The 2009 FedEx Orange Bowl is the 75th edition of the annual American football college bowl game known as the Orange Bowl. It pitted the 2008 Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Virginia Tech Hokies champion against the Big East Conference champions Cincinnati Bearcats on January 1, 2009, at Dolphin Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. Virginia Tech beat Cincinnati, 20-7. The game is the second contest in the 2008-2009 Bowl Championship Series (BCS) of the NCAA Division I FBS 2008 season and is the closing match of the season for both teams. The game was broadcast in the United States on FOX, and an estimated 9.3 million viewers watched live broadcasts.
Virginia Tech was selected to participate in the Orange Bowl after the 9-4 season which culminated in a 30-12 win at the ACC Championship Competition 2008. Cincinnati was chosen as the other half of the fight after the 11-2 season which ended in a 29-24 win against Hawaii. In the weeks between team choice and game play, media attention focused on the nature of BCS's first BCS game performance and Virginia Tech's efforts to win its first BCS match since 1995. Attention also focused on the advanced violations of Cincinnati and Virginia Tech's highly ranked defense.
The game starts at 8:47. Eastern Standard Time in warm weather, and Cincinnati scored the first goal, turning the ownership open the game into a touchdown and a 7-0 lead in the first quarter. Virginia Tech responded in the second quarter, tying the game in seven before leading 10-7 with a goal on the field as time ended in the first half. In the third quarter, the two teams fought defensively, with only Hokies able to score points as Tech extended its lead to 13-7. During the last quarter, Virginia Tech scored the second goal of the game, giving the Hokies a 20-7 advantage that lasted until the end time.
In recognition of his performance during the game, Virginia Tech ran back Darren Evans named the most valuable player game. He set the record for a Virginia Tech bowl to bring and tie Tech's record to hurry the yard in a bowl game. Cincinnati replaced two coaches after the defeat, and three months after the game, players from each team entered the National Football League (NFL) through the NFL Draft 2009. Cincinnati has six players selected in the draft, while Virginia Tech has it.
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Team selection
The Orange Bowl is one of five bowl Bowl Series (BCS) bowl games that have been played at the end of every college football season since 2006. As defined by the contract, the bowl fits with the champion of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) against the big selection selected by a special committee. On December 6, 2008, Virginia Tech Hokies defeated the Boston College Eagles in the 2008 ACC Championship Match, thus winning an automatic bid to the 2009 Orange Bowl Game.
The in-big spot at the Orange Bowl is filled through a round-robin selection procedure determined by other Bowl Championship game games (Sugar, Fiesta and Rose Bowl) and automatic bids. The large selection order rotates every year between the BCS bowls. In 2009, the Fiesta Bowl became the first, followed by the Sugar Bowl, then the Orange Bowl. The Fiesta Bowl chose Ohio State, while the Sugar Bowl chose Utah. The Orange Bowl is thus allowed to choose the Big East Conference champion of Cincinnati, fulfilling BCS contractual obligations to provide games for the conference champions.
Cincinnati
The Cincinnati Bearcats ended the 2007 college football season with a 10-2 record, including a 2007 PapaJohns.com Bowl win over Southern Miss, 31-21. It was only the second time in school's history that Cincinnati has won 10 games in a season. Before the 2008 season, the Bearcats hope quarterback Ben Mauk will be allowed to play an unusual sixth year of college football, a possibility created by years lost due to injury and redshirt years. After Mauk's request was rejected by the NCAA, an annual media poll covering Big East football chose Cincinnati to occupy the fifth position in eight Big East teams.
The Bearcats opened the 2008 college football season against Eastern Kentucky, winning 40-7 in an offensive effort led by senior quarterback Dustin Grutza, who was appointed as the team's starter in that position after Mauk's dismissal. For the second game of the season, Cincinnati traveled to Norman, Oklahoma, to face the Oklahoma Sooners for the first time. In a 52-26 defeat for the team that will play for the national championship that season, Grutza broke her ankle and was replaced by junior Tony Pike.
For their third game of the season, the Bearcats return to Nippert Stadium - their home field - to play the first of two opponents of the Mid-American Conference (MAC), in a state that competes with Miami. In the 113th Battle for Victory Bell, Cincinnati won, 45-20. After the victory against Miami, the Bearcats traveled to Akron, Ohio to play Zip Akron. Against the Zipper, Pike broke his arm and was replaced by new student Redshirt Chazz Anderson, who was also injured during the game. Fellow redshirt freshman Zach Collaros then entered the game and led the Bearcats to a 17-15 victory. A close win against Akron followed with a 33-10 victory over Marshall, the Bearard's last non-matcher match before starting the Big East game.
At the start of the conference game, Bearcats 4-1, and their only defeat was against five opponents of Oklahoma. With Pike still injured, Cincinnati beat Rutgers, 13-10, in the first Big East match of the Bearcats this season. The Bearcats suffered their second defeat of the season the following week, but lost to UConn Huskies, 40-16. Pike returned from injury and brought the Bearcats into the lead in the first half, but he left the game on half when numb in hand that did not throw so he could not take a snap. Within two weeks after the defeat to the Huskies, Cincinnati recovered to defeat two top 25 opponents: No. 23 South Florida and No. 20 West Virginia. Two wins pushed the Bearcats to a 3-1 conference record and 22nd position at Poll AP before Cincinnati's annual game against Louisville. The game, also known as the Battle for The Keg of Nails, ended with a Cincinnati victory for the first time since 2002.
After winning a rival game, Cincinnati played the Pittsburgh Panthers in a game to control first place in the Great East. In front of a crowd of spectators at the Cincinnati cage field, the Bearcats claimed first place with a 28-21 win. Heading into the game against Syracuse Orange, Cincinnati was convinced at least part of the Great East Championship, but a 30-10 victory over Syracuse gave ownership of the Bearcats' sole possession in the first, Big East championship in school history. After grabbing the Great East Championship and bidding on the BCS bowl, Cincinnati ended the regular season with matches in Hawaii against Hawaii ? i Warriors. Despite trailing most of the game, the Bearcats scored 19 unanswered points and ended the regular season with a 29-24 win. Already reassured BCS place based on their Big East championships, on December 7, 2008, the Bearcats were selected to participate in the Orange Bowl 2009.
Virginia Tech
The Virginia Tech Hokies entered the 2008 season after an overall record of 11-3 2007 which included a victory at the 2007 ACC Championship Game and a loss to the Kansas Jayhawks at the Orange Bowl 2008. Although the Hokies won the ACC for the second time in less than four years, fans and analysts anticipated Virginia Tech will spend 2008 rebuilding teams that see 12 beginner graduates or enter the National Football League (NFL) Draft. Despite being selected in a pre-season poll to win the Coastal Division of the ACC, the Hokies were upset at their season opener by East Carolina University.
After the defeat, Virginia Tech head coach Frank Beamer announced that quarterback midfielder Tyrod Taylor, who had previously been suspected for a redshirt and sitting out of season, would play in the second Hokies game, against Furman. Both Taylor and Sean Glennon performed well against Furman, and Tech won, 24-7. Tech's third game of the season came against Georgia Tech's Yellow Jackets, which debuted a new attack attack option system under first-year head coach Paul Johnson. Unlike the match against Furman, Taylor starts the game and stays in the quarterback throughout, guiding the Hokies to their first ACC victory of the season, 20-17. The win gave Tech tiebreakers against Yellow Jacket in a match in the division standings at the end of the season. The Hokies' fourth match of the season came against North Carolina Tar Heels, who were beaten by the same margin of victory as Tech's victory against Georgia Tech, 20-17.
The victory of the twin conferences was followed by two victories outside the conference: the Big 12 opponents of Nebraska and against independent Western Kentucky. At the end of a four-game winning streak, Hokies has a 4-1, 2-0 record in the conference, and was No. 1. 17 in this country. However, on October 18, the Hokies lost to Boston College in Boston, 28-23. This game was a rematch of the Acc Championship Championship last year and was a preview of the ACC Championship Match of 2008. The loss was the start of a skid that saw Tech lose three of four games, managing only a win against Maryland, 23-13. The last contest of the four-game race was a 16-13 loss to rivals Miami Coast Division, who then held a tiebreak over the Hokies if there was a match from head to head.
During the last two games of the regular season, however, the Hokies managed two wins: a 14-3 victory against ACC last-place Duke's side, and a 17-14 victory over traditional rivals Virginia. Miami, meanwhile, lost in the last two games of the season: against Georgia Tech and North Carolina State. The loss drops Miami to a 4-4 record in the ACC, a game behind the Hokies, which is tied with Georgia Tech at 5-3 after the end of the regular season. Based on the Hokies head-to-head victory against Yellow Jacket, Virginia Tech won the Coastal Division and a place in the Championship Acc Championship. When Tech won the championship game against Boston Division champions Boston College, 30-12, it was awarded an ACC auto bid to the Orange Bowl.
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Added pregame
Pregame media media coverage focuses on the fact that the 2009 Orange Bowl is the first Cincinnati Bowl Championship Series game in school history. For Virginia Tech, coverage focused on the victoryless history of Hokies in BCS games since 1995, when Tech has lost all four appearances in the BCS match since winning furious over Texas at Sugar Bowl 1995. Also mentioned is the fact that the two teams have faced each other at Sun Bowl 1947, which is the first bowl of every school. Low ACC team winning rate in general is another interesting point. Teams from the conference have won just one of their ten appearances in a bowl of BCS before the Orange Bowl. Before the Orange Bowl match, the last two teams played in 2006, when the Hokies defeated the Bearcats, 29-13, at the Virginia Tech home field, Lane Stadium. For the Orange Bowl, the scattered betters liked the 2006 final reversal, as Cincinnati was initially favored by a single point. It increased to 1.5 points on Dec. 9. The trend towards Cincinnati continues, and on December 27, the betting organization gave Cincinnati the edge with two or two and a half points.
The game features two lower ranked teams of two teams playing in non-BCS bowls, the first in BCS history. The Poinsettia Bowl 2008 featured Broncos No. 3. 9 Boise State against No. 11 TCU Horned Frogs. In Miami, Virginia Tech and Cincinnati each made arrangements to switch accommodation to different hotels on the day before the game to better simulate the feel of regular season games. Cincinnati step accelerated the day when rapper Sean "Diddy" Combs moved to the hotel and coach, trying to avoid distractions, moved the team's departure date.
Ticket sales
The rate of ticket sales for the Orange Bowl varies greatly between the two schools. Each team receives 17,500 tickets to sell to fans, and each school sells about 4,000 tickets within two days immediately after the announcement. Media covering Virginia Tech considered the rate of ticket sales to be slow because the Hokies had sold 50 percent more over the same period of the previous year. The media that follow Cincinnati ticket sales consider the speed to be fast, calling the Orange Bowl game a "hot ticket". The $ 125 tickets sold by Cincinnati produced the largest number of ticket sales ever recorded by the Cincinnati Department of Athletics, capturing a school more than $ 500,000 on the first day of sales. Travel agents offer packages including match tickets, airline tickets, and hotel rooms for fans of both teams. Due to demand, fans are warned against the dangers of fake tickets.
In the days immediately after the battle announcement, ticket sales deviated. On December 12, Cincinnati sold about 9,000 tickets. This number increased to about 13,000 tickets on December 20, and schools set up several tour buses for student convoys into the game. At Virginia Tech, meanwhile, sales are lagging behind. In an effort to spur sales, Tech administrators have football coach Frank Beamer in a video calling on Hokie fans to buy tickets to the game. Due to limited demand for tickets, prices in the secondary market fell.
As of December 31, no team has sold all 17500 tickets. Cincinnati fans have purchased 13,000 tickets, while Virginia Tech fans bought less than 5,000 tickets from school rations. Facing the low sales of Virginia Tech direct tickets is a large number of fans who avoid paying the face value of tickets - US $ 125 - by buying them in the secondary market, often with just 99 cents.
violation of Cincinnati
Before the Orange Bowl, Cincinnati was ranked 50th (from 119th Division I FBS team) total offense. The team is ranked 24th in a passing offense, with five quarterbacks pressed into service during an average season passing 254.1 meters per game. At the end of the season, Tony Pike emerged as an early quarterback from Cincinnati. He finished the regular season after completing 183 of 291 trials for 2,168 yards, 18 goals, and 7 interceptions. He ranks second in the Big East and 29 nationally in passing efficiency with a 141.07 passer rating.
Among Cincinnati's recipients, none of the uncertainties hit Bearcats quarterbacks. Broad receiver Mardy Gilyard captured 74 passes during the regular season, setting a Cincinnati record of 1,118 receiving yards. He also has 10 touchdowns during the season, leading all Cincinnati players. Gilyard also plays as the Bearcats' main back-kick. He returned 32 kicks, collected 897 yard school records and 2 goals. Broad-band receiver Dominick Goodman surpassed Gilyard in a reception with 78, but he only received 977 yards and 7 goals. In Cincinnati's first match against Hawaii ? i, Dominick hurt his shoulder and his ability to play in the Orange Bowl is in doubt.
Cincinnati land violations are less statistically significant than late violations. This was led by running back Jacob Ramsey, who carried the ball 148 times to 630 meters and two goals. Backup back John Goebel has 124 rushes for 581 yards and 7 goals.
Virginia Tech violation
At the end of the regular season before the Orange Bowl, Virginia Tech offense was ranked among the worst in Division I, 107 out of 119 teams. The Hokies averaged only 296 yards per game during the regular season, and during the ACC Championship The last Tech games before the Orange Bowl - had created a low-season 234Ã, yards foul. Started guard left Nick Marshman was not expected to play after becoming academically ineligible after the fall semester, and was replaced by redman newman Jaymes Brooks.
On the field, the Hokies attack was led by quarterback Tyrod Taylor, who completed 86 of his graduation attempts for 896 yards, 2 touchdowns, and 6 interceptions in the season before the Orange Bowl. He also brought the ball 132 times for a total profit of 691 yards and 6 touchdowns on the ground. Succeeding as Taylor rushed the ball, Virginia Tech's offense on the ground was led by freshman walking back Darren Evans, who set Virginia Tech's new record to scramble yard by collecting 1,112 during the regular season. He also scored 10 goals, named the second All-ACC team player, and finished second in a vote for ACC rookie of the award this year. Evans became the sixth new student in the history of the Atlantic Coast Conference to rush for over 1,000 yards and set a Virginia Tech game record for rushing yards as he ran for 253 yards in a Tech game against Maryland.
Cincinnati defense
Entering the Orange Bowl, the Bearcats ranked 26th in total defense, allowing an average of 316 yards per game to fight offenses. Cincinnati is 26 in defense scoring, allowing an average of 20.2 points per game. Bearcats No. 1 in a sack among the Big East teams, recording 35 during the season.
Defensive end Connor Barwin leads the Bearcats defense in a sack with 11, the number which is also the highest in Big East and No. 1. 14 national. He finished the regular season with 48 tackles, a figure that included 11 sacks. In recognition of his performance, he was selected as the first team of the All-Big East, signifying his status as the best player in his position at the conference.
In the defensive middle class, the Bearcats are led by cornerback Mike Mickens and Brandon Underwood safety. Mickens is the second team of All-Big East, and Underwood is the first team of All-Big East. Mickens is a Cincinnati career leader in interception and back-yard interception, and has 65 tackles (third on the team) despite missing three games with injury. Underwood is fifth in the team with 60, and has 3 interceptions and 6 pass breaks.
The most famous player for Cincinnati, however, is punter Kevin Huber, who is named Associated Press All-American and became the first player in Bearcats history to earn that honor in two years in a row. Thanks to Huber's performance during the regular season, Cincinnati leads the country in an average punting (41.5 meters per kick) and No. 1 in the Great East for the second year in a row.
Defense Tech Virginia
The Virginia Tech defense is considered the best in Division I before the Orange Bowl. The Hokies ranked seventh in total defense, allowing only 277.08 yards per game on average. Virginia Tech also ranks high in some other defensive categories: eighth in 30 (30) turnover, 13 in scoring defense (17.46 points per game), 15 in pass defense (170.08 yards per game) and 19 in a hasty defense (107.00 yards per game). The Hokies defense also scored five defensive goals during the regular season.
Defense Tech was led in the field by senior cornerback Victor "Macho" Harris. During the regular season, Harris tied for fifth in the country in an interception with six, including two returns for touchdown. He also has 44 tackles, and was named the top defender in the state of Virginia. At the end of the defensive, Tech featured Orion Martin, a former player who rose to the starting position and had 7.5 sacks, 13 tackles for loss, and handled 53 times during the regular season. Heading into the Orange Bowl, the Hokies defense suffered injuries. Defensive end Jason Worilds suffered a shoulder injury. Started midfielder Brett Warren, who has 86 tackles, with 5 tackles to lose, 2 forced groping, and 2 interceptions during the regular season, suffered a torn anterior ligament and was expected to miss the game.
Game summary
The Orange Bowl 2009 starts at 8:47 pm Eastern Standard Time (EST) at Dolphin Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. It is estimated that a total of 73,602 tickets were sold for the game, but bowl officials estimate 15,781 tickets sold unused, giving the participant a turnstile of 57,821. The game was televised on FOX, and its broadcasters were Thom Brennaman, Charles Davis, and Chris Myers. An estimated 9.3 million viewers watched the broadcast, earning him a Nielsen 5.4 rating. The figures on total payouts vary, but Virginia Tech and Cincinnati each receive between $ 17 million and $ 18 million to play in the Orange Bowl, the amount that is shared with other teams in individual athletic conferences.
The national anthem ceremony was played with a trumpet by Arturo Sandoval. At the beginning of the game, the weather is sunny, with temperatures of 68Ã, Â ° F (20Ã, Â ° C) and relative humidity of 69Ã, per cent. The wind comes from the northeast at 7 miles per hour (11 km/h). J. O'Neill is the referee, B. Neale is the referee, and the linesman is J. Quinn. Orange Committee Chairman Orange, Daniel Ponce, performed a pre-ceremonial ceremonial coin to determine the first possession. The draw was won by Virginia Tech, who was selected to receive the ball to start the second half, ensuring Cincinnati the right to receive the ball to start the game.
First quarter
Virginia Tech's opening kickoff was returned to the 28-yard Cincinnati line, where the Bearcats executed the game's first game, running five yards by running back John Goebel. In the next game, the Bearcats earned its first first game down with a 13-yard bait from quarterback Tony Pike to wide receiver Dominick Goodman. Now in their 46-yard line, Pike then threw the second longest pass pass of the game, passing the 38-yard to wide receiver Mardy Gilyard. This drama forwarded the Bearcats' attack to the 16-yard Virginia Tech line, and three later dramas, Pike completed a 15-yard pass to Gilyard for touchdown and first points of the game. The extra-point kick by Cincinnati kicker Jake Rogers was good, and with 13:08 remaining in the opening quarter, the Bearcats led 7-0 over Virginia Tech.
The Cincinnati kickoff after touchdown was returned to the Virginia Tech 24-yard line, and the Hokies prepared for their first offensive possession of the game. The game was a 27-yard run by wide receiver Dyrell Roberts, who ran a late-around for a big advantage. Now on the Cincinnati side of the field, Virginia Tech runs Back Darren Evans ran for one yard, then Hokies quarterback Tyrod Taylor completed a 34-yard pass for wide receiver Danny Coale. The arrests gave Virginia Tech the first drop on a 14-yard Cincinnati line. In the first game after a long settlement, Evans coped with a six-yard loss, pushing the Hokies back into the 20-yard line of the Bearcats. In the next two dramas, Tyrod Taylor rushed for a total of 11 yards, but could not get the first down the other. Facing the fourth down, Virginia Tech's head coach Frank Beamer sent the Dustin Keys kicker into the game to try a 26-yard field goal. The kick bounced right off the uprights, however, and Virginia Tech denied any chance of scoring.
After a missed kick, Cincinnati's offense took to the field on their 20-yard line. The Bearcats were unable to get the first drop, however, and went three and went out before returning to Virginia Tech. After kicking, the Hokies start on their 16-yard line. The first play of the Tech drive was a 14-yard bait from Taylor to Jarrett Boykin's wide receiver for the first down, but the Hokies could not get the first down the other. Tech returned to Cincinnati, and the ball slid out of the 30-yard line of Cincinnati. The first drama of the drive resulted in a short loss, but in the second game, Pike completed a 39-yard pass to Gilyard. The drama advances the Bearcats deep into the Virginia Tech area and gives them the first down. Despite the long play, Cincinnati was unable to get the first down one, and Rogers entered the game to try a 44-yard field goal. The kick was partially blocked and fell short, denying the Bearcats three points. With 3:07 remaining in the quarter, Cincinnati is still 7-0 up.
Following a failed field goal, Virginia Tech offenses took over on their 27-yard line, the point from which the kick had been missed. Taylor completed a 12-yard bait for Coale, then Evans ran 11 yards, moving the ball to the 50-yard line. After graduation from Taylor fell incomplete, he completed his next two attempts to get a total of 19 yards and the first drop. Virginia Tech then set a false preliminary five-yard penalty, pushing the Hokies back into the 26-yard Cincinnati line. With the passage of time in the quarter, however, Virginia Tech ran back Josh Oglesby made a fine penalty with a 13-yard run down the 23-yard Cincinnati line. At the end of the first quarter, Cincinnati still leads, 7-0.
Second quarter
The second quarter starts with Virginia Tech having the ball and facing a second and second down on the 24-yard Cincinnati line. In the first game of this quarter, Cincinnati made an offsides penalty, giving Hokies five yards and one first down. From the 19-yard line of Bearcats, Taylor completed a two-yard pass. In the next game, Taylor tried to run forward with the ball, but groped before restoring the loose football. Now facing a third down, Taylor rushed 18 yards into the goal line for Virginia Tech's first touchdown from the game. Extra point kicks by nice Keys, and with 13:00 remaining in the quarterfinals, the game is tied at 7-7.
Virginia Tech's post-touchdown kick was returned to the Cincinnati line 28 yards, and Bearcats offense started its first possession in the second quarter. Pike threw an incomplete pass, then connected with a 10-yard throw for the first drop. The increase was countered in the next game with a 10-yard penalty against the Bearcats. Cincinnati was unable to regain the strings that lost the punishment and was struck. Following the kick, Virginia Tech was also thwarted by the consecutive punishment and sack of Taylor by Cincinnati Terrill Byrd. Tech punted, and the kick was returned by a wide receiver of Cincinnati D.J. Woods to the Virginia line 45 yards. Despite starting at Virginia Tech halfway, Cincinnati was unable to capitalize and went three and out. Punter Bearcats fell on Virginia Tech's three-yard line, and the Hokies attack returned to the field.
Although pinned against their own goal line, the Hokies initially had some success moving the ball. Taylor completed a two-yard pass, Evans sprinted six yards, and Taylor ran as far as two yards in third to get his first down on the 13-yard Tech line. After the Tech timeout, Darren Evans ran five yards. In the next game, he broke for a 32-yard run, moving the ball to the 50-yard line. The Hokies were unable to capitalize on Evans' run, however, as in the next game, a pass from Taylor was intercepted by Cincinnati defender Brandon Underwood in Cincinnati's 28-yard line.
Cincinnati's crime took over at the point of interception and immediately began to move down the field. Pike completed three consecutive passes: a five-yard pass to Gilyard, a 10-yard throw to Goodman, then threw 31 yards into Gilyard. After a long throw, Cincinnati had its first drop in the 26-yard Virginia Tech line. The Bearcats continued their drive after an incomplete pass by Pike with an 18-page settlement to Goebel that gave the Bearcats down first on the Virginia Virginia line eight yards. Two dramas later, however, the Cincinnati drive ended when Virginia Tech defender Stephan Virgil cut a pass from Pike to a player in the final zone, denying a bearcats chance of scoring. Virgil fell in the final zone for a touchback, and Virginia Tech offense started on the 20-yard line after the turn.
Drive Tech starts with a complete pass without a profit to Evans. This was followed by a five-yard run by Evans and a 23-yard bait from Taylor to Greg Boone's tight final for the first drop on the 48-yard Tech line. Taylor then completed a nine-yard pass to Boone. After two dramas were stopped with no results, Taylor ran two yards for the first down, keeping the drive alive. With time runs out in the first half, Taylor completed a nine-yard pass to Boone, then ran six yards to first down on a 26-yard Cincinnati line. The Hokies then calls another timeout to stop the clock with three seconds left in the quarter. Tech kicker Dustin Keys returned to the game, and as time ended in the first half, he kicked a 43-yard field goal that gave the Hokies a 10-7 lead.
Third quarter
After a musical performance in the first half by The Doobie Brothers, the second half begins. Since Cincinnati received the ball to start the game, Virginia Tech received the ball to start the second half.
The Bearcats kick is returned to the Tech 14-yard line, and the Hokies start the first drive from the third quarter. Evans dashed for four yards, but Oglesby lost four yards in the next game. Facing the third and tenths, Taylor took the first down with a 11-yard run, but groped the ball at the end of the game. The ball was knitted by Boone, who retained the Hokies drive on the Tech 30-yard line. After groping, Evans ran for seven meters and Taylor completed a 10-yard run to Roberts for the first down on the Tech 47-yard line. Coale then rushed for seven yards at the end-around, and his run followed by one by Boone, who ran for 16 meters and the first drop in the Cincinnati line 30 yards. Two further attacks by Roberts and Evans resulted in the first one down, but after the Hokies crossed the 20-yard Cincinnati line, Bearcats' defense stiffened and protested the first Hokies down. Facing the fourth down, Tech again sends the Key, kicking a 35-page goal field. Extended kicks lead Tech for 13-7 with 8:32 remaining in the quarter.
After the Virginia Tech kickoff, Cincinnati started the first drive of the second half on the 36-yard line. Pike is stopped with no results on a rushed effort, then tries to pass a long bottom. The ball was intercepted by the Virginia Tech defender Kam Chancellor, and the Hokies offense returned to the field after only two Cincinnati dramas. Tech's first play after an interception resulted in Taylor being sacked by Cincinnati defender Brandon Underwood for a three-meter loss, but Darren Evans made a yard loss by rushing 14 yards into the 43-yard Tech line for his first down. Taylor and Evans took turns in a hurry, then Taylor completed a five-yard pass to Coale for the first down, this one on the Cincinnati forty-seventh line. Once in the Cincinnati area, the Hokya attack faltered. Evans was overcome for losing two yards, then Taylor fired again, this time by John Hughes. Long bait effort was incomplete, and Tech shot for the first time in the second half. Returner Danny Milligan fumbled the ball, but he recovered the loose ball and returned it to the 20-yard line of Cincinnati.
The second possession of Bearcats in the second half was more successful than the first. In the first game of the drive, running back Jacob Ramsey was freed from Tech's defense to run 25 yards, the longest running of any Cincinnati player in the game. He followed the first-down run by adding eight more yards in successive rounds. Pike then ran three yards to first get off at the 44-yard Tech line. However, there was Cincinnati's faltering lap and could not get down the first one again. The Bearcats' punted, and balls slid out of bounds on the 14-yard Tech line with six seconds left in the quarter. The Hokies had time for one game, a 21-yard run by Evans to the 35-yard Tech line. With a quarter left, Virginia Tech tops 13-7 over Cincinnati.
Fourth quarter
The fourth quarter starts with Virginia Tech having the ball and facing the first drop on their 35-yard line. The first drama of the quarter produced a 20-yard advantage by Evans on the running game. After that, however, the Hokies did not get down first and punted into Cincinnati. After kicking, the Bearcats started their first possession in the fourth quarter on their 14-yard line. Running back Isaiah Pead ran for three yards, but then Pike's bait was intercepted on the 10-yard line by defender Tech Orion Martin. Three dramas rushed then, Evans raced six yards for a touchdown. Extra good point kick, and with 11:29 left in the game, Virginia Tech led 20-7.
The Tech kickoff was returned 17 yards by Gilyard to the Cincinnati forty yards, giving it a good position to start their drive. Two rushes by Goebel resulted in 11 meters and first came down on the 49-yard Tech line. This success on the ground was followed by more over the air, as Pike finished three times in a row: 16-yarder for Gilyard, 3-yarder to Goodman, and 14-yarder for Gilyard. Goebel then ran five meters to the 11-yard Tech line. Two Pike passes fall incomplete, preparing fourth down. Instead of trying to kick the field goal, Cincinnati head coach Brian Kelly ordered the offense to try to change the fourth down. This was done when Pike completed a seven-meter bait to Goodman for the first time in Virginia Tech's four-yard line. Two more Pike's passing falls were incomplete before Goebel rushed three feet to the Virginia Tech one-page line. Cincinnati again faces a fourth down, and once again, Kelly is selected to try to score instead of kicking the field goal. Pike attempted to cross the goal line on the running game, but was stopped by the Virginia Tech defense. With 7:25 remaining in the game, Cincinnati turned the ball over to Virginia Tech's assault, who returned to the field.
With strong leadership and now in possession of the ball, Virginia Tech began to run out of time by running a game of short rush in the middle of the field. Since the game hours do not stop at American college football if players remain at the bottom boundary of the first marker, the Hokies can accelerate the end of the game and maintain their lead by following this strategy. From their one-yard line, Taylor ran the ball for a one-yard advantage, followed by two rushed by Evans for four yards. The Hokies were ready to kick the ball, but during the kick, Cincinnati penalized a personal 15-yard penalty by bending Tech punter Brent Bowden. The punishment gave Virginia Tech down first and kept pushing them away. From the 21-yard Tech line, Evans was stopped for a yard loss, but was freed for an 11-yard and first drop in the next game. As the hours went by, Cincinnati began using timeouts in an attempt to stop hours after each game. This strategy was partially successful, as Tech was denied the first down and punted with 2:31 remaining in the game.
The kick was returned to the 48-yard Cincinnati line, and the Bearcats prepared for despair in the hope of narrowing the Hokies leadership. In the first game after the kick, Pike threw an interception to Virginia Tech defender Cody Grimm. Back in possession the ball, Taylor kneels on the ball four times to lower the game clock. After the final kneeldown, Virginia Tech secured a 20-7 victory.
Statistical summary
In recognition of his performance during the game, Virginia Tech ran back Darren Evans named the most valuable player game. Evans completed the match with 28 bring for 158 yards and touchdown. He also caught two baits for five yards, set Virginia Tech's bowl game record to take, and tied Tech's record for rushing yards. Evans finished the season with 1,265 yards rushing and 11 goals-second was Virginia Tech's record for the new students. On the opposite side of the ball, a hasty Cincinnati offense led by Jacob Ramsey, who finished the game with 4 carrying as far as 34 yards. Cincinnati's John Goebel has nine carry but only collects 26 yards rushing.
However, most Bearcats violations come through the air. Cincinnati quarterback Tony Pike completed the game after completing 16 of his 33 operating efforts, yielding 239 yards, 1 touchdown, and 4 interception. Pike also runs the ball five times over four yards. Four Pike interception is the highest career and marked just the second time he throws more than one interception in a game. For Virginia Tech, quarterback Tyrod Taylor completed the game with 13 completions of 22 pass experiments, producing 140 yards of introduction and 1 interception. In addition to his departure, Taylor ran with the ball 15 times, getting 47 yards and touchdowns in the process.
Through Taylor's favorite target is wide receiver Danny Coale, who finished the game after capturing three passes for 52 yards, and Greg Boone's tight final, which captured 3 balls for 41 yards. On the side of the Bearcats field, Cincinnati Mardy Gilyard leads all recipients with 7 catches for 158 yards and touchdowns. Total received Gilyard is the best of the season and set a new Cincinnati match-bowl record. He also set a Bearcat-bowl game record for kickoff return yardage, recording 97 yards in that category. Cincinnati counterpart Dominick Goodman captured 6 feeds for 51 yards, in the process of becoming the all-time Cincinnati leader in a yard-accepting career.
The defense of both teams was also done statistically well during the game. Cincinnati Terrill Byrd led all the defenders by recording 11 tackles during the game. Included in that amount are four handling for losses, including one sack. The appearance was the best in terms of quantity during the season, and four tackles to lose moved to sixth place on the job list tackling the loss leaders of Cincinnati. For the Hokies, Dorian Porch has eight tackles, who lead all Tech players. Cody Grimm, Orion Martin, Stephan Virgil, and Kam Chancellor each recorded an interception. Four interceptions are Tech's game-bowl record, and the Chancellor catches giving him six for the season, tying him up with Victor Harris to the ultimate in the team. This is the first time since 1968 that two Virginia Tech players have six interception respectively. The Cincinnati single interception came in the hands of Brandon Underwood, who counted a third of the season.
Each team finds success on a special team as well. Cincinnati punter Kevin Huber, the All-American first team, kicked the ball four times, averaging 45.8 yards per kick. The 56-yard kick in the first quarter marked his ninth consecutive game, he kicked at least 50 yards. Placekicker Virginia Tech Dustin Keys missed the first attempt in the goal field from the game but managed to convert the next two kicks, giving him 23 field goals and a one-season Tek record in that category.
Postgame effects
Virginia Tech's win lifted it to a late 10-4 record, while Cincinnati's loss dropped it to an 11-3 record. The 10-win season of the Hokies is the fifth consecutive year in which Tech recorded at least 10 wins, a feat that matched only the University of Southern California and the University of Texas during the same time period. As a reward for training the Hokies into the ACC Championships and the Orange Bowl championship, the Virginia Tech coach is awarded a bonus of hundreds of thousands of dollars.
In Miami, hoteliers and Dolphins Stadium should soon prepare for the arrival of Oklahoma and Florida, two teams playing in the 2009 BCS National Championship Match one week after the Orange Bowl. The signs are changed, the playing field is repainted, and the accommodation is prepared for the expected thousands of spectators. In total, the South Florida economy received a $ 220 million boost from visitors coming to watch two games.
Train changes
In the postseason following the Bearcats' disappearance for Virginia Tech, Cincinnati's assistant head coach and line-up coach Keith Gilmore resigned to accept the position of defense line coach at the University of Illinois. To replace Gilmore, Cincinnati promoted special team coach Mike Elston, who assumed coaching assistants and line defense duties. In February, the Cincinnati defense coordinator Joe Tresey was fired by the school. He was later employed by the University of South Florida to fill vacant vacancy co-ordinator positions. Changing Tresey is Virginia's defensive coordinator, Bob Diaco.
NFL Draft 2009
As the last game of the 2008-2009 regular season, the Orange Bowl 2009 provides an opportunity for Virginia Tech and Cincinnati players to demonstrate their expertise before the 2009 NFL Draft. Cincinnati has six players selected in the draft. Defensive end Connor Barwin is the first Bearcats player to take. He was selected in the second round, the 46th overall. He was followed by punter Kevin Huber (142 overall), cornerback DeAngelo Smith (143), Brandon Underwood cornerback (187), Mike Mickens cornerback (227), and guard Trevor Canfield (254). Some Cincinnati players signed as free agents after the draft. These include defensive tackle Adam Hoppel, linebacker Corey Smith, and offensive Officer Khalil El-Amin.
Virginia Tech has only one player taken in the 2009 draft: Cornerback Victor Harris, selected by the Philadelphia Eagles with a 157th overall selection. Four Hockey is taken as a free agency choice after the draft. End defensive Orion Martin, quarterback Sean Glennon, center Ryan Shuman, and fullback Devin Perez signed to try out various NFL teams.
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