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HE NEt BATTA[ alloi form Sports The Battalion Page 7 • Monday, September 23, 2002 jko. 7 Virginia Tech escapes Kyle Field, 13-3 E' as > said he ne teeling L ‘ S ‘“fo Urgfc ■ search as a .is. lem cells IW8, ihe r . had a chillingg fn, isis.” Reoef is painful to l> a i advances o i made" if sn 't stifled, vv ill attractor hie si research aid Lam at Univere .an Diego, a; ion of situ to olher cos ennutedL ■ hasn’t acied 'carch hills,on n cloning, a* v as Mill 3 or Califoraa c-empted Ini ivndmg mC.r allowing rev- john c. livas • the battalion ■ it and pros: Texn ; A&M senior defensive end Ty Warren pursues Virginia Tech soph- traveled if. omore quarterback Bryan Randall in Saturday’s game at Kyle Field. n\ ed from ar Big play spoils solid Wrecking Crew performance By Kevin Espenlaub THE BATTALION Virginia Tech used a 52-yard pass play early in the fourth t]uarter to get to the one- yard line before scoring the game’s only touchdown on Saturday as the No. 7 Hokies became the first non-conference opponent to defeat Texas A&M at Kyle Field since 1988. The short pass from quarterback Bryan Randall to receiver Ernest Wilford was bro ken downfield after a missed tackle by A&M sophomore cornerback Byron Jones. The pass set up a one-yard run on the next play by Tech running back Lee Suggs, giving the Hokies (4-0) a 13-3 victory. “That was a huge play,” said A&M head coach R.C. Slocum. “That’s what happens in a game like this, and you just hope that you're the team that makes the big play. It really affected how we played the rest of the ballgame. Without that play, we might have been sitting at 6-3 still and it would have changed some things that we had to do.” The No. 19 Aggies (2-1) got their only score of the game in the first quarter after redshirt sophomore Dustin Long led the Aggies on an 18-yard drive in the second offensive series to set up a 43-yard field goal by freshman Todd Pegram. Long’s start broke a string of 26 consecu tive starts for senior Mark Farris, who did not see action in the contest. Long finished with 1 1 1 yards on 13 for 28 passing. He also had one interception. “I think there were some ups and downs with my playing today like there is in any game,” Long said. “We started off moving the ball pretty well, but we couldn’t get much going after that.” Tech answered with a field goal of its own with just 57 seconds remaining in the first half. The score led to the first points A&M has allowed before the fourth quarter this season. Freshman Reggie Me Neal entered the game at quarterback to open the third quarter and passed for only seven yards in his one- for-six passing performance before being pulled at the beginning of the fourth period. McNeal also had an interception that set up Tech’s second field goal of the game, coming from 26 yards out. McNeal was sacked on two consecutive plays, losing 15 yards and taking the Aggies out of field goal range late in the third quarter. “As soon as 1 got ready to throw the ball, |they) reached out and got me,” McNeal said. “1 saw him coming but I didn’t think he was that close to me.” The Wrecking Crew allowed only 99 rushing yards on 28 carries to the Hokies’ duo of Suggs and Kevin Jones, known as the ‘Untouchables’. The two had been averaging over 200 combined yards per game before coming into College Station. “I believe we played well defensively today,” said A&M linebacker Brian Gamble. “We go into the game thinking that we have to score points (defensively) to win. If we can hold them to no points then we win the ball- game. That’s not how it worked out today.” The Crew sacked Randall four times and Ty Warren blocked a 22-yard field goal attempt by Hokie kicker Carter Warley. See Va. Tech on page 10 ' unaccepis* lent said that ts e United Smsf e Britain andL fmement. He; ene Mond* • tII in Rim. :h 150 rs searched r hern Russia l ?r raged doa' said there « hey feared. 1 ip-Line is nothing short of offensive Iaiking ‘ Dallas Shipp After an off-season packed with promises of improvement, the Aggies find themselves in the same situation as tliey did a year ago. Three games into die 2002 season, A&M’s offense is ranked No. 106 out of 1 15 — again. I Saturday, A&M (2-1) played one of the highest-ranked defenses it will face all season and the results were exactly what many feared, a whole lot of nothing. The Aggies lone scoring drive cov ered a total of 18 yards on seven plays and resulted in a 43-yard field goal with just under five minutes remaining in the first Ljuarter. Most people blame the never-ending quarterback saga that has been staged by the Aggies over the last three weeks. Some will say that sophomore quarter back Dustin Long should have played the whole game. Some will say the highly touted freshman, Reggie McNeal should play and get more experience. However, neither quarterback has been able to get anything going with the offense because of the lack of rushing game the Aggies have had in their first three games of the season. “The search for a quarterback is tied to the rushing game,” said A&M head coach R.C. Slocum. “If we become a more effective passing team and See Offensive on page 10 JOHN C. UVAS • THE BATTALION Sophomore running back Derek Farmer is hit by the Va. Tech defense. lA/ai :ksT oftware , the wail ne, and i order on t Compute 18-24, re online 3l choose jayment d ive you P if you p3f jr electronic your ordec software frequent -IS Student .tamu.ed 11 |Are you ready for some real excitement in your life? Come out ind join your favorite sport club for an amazing afternoon or evening viewing some the state's highest caliber competition. i't miss out on the action! 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