Turner Out, Robinson to Start: QB Chris Turner, who suffered a knee injury last week against NC State is out for today's game. Sophomore Jamarr Robinson is expected to make the start. -- No word on who the back up will be between Freshman C.J. Brown or Danny O'Brien.
Torrey Smith Notes:
34 receiving yards to reach 1,000 for his career. 35 all-purpose yards to break the Maryland single season record set by Lamont Jordan in 1999. Currently has 1,806 yards. 112 kickoff return yards to pass Eric Blount of UNC for third place on the ACC career list. 249 all purpose yards to break Thomas Jones' (UVA) single-season league record of 2,054. Smith needs to average 83 all-purpose yards per game over his last three games to break the record.
Ferrara to kick off, David WIlson to return and takes it out to the 29. 21 yard return. 1st and 10 from the 29, Taylor under center, rolls out and stopped by Wujciak, loss of 2. 2nd and 12, hand off to Ryan Williams, gain of 8. Tackle by Skinner and Wujciak. 3rd and 4, 4 wide, Taylor complete to Coale, stop by Moten. 1st and 10 on the 42, Williams carries up to the 46, stop by Chism. Williams carries, stopped by Harrell at the 49 of Maryland. 3rd and 1 on the Maryland 49, Williams breaks through Skinners tackle and gets the first down, gain of 2. 1st and 10 on the 47, Taylor complete to Coale down to the 31, tackle by Chism. 1st and 10, carry by Oglesby for no gain, Francis on the stop. Taylor back to pass, good loft, and in the end zone to Jarrett Boykin, just out muscled Chism. Under Review.. knee was down at the 1 before the ball crossed the end zone. 1st and 10 at the 1, Ryan Williams puts the ball in the end zone. Extra Point is good. 7-0 Tech.
Dan Bonato on the return gets it up to the 38, 33 yard return. 1st and 10, Robinson starting for the first time in his career, Robinson with the fake, and keeps it himself, no gain. Porzel in at RB, 2nd and 10, Robinson's pass intended for Porzel, dropped and then Porzel was dropped by Cody Grimm. Robinson went deep to Torrey Smith, looked like pass interference, but no flag, Smith just dropped it. Baltz to punt, Hosley to return, Baltz with a touchdown saving stop, but Hosley does break through, and Chism makes the tackle. Return of 24.
1st and 10 on the their own 38, Williams with the carry, stopped by Francis and Hartsfield, no gain. Tate in as a LB, and the ball is tipped by Harrell at the line. 3rd and 10, Taylors pass is incomplete. VaTech to punt, Bowden the punter, Logan back to return. Logan calls for a fair catch at the 20.
Meggett on the carry, gain of 1 on first down. 2nd and 9 from the 22, Robinson's pass intended for Boykins, Tech was back in a zone and Robinson had an incredibly small window. 3rd and 9, Robinson's pass intended for Cannon incomplete. Baltz to punt, Hosley back to return, Hosley returned the punt 34 yards, but illegal block in the back will take this return back to their own 22.
Tech takes over and Taylor eludes the rush, threw it behind his receiver incomplete. 2nd and 10 from the 28, Taylor fakes the hand off and keeps and no one on the Maryland D-Line kept contain and he breaks off a 12 yard rush. 1st and 10 from the 40, Williams takes the hand off shakes and breaks a tackle from Perez and gets chased down by Chism. 1st and 10 on the Maryland 33, Williams carries for 2 yards, Ivey and Perez make the tackle. Taylors pass complete to Roberts with Wiseman draped all over him down to the 4 yard line. 1st and goal, Williams carries, no gain, stopped by McCullough and Ivey. 2nd and goal, play action, Taylor threw it intended for Jefferson but dropped in the end zone. 3rd and goal, Taylor's pass complete to Andre Smith for a TD. Extra Point is good. 14-0.
Va Tech kicking away from Torrey Smith, short kick taken by Tommy Galt up to the 42, 15 yard return. 1st and 10, terrible call, delayed handoff to Porzel and stopped immediately in the backfield. 2nd and 16, Porzel carries, and a flag down for offsides, tackle by Worlids. Nekos Brown offside for Tech. 2nd and 11, Tech comes with a heavy blitz and Robinson takes off for 14 yards. 1st and 10 on the Tech 45, Robinson fumbles the snap and gets two yards. 2nd and 8 on the 43, play action to Galt for a gain of 3. 3rd and 5 from the 40, ton of confusion as the receivers were lined up on the wrong side, just loked confused and terrible. Timeout. 1:57 to go in the 1st quarter 14-0 Tech.
3rd and 5 from the 40, Robinson's pass complete for Dorsey down to the 27. 1st and 10, Robinson's pass intended for Torrey Smith in the end zone, Smith was hit before the ball got there by Chancellor. 1st and 10 from the 12, Robinson was taken down in the backfield, loss of 7. 2nd and 17 from the 19, handoff to Porzel to the right, gain of 2. 3rd and 15, Maryland in the I-formation, Smith in motion, and Robinson is sacked by Drager for a loss of one. 4th and 16 from the 18, 35 yard field goal for Ferrara after the break for the end of the 1st quarter. Ferrara's field goal is good. 14-3 Tech.
26 yard return for Tech, start at their own 44. 1st and 10, Williams bounces outside for a gain of 1, stop by Wujciak. 2nd and 9, Francis misses the sack, Taylor takes off for 10 yards. 1st and 10 on the Maryland 45, Taylor on the Option fakes the pitch and fakes the defense, carries down to the 28, tackled by Skinner and Tate. Tate remains down. Tate helped off the field and can't put any weight on his right foot. 1st and 10, Williams takes the handoff in the old single wing formation, holding on the play. 1st and 20, Taylors pass dropped by Davis. 2nd and 20, Taylors pass complete to Williams, makes a nice move and then cut down by Skinner after a gain of 3. Boykin gets the pass down at the 10. 1st and 10, Williams carries for no gain, Wujciak and Francis on the stop. 2nd and goal, WR screen to Roberts for the TD. Extra point is no good after a bad snap. 20-3 Tech.
Torrey Smith back to return, I doubt they'll kick it to him, but we'll see. Ball falls off the tee and Myer kicked it, but play brought back. Bonato fields the ball in the end zone for a touchback. 1st and 10 from the 20, Meggett on the handoff to the right, no gain. 2nd and 10, Robinson can't find anyone open, slips, regains his footing and takes off for a 12 yard gain. 1st and 10 from the 32, False Start on Dill. 1st and 15, Robinson avoids the blitz and gains nothing, but avoided the big sack. 2nd and 15, quick completion to Cannon gains 12. 3rd and 2 from the 40, Robinson on the carry for no gain. Ferrara in to punt, HOsley to return. Ferrara with a short punt, Hosley gets it up to the 36.
The Kickoff bounces in the end zone and out of bounds. 1st and 10, Robinson's pass complete to Smith for 18 yards. Robinson's pass intended for Williams, but too far out of bounds, WIlliams takes a hit as a result. 2nd and 10, Robinson sacked by Johnson for a loss of 4. 3rd and 14, Robinson avoids one Tech player, but sacked by Johnson for back-to-back sacks. Ferrara back to punt, Hosley takes it at the 27, makes a few Terps miss and takes it up to the 45.
Williams tackled for no gain on first down. 2nd and 10 from the 45, hand off to Oglesby for 3 yards, tackled by Drummond. 3rd and 7, Taylors pass complete to Davis as Wiseman fell down in the coverage. Tackle by SKinner after a gain of 15. 2nd and 10 from the 37, Boone drops the pass from Taylor. 3rd and 10, Taylor's pass nearly picked by Perez. Bowden to punt, Logan to return. Tweedy fielded the punt at the 1 yard line for Tech.
1st and 10 from their own 1, Meggett on the handoff and just gets out of the end zone. 2nd and 10, pass complete to Torrey Smith, but nearly picked off, very dangerous. Gain of 21. 1st and 10 from the 22, Robinsonon the keep, for 2 yards. 2nd and 8, pass intended for Smith, incomplete. 3rd and 8, RObinson with a BIG gain, shakes one guy off and gets to the 48 of Virginia Tech. 1st and 10, pass complete to Jackson for 6. 2nd and 4, Robinson threw into triple coverage intended for Campbell, incomplete. 3rd and 4, Robinson on the carry down to the 33 gain of 9. 1st and 10 from the 33, pass complete to Watson down to the 26. Timeout.
2nd and 3, incomplete. 3rd and 3 from the 26, Robinson takes off down to the 15. 33 seconds left. 1st and 10 at the 14, pass to Smith incomplete. Looked like their should have been another PI in the end zone. 2nd and 10, 24 seconds to go in the half, Robinson sacked by Worlids. 3rd and 18, Robinson spikes it. 4th and 18 from the 22, Ferrara on to attempt a 39 yarder... No good.
Torrey Smith returns the kickoff for 19 yards up to the 22. Campbell carries gain of 3. 3rd and 5 from the 27, Robinson on the carry, loss of 2. Ferrara back to punt, Hosley to return standing on his own 36, Ferrara backs him up to the 30, and works his way up to the 41.
2nd and 6 from the 45, Williams hurdles a player before being taken down for no gain by Wujciak. Taylor's pass complete to Boone for a gain of 11. Tackle by Moten. Taylor looks, looks, and fires intended for Boykin. 3rd and 15, Taylor has been killing the Terps on 3rd and long, but Moten gets him on the sack, loss of 7. Bowden to punt, Logan to return, Logan slips on the return and taken down at the 17.
