BLACKSBURG, Va. » With two solid tailbacks ahead of David Wilson on the depth chart, Virginia Tech coach Frank Beamer thought hard about redshirting his speedy sophomore.

The decision not to, Beamer said last night, "is looking better and better."

Wilson returned a kickoff 90 yards for a touchdown with 2:23 to play, rescuing the No. 20 Hokies from a sloppy effort and giving them a 28-21 victory over Georgia Tech.

Wilson also scored on a 15-yard run to pull the Hokies even at 14-all early in the fourth quarter, and was stunned to even get the opportunity to give the Hokies a chance.

"I was excited because they had been avoiding me all game (on kickoffs)," he said, noting that he only had to dodge kicker Scott Blair, who ran him down in a similar spot last year.

Wilson eluded Blair’s attempted ankle tackle, and "When I saw green, I just cut the jets on."

The return came just after the Yellow Jackets drove 80 yards to tie it, and allowed the Hokies (7-2, 5-0 ACC) to win their seventh in a row and remain in control of their fate in the ACC’s Coastal Division. They are the only unbeaten team in ACC play.

The Yellow Jackets (5-4, 3-3), played the second half without quarterback Joshua Nesbitt, who broke his right forearm late in the first half. It came after he led one scoring drive, then ran 71 yards for another touchdown.

Utah AG meets with Justice Dept. about BCS

Utah’s attorney general met with Justice Department officials this week to discuss a possible federal investigation into college football’s Bowl Championship Series.

Attorney General Mark Shurtleff is investigating the BCS for possible antitrust violations and is hoping to get the Justice Department to do so as well.

"They are doing their due diligence," Shurtleff said in a telephone interview yesterday, a day after the meeting. "They had done their homework."

Shurtleff said department officials did not commit to conducting an investigation.

Justice Department officials did not respond to requests for comment.

One more year for Michigan

The NCAA handed Michigan a third year of probation for practice and training violations, declining to sharply punish Rich Rodriguez or his program.