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2007 ACC Championship Game

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The 2007 ACC Championship Game featured the Boston College Eagles and the Virginia Tech Hokies in a regular-season college football game that determined the conference's champion for the 2007 season. The winner of the game would be awarded an automatic bid to the Bowl Championship Series 2008 Orange Bowl game in Miami, Florida on January 3, 2008. Despite Boston College's earlier win over Virginia Tech, spread bettors favored Virginia Tech by five points. In the opening quarter of the game, the Eagles took a 7–0 lead on a 51-yard fumble return for a touchdown. The Eagles' offense dominated the first half of the game statistically, but failed to add to its early lead until the second quarter, when a field goal made it 10–0. Virginia Tech answered with a touchdown of their own, but Boston College responded with a seven-play, 74-yard touchdown drive of its own. Then came perhaps the most pivotal play of the game. During the extra point kick following the Boston College touchdown, Virginia Tech's Duane Brown blocked the kick, which was caught by the Hokies' cornerback Brandon Flowers, who returned it 75 yards for a defensive two-point conversion. The play changed the momentum of the game. Virginia Tech added a tying touchdown before halftime, and after a scoreless third quarter, two Matt Ryan interceptions resulted in 14 points for Virginia Tech and a 30–16 Virginia Tech win.
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 * Promoted: 11 February 2008
 * Reasons for nomination: anniversary, mot much gridiron on mainpage Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 09:34, 9 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Support as nominator. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 09:34, 9 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Commemt: I shortened the blurb a bit, but it's still way too long, and I am not a sports reporter ;) - Why not wait for the 10th anniversary? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:54, 9 November 2016 (UTC)