Bowl Preview: FedEx Orange Bowl

FedEx Orange Bowl
Land Shark Stadium, Somewhere in the hell that is South Florida
Iowa vs. Georgia Tech
Date: Jan. 5
Time: 8 p.m.
TV: FOX

About Iowa (10-2): The Hawkeyes are their traditional selves - a snoozefest on grass. They run the stretch play and run it again and run it again and then they run a QB boot and Ricky Stanzi throws an interception but then the Iowa defense intercepts the next pass and returns it for a touchdown. Victory Iowa!

Intangibles:
Stupid stand-up tight end in the 80s: -2
Chuck Long: +2
Ronnie Harmon throwing the Rose Bowl: -3

About Georgia Tech (11-2): The Yellow Jackets run the wishbone or triple option or one of those things like it's 1978. LOVE IT. Screw the pass. Unfortunately their defense kind of sucks. But keep running the ball, Paul Johnson. Don't ever change, man. (sniff).

Intangibles:
Ramblin' Wreck: +2
Yellow Jackets: -2
Bobby Cremins hair: -3
Matt Geiger's hair: -4

Impact player: Georgia Tech running back Jonathan Dwyer was considered a pre-season Heisman contender, but we all know offensive players who play a specific role in an unusual offensive system never win the Heisman, such as Andre Ware, Eric Crouch, Tommy Frazier, Danny Wuerffel, Ty Detmer and Tim Tebow. what was I saying? Oh yeah, Dwyer. Impact.

Bowl slogan: "The least important Orange Bowl since last year."

Little known fact: This game will be viewed by fewer people than that Florida - Cincinnati debaucle. (You can't spell debaucle with UC.)

Watchability (1-5): 2.4

The pick: Iowa 24, Georgia Tech 20