Orange Bowl Liveblog: Second Half

AJ checking in from the state of Iowa, where we just had the caucuses and okay you don't care about politics.

- Ha-YUUUGE fake punt from Kansas to keep their drive alive, as Virginia Tech is within a field goal and had all the momentum in the second half.

- Fumble near the goal line, he may have been down... and a personal foul? And now a holding call? Good heavens, even Roy Riegels is wondering if they know which direction to take the ball.

- And now an interception by Tech! Mangino is probably mad enough to eat a horse.

- We're at the end of the third quarter, and Virginia Tech is out of the shadow of their own end zone. If Kansas lets the Hokies put points on the board here, the lineman who committed that personal foul penalty near the goal line should find a safe house and lay low for a while, because Mangino may want to murder him.

- Three and out for Kansas, including two big hits on Reesing as he tried to scramble for yards quite unsuccessfully. The punt goes to the 9-yard line, so we get to see Sean Glennon try to guide the Virginia Tech offense on a sustained drive. This should be amusing.

- Glennon tosses a lob into double coverage, and to the surprise of nobody, Kansas picks it off and takes it back inside Virginia Tech's 5. This may be over very soon.

- Indeed. Six points for Reesing on the keeper, and it's 24-14. What's more fun than watching an aerially deficient offense? Watching an aerially deficient offense that's down by 10 in the fourth! I'd say the probability that Glennon throws another interception is right around, oh, 70,000%.
- Kenny Albert brings up a good point: Glennon threw three picks in last year's Chick-Fil-A Bowl, then after a regular season with only three interceptions all year, he's thrown two more today. Sean Glennon: A real-life Footsteps Falco!

- Tyrod Taylor relieves Glennon, and he's shaken up on his first play. Glennon dutifully trots out to replace Taylor... and he's sacked immediately. Do you suppose this offense has any confidence in Glennon at all?

- Virginia Tech fails to convert, which is so obvious that it scarcely merits mention; I may as well mention that gravity failed to reverse just now, and we have not hurtled off the face of the earth. The Hokies have zero chance of winning without some serious mental breakdowns by Kansas.

- Vince Hall registers a near-miraculous stop, but not after the KU offense drives for 50 yards down to the VT 23-yard line. And the Jayhawks are... going for it? Really?

- And the 4th down lob into double coverage somehow fails, so Virginia Tech takes over on downs. Wouldn't, um, anything have been better than trying to throw the ball 20 yards, Kansas?

- Sean Glennon is looking positively "competent at times" on this hurry-up drive, which is probably the nicest way to describe any of his play tonight. They're into KU territory and near field goal range. Does Tech actually have a chance after all? (no.)

- The Hokies are going with the old "take what the defense gives you standpoint, taking zero shots at big yardage and dinking their way down the fi---and as if specifically designed to make me look like an idiot, Glennon throws for the end zone (into the most passive, useless triple coverage ever) and hits Harper in the end zone to make the score 24-21. Drama!

- The onside kick, as they so often do, fails. KU takes the ball in Hokie territory, and they probably won't be giving the ball up again.

- It probably goes without saying, but this "Jumper-scope" cross-promotional replay bit is absolutely worthless.

- This 4th quarter run defense for Virginia Tech has been, um, lacking. McAnderson runs for another first down, and the Hokies cannot stop the clock. You can safely switch channels now (but don't stop reading the liveblog! Support AOL's sponsors! We demand your fealty!)

- There's not enough Gatorade on earth to sufficiently soak Mark Mangino. The Jayhawks decide not to try.

- That's game, folks. 24-21 with the ball resting comfortably on the VT 1-yard line. Ta ta.