Offering at least a momentary truce for an escalating feud between the two schools, Virginia Tech coach Frank Beamer said he talked with Georgia Tech boss Paul Johnson in an attempt to set the record straight on Crackbackgate – the flaming furor surrounding charges by the Hokies to the ACC concerning illegal blocks committed by the Yellow Jackets that weren't called in Georgia Tech's 28-23 victory on Oct. 17 in Atlanta.Beamer said he apologized to Johnson for an erroneous statement he made during his Monday media teleconference that Georgia Tech's final touchdown with three minutes – a 39-yard run by quarterback Josh Nesbitt – was sprung by a low block on Hokies free safety Kam Chancellor #17. Evidently, Chancellor was the victim of an illegal block on a play that ended up as a GT touchdown – jut not that last touchdown."It was a similar play, but it wasn't the last touchdown," said Beamer, referring to a 31-yard scamper by Nesbitt to the Hokies' 4-yard line that led to a TD that pu...
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