Jackets put up 38 points, upend No. 11 Hokies in Blacksburg

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Top 25 Overview

It was over when... Sean Glennon was sacked by Philip Wheeler, leading to a fumble recovery and a Yellow Jackets score to put Georgia Tech up 31-13 two minutes into the third quarter. Gameball goes to... Calvin Johnson, Virginia Tech's worst nightmare. The junior WR finished the day with six catches for 115 yards and two TDs. Tashard Choice rushed for two TDs and 104 yards. Stat of the game... 56: Georgia Tech's aggressive D is known for pressuring QBs, but they clamped down on the Hokies' running game, allowing just 56 yards. Complete Top 25 Overview

Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs	11	25
Total Yards	325	381
Passing	176	339
Rushing	149	42
Penalties	8-83	5-28
3rd Down Conversions	5-12	8-17
4th Down Conversions	0-0	0-0
Turnovers	2	2
Possession	28:40	31:20

Individual Leaders

Georgia Tech Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Ball 9/16 176 2 2	Virginia Tech Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Glennon 27/53 339 1 0 Royal 0/1 0 0 0
Georgia Tech Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Choice 18 105 2 28 Ball 13 34 0 18 Grant 5 10 0 5	Virginia Tech Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Ore 14 59 1 26 Lewis 5 19 1 9 Glennon 8 -36 0 3
Georgia Tech Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Johnson 6 115 2 53 Johnson 2 62 0 59 Grant 1 -1 0 0	Virginia Tech Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Royal 7 102 1 30 Hyman 6 58 0 20 Clowney 5 58 0 17 Harper 4 109 0 49

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER				GT	VT
	TD	12:22	CALVIN JOHNSON 3 YD PASS FROM REGGIE BALL (TRAVIS BELL KICK) Drive info: 5 plays, 80 yards.	7	0
	TD	7:54	CALVIN JOHNSON 53 YD PASS FROM REGGIE BALL (TRAVIS BELL KICK) Drive info: 3 plays, 62 yards.	14	0
	TD	4:12	TASHARD CHOICE 5 YD RUN (TRAVIS BELL KICK) Drive info: 4 plays, 25 yards.	21	0
	TD	0:20	BRANDEN ORE 26 YD RUN (BRANDON PACE KICK) Drive info: 8 plays, 80 yards.	21	7
SECOND QUARTER				GT	VT
	FG	7:41	BRANDON PACE 41 YD FG Drive info: 4 plays, 4 yards.	21	10
	FG	4:29	BRANDON PACE 25 YD FG Drive info: 9 plays, 51 yards.	21	13
	FG	0:03	TRAVIS BELL 22 YD FG Drive info: 11 plays, 74 yards.	24	13
THIRD QUARTER				GT	VT
	TD	13:29	GARY GUYTON 38 YD DEFENSIVE FUMBLE RETURN (TRAVIS BELL KICK)	31	13
	TD	3:02	TASHARD CHOICE 0 YD RUN (TRAVIS BELL KICK) Drive info: 5 plays, 36 yards.	38	13
FOURTH QUARTER				GT	VT
	TD	11:40	ELAN LEWIS 1 YD RUN (BRANDON PACE KICK) Drive info: 16 plays, 76 yards.	38	20
	TD	3:31	EDDIE ROYAL 21 YD PASS FROM SEAN GLENNON (BRANDON PACE KICK) Drive info: 9 plays, 80 yards.	38	27

BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) -- The memory of getting blown out at Virginia Tech simmered for Georgia Tech all year.

Now, the Hokies know how it feels.

Fool me once…
As Virginia Tech found out Saturday, Georgia Tech does not live by a 'forgive-and-forget' principle. In fact, the Yellow Jackets have taken great pride in avenging their most humiliating defeats. Here is a list of Georgia Tech's biggest losses (by margin) since 2003, and how the Jackets responded in the rematch. You might notice a pattern here…
Year	Lost to	Margin	Next season
2005	Utah	28	N/A
2005	Va. Tech	44	GT won by 11
2004	Miami	24	GT won by 4
2004	UNC	21	GT won by 6
2003	Duke	24	GT won by 17
2003	Clemson	36	GT won by 4

Reggie Ball and the No. 24 Yellow Jackets made their second consecutive visit to Lane Stadium a huge success Saturday, jumping out to a big lead and beating the 11th-ranked Hokies 38-27 at their own disruptive game.

"I challenged our guys to go out and win on special teams," coach Chan Gailey said. "There was a lot of positive things today. Our guys accepted the challenge."

The Yellow Jackets (4-1, 2-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) used a blocked punt to set up a 25-yard touchdown drive, then scored on defense, too -- a 38-yard fumble return.

They also downed several punts deep in their own territory.

"Things like that shouldn't happen to us," Hokies coach Frank Beamer said.

Georgia Tech made the Hokies (4-1, 2-1) look like nothing special with Ball finding receivers Calvin Johnson and James Johnson with ease early on, and mixing in enough of his own running to keep Virginia Tech on its heels.

It looked similar to last year's game between the Techs, won by the Hokies 51-7, except this time it was the visitors that had the upper-hand all the way.

"We were motivated by that game," said Calvin Johnson, who caught six for 115 yards and two scores. "We were humiliated last year. We had a chip on our shoulders."

It showed right away.

A sea of fans clad in orange and maroon filled Lane Stadium, but the Yellow Jackets quickly silenced them, taking a 21-0 lead before the game was 11 minutes old.

The first drive covered 80 yards in five plays, starting with a 59-yard pass to wide open James Johnson and ending with Ball's 2-yard pass to Calvin Johnson.

After the Hokies punted, the Yellow Jackets went 62 yards in three plays. Ball ran 9 yards on a keeper, then hit Calvin Johnson with a short pass and the big receiver ran untouched past three defensive backs for a 53-yard touchdown down the right side.

After another three-and-out by the Hokies, Georgia Tech's Troy Garside blocked Nic Schmitt's punt, setting the Yellow Jackets up at Virginia Tech's 25 yard-line.

Tashard Choice made it 21-0 with a 5-yard run.

In 12 plays, the Yellow Jackets had gained 167 yards and were just two points shy of what Virginia Tech's first four opponents had managed to score collectively.

"The things we did tonight, we'd have a hard time beating a bad team," Beamer said. "I really feel like we helped the situation for them, and they didn't need our help."

Only two fourth-quarter touchdowns by the Hokies made it look closer.

Ball finished 9-for-16 for 176 yards with the two TDs and two interceptions. He also ran for 34 yards, often on designed runs.

The Hokies (4-1, 2-1) got back in it on a 26-yard scoring run by Branden Ore and two field goals that made it 21-13, but the Yellow Jackets responded by driving 74 yards in 11 plays to a 22-yard field goal just before halftime to steady themselves.

"That was tremendously big," Gailey said.

Then their defense took over.

On the fourth play of the second half, with the crowd anticipating a comeback, Philip Wheeler came from the blind side and sacked Sean Glennon, causing a fumble that Gary Guyton scooped up and took 38 yards for a touchdown.

"You take away those plays -- the Beamerball-type plays, it's a completely different ball game," said Glennon, who was 27-for-53 for 339 yards and sacked four times.

And if that didn't send fans heading for the exits, the Yellow Jackets' furious blitz got through the Hokies' young offensive line again three plays later. Glennon fumbled again at his own 40, and Georgia Tech's Adamm Olivered recovered.

Choice's 10-yard touchdown run with three minutes left in the third quarter made it 38-13. A 1-yard TD run by Elan Lewis with 11:40 left and Glennon's 21-yard scoring pass to Eddie Royal with 3:31 to play made it look respectable.

It wasn't.

The Hokies came into the game hoping to justify their ranking, built up against four weak opponents. Instead, they now head into a week off with lots of work to do.

"We need to learn from it, mature and play better," Beamer said.

The Yellow Jackets, meantime, moved into first place by themselves in the ACC's Coastal Division, the only unbeaten left in a division with the Hokies and Miami.