True freshman David Wilson totaled 165 yards and a touchdown on just 12 carries.
"This is a great confidence boost. We still could have made more plays, so we just got to go back and watch film and get better," Taylor said.
In addition to Taylor, Williams finished his day early and gave true freshman David Wilson a chance to shine. Wilson lived up to the hype surrounding him, showing off his speed throughout the second half to total 165 yards and a touchdown on just 12 carries.
"Just getting out there and finally getting the opportunity," Wilson said. "Getting the ball in my arms - it's just a comfort zone when I have the ball in my arms, and I just want to show everybody including myself what I can do on a new level. Talking about having 100 yards in high school, well I did it in college, and there's no words to describe how happy I am right now."
Wilson also appreciated the incredible fan support he received when he made his first appearance in Lane Stadium.
"The fans here are weird in a good way because they all knew when I stepped on the field before I even took three steps with the ball," Wilson said. "They screamed because I got the ball, and that just gave me chills down my back, and there's no words to describe how I was feeling at that moment."
After an offensive struggle against Alabama, offensive coordinator Bryan Stinespring felt this type of performance was important to the players on offense.
"They're not oblivious to some questions, reservations, the questions they have to answer, so I think it was very important to go out and have success, and, as you said, to finish drives and to have big plays out there," Stinespring said.
Williams agreed, and he felt the team made quite the statement in regard to questions surrounding the offense.
"There can't be (questions)," Williams said. "I think we proved a lot of guys wrong. Tyrod made plays with his feet, Tyrod threw the ball excellent, we ran the ball well. I really don't think there's much you can say."
The 605 yards of total offense amounted to the sixth-highest total in Tech history and the total of 444 rushing yards was the third highest during the Beamer era. Tech last scored more than 50 points in 2005 in a 52-14 win against Virginia.
Tech returns to action next week in Lane Stadium against Nebraska at 3:30 p.m.
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"The Alabama disaster appears to be behind the Hokies." where do u get off compairing marshall to bama. jesus. they are not at all comparable-how the heck are you a sports editor? shameful
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We have improved since bama bur we still have a ways to go if we want to beat Nebraska. If we play as sloppily next week the corn huskers will kick our ass.
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LOL @ the first comment.
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