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.

True enough, Boston College tried hard to lose to Virginia Tech. The Eagles offense looked spectacularly craptastic against the Hokies defense in the Blacksburg rain, and the defense allowed 10 points. But in the final four minutes quarterback Matt Ryan put BC on his shoulders and drove the team 92 yards for a touchdown, then after recovering an onside kick it was Ryan completed five more passes, including a 24-yard toss to Andre Callender for the game-winning touchdown.

So is that it? If the #2 team can win on the road does that mean the curse of the top 10 is over? Or does this increase the chances that #1 Ohio State will get toppled by #25 Penn State on Saturday night?

One thing is for sure: Matt Ryan just increased his chances of getting of getting drafted by the Dolphins next spring.