
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SUNDAY, September 24, 1995                   TAG: 9509250089
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: C5   EDITION: METRO 
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HOKIES GAME QUOTES

``It's the best game, the most-hyped game, I've ever played here in my career at Tech. For three years now, I've been wanting to beat Miami, and finally did it in my last year. It's the best thing I've ever had. ... It's an important game for us. ... We're already talking about how many games we've got left. We could've done this from the beginning [of the season]. We weren't together for the first two games. But now that we are, I don't think anything's going to be in our way the rest of the season. ... We wanted to show people that we could go out there and play with the big boys.''

-Dwayne Thomas, Tech running back

``The thing that's so pleasing is that we were so low a week ago and we're so high this week. ... I'm just happy for the kids. ... We have a good football team. ... That loss last week [16-0 to Cincinnati] was as tough as I've ever had in the business. I've been waking up at night all week, just wondering what in the heck went wrong.''

-Billy Hite, Tech assistant coach

``I'm on cloud nine right now. I'm so damn happy. It's the greatest win of my career.''

-J.C. Price, Tech defensive tackle

``I told the guys if we could come out and win this game, the first two [losses] wouldn't matter that much. It's the number of wins in the conference that's most important [in the bowl picture]. We're right back in the middle of this thing now. I still think Miami is the most talented team in the league ... and we beat that team. That should tell us something.''

-Frank Beamer, Tech head coach

``When I was a little kid, I hated Miami and always thought about beating the [crap] out of them. There's no words to describe it. ... They're not the Miami they used to be, but they're still a good team.''

-Chris Malone, Tech guard

``It's my home team. It was like a fantasy game for me. You wish for things like this and just hope to play to your full potential.''

-Loren Johnson, Tech defensive back

``This helps our confidence. Now we have a new shot at the Big East title.''

-Jim Druckenmiller, Tech quarterback

``I don't think we were as low as some of you guys made us out to be [after the loss to Cincinnati loss]. If we had been as low as you guys made us out to be, we'd never have been able to get back up.''

-Frank Beamer, Tech head coach.

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FOOTBALL VA. TECH

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