2007 December Madness Tourney - VT vs. UCF

The simulated 16-team college football tournament - First Round Virginia Tech vs. UCF

What if college football had a 16-team tournament at the end of the year to decide a championship? WhatIfSports.com has taken the CFN Championship Series and run a simulation for each round. Go to the WhatIfSports.com December Madness page for further breakdowns of all the games.
 

FIRST ROUND
 

UCF (14) at Virginia Tech (3)
 

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Total
UCF	7	3	0	6	16
Virginia Tech	13	3	7	10	33

Play by Play:    Click here for the quarter-by-quarter play-by-play breakdown 

Scoring Summary
1st Quarter
VT	12:36	TD	Branden Ore 1 yd. pass from Glennon (Dunlevy kick)	0-7
UCF	10:50	TD	Kamar Aiken 60 yd. pass from Israel (Howard kick)	7-7
VT	5:41	TD	Branden Ore 5 yd. run (Dunlevy missed extra point)	7-13
2nd Quarter
VT	7:51	FG	Jud Dunlevy 31 yds.	7-16
UCF	3:16	FG	Jake Howard 48 yds.	10-16
3rd Quarter
VT	2:54	TD	Josh Hyman 39 yd. pass from Taylor (Dunlevy kick)	10-23
4th Quarter
VT	12:58	FG	Jud Dunlevy 49 yds.	10-26
UCF	10:42	TD	Phillip Smith 1 yd. run (2-PT conversion failed)	16-26
VT	5:41	TD	Andre Smith 14 yd. pass from Glennon (Dunlevy kick)	16-33

Team Statistics
	UCF	VT
First Downs	15	26
- Rushing	10	6
- Passing	5	18
- Penalty	0	2
3rd Down Eff	4/20	2/13
4th Down Eff	2/3	0/0
Rushes-Yards	55-205	41-143
Avg Rush	3.7	3.5
Comp-Att-Int	11-21-0	21-33-3
Passing Yards	154	336
Sacks-Yards	1-5	4-26
Fumbles-Lost	0-0	0-0
Punts-Avg	10-41.0	6-43.2
KR-Avg	7-22.6	4-20.0
PR-Avg	6-11.0	10-13.9
Penalties-Yard	4-40	1-5
Time of Possession	29:07	30:53

UCF Individual Stats

Virginia Tech Individual Stats

Rushing
	Att	Yds	20+	L	TD
Kevin Smith	37	159	1	53	0
Phillip Smith	9	29	0	13	1
Kyle Israel	9	17	0	7	0

Rushing
	Att	Yds	20+	L	TD
Branden Ore	24	132	1	38	1
Kenny Lewis	5	26	0	12	0
Jahre Cheeseman	1	3	0	3	0
Tyrod Taylor	3	2	0	3	0
Sean Glennon	8	-20	0	2	0

Receiving
	Rec	Yds	20+	40+	L	TD
Kamar Aiken	4	72	1	1	60	1
Rocky Ross	2	39	1	0	27	0
Corey Rabazinski	2	30	0	0	16	0
Brian Watters	2	8	0	0	5	0
Mike Merritt	1	5	0	0	5	0

Receiving
	Rec	Yds	20+	40+	L	TD
Justin Harper	3	75	1	1	47	0
Eddie Royal	4	74	2	0	23	0
Josh Hyman	4	68	1	0	39	1
Andre Smith	3	56	1	0	23	1
Greg Boone	3	41	0	0	15	0
Branden Ore	3	11	0	0	5	1
Josh Morgan	1	11	0	0	11	0

Passing
	Comp.	Att.	Yards	TD	INT
Kyle Israel	11	21	154	1	0

Passing
	Comp.	Att.	Yards	TD	INT
Sean Glennon	19	30	283	2	3
Tyrod Taylor	2	3	53	1	0

Field Goals
	Made	Missed
Jake Howard	48	47

Field Goals
	Made	Missed
Jud Dunlevy	31,49	-

Player of the Game:
Branden Ore (Virginia Tech