The Secret Password Is "Gator Bowl"

Tonight's Gator Bowl marked the end of a somewhat tumultuous Virginia Tech football season. I have to admit that the depression that engulfed me in the middle of the ACC Championship game returned for the first half of the bowl, and it seemed like the same Tech team that lost to Florida State showed up to play in the first half today. However, I think we finally started playing up to our potential in the fourth quarter, and everything finally started rolling our way.

Like Coach Beamer, I want to just plain forget about the first half, from the bad officiating to the unnecessary Jimmy Williams ejection to the infamous "Marcus stomp" incident that's gotten so many people riled up. I think that Vick has a lot of learning and maturing to do next year, both on and off the field, and I certainly don't condone behavior like that. Whether it was intentional or not, and whether Marcus' forced apology to Dumerville seemed sincere or not, is somewhat moot now. I just like to think of the Hokies as a classy team, and hopefully by next year all of our players will learn to display that class at all times.

With all of that craziness aside, this win felt really, really good. The senior class deserved a season-ender like this. And of course, It made me happy to see another Jeff King touchdown. Now we can look forward to watching what will hopefully be another promising football season, as well as seeing where some of our seniors will end up in the NFL.