From the beginning of its emergence as a national act, it has been able to fill arenas with satisfied fans. At the same time, however, Chicago has succeeded in the ways it intended to. The result has been that many critics have consistently failed to appreciate its music and that its media profile has always been low. If such statements of fact surprise, that’s because Chicago has been singularly underrated since the beginning of its long career, both because of its musical ambitions - to the musicians, rock is only one of several styles of music to be used and blended, along with classical, jazz, R&B, and pop - and because of its refusal to emphasize celebrity over the music. Judged by album sales alone, as certified by the R.I.A.A., the band does not rank quite so high, but it is still among the Top Ten best-selling U.S. 22 for their first road game in more than a month.According to Billboard chart statistics, Chicago is second only to the Beach Boys as the most successful American rock band of all time, in terms of both albums and singles. The Panthers travel to Louisville on Oct. Pitt: The Panthers started slow after a bad loss a week earlier, but Abanikanda rallied his team with a history-making game. Virginia Tech: After a difficult two-week stretch, the Hokies held an early lead and rallied late against a Pittsburgh team that was ranked earlier this season before ultimately coming up short. Only once in those eight meetings has Pitt scored fewer than 31 points against Virginia Tech.ĭating back to 2001, when both schools were members of the Big East Conference, the Panthers have won 10 of the past 14 games overall against Virginia Tech, including four of the last five. Virginia Tech is 1-7 in Pittsburgh since 2001 at Acrisure Stadium, formerly Heinz Field. Abanikanda rushed for four touchdowns during a win against Rhode Island last month.Ībanikanda is the second opponent to rush for at least five touchdowns against Virginia Tech and the first since Miami’s Willis McGahee on Dec. He’s the first Power 5, BCS player to top 300 yards rushing and six touchdowns since Ricky Williams in 1998.Ībanikanda now has 12 rushing touchdowns this season. King’s 19-yard touchdown capped a two-play, 30-second drive and gave Virginia Tech a 16-7 lead.Ībanikanda ended Pitt’s next possession with his second touchdown of the game and Ben Sauls kicked a 47-yard field goal to give the Panthers a one-point halftime lead.Ībanikanda was the first to score six touchdowns in an ACC game since North Carolina’s Kelvin Bryant accomplished the feat on Sept. Keshawn King made sure to score on the Hokies’ next possession after Keonta Jenkins picked off Kedon Slovis two plays later. It could have been more, but Pitt’s goal line stand kept the Hokies out of the end zone after three plays from inside the 2-yard line. William Ross kicked an 18-yard field goal, giving Virginia Tech a 9-7 lead. Deandre Jules blocked the extra point to keep Pitt in front, 7-6.
The Hokies answered with a touchdown of their own 63 seconds later on a 5-yard Malachi Thomas run. After a second-quarter touchdown, the Hokies punted five times - including four three-and-outs - and threw an interception on their next six drives. The Hokies jumped out to an early 16-7 lead, but an offensive lull allowed the Panthers to score the next 24 points. Virginia Tech (1-2, 2-4) scored 29 points after putting up 20 points total in its two previous contests, the Hokies’ worst stretch since 1989. Grant Wells completed 25 passes for 277 yards with a touchdown and interception for Virginia Tech, which was coming off of back-to-back blowout losses against North Carolina and West Virginia. “Tony Dorsett is one of the greatest tailbacks to play in Pitt history, so that’s pretty significant.” “The records are great,” Pitt coach Pat Narduzzi said. Abanikanda, the ACC’s leading rusher, didn’t play in the second half and had his arm in a sling at the end of last week’s game against Georgia Tech. Abanikanda helped Pitt (1-1, 4-2) rebound from an ugly home loss last week against a Georgia Tech team that fired its head coach earlier in the week.
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