“I was really disappointed in the Georgia Tech game,” Williams said. “Mostly because of how bad I was feeling throughout the whole game. I wish I could just rewind and just not feel as bad as I did so I could make the plays that I wanted to, but my body just really wasn’t in the right state of mind.”
Thankfully, the bye week allowed the ACC’s leading rusher to get healthy.
“I’m feeling better,” Williams said. “I think it was probably last Monday or Tuesday where I started eating, and I could keep it in. I lost like eight to nine pounds. It’s been the first time I’ve weighed in the 190s since like my junior year in high school, so it was kind of scary at first because I was surviving off of IVs for a couple days, but you know, I’m back to being normal, and I can eat.
Williams added that it felt good to be able to go to practice “and not just feel like I’ve got somebody 400 pounds on my back or something like that throughout the whole day.”
Williams said the weight loss won’t affect his play come Thursday night, though.
“It doesn’t affect me at all because I don’t play with my weight, I play with my heart, so it doesn’t really affect me at all,” he explained.
While the Hokies may not control their own destiny in the ACC anymore, there’s plenty to be excited about for Thursday night’s game.
With Williams healthy and the team under the national spotlight on Thursday night, the Hokies have a lot to prove.
Coach Beamer says he can only tell his team to focus on the now.
“Go get ready to play North Carolina,” Beamer said. “There’s a lot of football to be played. You’ve got your BCS standings. You’ve got your conference situation, and there’s just a lot of football to be played.
“What we can control is how we prepare and how we play against North Carolina. So, that’s the key thing for us right now — to put all our efforts toward North Carolina.”
The Hokies take the field Thursday night in Lane Stadium at 7:30 p.m., and the game will be nationally televised on ESPN.
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