The 2008 FedEx Orange Bowl will feature a matchup between the Kansas Jayhawks and the Virginia Tech Hokies. This is a weird selection to start as #1 Missouri coming into the week lost it’s conference championship game but beat the Jayhawks. How are the Tigers not playing in this spot?!?!? This is crazy because the #1 team coming into the final game of the season lost to a very good team but gets bumped back to a team they dominated. Sorry Tiger fans I feel your teamed got cheated by the BCS system.
Back to the matchup, this should be a good game as well but with a slight edge to the Hokies who are coming off 5 straight dominate wins against quality opponents while Kansas is coming off a let down against the Missoui Tigers. The two quarterback system seems to be rolling for the Hokies with Sean Glennon and Tyrod Taylor and the defense seems to be ready to play again.
As for Kansas, coach Mark Mangino has done an outstanding job with the team and Todd Reesing always comes to play. Kansas’s schedule has not been the toughest in the nation but it did string together an 11 game winning streak before losing to Missouri. The team should have enough offensive juice to keep up with the Hokies for the first half but may letup if Glennon and the Hokie defensive does a job like it did against it’s last 5 opponents.
This should be a good matchup but the BCS definitely should have the Missouri Tigers here unless the computers would rather not have two similar mascots playing in BCS bowls.