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No.23 Virginia Tech Hokies with a record of 5-3 travel to Greenville to play East Carolina Pirates with the same record. The Virginia Tech football team’s ACC title hopes took a shot after Thursday’s 20-17 loss to North Carolina, now they have a good chance to defeat another Carolina university, may be with this one the fumble won’t happen and that will not cost them the game …

7:30 PM ET, November 5, 2009
Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium , GREENVILLE, NC
ESPN

No.23 Virginia Tech Hokies freshman RB Ryan Williams racked up 101 rushing yards on 23 carries, and also caught one pass for two yards last thursday against UNC. They lost the game but the rookie has been one of the Hokies’ most consistent performers this season. With only four regular-season games remaining, he is Virginia Tech’s leading rusher with 163 carries for 970 yards and 10 touchdowns and obviously the biggest weapon against East Carolina, they sure will take advantage of that. QB Tyrod Taylor, WR Jarrett Boykin, WR Dyrell Roberts and RB Josh Oglesby are having a good season too and they will be helping Williams to get this victory on the road. The key of the game is use the running game and let it fly only when its totally necessary.

East Carolina Pirates belong to the C-USA East and they are on first place with a record of 5-3. This conference is a weak one and they will need this victory if they want to be selected for the bowl season, they need to improve their record and inmediatly before it’s too late. QB Patrick Pinkney will be in charge of the snaps at least for this year, the news are saying that Ex Boston College QB Dominique Davis will be transfering to East Carolina, he will have two years of eligibility after transferring from Fort Scott Community College in Kansas. Davis says he wants to follow Pinkney steps on East Carolina and that this change is the best for him at the moment. This could make the Pirates a great contender next season but for this season it will be hard if they want to be a part of the bowl season. By grown the Pirates will have RB Dominique Lindsay and RB Brandon Jackson and this will be the key factor for the Pirates as well, this game will be controlled by the running, the team that run the best will win so this might be a great chance for these guys to shine. By air East Carolina will have WR Dwayne Harris and WR Jamar Bryant who are great at what they do and they will be tested severely by Virginia tech’s defensive line, they sure need to use them if they want to keep up with the Hokies.

GAME ODDS

VIRGINIA TECH -12½
EAST CAROLINA

VIRGINIA TECH HAS SUFFERED TO DEFEATS IN A ROW, ONE LAST THURSDAY AND THEY SURE NEED THIS VICTORY TO GO BACK TO THEIR OLD WAYS, THEY MIGHT ENCOUNTER A PROBLEM OR TWO PLAYING EAST CAROLINA BUT THEY CAN SURE WIN THE GAME. MY PICK IS EAST CAROLINA +12½, THE SPREAD IS TOO BIG AND VIRGINIA TECH WON’T BE ABLE TO PUT THAT MANY POINTS ON THE BOARD UNANSWERED.

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