?Enter Sandman? is the song always played as Virginia Tech runs out onto Lane Stadium in Blacksburg. Add the Orange Bowl to that list.

As the Hokies and Hurricanes took the field on Saturday night, the stadium was blaring the Metallica entrance song over the loudspeaker, getting all of the Hokie fans in attendance fired up.

The song may have just inspired the Hokies to play a combination of Beamerball and defense to win the rivalry game against a struggling Miami team 17?10.

?We really feel fortunate to come out of here with a win,? said Tech head coach Frank Beamer. ?We did find a way. We got the field goal blocked. It was kind of what we said, you?ve got to play good defense, be good in the kicking game and score when we can offensively. We did that tonight.?

Both teams were having sub-par seasons to their standards, but only one team had Branden Ore. After a fortunate interception by Xavier Adibi, the coaches were ready to take three points with the score tied at 10 late in the game.

?We were going to set up for a field goal,? Beamer said. ?We wanted to make sure to get the ball in the middle of the field on third down. Then we popped a couple. I?d much rather have seven than three any day.?

Those seven points were on Ore?s mind for the entire drive. He had no intention of letting the Hokies kick a field goal in the last minute.

?I heard coach say that he wanted to kick a field goal,? said Ore. ?I know the state of mind of my teammates in that we didn?t want to settle for a field goal, we wanted to get seven and make it hard for those guys. I tried to get the first down and got 16 yards on it.?

Those 16 yards stunned the Orange Bowl crowd and the Hurricanes. Two plays later, the 5?11? sophomore from Indian River High School slid into the endzone from eight yards out, securing the Tech win.

?On that touchdown run, the O-line stepped up big for me,? Ore said. ?They created a big hole, and I was able to score.?

Not all was easy sledding for Ore. After back-to-back 200-yard performances against Southern Miss and Clemson, Ore was only held to 79 yards.

?Those guys were filling those gaps quickly,? Ore said. ?It was kind of hard to hit a hole when sometimes they weren?t there. I had to pick through and kind of create holes there for myself, and that?s what I was doing.?

Like Miami, Tech?s defense stood tall all night, forcing three interceptions, including two from local favorite Brandon Flowers. The Delray Beach, Fla. native secured the win with his second pick after the Hokies scored the final touchdown.

?We went over that play this week,? Flowers said. ?They were going to isolate to my side and put me one-on-one with Lance Leggett. I knew I had to make a play. He beat me inside, I had a speed turn, and I had a position to take it away, and I made a play on it.?

The only play the Hokies could not figure out was a 50-yard Tyrone Moss run early in the fourth quarter to tie the game at 10. Moss ran straight into a pile at the line of scrimmage and then spun around to an open field, darting for the touchdown. Aside from the score, the team is satisfied with their performance.

?I think our defense was pretty good. Their defense was pretty good, too,? Beamer said. ?Except for that one play there where it got kind of funky, it was kind of like he was stopped, and then he wasn?t stopped. But our defense played pretty good. We played smart and played together.?

?I like what we?re all about now,? Beamer continued. ?We play hard, you see the play between the whistles and not after the whistles, and that?s the way I like it.?

As for the players, they could not be happier. After the game, they were singing Jim Jones at the top of their lungs.

?We fly high,? Ore said, laughing. ?That?s all.?