Longtime rivals Miami and Virginia Tech look to get their season headed back in the right direction when they square off Thursday night in an Atlantic Coast Conference matchup.The Hurricanes (4-2, 1-2 ACC) have lost two in a row and have fallen out of the Top 25, but have never lost to the Hokies (4-2, 2-1) in their previous three Thursday night games.Virginia Tech has also tumbled out of the Top 25 after a 31-17 loss at Syracuse last Saturday.The Hokies have long embraced the opportunity for the exposure a Thursday night game offers. They played 30 Thursday night contests under Frank Beamer, second only to Georgia Techs 32, but this will be the first under new coach Justin Fuente.I always enjoy the challenge every week, but the short weeks are certainly different, he said. I told my wife when I got home, `Its going to be a long, short week. Thats just the way it is, but weve got two hungry football teams that are going to play out here. Theyre very well-coached, obviously have a fine tradition and history.The challenge also is new for first-year Miami coach Mark Richt.Southeastern Conference teams play some Thursday night games, but his former school, Georgia, does not. Richt said it was administration policy, and if he had his way, college teams wouldnt play on such short rest.He also said he doesnt like the idea of Miami getting home around 5 a.m. Friday.The five-day turnaround, in my opinion, I dont think its very good even though both teams are doing it, Richt said. If you have one team with an open date, and one team with five days, thats not fair. As far as what makes sense for TV, Im sure it makes sense for TV. But what makes sense for the student-athletes?I dont think its a good idea. I think its a bad idea.---Here are some other things to watch when Miami visits Virginia Tech:STAKES: The ACCs Coastal Division is a wide open race at this point with every team having at least one loss, the Hokies having beaten current leader North Carolina (3-1) and with games against the Hurricanes and Pittsburgh (2-1 in the division) still ahead. The next two weeks will likely help sort the contenders and pretenders.FRESHMEN STARTERS: Theres a chance that Miami could have five true freshmen starting on defense against the Hokies. Shaquille Quarterman, Michael Pinckney and Zach McCloud are the starting linebackers, and because of a rash of injuries, Miami might be forced to start Joe Jackson and Pat Bethel on the defensive line as well. Its been an unusual year, theres no doubt, with guys being in and out of the lineup, Miami defensive coordinator Manny Diaz said. But well see. Well have 11 the first play of the game Thursday night.NUMBERS GAME: Miami has the edge both in scoring average (36.7 ppg to the Hokies 35.7) and defensive scoring average (14 ppg allowed to the Hokies 18.2), but the Hurricanes also didnt play a Power Five conference school until the fourth game of the year, which could skew the numbers. Miami has won the last two meetings, and three of the last four, and is 3-0 against their former Big East Conference rival when they meet on Thursday night.PASSING FANCY: Since fumbling three times in a loss to No. 18 Tennessee, Hokies quarterback Jerod Evans has been very good about protecting the ball. For the season Evans has 17 touchdowns and just two interceptions, and hes the fourth-rated passer among Power Five schools. Miamis Brad Kaaya is 2-0 against Virginia Tech, but still working his way back from a shoulder injury that caused the Miami coaches to shut him down for a few days.COMMON GROUND: Richt and Fuente have plenty in common -- they are both quarterbacks successfully recruited out of high school by Howard Schnellenberger. Richt played for Schnellenberger at Miami, and Fuente signed with Oklahoma to play for Schnellenberger (though the coach resigned after Fuentes redshirt season there).---AP sports writer Tim Reynolds contributed to this report---Online: The APs college football page: http://collegefootball.ap.org---Follow Hank on Twitter: www.twitter.com/hankkurzjr Goedkope Nike Air Max . Lack made 20 saves for his third shutout of the season as the Canucks blanked the St. Louis Blues 1-0 in the first post-Olympic game for both teams night. Air Max Goedkoop . That left plenty of energy for pitching books and swatting away free agency questions. 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RIO DE JANEIRO -- Gary Russell cannot explain how in the first Olympic bout of his career he fell deaf to the chants, the horns, the fans stamping their feet on metal bleachers, and heard just one voice through the clutter:His father bellowing instruction from 50 feet away in the stands.Gary Antuanne Russell is the last of the four fighting Russells, a boxing bloodline streaming with major amateur and professional accomplishments that included everything but an Olympic victory. With his father hollering from the stands, Russell changed the family fortune, and continued the U.S. teams stunning roll through the Olympic tournament with a unanimous decision victory on Monday.Once Russell disposed of fellow American Richardson Hitchins, representing Haiti, he became the only fighter through the first 100 bouts of the Rio de Janeiro Games to hop a rail and climb into the stands to find mom and dad.Dad still had some lessons for his 20-year-old son.He said, `Man, look, dont get too excited. Its the first night, Russell said. Its a little sloppy, so we need to talk.Russells father serves as his de facto coach and the pair put together an Olympic blueprint out of their Maryland gym.Gary Antuanne was also cheered on back in the States by Gary Russell. And Gary Russell. Gary Russell surely rooted him on, as well.The fighters father -- yes, named Gary -- and his wife had six sons and named them all Gary Russell. The only difference comes in the middle names -- the Olympic medalist hopefuls full name is Gary Antuanne Russell.Russells older brother is WBC featherweight champion Gary Russell Jr. Gary Jr. left the Beijing Olympics without throwing a punch, felled by an unsuccessful weight cut.Gary Antuanne is one of four brothers of the boxing brood to win a Golden Gloves title.I took it a notch ahead, Russell said. Instead of us mirroring each other on the same level, I made the change, you know?The fighting patriarch had a front-row seat in the bleachers and was frequently shown on the big screen yelling toward his son. Russell, who never used the corner stool, did not acknowledge his dad until a quick glance at the end of the second round. His father yelled at Russell to let his hands go, basically launching a more effective offensive attack.USA Boxing coach Billy Walsh said some fighters can get carried awway listening to outside voices.ddddddddddddI did say to him in the corner, `Get your head back in this ring, because thats not going to help you out there. Its in here that were going to be helped, he said. But thats something we talk about, and its not a major issue, but youve seen guys get sidetracked before him.The U.S. team is anything but sidetracked in Rio de Janeiro.The Americans are 6-1, winning more fights already than they did at the 2012 London Games when they were shut out for the first time in history. Kansas fighter Nico Hernandez earned at least a bronze with a win on Monday.The 19-year-old Hitchins had hoped he would be part of the American team that would try to snap the streak. Hitchins had emerged from the Brooklyn streets, where he witnessed a murder as a child, and learned how to box and steer clear of trouble at a gritty gym in Flatbush Gardens. But he lost to Russell in their first two bouts leading up the games, including in the U.S. Olympic Trials final.Both of his parents are from Haiti, so he was eligible to fight for the Caribbean country and become the lone Haitian fighter in the tournament.Hitchins had Andre Berto, a three-time former welterweight champion, rooting him on back home. Berto, who holds American and Haitian citizenship, had picked up the tab on Hitchins travel expenses to Azerbaijan for a qualification tournament. Berto tweeted his support for Hitchins throughout the day.Richardson Hutchins hold your head brother u represented the country of Haiti well.. Your future is bright my man, time to get this money, Berto wrote.Haiti has never medaled in Olympic boxing.Hitchins wasnt alone in trying to find another route to the Olympics; U.S. teen and Florida native Teofimo Lopez fought for Honduras when he was squeezed out of a spot on the American roster.Hitchins, who said he would turn pro, simply had no solution for Russell in any of their three fights. As one final reminder that Russell is the man in this series, he hit Hitchins after the bell.They made nice after a brief pause for the traditional hug.It was bad blood there, Hitchins said. But after this, I want him to win. I want him to take the gold back to the United States. ' ' '