This
is the way you draw it up, and this is what Hokie fans have been looking for.
The Hokies prepared hard for this game, had a great game plan, and executed
crisply on their way to an easy win. From start to finish, Virginia Tech was
clearly the superior team, and they knew it and acted like it. You would be hard
pressed to find a better bowl performance than this one.
The Hokies entered this game with a gaggle of monkeys lounging on their
backs. You heard them all: Tech had lost four straight to SEC teams, was 0-2 in
Atlanta this year, hadn't won two bowl games in a row under Frank Beamer, hadn't
won in a Dome since 2000 at Syracuse, etc., etc. History weighed heavily on the
Hokies.