Kansas Survives To Beat Hokies

Mark Mangino is pissed. He came all the way to Florida thinking he could win a giant bowl full of oranges — the man is hungry! — and all he got was a stinking trophy.

Lame fat guy jokes aside, the Jayhawks won their first BCS bowl last beat, beating Virginia Tech 24-21 in the Orange Bowl. I’m sure I wasn”t alone in thinking Kansas was going to get its butt kicked in yet another BCS blowout, but instead we got a low-scoring game dominated by defense.

Or was it dominated by a lack of offense?

If the Hokies hadn’t tuned the ball over so many times and maybe run the ball a little more, the outcome of this game would surely have been different. The Jayhawks were pretty much stymied on offense and managed just a couple decent drives. The height of ineptitude came in the third quarter when they reached the VT one-yard line and then got backed up 30 yards on penalties. And then Todd Reesing threw an interception.

So congratulations on a 12-1 season and enjoy the free oranges, but let’s not go thinking Kansas is somehow a national powerhouse all of a sudden. Mangino is definitely not lobbying for a playoff system anytime soon.

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