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Virginia Tech is exactly where it wants to be at this point in the season: tied for the ACCs Coastal Division lead in the loss column and in control of its chance to play for its fifth conference championship.The No. 25 Hokies (5-2, 3-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) can significantly enhance their chances Thursday night at Pittsburgh. The Panthers (5-2, 2-1) also share the loss-column lead, although they have played two fewer division games than No. 22 North Carolina (6-2, 4-1) and one fewer than the Hokies.Virginia Tech holds the tiebreaker against the Tar Heels, having beaten them 34-3 on Oct. 8, but in their first season under coach Justin Fuente, the Hokies are disinclined to look any further than the game just ahead. They wont even allow themselves to feel too good about reappearing in the AP Top 25.Of course we like being in the Top 25, but at the end of the day, we just want to win a football game, regardless of whether were in the Top 25 or if were not ranked at all, rover Terrell Edmunds said Monday, before offering a mantra for this team. We just want to go out and play Virginia Tech football and go 1-0 each week.The Hokies last appearance in the Top 25 came two weeks ago, when consecutive routs of Boston College, East Carolina and North Carolina allowed them to rise to No. 17. But they were stunned 31-17 at Syracuse and fell out again before getting back to their dominant ways in a 37-16 victory against Miami last Thursday night.The Panthers, though, present a significant challenge. They have won four in a row at Heinz Field against Virginia Tech, and are tied for 22nd nationally in scoring at 38.4 points per game.Coach Pat Narduzzi, in his second season, said he was pretty frank with his team about whats at stake in the game.I told our kids, its right there for you, the pursuit and what you want is right there for you, he said Monday. Its there for the taking. Everything you wanted to do at the beginning of the season is sitting right in front of you on this Thursday night.On defense, Pitt is fifth nationally at stopping the run, but 122nd against the pass.Virginia Tech prefers to be a run-first team, but quarterback Jerod Evans has proven more than capable of getting things done through the air in his first season with the Hokies. Hes thrown for 19 touchdowns with just two interceptions.Theyre a heavy run-stop team, Evans said. They will force you to throw in man-to-man coverage.Evans is comfortable doing that because hes got plenty of targets he trusts to come down with the ball. Isaiah Ford has 36 catches and five touchdowns. Bucky Hodges has 25 catches and five touchdowns. And five other receivers have at least one touchdown reception this year.Defensive coordinator Bud Foster, a holdover from the teams that have struggled at Heinz Field, said its not the venue but the way the Panthers have played, and the way the Hokies have played, that produced the losses.Now, with the Hokies angling for their first ACC title game berth since 2011, its time to end the skid.If we want to stay in the hunt, we need to win it, Foster said. ... Its been a couple years since weve been in this position, but these games get more and more important as we move forward in the season.---Online: The APs college football page: http://collegefootball.ap.org---Follow Hank on Twitter: www.twitter.com/hankkurzjrReplica Soccer Jerseys . 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Detroit and Boston are deadlocked, 1-1, and Tigers manager Jim Leyland could be forgiven if he was caught rationalizing instead of dissecting how his club could blow a 5-1 lead late in Game 2.Maro Itoje is a doubt for Englands autumn series after sustaining an injury to his right hand in Saracens 44-26 Champions Cup victory over the Scarlets at Allianz Park.Itoje was replaced in the 46th minute after his arm was trapped awkwardly while making a tackle and the 21-year-old lock is to undergo an x-ray to assess the extent of the damage.Maro came off with a sore hand. That needs to be examined and well know more after the x-ray has taken place, Saracens director of rugby Mark McCall said.It is another alarming development for England, who have been decimated by injuries in the build up to their Tests against South Africa, Fiji, Argentina and Australia, stating with the Springboks visit to Twickenham on Nov. 12.Openside incumbent James Haskell is out of all four games, while three possible replacements for the Wasps back row in Sam Jones, Mike Williams and Jack Clifford are also sidelined.Picking Itoje in the No.7 jersey appeared to be the next viable option availablle to head coach Eddie Jones, but his hand injury could scupper that plan to leave England seeking yet another alternative.dddddddddddd.Reigning European player of the year Itoje has been magnificent since making his debut during this years Six Nations and Jones can ill-afford to lose him.The injury crisis plumbed fresh depths on Friday when Saracens second row George Kruis underwent surgery on an ankle problem, but McCall revealed he could yet play some part in the autumn.George complained about his ankle not feeling great in the week. We had it scanned and there were a couple of loose bodies, McCall said.Its a very minor thing, its just not great timing for anybody. It will be a four to eight week injury. If he plays in the autumn, it all depends if its good or bad.We think the operation went okay and now it all depends on the healing process. ' ' '