2008 Orange Bowl

2008 FedEx Orange kwano wani post-kakar kwaleji kwallon kafa tasa wasan tsakanin Virginia Tech Hokies da Kansas Jayhawks a ranar 3 ga watan Janairu shekara ta 2008, at Dolphin Stadium a Miami gidãjen Aljanna, Florida . Masu yada cin amana sun fifita Virginia Tech da maki uku, amma a wasan da aka mamaye da kariya da kungiyoyi na musamman, Kansas ta doke Virginia Tech 24 – 21. Wasan ya kasance wani ɓangare na shekarar 2007 – 08 Bowl Championship Series (BCS) na 2007 NCAA Division I FBS lokacin ƙwallon ƙafa kuma shi ne wasan kam'mala kakar na duka ƙungiyoyin biyu. Wan'nan tallan na Orange Bowl karo na 74 an watsa shi a Amurka akan FOX kuma sama da masu kallo miliyan takwas ne suka kalla.

Wasan da ya gudana tsakanin zakaran ACC na Virginia Tech Hokies na biyar da Kansas Jayhawks na takwas daga Bab'ban taron 12 (Big 12) an kuma buga shi ne a filin wasa na Dolphins tsaka tsaki. Tech yayi aiki a matsayin ƙungiyar gida a cikin gasar. Virginia Tech ta atomatik ta cancanci zuwa Orange Bowl ta hanyar haɗin ACC tare da kwano, yayin da Orange Bowl ta zaɓi Kansas a kan West Virginia, wanda ya ɓata rai a lokacin 4 – 7 Pittsburgh, da abokin hamayyar taron Missouri . Makon'ni biyu bayan zaɓin Kansas, rikice-rikice sun ɓarke lokacin da aka bayyana yarjejeniya don sanya Oklahoma mai lamba 4 akan Virginia Tech. Yarjejeniyar ta kasance kwamitocin BCS sun yi fatali da yarjejeniyar, kuma an zabi zabar Kansas.

Wasan ya nuna a karo na farko da Jayhawks ya je Orange Bowl tun daga 1969 Orange Bowl kuma shi ne wasan su na farko da suka fara tun bayan 2005 Fort Worth Bowl, lokacin da suka ci Houston 41 – 13. Virginia Tech ta buga wasan karshe a wasan Orange Bowl a watan Disambar 1996, inda ta sha kashi a han'nun Nebraska 21 – 41. Kwancen Orange Bowl na 2008 shine lokacin fasaha na Virginia Tech na 15th a jere tare da wasan kwano, wata hanyar da ta dace da Kwancin 'Yancin kai na 1993.

Kansas quarterback Todd Reesing ya kam'mala 20 na 37 ya wuce don 227 yadud'duka, daya tabawa, kuma daya tsangwama . A gefe guda na ball, Virginia Tech quarterback Sean Glennon ya gama wasan 13 na 28 wucewa, yana samun 160 yadud'duka, daya tabawa da biyu tsangwama. Kansib cornerback Aqib Talib, wanda dawowarsa ta 60 yadi don tabawa ya baiwa Kansas jagorarta ta farko a wasan, ta lashe kyautar Mafi Kyawun Dan wasa . Bayan wasan, Talib ya kasance ɗayan 'yan wasa da yawa daga ƙungiyoyin biyu don sanar da niyyar shiga Tsarin NFL na 2008 .
A matsayinta na zakarun taron Yankin Tekun Atlantika, an baiwa Virginia Tech kyautar ta atomatik zuwa wasan Orange Bowl . Hokies to face Kansas in FedEx Orange Bowl  Virginia Tech Sports Information Department, December 3, 2007. Takad'dun ACC na atomatik sakamakon yarjejeniyar bazata ne bayan fara wasan ACC Championship Game wanda ya baiwa wanda ya lashe ACC Championship Game kyautar kai tsaye zuwa Orange Bowl sai dai idan yana da matsayi mafi girma a cikin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Bowl don taka leda a ciki wasan Gasar Kasa.

 Virginia Tech 
Virginia Tech Hokies sun fara 2007 lokacin ƙwallon ƙafa tare da so da tunani. Kamar yadda Virginia Tech ta murmure daga mummunan harbin makaranta a tarihin Amurka, ƙwallon ƙafa ya zama wata hanya don taimaka wa jami'ar ta warke cikin haushi.  Wasan bude kakar, a ranar 1 ga Satumbar, 2007, ya sabawa Jami'ar East Carolina kuma ya gabatar da bukukuwa da yawa na tunawa da bikin. Da yake cike da motsin rai na yau, Hokies sun sami nasarar 17 – 7. Hokies hold off East Carolina, 17-7, in season opener  Matt Kovatch, Hokiesports.com the Newspaper, September 1, 2007. Wasan su na gaba ba zai zama da sauki ba. Mako guda baya, Virginia Tech tayi tafiya zuwa Baton Rouge, Louisiana don fuskantar A'a. 2 Tigers na Jami'ar Jihar Louisiana . An yi la'akari da Tigers sosai a lokacin zaɓe kafin lokacin kakar wasa a matsayin waɗanda aka fi so su taka leda a Gasar Cin Kofin Nationalasar kuma sun mamaye Hokies a gaban taron jama'ar gida, 48 – 7. Tigers swarm Hokies in Death Valley, 48-7  Virginia Tech Sports Information Department, September 9, 2007.

Dangane da shan kayen Hokies, Virginia Tech ta zaɓi fara sabon juyi da sabon shiri na cin fuska. Bayan sabon ɗan wasa Tyrod Taylor, 'yan Hokies sun sami nasarori biyar kai tsaye, gami da nasara akan A'a. 22 Clemson ta 18 maki. Hokies 'special' in 41-23 win over Clemson  Virginia Tech Sports Information Department, October 6, 2007. Yayin nasarar nasara, Sean Glennon, wanda ya fara buga wasan baya ga Hokies a lokacin wasannin farko biyu na kakar, ya koma wasu abubuwan mallaka tare da Taylor a cikin wani tsarin da ba na biyun ba. A ranar 25 ga Oktoba, Hokies suna da damar da za su iya rama asarar farkon lokacinsu ga LSU lokacin da suka fuskanci A'a. 2 Kwalejin Boston a daren Alhamis a Blacksburg, Virginia . Kodayake Hokies sun mamaye yawancin wasan, Kwalejin Koleji ta Boston Matt Ryan ya yi nasarar dawowar ƙarshen wasan don lashe wasan 14 – 10 tare da 11 sakan da suka rage. BC rains on Hokies' parade with 14-10 victory  Virginia Tech Sports Information Department, October 25, 2007.
Tare da cin nasara sau huɗu a jere bayan asarar, gami da nasara akan sannan-A'a. 16 Virginia, Hokies sun sami nasarar Yankin Yankin gabar teku kuma sun sami damar zuwa 2007 ACC Championship Game a Jacksonville, Florida . Hokies win Coastal division with 33–21 defeat of UVa  Virginia Tech Sports Information Department, November 24, 2007. A can, sun sake fuskantar sakewa tare da Kwalejin Boston, zakarun rukunin Atlantic. Kamar yadda yake a cikin wasan da ya gabata, tsaro ya mamaye, am'ma ba kamar a farkon wasan ba, Matt Ryan bai sami damar cin nasarar ba. Biyu huɗu-kwata interceptions ta Virginia Tech shãfe haske da Hokie nasara da kuma wani atomatik karo da Orange kwano game. Hokies ride Glennon's arm, Taylor's legs to ACC crown ESPN.com, December 1, 2007. 

 Kansas 
Kansas ya fara 2007 lokacin wasan ƙwallon ƙafa bai kula ba kuma ba tare da la'akari da yawa ba daga kafofin watsa labarai na ƙasa. A cikin buɗe ƙwallon ƙafa na Associated Press na 2007 kakar, Kansas ba ta sami kuri'a ɗaya ba.  Daga wasan su na farko na shekara, Jayhawks sun fara burge masu jefa kuri'a da ingancin aiki. Da Kungiyar Ba -Amurke na Amurka a tsakanin Babban Jami’ar Michigan, Kansas ta ci 52 maki yayin ba da izinin taɓawa ɗaya kawai. Flyin' high Ryan Wood, Lawrence Journal-World, September 2, 2007. 

A cikin wasanni uku masu zuwa, Kansas ya rinjayi abokan hamayyarsa 162-16. 2007 Football Schedule  Lawrence Journal-World. Kamar yadda jadawalin Big 12 na Kansas ya fara, hanyoyin nasara na Jayhawks sun ci gaba, yayin da suka tabbatar da kansu game da halattacciyar gasar. A ranar 6 ga watan Oktoba, Kansas ta yi tafiya zuwa Manhattan, Kansas, gidan mai lambar A-lokacin. 24 Jami'ar Jihar Kansas don wasan buɗewa na Babban 12 jadawalin. Kansas Jayhawks Schedule – 2007 ESPN.com.  A gaban 50,924 magoya baya masu adawa, Kansas quarterback Todd Reesing sun yi gwagwarmaya a karon farko a kakar. Beyond a doubt Ryan Wood, Lawrence Journal-World, October 7, 2007.  Late a cikin kwata na huɗu, Reesing ya jefa ƙwallo wanda ya tashi daga facemask na mai karɓar mai karɓar Dexton Fields kafin a kama shi. Sakawar ta kafa wata matsala ta jihar Kansas wacce ta sanya Kansas cikin – 21 saura mintuna bakwai da rabi. Reesing da Jayhawks sun buge da sauri, duk da haka, kuma sun zira kwallaye tazara 30 don ɗaukar jagora zuwa kyakkyawa. 

Tare da nasarar, Kansas ta shiga cikin martabar saman Kungiyoyin kwallon kafa na kwaleji 25 a kasar a karon farko tun 1996,  shiga cikin AP Poll a lamba 20.  A cikin makonni shida masu zuwa, Kansas ya ci gaba da nemo hanyoyin cin nasara. Abokan hamayyar Jayhawk na gargajiya kamar su Nebraska, Oklahoma State, da Texas A&amp;M sun sha kaye a lokacin kakar, kuma Kansas ta hau kan matsayin ƙasa. Ta 13th mako na kakar, an saita filin don wasan kwaikwayo game da kishiyar gargajiya ta Kansas, Missouri. KU's perfect season spoiled by Tigers Ryan Wood, Lawrence Journal-World, November 25, 2007. 

Saboda yarjejeniya da aka riga aka yi, an buga bugun kan iyaka na 2007 a Kansas City, Missouri, a Filin wasa na Arrowhead, gidan Footballungiyar Kwallon Kwallon Kasa ta Kansas City Chiefs .  A gaban sama da 80,000 magoya baya, A'a. 4 Missouri ta kayar da No. 2 Kansas 36 – 28 don baiwa Jayhawks asararsu ta farko a kakar.  Missouri, tare da nasara, ya sami tafiya zuwa Big 12 Championship Game. A cikin wannan wasan, Oklahoma ya ci Missouri 38 – 17 don samun kyautar kai tsaye ga 2008 Fiesta Bowl . Oklahoma's dominance, Big 12 North's resurgence highlight season Tim Griffin, ESPN.com, December 14, 2007.  Saboda asarar ta ba Missouri karo na biyu na shekara, Kansas, wanda ya sha kashi ga Tigers, an zaɓi shi a matsayin babban zaɓi ta hanyar BCS kuma ya sami tafiya zuwa Orange Bowl.  KU to play Virginia Tech in Orange Bowl on Jan. 3 Lawrence Journal-World, December 2, 2007. 

 Rigima 
Kodayake zaɓin Virginia Tech ta hanyar tayin atomatik ba shi da nutsuwa, zaɓin Kansas ya haifar da rikici mai yawa. Kansas ta sha kashi a hannun Big 12 wanda ya zo na biyu a Missouri kuma yana da ƙarancin Matsayi na Bowwallon Bowl fiye da Tigers. Orange Bowl: One loss is better than two Dan Angell, the Missourian, December 4, 2007.  Wasu sun gaskata cewa ya kamata a zaɓi Missouri a gaban Kansas saboda sun kayar da Kansas kuma saboda sun taka rawa a cikin Big Wasan Gasar 12.  A cewar jami'an BCS, duk da haka, asarar Missouri guda biyu ta kasance mafi lahani fiye da asarar Kansas daya da rashin wasan gasar gaba. 

Pundits da magoya baya waɗanda suka yi adawa da zaɓin Kansas sun nuna ƙarfin jadawalin Jayhawks, wanda a wani lokaci a lokacin lokacin ya yi ƙasa da 109 daga 119 Iungiyoyin Division I. Bowl Breakdowns: Kansas vs.  A lokacin zaɓin BCS, duk da haka, ƙarfin jadawalin Kansas ya hau da ɗan kaɗan, ya kai 88th a cikin martabar Sagarin da 74th a cikin darajar CBS. Polls Sportsline.com.  Matsayi na ƙarshe ya ƙididdige jadawalin Kansas kamar yadda ya fi Hawaii wuya, wanda kuma aka zaɓa don wasa a cikin BCS.  Tsananta halin da ake ciki shine gaskiyar cewa Kansas da Missouri suna da ɗayan mafi girman hamayya a cikin kwalejin kwallon kafa. An san shi da Yakin Ballaka, asalin hamayyar ya samo asali ne tun shekarun da suka gabata kafin yakin basasar Amurka . BCS snub, Kansas getting picked for Orange Bowl riles Missouri fans The Associated Press, December 4, 2007. 

Makonni biyu bayan zaɓin Kansas, har yanzu wani rikici ya sake faruwa lokacin da aka bayyana cewa Babban 12 da jami'an ACC sun yi yarjejeniya don fasalin wasan kwaikwayon Oklahoma / Virginia Tech a cikin Orange Bowl a cikin awannin da suka kai ga zaɓin ƙarshe.  Oklahoma, wanda ya fara ba da shawarar, ya nemi da ya fuskanci babban abokin hamayyar BCS sannan akwai, wanda zai kasance Virginia Tech (wanda ya zo na 3 a cikin BCS). A yadda aka saba, Oklahoma, 2007 Babba 12 Gwarzo, da an yi wasa a cikin Fiesta Bowl, wanda ke riƙe da haƙƙin atomatik na Big 12 Gasar ta BCS ta Gasar. Aarin sanannen magana a cikin kwangilar Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Bowl, duk da haka, yana ba da izini ga kwamishinoni na BCS su yi watsi da wannan tayin idan ƙungiyar da aka zaɓa ta atomatik ta buga wasan a cikin shekarar da ta gabata, ko don ƙirƙirar wasan da ya fi ban sha'awa. Oklahoma ya taka leda a 2007 Fiesta Bowl kuma ya zama cikakke ɗan takara don aiwatar da sashin.  An bayar da rahoton cewa wakilai daga tasoshin Orange da Fiesta sun yi yarjejeniyar musayar Oklahoma da Kansas da Dan Beebe, kwamishina daga Babban 12, ya gabatar da shirin ga kwamitin BCS. Sauran kwamishinonin BCS da suka rage sun yi watsi da bukatar (tare da manyan kwamishinonin Big 12, ACC da Big East kawai) kuma suka girmama ainihin zabin Kansas na Orange Bowl kuma ya tilasta Oklahoma ya karbi Fiesta Bowl Bid na atomatik.  Fitar da wannan shirin ya hargitsa magoya baya da yawa a makarantun biyu da kuma duk fadin kasar, wadanda suka fahimci cewa wasan (4) Oklahoma- (3) Virginia Tech zai dace da wasan (8) Kansas- (3) Virginia Tech.  Abin mamaki, yayin da ake ganin Oklahoma-Virginia Tech a matsayin mafi kyawun wasa saboda matsayinsu mai girma, ƙungiyoyin biyu sun ci gaba da damuwa da ƙananan ƙungiya tare da Oklahoma sun rasa 48-28 zuwa (9) West Virginia.
Most pre-game media and popular coverage of the 2008 Orange Bowl focused on the matchup between Kansas's No. 2 scoring offense and Virginia Tech's No. 2 scoring defense. Outside factors, such as coaching, previous experience, and fan support were also considered in pre-game analysis of the matchup. Outside story lines included Virginia Tech's recovery from the Virginia Tech Massacre, recovery from late-season losses suffered by each team (against Missouri for Kansas and against Boston College for Virginia Tech).

 Wasan wasa masu ban tsoro 

 Kansas 
Shiga cikin Bowl Bowl, Kansas ya kasance na biyu a cikin ƙasar da ke cin ƙwallo (44.3) kuma na shida a yadi a kowane wasa (491). Tim Reynolds, "Orange Bowl: Va. Tech Vs. Kansas".  Kansas ta ci 40 ko sama da maki takwas sau a lokacin 2007 kakar kuma ya ci 50 maki sau biyar. 2008 Orange Bowl Game Notes  (PDF) Virginia Tech Sports Information Department, Hokiesports.com, December 20, 2007. Kansas ta kasa wasan An jagorancin guje baya Brandon McAnderson, wanda a kaddarance 87,5 yadudduka a kowane wasa yayin 2007 kakar kuma ya sami 1,050 yadudduka da 16 taɓawa a cikin kakar da ke kaiwa ga Bowl Bowl.  Ta hanyar iska, Kansas quarterback Todd Reesing ya sami daraja ta 11 mafi girma a cikin ƙasar, yana ɗaukar kimanin 152.41 kimar kwata-kwata a 2007.  Reesing ya kammala 62.6% na fasinjojin sa yayin 2007 kakar, yana samun 3,259 yadud'duka, 32 taɓawa, kuma kawai shida tsangwama.  Reesing wanda aka fi so karba shi ne Marcus Henry, wanda ya kasance A'a. 29 a kasar don wucewar yadin, matsakaita ya wuce 82 karɓar yadudduka a kowane wasa. A lokacin 2007, Henry ya sami 994 yadudduka da tara tabawa.  A kan layin da aka yi, Jayhawks ya jagoranci jagorancin Amurka na hagu Anthony Collins, wanda ya kammala a matsayin wanda ya kai wasan karshe na Outland Trophy, wanda aka ba shi mafi kyawun dan wasan kwallon kafa na kwaleji. Randall Mell, "Orange Bowl: Kansas' Anthony Collins is large and in charge".  Saboda tasirin Jayhawks akan laifi, sun zura kwallon kawai 46 sau a lokacin 2007 kakar, ta bakwai mafi ƙasƙanci a cikin Rukunin I. Orange Bowl Notes Inrich.com, January 3, 2008. 

 Virginia Tech 
Virginia Tech ta ba da sabon tsarin kwata-kwata biyu akan laifi, kamar yadda masu biyun Sean Glennon da Tyrod Taylor suka raba lokaci a bayan cibiyar . Kodayake baƙon abu, tsarin ya sami nasarar jagorantar Hokies zuwa Gasar ACC ta biyu a cikin huɗu shekaru. A lokacin 2007 lokacin yau da kullun, Glennon ya jefa don 1,636 yadudduka da 11 taɓawa, kammala 63 kashi na wucewarsa. Taylor, yayin, ya wuce don 916 yadud'duka da biyar taɓawa yayin kuma da hanzari don 431 yadud'duka. 2008 Orange Bowl Game Notes  (PDF) Virginia Tech Sports Information Department, Hokiesports.com, December 20, 2007. Wasu masana sun yi hasashen Kansas na iya samun matsala tare da motsawar Taylor, saboda salon wasan sa ya yi kama da na Missouri na Chase Daniel, wanda ya ba Kansas asarar asarar 2007 kawai. kakar.  A ɗaya gefen ƙarshen laifin na Virginia Tech ƙungiyar masu karɓar karɓa ne, waɗanda manyan masu karɓar Eddie Royal da Josh Morgan suka jagoranta. Morgan shine mai karɓar matsayi na biyar a tarihin Virginia Tech, bayan da ya samu 1,787 karbar yadudduka. Royal shi ne na shida, bayan da ya samu 1,767 yadudduka. Biyu daga sauran masu karɓar Tech, Josh Hyman da Justin Harper, sun yi rajista 1,138 da 1,274 karɓar yadudduka kowan'nensu, alama ce ta farko a tarihin Fasaha ta Virginia cewa Hokies suna da masu karɓar yadi huɗu daban-daban a cikin ƙungiya ɗaya.  A ƙasa, Hokies sun jagoranci jagorancin Branden Ore, wanda ya ruga don 876 yadud'duka da takwas taɓawa yayin lokacin yau da kullun. Mako guda kafin Orange Bowl, masu horar da fasaha sun bayyana cewa za a dakatar da Ore a farkon kwata na wasan da Kansas a matsayin azaba saboda nunawa a ƙarshen wasan Hokies na wasan farko. An maye gurbin Ore da ɗan shekara biyu Kenny Lewis Jr. 

 Wasannin tsaro 

 Virginia Tech 
Virginia Tech ta gama kakar a matsayi na biyu na kasa a maki da aka ba da izinin wasa (15.5) kuma na huɗu a cikin ƙasa a cikin yadin da aka yarda (293). Tim Reynolds, "Orange Bowl: Va. Tech Vs. Kansas".  Hokies ba su ba da izinin kashi na huɗu cikin biyar ba wasanni bayan bada 14 maki huɗu zuwa huɗu zuwa Kwalejin Boston a Blacksburg . Wani dan wasa mai mahim'manci a tsaron Virginia Tech shine dan wasan baya Xavier Adibi, wanda ya ci kwallonsa ta uku a wasan ACC Championship Game da Boston College. Adibi, tare da dan wasan baya na Vince Hall, sun kasance "mafi kyaun 'yan wasan biyu na kasar a cikin kasar," a cewar mai sharhin ESPN Chris Spielman. Tasirin Hall yana da, duk da haka, an iyakance shi a cikin 2007 kakar ta karye wuyan hannu ya sha wahala akan Clemson. Hall ya rasa wasanni hudu tare da raunin, am'ma ya dawo don buga wasanni uku na ƙarshe na kakar don Virginia Tech kuma ya yi alkawarin za a nuna shi sosai a cikin 2008 Orange Bowl.  Ajiye wa masu amfani da layin Virginia Tech babbar filin baya ne, wanda ya samar da 12 NFL zaba zaba a cikin shekaru tara kafin 2007 kakar. Primary daga cikin backfield 'yan wasa sun cornerbacks Victor Harris da Brandon Flowers, wanda Sports kwatanta .com kira "watakila mafi kyau cornerback Duo a cikin kasar". 

 Kansas 
Kansas, a halin yanzu, ba a girmama shi sosai a kan tsaro ba kuma ya zo cikin 2008 Orange Bowl yana cikin 57th na ƙasa a cikin kariya ta tsaro.  A ƙasa, duk da haka, Kansas ya kasance mafi girma, na shida a cikin ƙasar. Bugu da kari, Kansas ya ba da izinin 16 kawai maki a kowane wasa, mai kyau isa don zama na huɗu a cikin ƙasa.  Babban ɓangare na wan'nan gudu shine tsaron kare James McClinton, wanda aka laƙaba mai Babban 12 na Tsaron Lineman na Shekarar kuma ya sami daraja ta ƙungiyar All-America ta biyu. McClinton ya gama kakar wasanni ta 2007 da 10.5 tackles ga asarar da kuma yi musu wa'adi fiye na wannan ga Orange kwano.  Kyaftin din tawagar tsaron Jayhawk, a halin yanzu, ya kasance dan Amurka ne mai kusurwa da baya Aqib Talib .  Talib kuma ya kasance mai barazanar aikata laifi, inda ya kama takwas ya wuce, ciki har da huɗu taɓawa, yayin lokacin yau da kullun. Kansas Jayhawks Stats – 2007 ESPN.com. 

 Takaita wasa 

Kwancen Orange Bowl na 2008 ya fara aiki a 8:30 na  maraice EST a filin wasa na Dolphin a cikin Miami Gardens, Florida . An jera halarta ga wasan a matsayin 74,111 (karo na takwas a jere na Orange Bowl sellout), Scoring Summary (Final)  Virginia Tech Sports Information, Hokiesports.com, January 4, 2008. am'ma ainihin halartar ya bayyana ya zama ƙasa, kuma yawancin ɓangarorin bene na filin wasan ba su cika. Lapointe, Joe.  Kimanin 15 miliyoyin masu kallo sun kalli wasan, suna samun damar watsa shirye-shiryen Nielsen da 7.4. Fox Sports. "2007-08 Bowl Game TV Ratings" , BCSfootball.com. Watsa shirye-shiryen Orange Bowl na 2008 shine wasan kwano kawai na BCS don nuna tashi a cikin masu kallon talabijin akan watsawar lokacin da ta gabata, saboda 2007 Orange Bowl kawai ta sami darajar Nielsen ta 7.0. The Business of Sports: Atlanta bucks BCS decline.  Katharine McPhee wacce ta zo ta biyu a bautar Amurka Idol ce ta rera taken. Wood, Ryan. 

Kyautar tsabar kudin ta nuna tsoffin tauraruwar tauraruwa a makarantun biyu, Bruce Smith na Virginia Tech da Gale Sayers na Kansas. Defense Leads Eighth-Ranked Jayhawks to 24–21 Orange Bowl Victory , University of Kansas, January 4, 2008. Kansas ta ci nasara kuma aka zaba don jinkirta zabinta har zuwa rabi na biyu. Virginia Tech ta zaɓi karɓar ƙwallo don fara wasan. Kansas za ta karɓi ƙwallo don fara rabi na biyu. A kickoff, yanayin yanayin iska ya kasance mai sanyi ga Miami a   , kuma sararin samaniya yayi hadari da ruwan sama mai tsawa.  Cold Weather Reaches Orange Bowl Matt Dreyer, ABC 13, WSET.com, January 3, 2008. 

 Na farko kwata 
Eddie Royal na Virginia Tech ya gabatar da bude wasan daga Kansas kicker Scott Webb, ya dawo dashi 59 yadudduka zuwa layin yadi-41 na Kansas. Dawowar ta baiwa Virginia Tech laifi mai kyau a fagen fara wasan. Tech quarterback Sean Glennon da alaka a kan wani 11-yadi da izinin zuwa Justin Harper ga wata na farko saukar a kan bude play na wasan, amma Kansas ' tsaron fāriya a kan m plays. Bayan Tyrod Taylor na Virginia Tech ya shiga wasan ne a wasan baya, Kansas ta kori Taylor sau biyu, tana turawa Virginia Tech 19 yadudduka baya, daga filin burin filin. Saboda sacks, Virginia Tech aka tilasta punt da ball tafi ba tare da ya zura kwallo a wani maki. 

An saukar da puntin a yankin ƙarshe don taɓawa, kuma Kansas ta fara mallakar wasan farko na cin mutunci a layinta na 20-yard. Kansas quarterback Todd Reesing ya tabbatar da tasiri sosai, ya kam'mala shida daga cikin takwas ya wuce yayin tuƙi kuma yana hanzari don biyar yadudduka a kan kwata-kwata kwata-kwata . Reesing ya kori laifin Kansas zuwa yankin Virginia Tech, amma bayan da Orion Martin na Tech ya kori Reesing, Kansas ta kasa samun damar farko sannan aka tura Scott Webb cikin wasan don kokarin burin filin 44-yadi. Kwallon Webb ya tashi cikin faifai masu fa'ida, duk da haka, wasan bai ci nasara ba tare da 6:44 ya rage a farkon kwata. 

Bayan makasudin filin da aka rasa, Virginia Tech ta karɓi laifi a layinta na 27-nasa. Komawa baya Kenny Lewis, Jr., wanda ya maye gurbin Branden Ore da aka dakatar, ya gudu ne karo na farko, kuma Tyrod Taylor ya haɗu a kan hanyar yadi 11 zuwa Eddie Royal don wani farkon sauka. Yanzu a cikin yankin Kansas, Taylor yayi ƙoƙari ya sake wucewa. Kansib All-American corner Aqib Talib ya yi tsalle tsakanin jifan Taylor da mai karba, yana kutse kwallon. Talib ya dawo da sakon'nin 60 yadudduka zuwa yankin ƙarshe don taɓawa ta Kansas, maki na farko na wasan. Arin bugun dagawa da Scott Webb ya yi ya ci 7 – 0 Kansas tare da 5:15 saura a cikin kwata. 1st Qtr Play-by-Play ESPN.com, January 3, 2008. 

Da yake takawa zuwa ƙarshen yankin, Aqib Talib ya aikata azabtar da yadi-yadi na 15 ba tare da wasa ba, wanda aka tilasta akan wasan bayan ci nasara. Fanaritin, haɗe tare da kyakkyawar bugun daga Virginia Tech, ya ba wa Hokies kyakkyawan filin wasa don mallakar mallakarsu karo na uku. Quanterback Sean Glennon ya sami fa'ida a wan'nan matsayin filin, yana haɗuwa a kan hanyar 24-yard zuwa babban mai karɓar Justin Harper. Kamawa ya tura Virginia Tech a cikin yankin Kansas kuma da alama sun kafa laifin Hokie don farkon cin wasan. Bayan biyu wasa don rashin riba da asarar yadi biyar lokacin da aka kori Glennon daga James Holt, Virginia Tech ta tilasta yin ƙoƙari na burin filin 49-yadi. Kwallon Jud Dunlevy bai taka kara ya karya ba, am'ma, kuma an hana Virginia Tech ci. Kansas ta dawo da gajeren bugun, wanda ya faɗi a yankin ƙarshe, kuma ya dawo da ƙwallon 39 yadudduka. Duk da karfin da aka samu na bugun da aka rasa, Kansas ya buga wasanni uku ba tare da samun nasara ba kuma an tilasta shi buga kwallon. Virginia Tech ta dawo da kwallon a layin ta na yadi 15 kuma ta buga wasanni biyu kafin lokaci ya kure a zangon farko. 

A ƙarshen kwata na farko, Kansas ta riƙe Virginia Tech ba tare da ƙima ba yayin da take cin gajiyar dawo da yadin 60 da Aqib Talib don kawai maki kawai na wasan, jagoran 7 – 0. 

 Na biyu kwata 
Virginia Tech ta fara kwata na biyu wajen mallake kwallon kuma suna fuskantar na uku da biyar daga layinta na yadi 20. A wasan farko na kwata, dan wasan baya Sean Glennon ya jefa na farko, am'ma an kama shi a layin 37 na Kansas ' Chris Harris . Bayan katsewa, Kansas ta sami kwallon a layin Virginia Tech 31-yadi. Todd Reesing ya haɗu a kan hanyar hawa zuwa ƙasa zuwa Derek Fine, kuma mai gudu Brandon McAnderson ya ba da gudummawar gajerun hanyoyi da yawa. Laifin na Kansas ya kasa samun karo na biyu na farko bayan da aka kama shi, amma, kuma an sake kiran Scott Webb mai ƙwallon ƙafa don yunƙurin burin filin, wan'nan lokacin daga 32 yadudduka nesa Ba kamar bugun sa na farko ba, na biyun ya bi ta kan hanyoyin maki uku. Tare da 12 mintuna da suka rage a zango na biyu, Kansas ya ƙara jagora zuwa 10 – 0. 

Virginia Tech ta dawo da kwallayen bayan fage a layin ta na 31, kuma Branden Ore, bayan ya shiga wasan bayan dakatarwarsa da kwata kwata, ya ci kwallon uku yadudduka. Quarterback Tyrod Taylor shima yaci kwallon biyar yadudduka a kan takaddama, amma bai sami nasarar farko ba. An tilasta wa Hokies buga kwallon, kuma Kansas ta dawo da bugun daga layinta na 41. Tare da kyakkyawan yanayin filin da ƙarfin da aka samu ta hanyar kutse da burin filin, Kansas ya motsa ƙwallon da sauri. Nekos Brown da Xavier Adibi sun kori Todd Reesing, amma sun haɗa Jake Sharp na 20 yadudduka akan biyu wucewa, ciyar da ƙwallon ƙafa cikin yankin Virginia Tech. Ya wuce zuwa Marcus Henry da Dezmon Briscoe sun ci gaba Kansas 21 karin yadudduka cikin yankin Hokie, kuma Brandon McAnderson ya ruga don biyar yadudduka a ƙasa. Sanya motar Kansas ya kasance yadi-yadi na 13 wanda Reesing ya yiwa Henry don kashewa. Sakamakon, wanda ya zo tare da 7:03 ya rage a farkon rabin, ya ba Kansas jagorancin 17 – 0, mafi girma a wasan. 

Virginia Tech ta dawo da bugun bayan wasan da ake matukar bukatar cin kwallaye kafin rabin lokaci. Kansas ta taka leda sosai a kan tsaro a duk rabin rabin farko, kuma rawar da wasan ya taka a bayan Jayhawks, wanda ya ci nasara a wasan'ni biyu Virginia Tech turnovers . Sean Glennon ya kam'mala wucewar yadi uku zuwa Josh Morgan don fara tuki, amma yana komawa baya Branden Ore wanda ya yi yawancin aiki a lokacin wasan karshe na karshe na Hokies. Bayan wucewar Glennon, Ore ya ruga ƙwallo a kan wasannin kai tsaye shida, ya ɗauki 33 yadudduka da biyu farko sauka a hanya. Bayan haka, Glennon gudummawar wani biyar-yadi da gudu da kansa, wanda aka taimaka da wani 15-yadi facemask azãba da Kansas. Branden Ore ya sake karɓar ƙwallo, yana tafe a kan wasanni biyar a jere, wanda ya ƙare a cikin yadi guda ɗaya don taɓawa. Sakamakon ya zo ne da ya rage saura 1:03 a rabi, ya ba Virginia Tech maki na farko na wasan kuma ya rage ragamar Kansas zuwa 17 – 7. 2nd Qtr Play-by-Play ESPN.com, January 3, 2008. 

Kansas ta karbi Virginia Tech's kickoff, kuma Hokies sun yi ƙoƙari su ba kansu wata dama ta yin laifi ta hanyar kiran lokaci bayan Kansas ta ruga ƙwallo. Lokaci ya dakatar da agogo, amma Kansas ya sami nasarar fara aiki da gudu daga agogo bayan Tech yayi amfani da abubuwan da aka ba shi uku lokacin aiki Komawa zuwa rabin lokaci, Kansas har yanzu yana da jagora da ƙarfi, am'ma Virginia Tech taɓawa ya yanke jagorancin Jayhawks zuwa kawai 10 maki, 17 – 7. 

 Nunin rabin lokaci 
Nunin rabin lokacin wasan Orange Bowl na shekarar 2008 ya kasance ne daga rukunin dutsen Blues na Zlu Top,  wanda ya rera wakar su mai suna Sharp Dressed Man . Daniels, Neil.  Ungiyar ta fi so daga Kansas mai suna Todd Reesing, wanda ya nuna nadama kafin wasan cewa ba zai iya sauraron wasan kwaikwayon ba. Reesing troubled to miss ZZ Top Nathan Reed, Lawrence Journal-World, December 11, 2007.  Har ila yau, an nuna shi a yayin wasan kwaikwayon rabin rukuni na ƙungiyar mawaƙa ta makarantar sakandare, waɗanda suka buga wa Stevie Ray Vaughan 's Crossfire yayin da matakin ZZ Top ya warwatse. Orange Bowl trip recap  Channel-Z, myfoxkc.com, January 5, 2008. Bayan nunin rabin lokacin, motar FOX da ke watsa wasan ta sami matsalar katsewar lantarki. Kamar yadda ma'aikatan Fox suka yi aiki don dawo da wutar, rabi na biyu ya jinkirta da minti uku.  Orange Bowl notebook Lawrence Journal-World, January 4, 2008. 

 Na uku kwata 
Kansas, wacce ta lashe wasan farko na wasan, ta karɓi ƙwallo don buɗe rabi na biyu. Todd Reesing da farko ya fara daga inda ya tsaya a farkon rabin, ya kammala fasalin zuwa Dexton Fields na 12 yadudduka da farkon sauka. A wasannin da suka biyo baya, duk da haka, Virginia Tech ta nuna wasu ƙwarewar kariya waɗanda aka inganta su sosai zuwa cikin wasan. Aqib Talib an magance shi saboda asarar shida yadudduka bayan kamawa wucewa. An kori Reesing daga matsin lamba mai yawa daga tsaron Tech. A karo na uku ya sauka, Cody Grim'm ya kusan kama hanyar Reesing, wanda ya buge shi don tilasta wa Kansas punt. A dawowar da ta biyo baya, Virginia Tech ta sami babban wasan ta na farko. Eddie Royal, wanda ya koma kowane daya daga Virginia Tech ta farko-rabin Kicks, samu da ball da kuma lateraled shi zuwa Justin Harper, wanda ya koma da shi 84 yadudduka don taɓawa. Sakamakon ya yanke jagorancin Kansas zuwa maki uku kawai tare da 11: 35 ya rage a cikin kwata na uku. 
Tare da saurin wasan a yanzu da tabbaci a cikin ni'imar su, tsaron Virginia Tech ya dakatar da laifin Kansas akan wasanni uku madaidaiciya, yana tilasta wani Kansas punt. Kwallon ya yi tafiya 62 yadudduka kuma an dawo dashi a layin Virginia Tech 18-yadi. Laifin Virginia Tech, duk da matsakaicin filin, ya motsa da sauri, wani ɓangare saboda azabtar da tsangwama na yadi 15 akan Kansas. Sean Glennon ya kammala hanyar wuce gona da iri na 37 don kawo ƙarshen Greg Boone don tuƙa Hokies cikin zurfin yankin Kansas. Da farko, da alama mai tsaron baya na Kansas ne ya katse fasinjan, am'ma sake buga wasan da aka yi ya nuna Boone ya kwace kwallon daga mai tsaron baya. Sau uku suna zurfafawa a cikin yankin ja na Kansas sun mamaye Hokies kawai yadi tara, suna kafa yanayi na huɗu da ɗaya don laifin Virginia Tech. Maimakon fuskantar haɗarin sauya fasalin ƙasa na huɗu, babban kocin Virginia Tech Frank Beamer ya aika da kicker Jud Dunlevy don yunƙurin burin filin 25-yadi. A lokacin da harbi, duk da haka, Kansas wakĩli a kansu Joe Mortensen garzaya ta hanyar da Virginia Tech layi da kuma katange da harbi, da musun da Hokies uku da maki kuma tsare wani 17 – 14 Kansas gubar da 6:31 rage a cikin kwata. 

Ginin ya tsayar da duk ƙarfin Virginia Tech wanda aka samu tare da sake dawowa da dawo da Kansas a gaba. Mortensen's kick block proves huge Ryan Wood, Lawrence Journal-World & News, Lawrence, Kansas.  Bayan toshewar, kodayake, Kansas ya kasa samun nasara akan laifi. Kodayake tilasta tilasta kwallon, bugun Kyle Tucker na bugun yadi na 42 ya taimaka ta hanyar yadin 10 na haramtacciyar haramtacciyar doka kan Virginia Tech wanda ya sanya Hokies a layin 25-yard nasu. Branden Ore ya ɗauki farkon sauka tare da rush biyu, amma laifin Tech ya kasa samun wani na farko kuma an tilastawa Hokies sake buga kwallon. 3rd Qtr Play-by-Play ESPN.com, January 3, 2008. 
Kansas ta mallaki layinta na yadi na 12 bayan punt. A wasan farko na tuki, Reesing ya kammala wucewar yadi 37 zuwa filin Dexton, yana sanya ƙwallo kusa da tsakiyar fili. Sau uku cikakke ba su cika ba daga baya, Kansas ya fuskanci na huɗu da-goma da punt. Maimakon yin kwalliya, amma, Kansas an zaɓa don gwada fasfon ɓarna mai haɗari. Maimakon zura kwallon zuwa naushi, sai aka fasa kwallon don gudu Brandon McAnderson, wanda ya jefa kwallon 22 yadudduka downfield zuwa Micah Brown don farkon sauka. A wasan gaba na gaba, Reesing, bayan ya dawo filin, an haɗa shi a kan layin 28 zuwa Dexton Fields, wanda aka tura daga iyakokin da ke kusa da layin makasudin . Tare da burin farko da manufa daga cikin layin yadi ɗaya, ƙaddamarwar Kansas kamar babu makawa. A wasan farko a cikin yankin jan, duk da haka, Kansas ya fidda kwallon. Kodayake dan wasan Kansas ya dawo da kwallon, wasan ya rasa hudu yadudduka. A wasa na gaba, Kansas ya aikata mum'munan laifi na mutum 15. Laifin na mutum ya biyo bayan yadi na 10 mai riƙe da hukunci, kuma an tura Kansas gaba ɗaya a wajen yankin janjan na Virginia Tech. A cikin yunƙurin turawa baya, Reesing ya jefa ƙetaren zurfin ƙasa. Maimakon a kammala, duk da haka, dan wasan Virginia Tech na DJ Parker ne ya katse kwallon. Tare da 39 sakan da suka rage a cikin kwata, Virginia Tech ta tsayar da Kansas daga samun maki duk da Jayhawks sun kutsa cikin layin yadi na Virginia Tech. 

Yayin da kwata-kwata suka ƙare, Hokies sun sami saurin saurin saurin biyu kuma sun haɓaka ƙwallon 26 yadudduka, da alama sun dawo da ƙarfin da aka rasa tare da toshe ƙwallon. Tare da daya kwata kwata saura a wasan, duk da haka, Kansas har yanzu tana da maki uku, 17 – 14. 

 Na huɗu kwata 
Wasan'nin farko da aka fara na kwata na huɗu sun kasa rayuwa har zuwa alƙawarin da aka nuna a cikin na uku don Hokies. Biyu ba su cika ba kuma ɗayan da ya sami biyu kawai yadudduka sun tilasta Virginia Tech ta fidda kwallon tare da 13:49 da suka rage a cikin kwata. Bayan da aka hau kan layinta na 33, Kansas ba ta sami nasara a kan laifi ba kamar Virginia Tech. Bayan wasanni uku madaidaiciya ba tare da fa'ida ba, an tilasta Kansas fitar da kwallon har ila yau. Wani bugun yadi 58 wanda Kyle Tucker ya bugawa Virginia Tech a cikin layin yadi-10, kuma Hokies sun kasa ci gaba da kwallon sosai fiye da layin yadi goma. Wurin da bai cika ba da kuma yadi biyu da Branden Ore ya gudanar duk laifukan an gudanar dasu kafin Sean Glennon ya jefa wata yadi ta 20 zuwa ga Jayhawks 'Justin Thornton. Thornton ya dawo da kwallon 30 yadudduka zuwa layin yadi na biyu na Tech Tech, kuma a wasan farko na Kansas bayan tsinkayar, Todd Reesing ya gudu biyu yadudduka don taɓawa. Sakamakon ya ba Jayhawks nasara 24 – 14 tare da saura 10:57. 

Bayan Kansas kickoff, Virginia Tech ta karɓi ragamar layin ta na 33. Da yake buƙatar ci, 'yan Hokies sun yi kuskuren farawa na farko na yadi biyar kafin dan wasan baya Sean Glennon ya kori Kansas' Mike Rivera. Wasan kwaikwayo biyu sun tura laifin Virginia Tech, kuma ya hana su samun nasara. An tilasta shi buga kwallon, Virginia Tech dole ne ta buga tsaro yayin da Kansas ta karbi layinta na 28-yard. Tabbatar da jagorancin su, Kansas an zaɓa don gudanar da ƙwallo a cikin ƙoƙari na kiyaye agogo da kawo ƙarshen wasan da sauri. Brandon McAnderson ya sami 'yanci 28 yadudduka a wasan farko na tuki, kuma Jake Sharp ya ba da gudum'mawar farko a ƙasa kafin tsaron Hokie ya tsayar da Kansas a kan yunƙurin samun farko a kan na huɗu da biyu a cikin yankin Virginia Tech. 
Bayan ya dakatar da Kansas a karo na huɗu, Virginia Tech ta ɗauki laifi a layinta na 22-yard. Tare da sauran 5:51 da suka rage a wasan, 'yan Hokies suna matukar bukatar zira kwallaye cikin sauri da kuma samun hanyar karewa don samun damar yin nasara. Hokies sun ci gaba a ɓangaren farko na wannan buƙata kamar yadda Sean Glen'non ya sauya farkon saukarwa ta iska. Kansas ba ta da izinin wasa sama da tara yadudduka har zuwa ƙarshen tukin, yana tilasta Virginia Tech don amfani da lokaci mai mahimmanci. A wasan karshe na tuki, Sean Glennon ya haɗu a yajin yadi 20 zuwa Justin Harper don taɓawa. Sakamakon ya yanke jagorancin Kansas zuwa maki uku kawai, amma tare da mintuna uku kawai ya rage a wasan, dawowar Virginia Tech za ta kasance cikakke ne kawai idan Hokies za su iya murmure wani bugun da ke kan wuya. 4th Qtr Play-by-Play ESPN.com, January 3, 2008. 

Jud Dunlevy ta kori ƙwallon, wanda ke tafiya akan ƙa'idar 10 yadudduka, amma Kansas ya dawo da shi. Hokies, duk da rashin murmurewa harbin da aka yi, amma har yanzu suna da damar samun wani mummunan abu idan suka dakatar da laifin Kansas ba tare da na farko ba. Saboda Hokies suna da ragowar lokaci biyu, zasu iya tsayar da agogo bayan wasan Kansas guda biyu, don haka adana lokaci don wasan tsere na Virginia Tech. Hanyar 11 ta wuce ta Todd Reesing ta sanya Kansas a farkon ƙasa, duk da haka, kuma abubuwan da Jayhawks suka biyo baya sun ba Kansas damar fitar da agogo duk da lokacin da ake amfani da Virginia Tech. Kansas ta kiyaye jagoranta ta durƙusa a kan ball a cikin layin Virginia Tech 5-yadi a wasan karshe na wasan, kuma – 21 yayin da lokaci ya ƙure. 

 Statisticsididdigar ƙarshe 
+Kwatanta lissafi Team Statistics  "Team Statistics (Final)" Virginia Tech Sports Information Department, Hokiesports.com, January 4, 2008. KU VT 1st Downs 19 20 Jimlar Yarduna 344 306 Wuraren wucewa 249 177 Gudun Yarduna 95 135 Hukunci 5 – 70 4 – 27 3 Down Canji 6 – 17 7 – 17 Canji na 4 na Kasa 2 – 3 1 – 1 Masu juyawa 1 3 Lokacin Mallaka 33:47 26:13Kansas ' Aqib Talib an lasafta shi a matsayin Mafi Kyawun Dan wasa . Talib ta 60-yadi interception koma ga wani touchdown ya Orange kwano ta farko tun cikin shekarar 1968, Orange kwano, a lokacin da Oklahoma 's Bob Stephenson ya yi wan'nan feat. Charles Elmore, "Orange Bowl organizers get it right with Kansas" Palm Beach Post, January 4, 2008, p.  Lokacin da ya bayyana a filin wasa bayan wasan don karɓar kyautar sa, Talib ya ce, "Na ji kamar Deion!", Abin da ake nufi da tsohon tauraron NFL Deion Sanders . NFL draft looms for Talib Bryan Wheeler, University Daily Kansan, April 25, 2008. 

Teamsungiyoyin biyu sun gama da jimillar ƙididdiga irinta, kamar yadda ya dace da wasan kusa. Kungiyoyin biyu sun kasance tsakanin 38 jimlar yadudduka na juna; Kansas tana da 344 yadudduka da Virginia Tech suna da 306.  Wannan kusancin kusancin ya bayyana a cikin jimlar farko ta ƙungiyoyi kuma. Virginia Tech ta samu 20 farkon kasa: 10 gaggawa, takwas wucewa, kuma biyu ta hanyar hukunci. Kansas, yayin, ta sami 19 farkon sauka: biyar gaggawa, 13 wucewa, kuma daya ta hanyar hukunci. 

Fiye da kashi biyu bisa uku na laifin Kansas ya zo ta iska yayin da Jayhawks suka kori 249 net yadudduka wucewa. Hokies, a halin yanzu, sun sami kusan rabin laifin su a ƙasa.  Sakamakon ƙarshen dabarun mabanbanta ya kasance iri ɗaya, kodayake. Kansas ta sami nasarar sauya shida daga cikin 17 ƙoƙari na uku, yayin da Virginia Tech ta sauya bakwai daga cikin 17 yunkurin. Lokacin mallaka muhimmiyar hanya ce wacce take goyon bayan Kansas, kamar yadda Kansas ke sarrafa ƙwallo na 33:47, sama da minti 7 fiye da lokacin mallakar Virginia Tech na 26:13. 

Bambancin wasan ya fito ne daga ƙungiyoyi na musamman da masu sauyawa . Virginia Tech ta juya kwallon sau uku, yayin da Kansas ta juya kwallon sau daya tak. Kansas ta sauya abubuwanda take ɗauka uku zuwa 17 maki, ba wa Jayhawks babbar fa'ida a kan allo. Kamfanin Virginia Tech ya kasa canza ikonsa na dawowa cikin kowane maki. Drive Chart  "Drive Chart (Final)", Virginia Tech Sports Information Department, Hokiesports.com, January 4, 2008.

 Sanarwa na ilimin lissafi na Virginia Tech 
+Shugabanni daban-daban Individual Statistics (Final)  Hokiesports.com, January 4, 2008. Virginia Tech wucewa C / ATT Yds TD INT S. Glennon 13/28 160 1 2 T. Taylor 1/3 11 0 1 Gudun Fasaha ta Virginia Mota Yds TD LG B. Ore 23 116 1 14 K. Lewis 4 22 0 9 J. Morgan 1 3 0 3 Karbar Virginia Tech Rec Yds TD LG J. Harper 4 64 1 24 J. Morgan 3 30 0 13 G. Boone 2 44 0 37 E. Sarauta 1 11 0 11A kan laifi, Hokies sun ci gaba da kasancewa tare da Jayhawks, duk da rashin nasara. Tsarin kwata-kwata biyu wanda aka gabatar dashi sosai zuwa wasan ya watsar da yawa a farkon kwata bayan da aka kori ɗan wasa Tyrod Taylor a farkon biyun sa yana wasa kuma ya jefa kutse wanda aka dawo dashi don taɓawa yayin karo na biyu akan filin. Bayan wadancan bayyanannun wasannin biyu na farko-kwata, da wasa daya a farkon kwata na biyu, Taylor bai sake shiga wasan ba har sai da wasa daya ya yi rabin rabin zuwa na hudu. Play-by-Play Summary  Virginia Tech Sports Information Department, Hokiesports.com, January 4, 2007. Tare da cire Taylor da yawa daga wasan, an bar ƙaramin Sean Glennon don cike gibin. Glennon yana da cikakkiyar nasara, idan ba mai ban mamaki ba, ya kammala 13 na 28 ya wuce na 160 yadudduka da taɓawa.  Glennon yayi gwagwarmaya a wasu lokuta akan kariyar Jayhawks, amma, ya jefa maganganu guda biyu wanda ya haifar da 10 Kansas maki. 

Tare da Glennon a bayan cibiyar, laifin Virginia Tech yayi amfani da masu karɓa daban-daban da yawa a cikin wasan wucewa. 'Yan wasa takwas daban-daban sun kama aƙalla sau ɗaya, kuma babban mai karɓar, Justin Harper, ya shigo cikin huɗu kama 64 yadudduka da taɓawa.  Mai karɓar Josh Morgan, a halin yanzu, ya kama uku ya wuce, ya kawo shi 122 tarba don aikinsa, wucewa Antonio Freeman don matsayi na biyu duk lokaci a Virginia Tech.  Ernest Wilford ya kasance na farko a cikin littafin rikodin Virginia Tech, tare da 126 liyafar 

Hokies sun ɗan fi ƙarfin saurin ƙwallon. A cikin wasan ƙasa, 'yan wasa daban-daban guda bakwai sun ɗauki ƙwallo aƙalla sau ɗaya, ragar 135 gudu yadi. Branden Ore ya gama wasan da 116 yadudduka,  yana jagorantar dukkan masu hanzari a duka ƙungiyoyin biyu. Wannan jimlar ta sanya shi takwas kawai yadudduka gajere na lokacin yadi-yadi 1,000 na madaidaici. Jimlar Ore ta fi ban sha'awa yayin da mutum ya ɗauka an dakatar da shi a duk farkon zangon wasan, wurin da ya samu ta hanyar rusher rusher Kenny Lewis, Jr. Lewis ya gama wasan tare da ɗaukar kaya huɗu don 22 yadudduka,  kuma bai ga aiki da yawa ba bayan Ore ya shiga wasan a farkon na biyu kwata. 

A kan ƙungiyoyi na musamman, Hokies suna da manyan matsayi da ƙasa. Justin Harper's 84-yard punt-back touchdown ya haifar da zanga-zangar Virginia Tech wanda ya kawo Hokies a cikin nesa mai nisa, amma rashin nasara a kan ƙungiyoyi na musam'man ma ya ƙare taron kuma ya juya yanayin wasan da Virginia Tech. Kicker Jud Dunlevy ya kasance dan wasa na uku mafi dacewa a cikin kasar da ke shiga cikin Orange Bowl, bayan ya buge 21 daga cikin 24 yunƙurin burin filin a lokacin kakar Ya kawai buƙatar ƙwallaye biyu a filin ne don karya tarihin Tech na mafi yawan burin a fagen kakar, wanda Shayne Graham ya kafa a 22 a 1998. Kodayake Dunlevy ta sami dama biyu a raga, ɗayan ya faɗi ƙasa kuma ɗayar ta toshe.

A kan tsaro, 'yan Hokies sun kasance masu jagorancin layin Vince Hall, wanda ya yi rikodin gwagwarmaya guda bakwai, daya ya taimaka wajan shawo kan matsalar, da fasinja guda daya.  Mai tsaron bayan Hokies Orion Martin shima yana da babban wasa, yana yin rikodin wasanni guda shida, daya ya taimaka, kuma biyu buhunan Kansas quarterback Todd Reesing. Sauran 'yan wasan tsaron biyu sun yi rikodin buhu ɗaya, kuma DJ Parker ya rubuta rikodin Hokies kawai a kan tsaro. 

 Sake dawo da ilimin lissafi na Kansas 
+Shugabanni daban-daban  Shigewar Kansas C / ATT Yds TD INT T. Reesing 20/37 227 1 1 Kansas Rushing Mota Yds TD LG B. McAnderson 15 75 0 28 J. Sharp 9 33 0 9 Karban Kansas Rec Yds TD LG D. Yankuna 7 101 0 37 J. Sharp 4 30 0 18 K. Meier 4 44 0 15 M. Henry 2 24 1 15 D. Briscoe 2 20 0 14A kan laifi, Jayhawks ya rubuta jimlar 344 yadudduka, 249 na abin da ya zo ta cikin iska. Quarterback Todd Reesing shine babban mai ba da gudummawa ga harin saman Kansas, ya kammala 20 na 37 ya wuce don 227 yadudduka da kuma kawai tsoma baki.  Kadai sauran dan wasan Kansas da ke yin rikodin yadudduka yana gudu baya Brandon McAnderson, wanda ya jefa fasalin farko na 22 a lokacin da ake buga karya.  Kodayake yana cikin matsin lamba saboda yawancin wasan, an kori Reesing sau huɗu, Kansas ta ci gaba da ci gaba da ci gaba da kai hari cikin wasan. 

Masu karɓa daban-daban guda takwas sun kama aƙalla sau ɗaya, tare da Dexton Fields ke jagorantar duk masu karɓar a cikin wasan tare da bakwai kama 101 yadudduka.  Dukkan jumullar sune alamun da aka samu a cikin wasan daga kowace ƙungiya. Eldsungiyoyi kuma sun kasance masu karɓar wasan da aka ɗaura don wasan mafi tsayi na wasan, yadi-yadi na 37 ya tashi daga Reesing rabi zuwa zango na uku.  Cornerback da wasan MVP Aqib Talib sun shigo wasan a matsayin mai karba sau da yawa, amma saboda fitowar sa a wasan irin wannan lamari ne da ba a saba gani ba, tsaron Virginia Tech ya sami damar zubewa a kansa kuma ya hana shi kama kwallon. 

Wasannin Jayhawks na ƙasa ba shi da tasiri fiye da laifinsu, amma har yanzu suna samun nasara a kan tsauraran matakan tsaro na Virginia Tech. Gudun baya Brandon McAnderson, Kansas mai saurin gudu, ya gama wasan tare da 15 daukawa na 75 yadudduka. Jake Sharp yana dawo da sauri sau tara don 33 yadudduka, gami da manyan maɓallan farko-ƙasa. 

Kamar yadda nasara kamar yadda laifin Kansas ya kasance, ƙungiyar Jayhawks ce ta musamman (ta doke kocin Virginia Tech Frank Beamer a nasa wasan) wanda ya basu nasarar. Kansas ta toshe wata manufa ta Virginia Tech, kuma ta sa dan wasan kwallon kafa Jud Dunlevy ya rasa wani gajeren. Kansas punter Kyle Tucker ya yi aiki mai kyau wanda ya sanya Virginia Tech a cikin ƙarshen filin, yana buga ƙwallo sau biyar don jimlar 250 yadudduka, matsakaita 50 yadudduka punt. Kwancen da ya fi tsayi, bugun yadi-62, na ɗaya daga cikin fati uku da aka saukar a cikin layin 20-Tech. 

Kariyar Kansas, wacce ba a san tana cikin wasa ba, ta yi rawar gani, yayin da MVP Aqib Talib ya kam'mala wasan da biyar magance abubuwa ban da tsangwama ya dawo don taɓawa. Defensive Statistics (Final)  Virginia Tech Sports Information Department, Hokiesports.com, January 4, 2008. Jayhawks wanda ya jagoranci fafatawa shine Mike Rivera, wanda ya sami 12 magance, ciki har da ɗaya buan na baya Sean Glennon. Gabaɗaya, Jayhawks ya kori Virginia Tech's kwata-kwata sau biyar, gami da buhu biyu akan buɗe wasan. 

 Tasirin Postgame 
Nasarar Kansas a cikin 2008 Orange Bowl tana da tasiri mai yawa ga Virginia Tech da Kansas da kuma kungiyoyin kwallon kafa na kwaleji a duk faɗin ƙasar. Nasarar ta ba Kansas damar kammala lokacin 2007 tare da rikodin ƙarshe na 12 – 1, yayin da asarar ta kawo Virginia Tech zuwa rikodin ƙarshe na 11 – 3. Wasan kansa ya ba da dubunnan miliyoyin dal oli na tasirin tattalin arziki ga yankin Kudancin Florida, wanda ya jawo dubun dubatar baƙi daga Virginia da Kansas. Orange Changeup Sarah Talalay, Sun-Sentinel.com, December 4, 2007.  A Kansas, sanduna da wuraren sayar da giya sun ci gajiyar wasan, yayin da magoya bayan Jayhawks suka tara abinci da barasa don wasan. 

Fada a kan wasa tsakanin gwamnonin Kansas da Virginia an warware shi lokacin da Gwamnan Virginia Tim Kaine ya aika wata Virginia ta sha sigari zuwa babban birnin jihar Kansas. Governor Kaine Sends Virginia Ham to Kansas Governor Sebelius Virginia.gov, January 7, 2008.  Idan da ace Virginia Tech tayi nasara, gwamnan Kansas Kathleen Sebelius zai aikawa Kaine da sankarar naman sa na Kansas. Kaine loses friendly wager over Tech's Orange Bowl loss  The Associated Press, NBC 29, January 4, 2008.

 Virginia Tech 
The Hokies' loss to Kansas lowered its bowl winning percentage since 1993 to 40 percent. In the 15 bowl games played between the 1993 Independence Bowl and the 2008 Orange Bowl, the Hokies amassed a record of six wins and nine losses. Despite the loss to the Jayhawks and the loss of several graduating players, Virginia Tech was a popular pick to repeat as ACC champions heading into the off-season. The seniors who graduated following the Orange Bowl game were the winningest team in Virginia Tech history, becoming one of just three teams in Division I to win at least 10 games each of the previous four years. Junior Sean Glennon's second consecutive failure to win a bowl game, however, re-opened the question of whether he or Tyrod Taylor would be the Hokies' starter at quarterback in 2008.

 Kansas 
Nasarar Kansas akan Virginia Tech shine nasarar Jayhawks karo na biyar kuma shine na 11 wasan kwano a tarihin kungiyar kwallon kafa ta Kansas Jayhawks. Saboda yanayin da ba tsam'mani na nasarar Jayhawks, wasu masanan sun yi shelar 2008 Orange Bowl a matsayin matsayi a cikin manyan nasarorin wasanni na Kansas kowane lokaci.  Wasan ya biya $ 17 miliyan zuwa Babban Taron na 12 kuma ya taimaka wajen haɓaka matsayin teamungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa ta Kansas da martaba ta ƙasa tsakanin masu son ɗaukar sabbin ma'aikata. "Local scoreboard", Charleston Daily Mail, January 3, 2008, p. 2B. A lot of money on the line during bowl season  Graham Watson, The Deseret News, December 16, 2007. "Kansas Jayhawks", John E. Hoover, McClatchy-Tribune Business News, July 23, 2008. Bugu da kari, shirin ya ga karuwar sayar da tikiti a cikin shekarun kai tsaye bayan bayyanar kwano. KU football ticket sales down about $6 million per year; some question whether $300 million in new facilities will help Chad Lawhorn, Lawrence Journal-World, May 6, 2018.  Watanni biyu bayan nasarar kungiyar kwallon kafa ta Orange Bowl, kungiyar kwallon kwando ta maza ta lashe Gasar Kasa inda ta zama makaranta ta biyu da ta ci wasan BCS Bowl da kuma Gasar Kasa a wasan kwallon kwando a shekarar makaranta guda. Bugu da ƙari nasara 49 da aka haɗo daga ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa da ƙungiyar ƙwallon kwando sun kasance mafi nasarar da aka samu a tarihin NCAA daga ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa da ta kwando ta maza. 

 2008 NFL Draft 
The 2008 Orange Bowl provided an excellent national platform for players from both Kansas and Virginia Tech to impress National Football League scouts prior to the 2008 NFL Draft, held April 26 and April 27, 2008. Virginia Tech cornerback Brandon Flowers was one of the first Orange Bowl participants to announce his intent to enter the draft following the game. Flowers, a redshirt junior, finished the season with five interceptions.

Two Kansas players announced that they would leave early for the NFL. Aqib Talib, the game's MVP, and All-American Anthony Collins announced they would enter the 2008 draft, capitalizing on their successful season. In total, twelve players from that game were drafted, eight from Virginia Tech and four from Kansas.

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