Game preview: Virginia Tech at East Carolina
No.22 Virginia Tech at East Carolina
Where : Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium (cap. 43,000), Greenville, N.C.When : 7:45 p.m.
TV: ESPN
Radio: WRNL (910), WRVA (1140), 6:15 p.m.Records : Virginia Tech 5-3 overall; East Carolina 5-3
Players to watch: Virginia Tech -- QB Tyrod Taylor, Jr., 79-141-3, 1,315 yards, 9 TDs; TB Ryan Williams, r-Fr., 163 carries, 930 yards, 10 TDs; LB Cody Grimm, Sr., 67 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss, 3 pass break-ups, 7 quarterback hurries, 3 forced fumbles. East Carolina -- QB Patrick Pinkney, Sr., 140-245-9, 1,515 yards, 8 TDs; RB Dominique Lindsay, Sr., 99 carries, 570 yards, 3 TDs; DE C.J. Wilson, Sr., 39 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks, 1 pass break-up, 7 quarterback hurries, 1 fumble recovery, 2 forced fumbles.
Notable : Coming off losses to Georgia Tech and North Carolina, the Hokies are trying to avoid losing three consecutive games for the first time since 2003. They have had a three-game losing streak in just two other seasons, 1997 and 2002, since their streak of bowl-game appearances began in 1993. . . . The Hokies were 15.5-point favorites last Thursday against North Carolina and are favored by 13 over East Carolina. Just twice during the bowl streak have they lost back-to-back games in which they were favored by double digits, in 2001 and 2002. . . . This is Tech's first road game against a team from outside the six major conferences since 2002, when it won 30-0 at Western Michigan. . . . In 2007, East Carolina and Tech began a nine-year series that has them playing four games in Blacksburg and Greenville and one, last year, in Charlotte, N.C., which the Pirates won 27-22. . . . The Hokies last visited Greenville in 2000, when they won 45-28 in the last game the teams played before 2007.
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