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Virginia Tech failed in its first bid to lock up the ACCs Coast Division title, and now will have to wait two weeks for a chance to try again.Right now, the Hokies focus is on preparing to play at Notre Dame on Saturday.Weve got to turn the page, just like we talked about when we win ballgames, draw the focus inward and try and get this football team better, Hokies coach Justin Fuente said Monday. It kind of highlights the slim margin between victory and defeat when you look at the league and the teams that are playing each other.The Hokies (7-3, 5-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) helped with one of their worst performances of the season in a 30-20 loss to the Yellow Jackets . Jerod Evans threw for one touchdown and ran for two more, but the last two came in the final five minutes with Virginia Tech trying to erase a 30-7 deficit. Evans also threw two interceptions, doubling his total for the season, as the Hokies had four turnovers.We made obviously too many mistakes and they made plenty enough plays to beat us, Fuente said.Virginia Tech could have clinched the Coastal Division with a victory on Saturday, but the Hokies and North Carolina both face non-conference game this weekend -- the Tar Heels play The Citadel. North Carolina finishes the season against rival North Carolina State in two weeks, and Virginia Tech wraps up versus Virginia. The Hokies hold the tie-breaker should the teams finish tied thanks to a 34-3 win at Chapel Hill earlier this season.Notre Dame (4-6) that needs to win its last two games to become bowl-eligible.Fullback Sam Rogers believes a week of focus will get the Hokies back on track.We just have to do better at all positions, he said. Theres no one person or anything like that. We just all have to look ourselves in the mirror and see what we got to do better and do that. And just really take a self-check and realize what weve got to do moving forward and well do better. Im very confident in that.Wide receiver Isaiah Ford agrees, adding the Hokies got outplayed by Georgia Tech.I think its just us, said Ford, the Hokies leader with 58 catches and career leader with 24 touchdown receptions. We like to say that everything falls back on us. How we play will determine the outcome.The loss was the second head-scratcher for Virginia Tech this season, and each has knocked them out of the Top 25 . They rose to as high as 17th before a 31-17 loss at Syracuse in mid-October, and had climbed back to 18th before allowing the surging Yellow Jackets to strafe their defense for 309 rushing yards at Lane Stadium.And the Yellow Jackets did it without injured starting quarterback Justin Thomas and suspended top rusher Dedrick Mills. Marcus Marshall ran for 143 yards and a score, and QB Matthew Jordan ran for 121 yards and two TDs.The Notre Dame game seems to come at odd time in Virginia Techs schedule.However the pause in the battle for the Coastal Division title gives the Hokies an opportunity to get things straight before the critical finale.It falls at a time when we can really just focus on getting better right now, Rogers said. We know we didnt play well last week and we didnt deserve to win the Coastal championship last week, but we still have an opportunity so right now we just have to focus on getting better. It falls at a perfect time. This week the main focus is just, lets just get better at what we do so we can have those opportunities later in the year.---More AP college football: http://collegefootball.ap.org---Follow Hank on Twitter: www.twitter.com/hankkurzjr Neal Broten Jersey . 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I was getting killed.Reed admitted he should have moved faster to the sideline with 6 minutes, 46 seconds left in regulation and his team holding a 26-24 lead. Packers coach Mike McCarthy challenged there were too many men on the field and won as a result of Reeds lackadaisical effort. The end result was that QB?Aaron Rodgers led the Packers to a touchdown and converted the two-point conversion, giving Green Bay a 32-26 edge.I had a feeling because when I turned around, they had called a quick play, Reed said of the Packers. I was like, Oh God. Please. No. I should have been running off the field. Simple as that. No excuse. It doesnt matter how tired I am. Its a basic thing. Youre off the field when youre coming out. We knew [Rodgers] did some of that stuff when youre exchanging personnel. Hell quick-snap it to get those calls.Its a crappy feeling, mman, when you could have cost your team the game.dddddddddddd Thats one of the worst feelings that someone could have.Reed was thankful QB?Matt Ryan and the offense pulled it out. Ryan hit Mohamed Sanu with a game-winning, 11-yard touchdown pass with 36 seconds remaining.Hes just so cool under pressure, Reed said of Ryan. He just thrives with that. He steps his game up when pressure situations come on. And hes got the weapons to throw to.Falcons coach Dan Quinn was asked about his futile attempt to call timeout before the officials picked up on Reeds error.We thought we had an opportunity to sub, and it certainly went quicker than we thought, Quinn said. I ran down the sideline to call timeout, and certainly my quickness was not up to speed.Quinn was asked about Reeds quickness.Well, neither was his, Quinn joked.Reed said he sincerely regretted the mistake.Youre just playing your butt off, and then you get something called like that? Running off the field could have cost your team the game? God, man, he said. Unbelievably bad feeling in your stomach. I was like, Now Ive got to get a game-winning sack here. ' ' '