Orange Bowl Eye in the Sky part III:

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At the risk of cowtailing anything any further, yah, it’s still true, Stanford beat the physical stuffing out of the toughest A.C.C. football team down in the Orange Bowl just over a month ago. That has not changed. What (did) change in my analysis was seeing how pitiful our basics were upon further (film-study) review. […] READ MORE


Orange Bowl Eye in the Sky part II:

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Recall that as the second-half tipped off and opened for business, that this was nearly a dead heat. Stanford 13 Virginia Tech 12 That’s a one point game; even if Virginia Tech would have to wait precisely seven more months until playing Appalachian State on o9.o3 to score again. Last time I checked a one […] READ MORE


Your Orange Bowl Eye in the Sky part I:

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As Pittsburgh Stiller De Dwight White once told reporters after Earl Campbell and the Houston Oiler’s trucked the much vaunted  and downright dynastic -not too mention physically tough as they come- Steel Curtain defense way back in 1979: “It wasn’t one of our better nights.” -Dwight White- Yup. Bingo that. As I’ve not seen a […] READ MORE


2011 Orange Bowl preview: Stanford vs. Virginia Tech!

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#4 Stanford vs. #13 Virginia Tech: 2011 Orange Bowl: Monday, 03 January, 8pm on ESPN Vegas Line: Stanford-3.5, O/U=57.5, $-Line: Stanford-175, VT+155 Several post-season pundits have anointed this as the best bowl match-up of this years bowl season -at least on paper- and I for one am more and less inclined to agree here in […] READ MORE