Fiesta might be a preview of next year's title game

 
By John Helsley
Published: December 31, 2007

SCOTTSDALE , Ariz. — Word leaked that a matchup of Virginia Tech and Oklahoma had been made for the Orange Bowl , complete with a blessing from Fiesta Bowl officials, only to be squashed in a majority "nay” vote of conference commissioners.

Predictably, everybody went all Zapruder, conjuring up conspiracy theories built around some supposed overprotective desire to preserve the BCS Championship game as,...


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