Jeremiah Attaochu attributed his mistake to an “overdose of adrenaline.” Georgia Tech coach Paul Johnson called the mistake the turning point in the game. Attaochu's personal foul penalty allowed Virginia Tech to retain possession on its go-ahead drive and the No. 10 Hokies beat No. 20 Georgia Tech 37-26 Thursday to knock the Yellow Jackets out of the running for the Atlantic Coast Conference championship. Georgia Tech led 26-21 late in the third quarter when the Hokies appeared to be stopped on a third-and-19 play from their 17. Virginia Tech quarterback Logan Thomas couldn't find a receiver and was surrounded by Attaochu and other Georgia Tech defenders. Thomas (6-6, 254) stayed on his feet, struggling to break free. Finally, Attaochu took a swing that hit Thomas in the back of his helmet, drawing a 15-yard personal foul penalty that gave Virginia Tech the first down. Thomas, helped by a 44-yard run by David Wilson, led a touchdown drive that gave the Hokies the lead. “I just had an overdose of adrenaline,” Attaochu said. “I was going in at the end of the play. I was hacking for the ball and just kept hacking.” Thomas accounted for five touchdowns and Wilson rushed for a career-best 175 yards as the Hokies moved closer to winning the ACC's Coastal Division and a spot in the conference championship game. In another game, University of Houston Cougars thrashed Tulane Green Wave in New Orleans 73-17. Threats will bench Penn State coach Threats to Mike McQueary, the Penn State University assistant football coach whose actions led to a child sex assault scandal at the school, will keep him off the job on Saturday. It was McQueary who told iconic Penn State coach Joe Paterno, but not police, about seeing assistant coach Jerry Sandusky in a shower with a young boy in 2002, touching off the scandal that led to Paterno's firing Wednesday. On Thursday, a night after rioters smashed windows and overturned a vehicle after Paterno was fired by the Penn State board of trustees, university officials said McQueary would not work Saturday's home game against Nebraska. “Due to multiple threats made against assistant coach Mike McQueary, the university has decided it would be in the best interest of all for assistant coach McQueary not to be in attendance at Saturday's Nebraska game,” a statement from the school said.
