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Get Scouted Scouting CareersPerfect Football Was Played in the Orange Bowl
Frankly, I found it unbelievable. What Stanford did to Virginia Tech in the second half of the 2011 Orange Bowl could easily be called the Massacre in Miami. Although the first half seemed even, at least on the scoreboard, there were hints that the Cardinal had the upper hand.
If you’ve seen the Hokies play any of their final eleven games this season, you knew they were struggling on both sides of the ball. It was not a Tech-type first half. Their speed was being negated at every position. They were being beat off the snap. Things just weren’t as smooth as usual and there was a very good reason for it, too. First, they weren’t playing another ACC lap child. Second, and more significantly, Stanford was about to kick their be-hinds in a very big way. Yep, the first half was only a warm-up to what would go down as one of the most humbling experiences you will ever see a Frank Beamer team go through.
From the outset of the second half, the Hokies looked as if they were in slow motion compared to the Cardinals’ overdrive gear. It was no contest. Long runs were made with no one touching the ball carrier until 20 yards downfield. Pass plays happened where the receivers were so open it was startling. On defense, quarterback sacks and tackles behind the line of scrimmage were made play after play. Really, after the first five minutes there was not a moment in time in the second half when anyone sitting in the stadium, standing on the sidelines or watching from home or in a sports bar who honestly gave Virginia Tech even a slight chance of taking over the game. It was over. And Stanford had a guy going both ways!
There were stars dressed out in cardinal and white, to be sure, but even the high-profile players had to acknowledge the sublime homework turned in by the the Stanford support players in this superb exhibit of perfect football. This was a butt-whupping which required an entire team effort. You have to give it to the team, their coaches and especially to their head coach, Jim Harbaugh, for putting together 30 of the finest minutes of college football perhaps ever played. It was wonderous.
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