Virginia Tech is exactly where it wants to be at this point in the season: tied for the ACCs Coastal Division lead in the loss column and in control of its chance to play for its fifth conference championship.The No. 25 Hokies (5-2, 3-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) can significantly enhance their chances Thursday night at Pittsburgh. The Panthers (5-2, 2-1) also share the loss-column lead, although they have played two fewer division games than No. 22 North Carolina (6-2, 4-1) and one fewer than the Hokies.Virginia Tech holds the tiebreaker against the Tar Heels, having beaten them 34-3 on Oct. 8, but in their first season under coach Justin Fuente, the Hokies are disinclined to look any further than the game just ahead. They wont even allow themselves to feel too good about reappearing in the AP Top 25.Of course we like being in the Top 25, but at the end of the day, we just want to win a football game, regardless of whether were in the Top 25 or if were not ranked at all, rover Terrell Edmunds said Monday, before offering a mantra for this team. We just want to go out and play Virginia Tech football and go 1-0 each week.The Hokies last appearance in the Top 25 came two weeks ago, when consecutive routs of Boston College, East Carolina and North Carolina allowed them to rise to No. 17. But they were stunned 31-17 at Syracuse and fell out again before getting back to their dominant ways in a 37-16 victory against Miami last Thursday night.The Panthers, though, present a significant challenge. They have won four in a row at Heinz Field against Virginia Tech, and are tied for 22nd nationally in scoring at 38.4 points per game.Coach Pat Narduzzi, in his second season, said he was pretty frank with his team about whats at stake in the game.I told our kids, its right there for you, the pursuit and what you want is right there for you, he said Monday. Its there for the taking. Everything you wanted to do at the beginning of the season is sitting right in front of you on this Thursday night.On defense, Pitt is fifth nationally at stopping the run, but 122nd against the pass.Virginia Tech prefers to be a run-first team, but quarterback Jerod Evans has proven more than capable of getting things done through the air in his first season with the Hokies. Hes thrown for 19 touchdowns with just two interceptions.Theyre a heavy run-stop team, Evans said. They will force you to throw in man-to-man coverage.Evans is comfortable doing that because hes got plenty of targets he trusts to come down with the ball. Isaiah Ford has 36 catches and five touchdowns. Bucky Hodges has 25 catches and five touchdowns. And five other receivers have at least one touchdown reception this year.Defensive coordinator Bud Foster, a holdover from the teams that have struggled at Heinz Field, said its not the venue but the way the Panthers have played, and the way the Hokies have played, that produced the losses.Now, with the Hokies angling for their first ACC title game berth since 2011, its time to end the skid.If we want to stay in the hunt, we need to win it, Foster said. ... Its been a couple years since weve been in this position, but these games get more and more important as we move forward in the season.---Online: The APs college football page: http://collegefootball.ap.org---Follow Hank on Twitter: www.twitter.com/hankkurzjr China Jerseys . Once again, DeLaet finished tied for second at a PGA Tour stop on the weekend, this time at the Waste Management Phoenix Open. The pride of Weyburn, Sask. Wholesale NFL Jerseys . Listen to the game live on TSN Radio 1050 at 7pm et. The Raptors traded Rudy Gay, Quincy Acy and Aaron Gray to the Sacramento Kings on Monday, in exchange for Greivis Vasquez, John Salmons, Patrick Patterson and Chuck Hayes. http://www.cheapauthenticjerseysfornfl.com/ . 10 Texas Rangers jersey for one last time. Young formally announced his retirement Friday after returning to Rangers Ballpark, his baseball home for all but the last of his 13 major league seasons. Cheap Jerseys . The mixed zone is not a place to make friends. Discount Football Jerseys . Ibaka equaled a career high with 20 rebounds, adding four blocked shots and 15 points as the Thunder smothered the Milwaukee Bucks offence in a 92-79 victory Saturday night. Did You Know? James Harden has at least 30 points and 10 assists in 4 straight games, the 2nd-longest streak in the last 40 seasons behind Michael Jordan (5 straaight in 1988-89).dddddddddddd Cheap Nike NFL Jerseys Jerseys NFL Cheap Cheap NFL Jerseys Wholesale Wholesale Jerseys 2018 Cheap Jerseys 2019 Wholesale Jerseys 2020 China NFL Jerseys China Jerseys Cheap NFL Black Jerseys Cheap Stitched Jerseys China Jerseys Wholesale Wholesale NFL Hoodies Cheap Jerseys 2020 Cheap Jerseys Wholesale Jerseys NFL China ' ' '
