Date: January 3, 2011
Venue: Sun Life Stadium, Miami, Florida
Time: 8:00 PM ET
Coverage: ESPN
Teams: Stanford (11-1, 8-1 PAC-10) vs Virginia Tech (11-2, 8-0 ACC)
The Orange Bowl is an annual American college football bowl game played at Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. It is officially known as the Discover Orange Bowl; Discover Financial was announced as the new sponsor on August 26, 2010 as part of a new four year agreement.The Orange Bowl has been played annually since January 1, 1935 and celebrated its 75th playing on January 1, 2009. The game was officially called the FedEx Orange Bowl from 1989 to 2010, as FedEx sponsored the event during that period. The Orange Bowl, along with the Sugar Bowl and the Sun Bowl, are the second-oldest bowl games in the country, behind the Rose Bowl (first played 1902, played annually since 1916). The Orange Bowl is a member of the Bowl Championship Series.
ACC champion Virginia Tech, which became the first FBS program to win 11 straight games after starting the season 0-2, will face a Stanford program that believes it is the best one-loss team in the country and has made its case with three shutouts and a Heisman contending quarterback in Andrew Luck.
Here we can indlude some statistics of both teams. Is important to check this stats because despite a team have good numbers it does not mean that another team from another division (with less efficient numbers) could not win against the “good team”. Here are the stats for both of the teams in order to analyze them.
Stanford
Win-Lose: 11-1
Average Points: 40.8
Average Points Allowed: 17.8
Home Record: 6-0
Road Record: 5-1
Division Record: 8-1
Conference Record: 8-1
Virginia Tech
Win-Lose: 11-2
Average Points: 35.5
Average Points Allowed: 19.1
Home Record: 7-2
Road Record: 4-0
Division Record: 5-0
Conference Record: 8-0
Is also important to have a good idea of the performance of the key players of each team. Bellow there is a complete report of such performance which is useful to decide what team is in a better position to win the game.
Stanford Leaders
Passing: Luck – 245-349, 3051 yds, 28 tds
Rushing: Taylor – 210 car, 1023 yds, 15 tds
Receiving: Baldwin – 56 rec, 824 yds, 9 tds
Virginia Tech Leaders
Passing: Taylor – 172-284, 2521 yds, 23 tds
Rushing: Evans – 139 car, 817 yds, 11 tds
Receiving: Boykin – 48 rec, 763 yds, 6 tds
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