Posted on 01/05/2012 4:43:18 AM PST by MontaniSemperLiberi
After rumbling 99 yards for a touchdown on a fumble recovery in the second quarter, West Virginia safety Darwin Cook banged into Obie, the Orange Bowl mascot, sending them both tumbling to the ground.
That was more resistance than any Clemson tacklers offered Wednesday night.
In a scintillating display of offense while at the same time humiliating showing on defense, the No. 23 Mountaineers crushed the No. 15 Tigers 70-33 in the Orange Bowl at Sun Life Stadium.
There's not enough room here to list all the records West Virginia set. The most amazing was breaking the mark for most points scored in a bowl game. Any bowl game. In college football history.
"I'd be lying if I thought we could come out and score 70," said West Virginia junior quarterback Geno Smith after earning the game’s Most Outstanding Player and saying he won't skip his senior season for the NFL. "But with our offense you never know what can happen."
Smith, from nearby Miramar, Fla., completed 31 of 42 passes for 401 yards and six touchdowns. Both the yards and TDs established new Orange Bowl records. The prior owners? Tom Brady (369 yards in 2000) and Matt Leinart (five touchdowns in 2005).
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For right now, UConn is still is in the Big East, but I post this with cauton, for things could change.
Was it Pitt and Syracuse that left? I’m sorry. My mistake.
Pitt and Syracuse left to go to the ACC.
>>The 3 being lost are Pitt & UConn to the ACC and WVA to the B12.
Pitt and Syracuse to the ACC, not UConn (yet).
My mistake. Sorry. Too bad. Our teams won’t get to see 3 feet of November snow any more surrounding a football stadium. :>)
No problem. UConn might still bolt, which would upset me as a UConn alum.
I miss those Cincy battles when Huggins was the coach. And Pitt will be missed in basketball, and I really can’t imagine not playing Syracuse.
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