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4 Saturday, October 21, 2000 Tech Looks to Stay Hot Against Duke By Tim Solic Duke’s miserable season isn’t look ing any more promising as it travels to take on an upstart Georgia Tech team today at noon. The Blue Devils’ record fell to 0-6 (0-3 in the ACC) as they lost 63-14 to Florida State last week. Meanwhile. Tech has won its last two games and ran its record to 4-2,2-2 with a 52-20 drubbing of Wake Forest The Tech offense was impressive last week as quarterback George Godsev threw for a career-high 333 yards. The success of the Yellow Jackets’ pass-oriented offense usually depends on the play of Godsev. “We put so much on our quarter back that when he doesn’t play well, we’re not very good,” Tech coach George O’Leary said. Godsev has a strong corps of wide receivers as his targets. The receivers are led by junior Kelly Campbell who has 22 receptions for 444 yards and five touchdowns on the season. Last week, Campbell broke the career touchdown record at Georgia Tech with the 15th and 16th touchdown catches of his career. In addition, the ground-game com bination of Joe Bums, Sidney Ford Terps, Deacons Hope to Avoid Cellar By Randy Wellington Swf Whiter Sometimes, ACC football gets ugly. When Wake Forest visits Maryland today at Byrd Stadium, it might be one of those times. Winless Wake (0-6, 0-4 in the ACC) and muddling Maryland (2-4, 0-3) meet in a game that mercifully will not be on television. Both teams are hoping to avoid ending the season in the cellar of the Course Open to the Public Fall Specials *Mon-Thurs s2owith cart sl4 walking Friday $22 with cart sl6 walking Sat & Sun S3O after 11am and S2B after 3pm Book your tee times at www - sout h w ickgolf.com or 942-0733 Direfljgns, Take 54 West 20 miles to a stoplight Take a HI h Swepeonwlle Rd and go 1 mile to a stop sign Take 3 rl9ht 00 Swe P B °hville-Saxapahaw Rd and go 17, miles. Take •fatonßoywood Rd. We're 17,miles on the left 3136 SouthwickDrive*Graham,NC27253 Expires 11/30/00 “Valid with student or facuity i.p. I j Duke at Georgia Tech # 0-6, 0-3 ACC 4-2, 2-2 ACC Time: 3:30 p.m. Site: Bobby Dodd Stadium Series Record: Ga. Tech 37-29-1 Key player: R 8 Chris Douglas (Duke) and QB George Godsey (GT) and Sean Gregory provided a spark with a season high 245 yards rushing. Tech’s blossoming offense will look to exploit a Duke defense that is allow ing 40.5 points and 487 yards per game. FSU quarterback Chris Weinke tore apart the secondary' last week, throwing for 536 yards and five touchdowns. While the offense continues to improve, Tech’s defense has not been impressive this year. It ranks last in the ACC in passing defense and is allow ing more than 400 yards per game. The Yellow Jackets allowed 473 yards of total offense against a strug- ACC standings, and a victory here would give the winning team an edge against the loser and Duke in this three-team race of ineptitude. The Demon Deacons are coming off a 52-20 loss to Georgia Tech, a game in which the Wake offense used a varied attack. Led by option quar terback Anthony Young and (hop back QB Andrew MacPherson, the Deacons rolled up 452 yards of total offense. The Wake defense, converse ly, was porous, yielding 578 yards. ACC Gameday gling Wake Forest team. Sophomore D. Bryant will start under center for Duke. Bryant made his first start of the year two weeks ago against Clemson because of a concussion suffered by starter Spencer Romine. Bryant has seen action in all six games this season and has completed 40-of-102 passes for 426 yards and Duke’s lone passing touchdown. Meanwhile, Romine, who has only played m four games because of the injury, is 40-of-83 for 428 yards. The Blue Devils will look for both quarterbacks to play today and con tribute to their struggling passing game. “Spencer will be eligible to play this weekend,” Duke coach Carl Franks said. “We'll see how the game goes, but he’ll play.” Though Georgia Tech clearly has the advantage on both sides of the ball, the Blue Devils have proved a tough match in the past for die Yellow Jackets. Last season, the highly favored Tech squad, led by All America quar terback Joe Hamilton had to rally to score 10 points in the fourth quarter to pull out a victory. “We try and treat every game as a season,” O’Leary said. “All you have to do is take out last year’s tape and see how Duke played us.” Wake Forest at Maryland Site: Byrd Stadium Series record: Md. 34-13-1 /jUJr- Key player: KR John Stone (Wake) \ . and RB LaMont Jordan (Maryland) 0-6, 0-4 ACC 2-4, 0-3 ACC Wake must play without standout defensive tackle Nathan Bolling, start ing safety Tehran Carpenter, and cor nerbacks Quintin Williams and Obi Chukwumah, which means that stop ping Terrapin running back Lamont Jordan might be a tall order. Jordan is now 927 yards from the uo/Jc MdJ. ... ft&uf */J\ e. KS „ scuih ilhottHuJ- • (jeJtuy* • tfa/t!h/t( t nc • DTH/SEFTON iPOCK Georgia Tech running back Joe Bums averages 73.5 yards per game, fifth in the ACC. He has 411 rushing yards and has scored six touchdowns this season. all-time ACC rushing record. If he keeps up the pace he has set this sea son, however, he will not reach that mark. Jordan is averaging 75 yards a game this year, far less than the 148 he averaged last season. Jordan’s subpar performance has DTH Sport Saturday IMHT. HhIUMP' v 111' f' PHOTO COURTESY OF MARYLAND SPORTS INFORMATION Maryland running back LaMont Jordan has 449 rushing yards and seven TDs. placed more of an onus on quarter back Calvin McCall, whose play has been less than stellar. McCall threw three interceptions against Clemson on Saturday, and the Tigers scored touchdowns after each one in their 35-14 victory. “There isn’t any consolation in not winning a game,” Maryland coach Ron Vanderlinden said. “However, I was encouraged in the Clemson game with the way we competed, particu larly on defense.” The offense, too, showed life as Jordan’s 71 yards were the second best rushing effort versus the Tigers this season. Wake Forest coach Jim Caldwell could have been speaking for both teams when he said, “We have a lot to be motivated by. We have a team that needs a win.”
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