Thursday, January 5, 2012

Orange you glad it's over?

Last night, the Mountaineers of West By God, turned the Orange Bowl into a cake walk. WVU set quite a few records last night, thanks to the high-octane coal powered offense that has been lighting up scoreboards this season. Clemson, who was an early season BCS hopeful, turned out to be little more than an also ran.
The Tigers, also capable of flashing the bulbs, started off quick, and after being matched score for score by the Mountaineers, took a 3 point advantage going into the 2nd quarter. But then the onslaught of mountain madness was upon them, and the 'Eers got the Tiger's by the tail, and smacked em' against the wall...a lot.
Geno Smith connected with Tavon Austin, both who set records with 6 TD passes(Smith) and 4 TD receptions(Austin), for a 27 yard score.
Just when it looked as if Clemson was going to match them with a score on the very next drive, Clemson seemed to have gotten in the endzone to retake the lead. However, as video replay helped determine, the ball popped out at the goal line, and WVU's Darwin Cook picked it up and scampered for a 99 yard score.
That's the point of the game when the flood gates opened up, and all Clemson could do was hold their noses shut, and hope to surface at some point.
That truly is the back-breaker for the Tigers in this one. Everything came to a grinding halt after this deflation. Until that series of bizarre events transpired, Clemson had been moving the ball as they pleased down the field, like a well oiled Roman Legion. Like Rome, however, they would fall.
 Thanks to the 70 points poured on by WVU, matched by the 33 tallied up by Clemson, this was the highest scoring bowl game in history.
So there you go BCS fans, you have had your fill of wild west shootouts. Hopefully, that will be enough to tie you over while you watch two teams who actually play defense, play for the national championship.

Quick underlying topics-
This was Clemson's first 'meaningful' bowl appearance in 30 years. But, don't tell Rich Brooks that.
I am fairly certain that a good number of sitting- apparatuses  probably met their doom via combustion in Morgantown.
This game sort of serves as redemption for the Big East, who caught flack for being an automatic-qualifier in the BCS mess with what was considered a horrible season filled with horrible teams. Too bad WVU is leaving it.
And, we are sorry, but when a WVU fan makes one of those annoying 'Go 'Eers' signs, only to have it sabotaged by a quick thinking rival with the letters 'Q' and 'U' strategically placed in front of said message of support, it will never cease to be funny.

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