Cincy's defense has been out on the field too long; they lose to Va. Tech 20-7!

It's approaching 36 minutes total, which is why Cincy is not able to get their offense back on the field.

A positive for Cincy: 1 of 7 Div. 1 programs to graduate over 90% of its athletes.

Va. Tech itself is 1 of 33 Div. 1 programs to graduate over 75% of its athletes, so these programs aren't just finding on-the-field success, but off the field as well.

Pike just threw his 4th interception - Pike has had a very poor night - 4 interceptions and being kept out of the end zone on a run Cincy needed to have.

That will do it - Va. Tech will break the ACC drought in BCS games and Va. Tech themselves will win their first BCS game since the 1995 Sugar Bowl against Texas. Va. Tech has won 10+ games for the fifth(?) straight year - only USC and Texas has done it more times in a row.

Pike's hesitation may have just cost Cincy!

Pike is stopped short of the goal line and Cincy does not score!

To me, Pike seemed to hesitate; if he would have dove for the endzone on the cutback, I think he has a good chance of getting in. But when he cut back, he hesitated, and that's what enabled Va. Tech to keep him out of the end zone.

In Pike's defense, he's not really a runner, so perhaps that's why he wasn't more aggressive on that run. But, in any case, Cincy's chances of winning may have gone up in smoke.

The roughing-the-kicker penalty has further sealed it. Cincy does have two timeouts left, but they can't afford any more mistakes if they have any chance of pulling this out.

Critical Point in this game!

Especially for Cincy, who didn't help themselves in terms of field position by giving up that long run up the middle.

We head to the 4th Q, 13-7, Virginia Tech.

Cincy will punt; Va. Tech takes over on offense near the end of the 3rd Q!

Cincy's drive stalls; their 2-time All-American punter Huber will punt it away and gets off a solid kick.

Va. Tech back on offense.

Pike gets a big 1st down for Cincy!

As mentioned, Cincy hasn't had much offense since that opening drive where they scored a TD. Their defense and Va Tech missing opportunities (due mostly to the wind) are the key reasons why Cincy is still in this game, only down 6.

Another big play for Cincy!

25 yards up the middle - effectively doubling their run total for the whole night on that run.

Cincy's streak of not running back a punt for a TD continues!

Cincy has the 2nd-longest streak (12 years) of not returning a punt for a TD; Cincy is fortunate that they still have the ball, as it was fumbled and recovered.