the hokies put up a bevy of points in the first half. how about 49? ght now they beat wake forest 52-21. want to get away? navy has. the mid shipmen played thr last three gamesn the road racking up 6500 miles. the benefit of the frequent flyer program, a commendable 2-1 road record. today, home sweet home hosting southern methodist. navy coming off a thrilling win at wake forest last week. second quarter, smu up 7-0. kyle padrone to darius johnson in the corner of the end zone. mustangs take a 14-0 lead. i know when you think of padrone you think of -- >> patron. >> you ever have that? >> no. >> you lie. deep to aaron santiago. ey're good in thfirst play of the second half. that would lead to a santiago touchdown. cut the lead to seven. look at the option. dobbs to.g. green. into the end zone for six right now navy leads it 21-14. and right now rangers and nkees playing game two. rankers rangers in front. i'm pulling for them. >> that's all we got for you right now. "nightly" is up next. we'll see youback here at 11:00. martin o'malley sworn in. inher

the hokies roll 45 to 21. taylor is now the winningest quarterback in hokies history. game of the day. the old ball coa, steve spurrier, and number 19 south carolina taking on number one alabama. steven garcia threw three touchdowns and the gamecocks upset the crimson tide 35-21. elsewher virginia loses to georgia tech 33-21. navy comes back to beat wake forest 28-27 and westirginia defeats unlv 49-10. that's your sports minute. i'm hakem dermish. have a great day. >>> all right. thank you, sir. next up is reporter notebook. a look at stories affecting our community. we're back in 15 minutes with the morning's top stories and your sunday forecast. for w, though, here is pat lawson muse. >>> good morning. we begin this morning with with proposed cs in montgomery county ambulance service. county executive leggett has decided to lay off dozens of work, if a referendum to overturn the county's ambulance fee passes in november. the council approved the fee earlier this year. it's a fee residents would not have to pay out of pocket. rather insurance compies and federal gover

fourth quarter, more hokies. the handoff to david wilson runs by the defense. craig melvin remember, no defense for speed. 68 yards score the hokies roll 45-21, their fourth stight victory. >>> in atlanta, virginia cavaliers taking on georgia tech and their formeread coach, and the defense gets beat here in the second quarter. max, up the get, 37 yards for the touchdown. yes, sir, cavaliers in front, 7-3. but the yellow jackets, they buzz right back. anthony allen, he was the man, rushed for 195 yards, three tds. georgia tech defeats virginia. >>> down by six points. dobbs rolls out and game changer. playmaker. perfect pass to greg jones for the ga winner in the corner. dobbs had four touchdowns, two rushing, two passing. you know he wants to run for president in 2040. >> i'd vote for him. the midshipmen beat the dekongs, 27-28. >>> upset of the da steve spurrier, hosting alabama. fourth quarter. crimson tide. and touchdown, alabama. cut the deficit to seven with plenty of time left. maybe we won't have an upset bu yes, we will. the gamecocks on offense, steve

. >>> elsewhere, virginia tech hokies hosting central michigan. it would be a big day. tech up 17-7 in the second. taylor finds andre smith for the seven-yard touchdown and the hokeys go up 24-7. we then go to the third. same score and more from taylor and this time with his legs and total offense on the day and breaks the school record with his go ofth win as a starting qb and hokies win, 35-21. >>> and rickey dobbs and the navy midshipmen on the road. we start in the third quarter. the navy's down 3 and with the touchdown through the air and this time, keeps it up the middle and with that four-yard td. the same score, late in the 3rd, wake is driving this time and this is kenner price, hitting a wide-open brown and pushes it in for the score. that gives wake a 27-21 lead. 30 seconds left in the game, the navy still down 6 and knocking on the doorstep. rickey dobbs lobs it and holds it for the game-winning touchdown and navy wins 28-27. >>> we need another the time out. when we come back, tiger woods is back in d.c. and we have the scoop after this.  >> t

first quarter, 292 yards, the hokies up by a touchdown. it. evans, 5 yards out, puts the hokies out. then the offense gets resistance. all the time the world back there, but scrambles around and finds him. 25-yard touchdown. big day for it. evans, three touchdowns. second quarter, 8 yards out, he puts tech out. again from 1 yard out, touchdown. the hokies win, 52-21. >>> the midshipmen taking the field, navy trailing southern mass best -- southern methodist by halftime. 5 yards out, piles and. the game tied at 14-14. fourth quarter, the hero, dry sand. maybe with the first lead of the day. but the mustangs put up a fight. backside of the end zone, ties the game at 21-21. navy's defense comes up big. picked off deep. couple plays later, navy it's a hard fought win, 28-21. >>> it was time for maryland to get back at work. the terps traveled to death valley to face clemson. unfortunately, the week off did not help them catch any bricks. coach ralph friedgen and crew, the terps with amazing plays early. touchdown. maryland gave up 174 yards on ret

hokies have won six in a ro virginia hosting eastern michigan. the first type in the history of fbs history the two teams competing against one another have both african-american head coaches an athletic directors. first quarter. check out the block. dontrell imen. boom is right. scoots 21 yards for the touchdown. cavs up 14-0. uva leads by 10. it was a track meet. the coach feeling risky. cavs linit up to punt. psych. punty jimmy howell passes to womack. that's nifty. virginia rolls 48-21. all right. to the new meadowlands. the coach and navy taking on notre dame. first quarter, ricky dobbs back to pass. check out alexander teach. one hand. snag. hauls itin. the big guy rumbles his way for a touchdown. 7-0, navy. teach also rushed for 210 yards. third quarter navy in control. ricky dobbs keeps it himself. weaves his way in for the sce. had four touchdowns, navy wins it 35-17. the midshipmen have won three of the last four against notre dame. >>> playing his last game with the black and red after 14 seasons. marino leaves an undellable mark on th

the hokies added one more td and thepset nc state 41-30. >>> let's go to charlottesville. mike london and virginia hosting florida state in their conference opener. first quarter, where we start seminoles up 3-0. fsu on offense. germane thomas gets the handoff and slips a few tackles and teams all day having problem making tackles. i think everyone needs to logon to how to make a tackle.com. 70 yards for the touchdown and florida state takes a 10-0 lead. i'm sorry. kpom on, kids. come on. first play of the second quarter, fsu, christian ponder, perfect pass. 15 yards for the score and florida state defeats virginia, 34-14. next up for mike london and uva, a trip to georgia tech. >>> navy owns the commander-in-chief trophy. they've had the trophy for th last four years but after today's outcome against air force navy might hand it over. in colorado springs, navy riding a service academy record, 15-game wing streak. first quarter, air force with the ball, qb tim jiperson calls his own number and this is impressive. 50 yards, td's busting all over the field. the guy is gone a

virginia tech's tyrod taylor is the winningest quarterback in hokies history because his hokies are winning, too. last night their fourth straight ainst central michigan. in blacksburg the hokies earning their swagger back. first quarter, virginia tech down 7-0. not for long. taylor called his own number and he answe. splits two defenders. see you. looking like michael vick making plays with his feet. 72-yard td. taylor had three touchdowns, two rushing, one passing. fourth quarter, more hokies. handoff to david wilson and he runs right by the defense. rememb, no defense for speed. 68-yard score. the hokies roll 45 to 21, their fourth straight victory. all right. we're in atlanta. virginia cavaliers taking on georgia tech and former head coach as the defensive coornator. his defense gets beat here in the second quarter. max millian up the gut. 37 yards for the touchdown. cavaliers in front 7-3. the yellow jackets buzzed right back. anthony allen. he w solid. rushed for 195 yards and three tds. georgia tech defeats virginia 33-21. in winston-salem ricky dobbs and navy against wake forest. we

hokies, wow, have n six in a row. virginia hosting eastern michigan. it's the first time in the history the two teams competing against one another have both african-american head coaches d athletic directors. pretty cool. check out the block. boom. ntrelle inman, big block. 21 yards for the touchdown. cavs up 14-0. was a track meet. fourth quarter, uva leads by ten. coach mikeondon feeling risky. jimmy howell passes to trey womack andwell, he does the rest. races 56 yards for the touchdown. virginia rolls 48-21. navy taking on notre dame. first quarter, ricky dobbs back to pass. check out alexander teach. pretty cool. one-handed snag and the big guy rumbles his way in for a 31-yard touchdown. teach also rushed for 210 yards. yes, that's impressive. third quarter, navy in control. ricky dobbs keeps it himself and weaves his way in fothe score. dobbs finished with four touchdow, three rushing, one passing. navy wins it 35-17. the midshipmen have won three of the last four against notre dame. d.c. united said farewell to a legend last night. moreno playi

the hokie comes from the old hokie back in the day, a song. it was supposed to mean excitement, a sense of feeling. and as you know, as a past hokie, it's something special. and that's what the hokie spirit and the community is all about. so next time if somebody asks you what a hokie is, you say "i am," because you are a hokie. >> i am. but i know the song. ♪ hokie hokie hokie ♪ hi ♪ tech tech vti >> how much did you spend for your education to learn a song like that? >> that's a great song. >> kathie lee. hoda, i challenge you -- the hokie bird told me this -- you need to bring kathie lee and frank to a football game so she can know what it means to be a hokie. >> it's actually a great experience to be in that stadium. you guys, thank you both. >> so glad we cleared it up. >> we love you, hoda. >> tell the turkey that we're very sorry what they did to him. very, very sorry. there was no need for that, really. he should have had a lot of little turkeys by now. but no. it's cruel. >> you see what's happening, bo? >> cruel. but thank you.

hokies cut the deficit to just 4. now late in the 4th, hokies down 2. how about jared boykin and there he goes. going to bust it outside and the hokies come all the way back for a big win 41-30, the final. >>> now, to boo or not to boo. that is the question? will mac5 be showered with them today and should mike tyson be booed for dancing. those are the topics that wisdom martin and i delve into in this edition of "off the wall." >>> welcome to off the wall, dave ross and wisdom martin. what do we have this week? >> nick -- mcnabb, going back to philly. are they going to boo him? >> of course they will boo him. they booed santa claus. >> but he led them to five superbowl champions and the greatest eagle ever. >> i'm with you. i think he's the best. but he is going to get booed. he said they should cheer me. you played there for 11 years. you know how they are. i know how they are. the american people know how they are. they are going to boo him. >> it's a matter of respect. for 10-11 years he was in the nfl, the majority of the time he was a borderline h

later, more hokies. here comes the pressure, though. spins out and all the way across the field, finds it wide opened danny colt for a 25-yard touchdown. wow! taor had four touchdowns, three passing, one rushing and the hockey i cans put up 49 points in the first half. they win 52-21. virgin tech has won five straight. >>> in charlottesville, cavaliers hosting north carolina. first play of the game. the tar heels -- yates to dwight jones. check out dwight jones. he tackles and gets the block ande-bye. 81-yard down the sideline for the touchdown. north carolina on top, 7-0. later in the first, carolina leads 10-3. it's updates to jones combo once again. to the end zone beautiful catch here by jones. north carolina defeats mike london and the cavs, 44-10. the tar heels first win at virginia since 1981! >>> in indianapolis, navy taking on southern methodist, drama. under 2:00 to play and tied at 21. smu has the ball. kyle throws and it's picked off bynavy tyler simmons. a playmaker. so navy with a chance to win it. handoff goes to alexande

the hokies put up 49 points in the first half. they go on to win 52-21. virginia tech has won five straight. we're in charlottesville. cavaliers hosting north carolina. the first play of the game not good for virginia. the tar heels strike. t.j. yates to dwight jones, the big fellow. slips a couple tackles. he's going down thsideline and he's saying bye-bye. 81 yards for the touchdown. north caroli on top 7-0. ouch. later in the first, carolina leads 10-3 and the same two guys again. yates to jones. the combo is working. to the end zone. makes the catch. 20-yard score. north carolina defeats mike london and the caps 44-10. it the tar heels first win at virginia since 1981. all right. in nap annapolis navy taking on southern methodist. the throw and picked off by navy's tyler simmons. wow. he's a playmaker. that changes the game instantly. now navy with a chance to win it. handoff to alexander teach. he goes untouched into the checkerboard end zone. navy wins a thriller 28-21 improving to 4-2. jim tressel and the buckeyes on the road at wisconsin. he has h

score, hokies up 24-7. move to the taylor. and he has great legs. 288 yards of total offense on the day and breaks bryan randall's school record which is 27th win as starting quarterback. hokies win 45-21. >>> and how about ricky dobbs and the midshipmen on the road. taking on wake forestch the game of the day. navy down 3 and dobs with a touchdown. navy up 5-4. same score in the third and here comes tanner price, looking for devon brown and he'll get in and oh, no, wake forest has a 6 point lead. and we are late. 30 seconds ago, navy still, and dobbs will run it but can throw it. back of the end zone. navy wins a thriller 28-27. virginia loses at georgia tech 33-21. >>> how about some hockey. last night the caps raising their southeast division champion and president's trophy banner in the home opener. they were down 1-0 but that wouldn't last for long because carlson puts it in. and here comes the onslaught. alex ovechkin and the caps pour it on from there. caps tack on three more and win the 9th straight

when we come back, the hokies quarterback taylor has a record- setting day in blacksburg and we'll look at all the college heights -- highlights coming up after the break.  woman 1 sync: i knew what bob ehrlich did as governor. man 1 sync: raised my property taxes 60 percent. woman 2 sync: let utilities hike our rates 72 percent. woman 1 sync: but i didn't know what he's done since he got fired as governor. man 2: ehrlich's raked in millions. man 3: he worked for a wall street bank that took 10 billion dollars from the bailout. woman 3: 10 billion of our money. woman 4: our money. woman 5 sync: and he worked for another bank that collapsed. man 4: costing tax payers 17 million. anncr: tell bob ehrlich big banks don't need help. middle class marylanders do.

demon deacons in blacksburg take on the hokies afterhey dropp their first two games. hokies are getting things done. 65 degrees at kickoff nthwest wind at 10 to 25 miles per ho. many more forecasts including the one that's taking place in norman later on. >> here we go. is it windy in norman? thanks. >>> traveling near the national mall this morning could cause a few headaches and tourists may find one famous museum caused. this is back of a water main break by constitution and 9th avenue. derrick ward is on the mall this morning for us with more on how these repai are going now and being the impact it could have through the weekend. >> reporter: you know this break happened at about 10:00 p.m. last night. and what you have is a 24 inch main that went at about 10:00 p.m. and caused the closing of constitution avenue between 9th and 12th street and you have lane closure on 10th street between penn and constitution. it's affeing the water pressure in the department of justice. if you have compromised water pressure and you have a compromised sprinkler system. we talked

demon deacons and hokies. if you have a game cast, chu chuckbell.nbcwashington.com. >>> a water main break near 9th street and constitution avenue. cotitution has been closed between 9th and 12th streets. the break happened in a 24 inch main. the pipe has been in the water system since the 1920s. d.c. water says it will work through the weekend to get the main fixed. >> there's a lot of street damage. once we get the pipe fixed there will be a lot of repair done to street. it wil be done by rush hour on nday. >> since repairs and closures are ongoing, stay away from constitution avenue. >>> another traffic alert for northern virginia drivers. in the tysons corner area. last night vdot closed all lanes of 123, better known as chain bridge road. crews are demolishing the old 495 northbound bridge this weekend. the construction should be finished by 5:00 monday morning. this is part of the hot lanes project which is scheduled to take two years before it's all finished. >>> pele who use a busy commuter lot in nort

three plays after a 58-yard punt return, hokies cash in. 7-0. still in the first, tech leading 14-7. taylor back to pass and wake forest brings pressure. he scrambles one way, then the other. he would find a wide open danny colt for another td. tech is up 52-21 in the fourth. >>> college basketball games don't start for another month but the hoop season got under way with midnight madness. gary williams making a big entrance as part of the festivities. the basketball season will tip off november 1st in a game against florida southern at 8:00 p.m. >>> over at georgetown, la hoyas unveiled greg monroe's piston jersey during the midnight madness celebration. the hoyas's returned the best back court in the nation. they have good dance moves. the hoyas's tip off the season november 12th at old do mine january. >>> game one of the nlcs is on fox 5 starting at 7:30, phillies and giants have their aces on the hill. lots of good stuff this weekend on fox 5. >> he should be on so you think you can dance. >> that's it for us. see you after the game. make s

the duke blue devils are in blacksburg taking on the virginia tech hokies. 65 degrees with a light wind out of the southwest. university of richmond the spiders taking on the towson tigers in rihmond. sunshine. 71 degrees. perfect weather there. syracuse and west virginia, in rgantown for a noon kickoff. partly sunny skies. i'll be back in the second half of the show with the other most important picks of the day. those are coming up in a few minutes. back to you. >> now we now know one of the teams that will be playing in is year's world series. dan hellieas highlights from a historic game in texas in this morning's sports in a minute. >> good morning, everybody. your "sports minute" begins welcome back baseball and the texas rangers are going their first world series. we start in the bottom of the fifth inning. vladimir guerrero, what a big hit this was. doubles in two runs to spark a four run fifth for texas. and then in the top of the ninth, feliz strikes out rodriguez to end the game. let the celebration begin. the rangers beat the yankees 6-1 in game six of the acls. they are movi

the hokies are down in raleigh taking on north carolina state. 73 degrees for that game. that's a tough game for virginia tech this year. new brunswick state is real. tae air force academy. great game. kickoff 2:30. >> they can hanle it. >> that will be a tough win. >> says you. >> i'm pulling for texas. >>> the nationals took on the new york mets on the diamond. they went no an extra inning but wasn't enoughor a big win. dan hellie has that and more in sports. >> reporter: good morning, everybody, spouts nute begins with the nationals up in new york las night for their final series of the season. they need two wins to get to 70 for the first time since 2007. michael moore is doing his part tied up the game in the top of the seventh but in the bottom of the 10th, josh higt a walkoff home run to right field. the mets beat the nats 2-1. to hockey caps trying stay perfect in the pre-season. eric had a pretty nice game. ovechkin getting feisty. just the pre-season take it easy. capitals beat the blue jackets 5-3. braddock, the quarterback trying remain undefeated. nebrich sco

and central michigan, they are the chippewas taking on the hokies. more college football forecast coming up. >> no oklahoma. >> we have the week off so a guaranteed win. i'll not be strched out this afternoon. >> all right. >>> a fly ball hit deep to right field. and this ball is out of here and over the seat. >> did y see that? if you went to bed early or relatively late you missed one heck of an end the. the atlanta braves homered to beat the san francisco giants 5-4 in game two of the national league division series. ries now even at one game apiece. the capitals open their regular season hoping to erase all those bademories of last season's disappointing end and one. redskins deals with a personal tragedy. dan hellie has those stories and more in this morning's sports. >> good morning, everybody, las night a perfect example why it is impossible to make a living betting on sports. the capitals who were almost perfect in the pre-season lose to a team that didn't win a game. their season opener down in atlanta did not go as planned. capitals lose to

. >> so hokie but what do you think? don't trust them in washington. >> this has been the most effective argument against joe manchin. people like him a lot. he's a popular governor. let's keep him here and keep him away from the washington -- >> corrupted. >> this ad from the karl rove group. you would probably expect this to be what it is. let's listen. >> the choice is clear. rubio stood up by saying no. charlie crist embraced it. marco rubio opposed obama care with its $500 billion medicare cuts. charlie crist has flip-flopped. >> you think there's only two people in the race. >> and you'd never know one of them used to be a republican. they've turned crist into a democrat, tying him to barack obama. no mention this once was a poster boy for the republican party. >> they don't even mention the democratic candidate. >> don't even know who it is. >> they don't worry about him. this group criticizes lisa murkowski. she's the one who lost the primary to joe miller. here is part of the ad. let's listen. >> now lisa is try

last of the college football hokies down in raleigh taking on the wolfpack. sunshine and 73 degrees there. the longhorns and the sooners in the cotton bowl in texas. i want is indeed going to be a great day for the red river rivalry today. 85 degrees the kickoff in a told you last week i was going to put the longhorn upsi down but out respect there was a shooting on campus i put the longhorn right side up. can we put that picture up. this is the game at kansas state la week. we can't do it. there it is. check out that. that's a massive thunderstorm going right over the kansas state game. that's n the thing. i checked it out. that was an amazing picture there. >> all right. >> just want to get that on there. >> pretty cool. >>> time now is 7:49. the redskins take on the eagles pap preview of who will be o the field. plus good grief, charlie brown. you can watch the great pumpkin you can watch the great pumpkin this weekend four years ago, bob ehrlich got fired as governor of maryland. for good reason. first, he protected tax loopholes for giant cable cable com

. >> so hokie but what do you think? don't trust them in washington. >> this has been the most effective argument against joe manchin. people like him a lot. he's a popular governor. let's keep him here and keep him away from the washington -- >> corrupted. >> this ad from the karl rove group. you would probably expect this to be what it is. let's listen. >> the choice is clear. rubio stood up by saying no. charlie crist embraced it. mar marco rubio opposed obama care with its $500 billion medicare cuts. charlie crist has flip-flopped. >> you think there's only two people in the race. >> and you'd never know one of them used to be a republican. they've turned crist into a democrat, tying him to barack obama. no mention this once was a poster boy for the republican party. >> they don't even mention the democratic candidate. >> don't even know who it is. >> they don't worry about him. this group criticizes lisa murkowski. she's the one who lost the primary to joe miller. here is part of the ad. let's listen. >> now lisa is

central michigan at virginia tech this afternn perfect weather for the hokies home game. >> you'll miss kickoff if you haven't left yet. >> don't speed. the state police love i-. >> this is true. thanks, chuck. of course stick around. "news4 today" is back in half an hour with more news four. until then, back to new york and "the today show." >>> we are back on this saturday morning, october 9th, 2010. it is a beautiful autumn day here in new york. thank everyone who came out to spend the day with us outside on the plaza. i'm amy row back along with lester holt. and still to come inhis half hour, there's some new information that the alleged pirate attack on the mexican border, it's been more than a week since an american man was gunned down on a lake. it's still a mystery as to comwhat happened, why it happened. we have the latest o this disturbing story comingup. >> we' going to talk about a new film coming out called "red." my goodness does this have an a-list cast or what it's full of academy award winners, morgan freeman, hillen mirren, bruce willis. all packing heat in a top new v

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