2008 Orange Bowl
The 2008 FedEx Orange Bowl was a post-season college football bowl game between the Virginia Tech Hokies and the Kansas Jayhawks on January 3, 2008, at Dolphin Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. Spread bettors favored Virginia Tech by three points, but in a game dominated by defensive and special teams play, Kansas defeated Virginia Tech 24–21. The game was part of the 2007–2008 Bowl Championship Series (BCS) of the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season and was the concluding game of the season for both teams. This 74th edition of the Orange Bowl was televised in the United States on FOX and was watched by more than eight million viewers.
2007–08 NCAA football bowl games
This was the second-to-last Cotton Bowl Classic to be played at the namesake stadium in Dallas, Texas; the game will move to nearby Cowboys Stadium in Arlington beginning 2010.The Big 12's Texas Tech University Red Raiders defeated the ACC's University of Virginia Cavaliers, 31-28, in the Konica Minolta Gator Bowl at Jacksonville, Florida's Municipal Stadium on January 1. Alex Trlica kicked the game-winning 41-yard field goal with :07 left in the game. The kick capped off a 17-point burst by Texas Tech in the final 3:31 to come from behind. Red Raiders quarterback Graham Harrell completed 44 out of 69 passes for 407 yards and three touchdowns. Cavaliers running back Mikell Simpson scored on a 96-yard touchdown run, the longest run in NCAA bowl history, in the losing effort. A $5.5 million payout awaited both participating conferences. Konica Minolta replaced Toyota as title sponsor as of this game.In his final game, head coach Lloyd Carr's University of Michigan Wolverines of the Big Ten upset the University of Florida Gators led by Heisman Trophy winning sophomore quarterback Tim Tebow, 41–35 at the Capital One Bowl on January 1. The game was the second bowl contest held at the Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Florida during the 2007–08 bowl season. The participating conferences received the largest payout of any non-BCS game at $4.25 million per conference.