Va. Tech stops Rutgers

BLACKSBURG, VIRGINIA - Lee Suggs ran for 197 yards and two touchdowns, his 20th straight game with at least one score, as No.3 Virginia Tech defeated Rutgers 35-14 Saturday. <br> <br> Despite numerous turnovers and penalties, the Hokies (7-0, 2-0 Big East) beat the Scarlet Knights (1-6, 0-3) for the 10th straight time by relying on their tailback tandem of Suggs and Kevin Jones. <br> <br> Suggs scored on runs of 3 and 42 yards. Jones added 132 yards, including a 58-yard TD run in which he reversed direction from the left sideline and charged right into the end zone. <br> <br> Ryan Cubit was 17-for-32 passing for 222 yards for two touchdowns to lead the Scarlet Knights. <br> <br> Virginia Tech&#39;s Bryan Randall was 11-for-15 passing, and he hit Ernest Wilford for a 16-yard TD in the first quarter. Randall also was sacked four times and turned the ball over twice. <br> <br> Rutgers kept the game close with a mix of fakes, reverses and quarterback draws. The Scarlet Knights capitalized on two turnovers by the Hokies deep in their own territory for two touchdowns. <br> <br> Brandon Haw intercepted a bobbled catch by Ernest Wilford in the second quarter and returned it 11 yards to set up a 12-yard TD pass by Cubit. It was also the first TD given up by Tech&#39;s defense in the first half this season. <br> <br> Rutgers recovered a fumbled pitch by Suggs in the third quarter and drove 36 yards for a touchdown to make it 28-14. <br> <br> Aaron Martin caught a 12-yard pass in the second quarter for Rutgers&#39; first score, and Markis Facyson caught a tipped pass in the third quarter for 31-yard touchdown. <br> <br> The Hokies put the game out of reach in the first quarter with three touchdowns, starting with Suggs&#39; 3 yard run. Randall then hit a wide-open Wilford for a 16-yard score. Suggs zigzagged 42 yards between defenders into the end zone to make it 21-0. <br> <br> In the second quarter, Jones ran to the left sideline ran into a crowd of Scarlet Knights, reversed direction, then ran 58 yards behind Bryan Randall for a touchdown.

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