Good drama, that. Florida State is the perennial power, trying for its first perfect season and second national title under coach Bobby Bowden. Virginia Tech is the best team you probably don't know. Name a Hokie other than quarterback Michael Vick. This national championship game even has a nasty little undercurrent - the sentiment among many observers that Virginia Tech is a fraud, a pretty good team that feasted on a soft schedule.
Praise be, nasty little undercurrents.
This one will do nothing but give us a better game, come Jan. 4. Imagine how motivated Virginia Tech will be, how all-fired obsessed with proving it belongs on this stage. Spurrier, you'll recall, used to love razzing the Tennessee Volunteers about their seemingly annual trip to the Citrus Bowl. He's got a chance to become the first quarterback in Tennessee history to win three consecutive Citrus Bowls. Spurrier could talk, those days.