Orange Bowl: Kansas (24) v. Virginia Tech (21) F

[OSUBasketballJunkie]

Dispatch

Orange Bowl: Kansas defense keeps Virginia Tech at bay

Friday, January 4, 2008 3:13 AM
By Steven Wine


ASSOCIATED PRESS

MIAMI -- The surprising Kansas Jayhawks achieved the unexpected again last night -- they won the Orange Bowl with defense.
While their high-powered offense was stymied most of the night, the Jayhawks came up with three interceptions and beat Virginia Tech 24-21 in the Orange Bowl to cap one of the finest seasons in school history.
The turnovers led to 17 Kansas points, including Aqib Talib's 60-yard return for the first score. He was chosen the game's most valuable player.
No. 8 Kansas (12-1), perhaps the biggest surprise in college football this season, won in its first Bowl Championship Series game to set a team record for victories. A year ago, the Jayhawks went 6-6.
The No. 5 Hokies (11-3) lost their fourth consecutive BCS game. It was a bittersweet finish for a team that revived campus spirits this season after the April 16 massacre that left 33 people dead.

Continued.....

 

[Piney]

thanks VT :(

Yep... Thanks VT! You are who I thought you were... A team that can't win on a big stage.

 

[Muck]

Hate to say it, but he's right.

Ohio State is going to #6 this year, it's only 5 under Tressel, they went to the Sugar Bowl in 1998-99 under Cooper and kicked the crap out of aTm....

Crap I too had forgotten the BCS went back that far...

Teams with multiple BCS appearances:

6 USC 5-1
6 Ohio State 4-1 (Pending this year)
6 Oklahoma 2-4
6 Florida State 1-5
4 Florida 3-1
4 LSU 3-0 (Pending this year)
4 Miami Fl 3-1
4 TSUN 1-3
3 Georgia 2-1
3 Notre Dame 0-3
3 Virginia Tech 0-3
2 Illinois 0-2
2 Nebraska 1-2
2 Tennessee 1-1
2 Texas 1-1
2 West Virginia 1-1
2 Wisconsin 1-1

So VPI is at least as big time as Notre Dame. :)

 

[Dryden]

Crap I too had forgotten the BCS went back that far...

Teams with multiple BCS appearances:

6 USC 5-1
6 Ohio State 4-1 (Pending this year)
6 Oklahoma 2-4
6 Florida State 1-5
4 Florida 3-1
4 LSU 3-0 (Pending this year)
4 Miami Fl 3-1
4 TSUN 1-3
3 Georgia 2-1
3 Notre Dame 0-3
3 Virginia Tech 0-3
2 Illinois 0-2
2 Nebraska 1-2
2 Tennessee 1-1
2 Texas 1-1
2 West Virginia 1-1
2 Wisconsin 1-1

So VPI is at least as big time as Notre Dame. :)

How is Texas 1-1? Didn't they win back to back Rose Bowls?

 

[Lockup]

How is Texas 1-1? Didn't they win back to back Rose Bowls?

Yes they did beat scUM then USC (NCG).

 

[notfadeaway]

How easily we forget

 

[shetuck]

AJC: Should Kansas share the national championship?

Should Kansas share the national championship?

By Tony Barnhart |
Friday, January 4, 2008, 09:28 AM
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

New Orleans-I?m not trying to stir up trouble this morning. Well, maybe I am.
But as your humble correspondent, I just gotta ask:

If LSU (11-2) beats Ohio State (11-1) in the BCS championship game Monday night, should the media members who vote in the Associated Press poll give Kansas (12-1) their national championship?

And if it happens, will the world as we know it come to an end?

Yeah, the Jayhawks played a very weak non-conference schedule (Central Michigan, SE Louisiana, Toledo, Florida International) and didn?t have to play Texas or Oklahoma during the Big 12 season. Kansas is in a BCS conference and it finished the season with just one loss-to Missouri (36-28) in the regular-season finale in Kansas City.

If Ohio State beats LSU, the BCS will crown a national champion that played a non-conference schedule against I-AA Youngstown State, Akron (4-8), Washington (5-7), and Kent State (3-9). And like Kansas, Ohio State only had one smudge on its record, a 28-21 loss to Illinois AT HOME on Nov. 10.

cont'd...

 

[Lockup]

who could have seen that coming.

 

[BB73]

Crap I too had forgotten the BCS went back that far...

Teams with multiple BCS appearances:

6 USC 5-1
6 Ohio State 4-1 (Pending this year)
6 Oklahoma 2-4
6 Florida State 1-5
4 Florida 3-1
4 LSU 3-0 (Pending this year)
4 Miami Fl 3-1
4 TSUN 1-3
3 Georgia 2-1
3 Notre Dame 0-3
3 Virginia Tech 0-3
2 Illinois 0-2
2 Nebraska 1-2
2 Tennessee 1-1
2 Texas 1-1
2 West Virginia 1-1
2 Wisconsin 1-1

So VPI is at least as big time as Notre Dame. :)

Here's a list sorted by most wins, then least losses, rather than most games. There were inaccuracies on Texas, Wisconsin, West Virginia and Nebraska in your list.

BCS bowl records for teams with more than 1 appearance (as of 1-5-08)
USC.........5-1
Ohio State..4-1
LSU.........3-0
Florida.....3-1
Miami, FL...3-1
Texas.......2-0
West Va.....2-0
Wisconsin...2-0
Georgia.....2-1
Oklahoma....2-4
Nebraska....1-1
Tennessee...1-1
Michigan....1-3
Florida St..1-5
Illinois....0-2
Va. Tech....0-3
Notre Dame..0-3

 

[lvbuckeye]

Ohio State has five, including this year (2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, and 2007 seasons). Didn't bother to look up the other three teams...

1998 Sugar Bowl. Ohio State 24, aTm 14.

 

[MililaniBuckeye]

Hate to say it, but he's right.

Ohio State is going to #6 this year, it's only 5 under Tressel, they went to the Sugar Bowl in 1998-99 under Cooper and kicked the crap out of aTm....

Oops, you are 100% correct...I had the Cooper Era blocked out from my mind.