Vick or no Vick. Hokies brace for Hurricanes
By Richard Rosenblatt
The Associated Press
Virginia Tech quarterback Dave
Meyer hopes to fare better in Satur
day’s Hokies-Hurricanes game than
Miami’s Ken Dorsey did in last
year’s matchup.
Dorsey, who replaced an injured
Kenny Kelly in the second half of
the Hokies’ 43-10 win in '99, was
harassed nearly every play He was
sacked twice, intercepted once and
hit just 6 of 17 passes for 45 yards.
“I was overwhelmed and my
head Was spinning,” Dorsey said.
Meyer, a fifth-year senior, starts
for the injured Michael Vick when
No. 2 Virginia Tech (8-0; 6-0 Big
East) y^#sNo; 3 Miami (6&3»0)in
a national title elimination game at
the aolchqut Orange Bowl,
“I’m ready,” said Meyer* who led
the Hokies on the field-goaf drive
that produced a 37-34 win, against
Pittsburgh last week. “From week
to week, I prepare to start, whether
I’m the backup or starter ”
Vick, among the Heisman Trophy
favorites, has a sprained right ankle
but coach Frank Beamer hasn’t
counted out his star. Vick will be
fitted with a special ankle brace
and may play. Miami coach Butch
Davis expects to see Vick, Vick and
more Vick.
“He’s not hurt,” Davis said earlier
this week. “If you think he’s hurt,
you’re kidding yourself.”
He’s hurt for sure, but how seri
ously remains to be seen.
Against the Panthers, Meyer was
7 of 13 for 114 yards, his last three
completions going for 12,11 and 11
yards to set up Carter Warley’s
game-winning 27-yard field goal
with 16 seconds left.
“He’s tall, he’s athletic. He can
throw the football. He’s smart,”
Beamer said of Meyer. “I thanjc it’s
obvious he’s not quite as quick as
Michael. He doesn’tthrow the ball
quite as quick. His release is not
like Michael’s and he probably
doesn’t throw quite as far $s
Michael.”
Vick, with 1,023 yards and seven
TDs passing and 584 yards and
eight TDs rushing, isn’t the only
star fighting off an injury. Hokies
top receiver Andre Davis — 23
catches for 318 yards and two TDs
as well as three punt returns for
scores — has bursitis in his left foot.
Four Miami starters were hurt in
last week’s 42-31 win over
Louisiana Tech, but all are expect
ed to play — LB Dan Morgan
(sprained ankle), FB D.J. Williams
(separated shoulder), OL Brett
Romberg (broken finger) and S Al
Blades (biceps).
Dorsey has rebounded nicely
from his Hokies experience. This
season, he’s throvvn for 1,675 yards
and 14 TDs for the nation’s top
scoring team, at 45 points per game.
The Hokies are fifth (42 ppg).
Vick isn’t the only hurting Heis
man-contending quarterback: A
healing Chris Weinke leads No. 4
Florida State (8 1,6-0 ACC) against
an ailing Woodrow Dantzler and
No. 10 Clemson (8-1,6-1).
Weinke, hampered by a sore left
ankle since Sept. 28, tries to keep
the defending national champions
in the running for another title. Last
year, he rallied the team from an 11
point halftime deficit to a 17-14
win.
Dantzler reinjured his left ankle
in the first half of last week’s 31-28
loss to Georgia Tech. If he can’t
play, freshman Willie Simmons
gets his first start — just 20 miles
from where he played at Shanks
High School in Quincy, Fla.
The picks: No. 1 Oklahoma (mi
nus 38) at Baylor
Looks like a half-day for Sooners
quarterback Josh Heupel.... OKLA
HOMA, 51-7.
No. 2 Virginia Tech (no line) at
No. 3 Miami
’Canes can match Oklahoma's
rare feat of beating Nos. 1 and 2 in
same season.... MIAML35-24.
No. fO ClemsoB (plus 19) at No.
4 Florida State
Florida State has otitscored
ClemSon 158-3 in last four games at
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45-31.
No. 6 Florida (minus 19) at Van
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Woody Widenhofer’s Com
modores makes Gators work. ...
FLORIDA, 28-17.
No. 7 Oregon (minus 9) at Wash
ington State
Ducks need win to stay in control
of Rose Bowl race.... OREGON, 34
21.
Arizona (plus 7) at No. 8 Wash
ington
Huskies’ huge offensive line
wears down Wildcats. ... WASH
INGTON, 30-20.
No. 12 Michigan (minus 71/2) at
No. 21 Northwestern
Matchup of nation’s third- and
sixth-leading, rushers — Wildcats’
Anderson vs! Wolverines’ Thomas.
... MICHIGAN, 31-24.
No. 14 Oregon State, (minus 6) at
California: p ' ' •j’.v
Bears out' to avenge ’99 loss that
clinched Beavers’ first winning Sea-*
son sineO ’70.... CALIFORNIA, 30
27.
Michigan State (plus 14) at No.
16 Ohio State
Buckeyes try to end two-game
losing, streak against Spartans. ...
OHIO STATE, 34-17.
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