Virginia Tech Cruises, 30-10

Marcus Vick passed for 280 yards and a touchdown Thursday night to help No. 3 Virginia Tech win its 11th consecutive game, a 30-10 victory over No. 13 Boston College at Blacksburg, Va.

Vick completed 22 of 28 passes as the Hokies, 8-0 overall and 5-0 in the Atlantic Coast Conference, pulled away after the Eagles (6-2, 3-2) had closed to 20-14. At one point, Boston College had a 7-6 lead.

“I just told the guys that we’re going to be OK,” Vick said of the first time this season that the Hokies had trailed at home. “We drove down the field there a couple of times and couldn’t get it in. All of a sudden, we just started executing.”

Boston College came in giving up only 78 rushing yards a game, but Virginia Tech got 212.

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