The weather in Charlotte, North Carolina was anything but spectacular with temperatures below freezing and a mix of rain and snow. The Florida State's defense wasn't much better. Actually, neither team's defense played fabulous, the Hokies just seemed to make more big plays when needed. Christian Ponder was sidelined in his only ACC Championship Game appearance in his career due to an elbow injury that has existed the entire second half of the season. Instead, E.J Manuel made is sixth start of his young career and played a pretty decent game. Manuel threw for 288 yards with 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions. The Florida State rushing game managed to gain only 53 rushing yards in comparrison to the 179 rushing yards put up by the Virginia Tech offense.
In front of over 72,000 fans, the Hokie offense was just too strong for the Florida State defense as they managed to score 44 points and defeat the Seminoles 44-33. The Hokies started the season 0-2 after suffering losses to Boise State and FCS opponent James Madison. However, after a streak of 10 wins, Virginia Tech managed to finish the season with a 10-2 record. That record improved Saturday night when the Hokies picked up their 11th victory this season and were crowned Atlantic Coast Conference Champions.
Virginia Tech will Stanford in the Orange Bowl on January 3rd, whereas the Seminoles will play in Atlanta on December 31st at the Chik-Fil-A Bowl against the South Carolina Gamecocks. Stay tuned for a preview of that game along with predictions for all the ACC bowl games this season.
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