What a saturday in the ACC especially for Virginia, Virginia Tech and Boston College. Georgia Tech and Pittsburgh both had games that should of been easy wins and their scores reflected such games. However, Pittsburgh even though they beat Florida International 42-25 still had problems finishing FIU. The panthers came out flat for their noon game against FIU and it showed in the first quarter of play. Pittsburgh was able to overcome a 16 point deficit in the first quarter with help from sophomore running back James Conner finishing with 177 yards on 31 carries. The Panthers quarterback Chad Voytik contributed with 12 carries and 126 yards and a 32 yard touchdown run. Voytik was 9 for 17 for 89 yards and 1 touchdown in the passing game to help Pitt in their win.
Georgia Tech on the other hand started off strong and had to rally against Georgia Southern to win. The yellow jackets blew a first half lead in the third quarter by allowing Georgia Southern to score 20 points to their 0 points. The yellow jackets Jamal Golden forced a fumble with 4:12 on the clock and the yellow jackets was able to drive down the field and score the game winning touchdown. Justin Thomas the yellow jackets leading rusher saturday completed the pass to D. Hill for the win. Duke, Miami, Syracuse and NC State finished with victories on saturday.
Two teams in the ACC lost saturday and out of the two losses Virginia Techs lost was the worse. Virginia Tech coming off a gigantic win against Ohio State drops the ball against ECU. Virginia Tech jumped into the top 25 after defeating Ohio St. and lost to ECU by a late touchdown by the pirates. Virginia Techs kicker Joey Slye in the 4th quarter kicked the ensuing kick off out of bounds giving the Pirates the ball on the 35 yard line. An illegal substitution penalty on the Hokies aided in the Pirates game winning touchdown run. Wake forest was the other lost of the day in the ACC to Utah State.
This week I have two games that were on my radar as games of the weekend! First up goes to my Virginia Cavaliers, the cavaliers coming off a great victory against in state Richmond headed into saturday as underdogs to than 17th ranked Louisville. A tight game in the fourth quarter lady luck reared her face when Louisville fumbled a punt which was recovered by Kelvin Rainey for Virginia at the Cardinals 25 yard line. Lady Luck came right on time for the Wahoos and four plays later the Cavaliers kicker Ian Frye sealed the victory with a 42-yard field goal. My final game of the weekend and it sits atop the list for games of the week in the ACC. Boston College defeats 9th ranked USC at Boston College 37-31. The game MVP award goes to BC quarter back Tyler Murphy. Murphy help beat USC with his legs saturday boasting 13 carries for 191 yards and the game sealing touchdown of 66 yards. The Eagles were flying high off of emotions wearing red bandannas that showed support for former BC grad and World Trade Center hero Welles Crowther. It doesn't get any better than that america.
Week 4 approaches and the game to watch will be Florida St. vs. Clemson who will win this game? I am going with the Seminoles to take this game. Tell me your picks for the ACC. #theACCDN
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