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Virginia Tech looks for better Thursday result this week

Oct 31, 2007 - 10:24 AM No. 11 Virginia Tech (7-1) at Georgia Tech (5-3) 7:30 pm EDT

ATLANTA (Ticker) -- Virginia Tech coach Frank Beamer would love for his team to play as well as it did for the first 58 minutes last week for a full 60 this Thursday.

One week after a difficult loss, Beamer's 11th-ranked Hokies visit rested Georgia Tech for an Atlantic Coast Conference contest on Thursday night.

Last Thursday, the Hokies held a 10-0 lead with less than three minutes remaining before giving up two late touchdowns to No. 2 Boston College in Blacksburg.

After BC scored with 2:11 to play, the Eagles recovered an onside kick and won the game on Matt Ryan's 24-yard TD pass to Andre Callender with 11 seconds to go, stunning the Hokies.

Sean Glennon threw an eight-yard pass to Eddie Royal for the lone - and controversial - TD for Virginia Tech (6-2, 3-1 ACC Coastal), which had won five consecutive contests since getting crushed at Louisiana State on September 8, 48-7.

Glennon, who started for the first time since the loss to LSU because freshman Tyrod Taylor was injured, completed 15-of-25 passes for 149 yards without an interception.

Georgia Tech (5-3, 2-3 Coastal) has not played since a 34-10 home win over Army on October 20.

The Yellow Jackets, who have won back-to-back games since dropping three of their previous four contests, lost star tailback Tashard choice to a right knee injury in the contest. He is unlikely to play in this one.

The teams played in Blacksburg in both 2005 and 2006, with Virginia Tech winning the first one in a blowout, 51-7, and Georgia Tech winning the rematch last year, 38-27.