overtime 10 to 12 yards is what you're looking for right now if you're matt ryan plenty of time cannot take a stack here ryan will fire oh open for a touchdown is calendar and lane stadium goes silent with the 11 seconds to play though those are two heisman drivers oh my goodness you know buying the timing and how about it matt ryan in his mind is thinking i can run and set up a field goal but i am also looking down the field and i find a guy and i got a touchdown and that's the difference between a young quarterback scrambling who's thinking run and a veteran quarterback who's thinking keep my eyes downfield to the last minute before i have to make a decision my goodness fourth touchdown reception for calendar had a very quiet night that kept an eye on him guys all evening long they had not let number 32 hurt him and on the final crucial play he gets free and i'm not sure he was looking to throw to the end zone here but when he started moving out of the pocket on the three-man rush he was able to pick up calendar with his great vision and get that ball to the end zone how about the strength how about the strength to be able to throw the ball back across the field across your body and calendar again coming up big out of the backfield coach jags showing some hops and looking to stay perfect in his young coaching career but how about matt ryan oh jags got the worst for that ryan knocked him down he did i don't think he cares right now he's got that smile another picture for the media guy oh wow they scored 14 points in the last two minutes that they're being shut out all night three guys three guys rushing again you know the decision drop eight so there are a lot of folks back covering and really hoping they can force an underneath play for the field goal the amazing thing to me is he did that a couple plays ago and there was the holding penalty and it negated it he scrambled he bought time he threw it across his body touchdown no penalty bring it back two plays later he does it again and there's once again magic in lane stadium on a thursday but it belongs to the visitors boston college history shows the one team that can come in here in a night game on thursday and come out a winner and ryan five of seven on that drive for 76 yards in a game with huge repercussions as fans of lsu and arizona state and oregon and oklahoma all looking in hoping that boston college would go down a squib kick hokies will fall on it but it goes back to coach jagazinski's decision to go for the onside kick you know what he doesn't kick the ball deep and he and he you know what nowadays in college football you got to take a victory you can't just hope that it comes to you gets the onside and matt ryan again the nfl arm strength right here got no body into it at all his body is drifting left he's both feet are off the ground and it's all arm to the end zone for six this is the play that set it up josh morgan number two unable to collect it ball knocked free by purvis and covered by pruitt and that tired hokie defense had to go right back on the field right les miles at lsu all the fourth downs and the conversions and all of the things that now you got jags going with an onside kick taking a victory from lane stadium okies have one timeout they'll throw short trying to find hyman over the middle to maybe set up the hail mary now they've got just eight seconds we talk about matt ryan and rightfully so those last two drives i mean he proved why he is a heisman guy but let's not take anything away from the bc defense either they came in here with great numbers and we wondered how good they really were they held virginia tech to 10 points and when they were threatened late in this game when virginia tech looked like they could have extended it the defense held up and held it to only 10 points and gave their offense a chance well this is an offense that had 121 yards after three quarters now they're over 350 i mean that's significant that's character that's how a championship team survives the season [Applause] matt ryan of course not the first quarterback at boston college well he's early here we go he's giving it up he must have hit jags too hard this is of course thanksgiving back in 84 our normal partner in the booth flutie beating miami that was a sparkling season and this may become a very special season for the eagles thanks to that completion in the end zone two seconds to go again they throw short and this not quite as dramatic not quite as far not quite as hopeless but perhaps more significant because the eagles stay alive for the national title absolutely man number two team in the country making a drive and a play like that coming out and playing the fourth quarter like that [Music] yeah they showed me something no doubt this fourth quarter they showed me something that'll make you jump on the bandwagon quick won't it the wrangler player of the game after his worst ball game perhaps his career turns it around in the last four minutes lennon desperation time that's a trick play the lateral around this is royal and royal is hammered and boston college has rallied at lane city 14 points in the last 211 thanks in large part to the senior quarterback and lane stadium's crowd leaves stunned [Applause] perhaps these teams will hook up again in the acc championship game down in jacksonville the hokies would still have to be considered the favorite out of their division they still control their destiny perhaps another crack at the eagles another chance to spoil their season but this is bitter tonight for this crew unbelievable i mean for for so much of this night they had this game in control their defense had matt ryan completely in check they had him flustered they had him unsettled and then the last two drives it all slips away so the jubilant jagazinski he's now with aaron and he just grabbed his quarterback matt ryan first coach we have to ask you down by 10 late in the fourth what is going on in your mind i told our guys at halftime don't you dare look up until the end of the game and we'll go ahead and win this thing tell me what the difference in those last two drives were we started making plays start making plays let me tell you this guy right here how about this guy is a winner how about this guy for you what was the difference for you in those last two drives well you know what guys stepped up and made plays made big catches brandon caught the ball in traffic did such a great job and you know we just we just kept confidence the whole time we stayed confident and came away this was uh this was a hell of a win coach says you're a guy your mindset your face doesn't change but what was your mindset as time was winding down well you know there's still time left on the clock you know you still have a shot and you still got a chance we've been in this situation so many times through the course of the year in practice and we've prepared ourselves really well steve logan does a does a great job as our offensive coordinator and getting us ready for those situations so we were prepared to do it and we just came out and made plays what did you feel you proved here tonight well i don't know about that i don't know if we proved anything we just won another acc game and you know we're trying to keep winning and keep making strides to get into the acc championship guys thank you congratulations erin thank you low-key and level-headed maybe the best way to try to navigate the hazards of being a bcs contender it looked nothing like that for most of this game tonight but ryan and the eagles rally in the final two minutes beat the hokies everybody else in the country will have to reckon with this team down the stretch it's been a presentation of espn the worldwide leader in sports sportscenter is up next we're back here at land stadium for more coverage for craig todd aaron i'm chris fowler we'll see you shortly on sportscenter [Music] [Applause] i don't hold my phone for nobody i got something to say the real i said to break this is sportscenter look like the nation's number two would go down for the fourth straight week but bc with the bananas come back we're going right back out to blacksburg after an offensive explosion

Channel: Boston College Athletics

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Length: 171min 42sec (10302 seconds)

Published: Thu Jul 23 2020