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Article: Hokies get run down ; Loss to Ga. Tech wrecks title hopes

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October 18, 2009
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Virginia Tech might have lost its shot at a national championship on another doomed trip to Atlanta.

Josh Nesbitt rushed for 122 yards and three touchdowns - the last of them tiptoeing down the sideline to finish off the fourth- ranked Hokies with three minutes left - as No. 19 Georgia Tech ran to a 28-23 win that threw the Atlantic Coast Conference race up for grabs while perhaps finishing off the league's top contender in the national title race.

Georgia Tech (6-1, 4-1) completed just one pass but ran for 309 yards out of its spread option offense - all but 37 of those yards coming in the second half.

Excuse Virginia Tech (5-2, 3-1) if it passes on any more trips to Atlanta ...

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