2008 Orange Bowl
In the wake of the Hokies's defeat, Virginia Tech chose to start a new quarterback and a new offensive plan. Behind freshman Tyrod Taylor, the Hokies rolled to five straight victories, including a win over No. 22 Clemson by 18 points. During the winning streak, Sean Glennon, who had started at quarterback for the Hokies during the first two games of the season, returned to alternate possessions with Taylor in an unusual two-quarterback system. On October 25, the Hokies had a chance to make up for their early-season loss to LSU when they faced No. 2 Boston College on a Thursday night in Blacksburg, Virginia. Though the Hokies dominated for most of the game, Boston College quarterback Matt Ryan managed a late-game comeback to win the game 14–10 with 11 seconds remaining.
2007–08 NCAA football bowl games
The Trojans were Pac-10 champions for the 6th straight year, overcoming an upset loss by Stanford in October at home as a 40-point favorite. Meanwhile, the Fighting Illini finished as the only other team from the Big Ten in the regular season Top 14 BCS rankings. After they beat Ohio State University Buckeyes in one of the biggest upsets of the regular season, Illinois finished in second place in the Big Ten, and qualified for the Rose Bowl after the conference champion Buckeyes earned a berth in the BCS National Championship Game.The Allstate Sugar Bowl on January 1, the second bowl contest played at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, pitted the University of Hawaii at Manoa Warriors against the University of Georgia Bulldogs. The Warriors completed an unbeaten regular season with the "run and shoot offense" of head coach June Jones, clinching the WAC championship. The Bulldogs finished with a 10–2 overall record, tied for first place in the SEC Eastern Division (UGA did not qualify for the SEC Championship Game, however, because they lost a head-to-head tiebreaker to the Tennessee Volunteers). UGA took advantage of errors by Hawaii en route to an easy 41–10 victory. Almost a week later, Jones resigned to take the job at Southern Methodist University.The Tosititos Fiesta Bowl was played at Glendale, Arizona's University of Phoenix Stadium on January 2, 2008. The West Virginia University Mountaineers upset the Big 12 champion University of Oklahoma Sooners, 48–28.