Live Blog | The Chick-fil-A Bowl
Moderated by Chris Graham
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Join ACCVirginia.com in a Live Blog during the 2009 Chick-fil-A Bowl featuring Virginia Tech (9-3) and Tennessee (7-5).
The game is being broadcast nationally on ESPN at 7:30 p.m.
Editor Chris Graham will offer commentary and analysis during the game. Please feel free to join in with your thoughts and observations.
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Ryan Williams 1-yard TD run, Tech takes 7-0 first-quarter lead.
Classic Virginia Tech football. Create a turnover, play the short field, take advantage early.
Lane Kiffin is learning the hard way.
Someone on Facebook just called Williams “Little Sweetness.” What. Evs. Can we hold off comparing him to the greatest RB ever for a bit. Yeah, he’s damned good but, come on.
Brock: Is it OK if we call you “Little Sweetness”???
Good god, no.
I don’t blame Brock for taking issue with the comparison to Walter Payton. I like Ryan Williams, but he’s a freshman.
He’d do very well in the NFL under a Ron Turner run offense. (OK, I couldn’t type that with a straight face.)
Ditka. Ditka would know how to use him.
Ryan Williams 2-yard run, Virginia Tech 14-0.
Another short field – this drive started on the UT side of the 50.
People think of BeamerBall as being blocked kicks. BeamerBall is setting up the offense with short fields.
The white balance seems off on the Chick-fil-A scholarship commercial. That, and it’s way, way out of focus. Other than that, and the fact that the camera didn’t need to be tightly focused to the point where we could see the nosehairs of the scholarship recipients, it was a nice commercial.
Yo, #95, it’s only impressive if you actually tackle the guy.
Absolutely f*** classless for Tennessee to go to the lockerroom when they knew this would be reviewed. Ridiculous.
Virginia Tech alum Crystal Graham just let out a torrent of, um, ahem, blue words regarding the tactic of Tennessee to leave the field prior to the end of the first half.
The torrent included a number of versions of the word that I employ most readily whenever I watch Duke play basketball.
The paint on the walls of our living room is blistered.
Half-Tech 17, Tennessee 14
Tech dominated the half, but three big plays have UT in the game.
This is my first time watching Tennessee in depth this year. I am less than impressed with Lane Kiffin’s playcalling. (And I’m being charitable there.) Absent the big plays, this game is a rout.
The move to send his team to the locker room after the long pass play just before the half was classless. I think we’re getting a sense of why the SEC is annoyed with Kiffin. (Sorry, Lane, it’s not because you’re as good as you think you are. It’s because you’re a pandering twit.)
Late fourth: Virginia Tech 37, Tennessee 14
From above – “Absent the big plays, this game is a rout.”
No big plays for UT in the second half. Now the game is a rout.
This matchup made sense from a fan-base standpoint. In terms of talent, though, this was an obvious mismatch.
Chris: Aren’t big plays part of the game? Absent VT scoring, UT wins hands down. That’s saying about the same thing as you’re saying.
You’re right on the talent mis-match, although, I think it’s more of a depth issue than a talent issue. The players UT has have plenty of talent, but there just aren’t enough of them. VT is playing with a full roster, while UT is playing with only 62 scholarship players.
As far as heading for the locker room, the clock read zero. Yes, they reviewed it and added 2 seconds, but they shouldn’t have. The reason I say that (and it goes the same for the Texas/Nebraska game) is that 2 seconds run off the clock after ever play that stops it. If you don’t believe it, just pick any game you may have on your DVR and check it out. They never go back and add those seconds back in, nor do they reset the clock when it starts running and they stop the play with a deadball flag. If they’re not going to do it every time, they shouldn’t ever do it. That’s my only point. They only put those seconds back on the clock when it’s the end of a half and a team is in FG range. I heard about them doing it at the end of the TX/Neb game, but this game is the first time I’ve ever actually witnessed it. Somebody needs to understand that the clock doesn’t stop when the players knee goes down, it stops when the official signals it to stop. I’ve seen some high school games where the home team gets the benefit of the clock operator’s hair-trigger when they need the time, and the clock seems to anticipate the need to stop.
Tech called a time out with 2 seconds left in the 2nd quarter that ended the play, great clock management by Beamer and his staff…