Halftime: Virginia Tech 21, Bowling Green 0
BLACKSBURG — It was slow going at first, but Virginia Tech got its offense in gear to take a 21-0 lead on Bowling Green heading into the locker room at Lane Stadium.
Quarterback Logan Thomas threw for two touchdowns and ran for another and Tony Gregory got the majority of work at tailback, finishing with 54 total first-half yards.
Virginia Tech (2-1, 1-0 ACC) did next to nothing on its first three drives before getting in gear on drive No. 4. With Gregory doing the heavy lifting at tailback, the Hokies moved 80 yards in 13 plays, getting on the scoreboard on a 10-yard swing pass to J.C. Coleman for a touchdown.
Gregory, who didn’t get a carry last week at Pittsburgh, had eight carries for 34 yards and two catches for 20.
The Hokies went over the top on their next drive, with Thomas completing a 42-yard touchdown pass to Dyrell Roberts to make it 14-0. It was Roberts’ first touchdown catch since the Duke game on Oct. 23, 2010. He had three first-half receptions for 63 yards.
Thomas made it 21-0 on the Hokies’ final drive of the half, sneaking it in from 1 yard out. He was 9-for-17 for 127 yards and two scores and added 10 carries for 36 yards and a touchdown on the ground.
Thomas suffered a lacerated thumb on the touchdown sneak but got it taped up and returned to the game just before halftime.
Virginia Tech’s defense held up its end of the bargain, pressuring Bowling Green quarterback Matt Schilz all day. The Falcons ran 30 plays and had only 71 first-half yards. The Hokies had 227 yards, getting 100 on the ground.
The closest Bowling Green (1-2, 0-1 MAC) came to scoring was when Stephen Stein hit the right upright on a 43-yard field goal.
September 22, 2012 - 1:40 PM
Ancient Bobcat may now go hibernate for the rest of the season. Good Night and Good Luck, Ancient Bobcat. Come back in 2013!
tech has their swagger back back against BOWLING GREEN!!
I still say this is a disappointing showing (about 9 min left now).
Yes, the Defense bounced back and has played about the game we have come to love.
Very unhappy with the offense. A bad team got too much pressure on Thomas and Thomas made a couple of just terrible throws (like the pick).
And foolish errors.
If we hadn;t lost to PIT I would probably not be picky but after that game I feel like we needed to show MORE.
Zman get real. You never played football did you!
yeah despite bg missing three would be td passes tech beat a strawberry frosted cupcake
Agree with Z. O line still isn’t there. Marcus Davis has great potential-the mental part still hasn’t happened. RVD looked good on D. Looks like we’ve got depth at RB, no one has seized the moment yet but we’ve got options.
LT needs to keep progressing- almost seems like he has regressed since last year. Loss of Boyken and Coale are part of it but by no means all of it.
Still don’t understand how our D, which finished 10th nationally last year, has 8 or 9 starters back but is nowhere near as good as last year. They took a step backward too, it seems. All in all our Hokies seem to be missing something this year. Strange year so far. Still think the ACC coastal is ours to lose, especially now that the Bees have their 2nd loss.
GO HOKIES!