00:00this is the national car rental halftime report brought to you by national car rental the official car rental company of the bowl championship series now from the superdome in new orleans here's john saunders and terry an interesting and terrific first half florida state with a two touchdown lead now twenty eight to fourteen john saunders terry bouton tommy bouton they had
00:29coach of clemson which davis the head coach of miami they join us because they account for four of the victories for these two teams playing tonight virginia and george welsh the other let's get started early talking about strategy it wouldn't have been a big factor in the score but for momentum on the opening drive virginia tech drives it all the way down to the floor they have a fourth and one go for it and come up empty good call i think you went for it you set the tempo they just didn't execute there's no doubt go for it you're the underdog virginia tech stopped themselves florida state didn't stop them on that play
00:59see i disagree with you i really believe that uh virginia tech needed to give their kids a shot of confidence put points on the board early and build a lot of confidence for the rest of the first half yeah it was a terrific opening drive and as we mentioned they come out with absolutely nothing but michael vick has kept them in this game the thing that maybe is a little bit surprising perhaps not for you who spent so much time with your father special teams we knew about frank bemer special teams and how much he strategizes with that florida state's done the job on special teams special teams are the factor today that's the reason they're losing
01:29right now because they have not done their job in special teams you know they're the special teams of their 90s and we've seen features all week of frank bemer being in charge of special teams but you know what frank bemer has never been in a championship game bobby bowden's out there doing interviews every day he's the head coach frank bemer follows him right out there does the interviews but he is not a specialty coach bemer is did not have enough time to work with the special teams and it's cost them down 14 points or this game would be tied
01:59but they're not a lot to work with the special teams and it's cost them down 14 points or this game would be tied to Florida State could not get the offensive flow they went quickly to the no huddle a few checkoffs at the line of scrimmage made a huge difference yeah I tell you early in the ballgame I really think Virginia Tech was trying to try to bluff them into a lot of audibles they were showing eight men at the line of scrimmage they were checking themselves getting back into zone Winky was having a little bit of trouble you could see him a couple of times walk up audible eyes try to change the play of the line of scrimmage get the protections all right snap the ball and then they were throwing
02:29and as you can see here they did start to get things going after they called the checkoffs at the line of scrimmage and made a huge difference and the blitzing also big factor it really was and eventually it came back to honor because then when they got lined up one on one on Peter Warwick then they really had trouble and they put up a lot of big plays and Peter Warwick having a terrific first half this is the game they're waiting for from him last year Tommy what have you seen in the first half well I think the point that butch brought up is very important the fact that the safety is moving around showing zones so on showing
02:59blitz sometimes misaligned himself I think on Peter Warwick's long play if you look at the depth of the safety he's right at eight yards deep and in no position at all to help at all with Peter Warwick on a deep ball and Peter Warwick continues his onslaught they can't catch him here of course had the punt return as well we mentioned in the Sugar Bowl last year just one reception for nine yards if there's been a surprise here in the first half we go to that kicking game and Sebastian Janikowski three of his five kickoffs have been
03:29returned now on average during the regular season 68 percent are touchbacks hey if you're going to miss curfew you better kick the ball out of the end zone that's all I can say Tommy what are you looking for in the second half well I think Florida State must contain Michael Vick but if Michael Vick continues to be productive like he is he's going to present all kind of problems for Florida State on defense I tell you I really think Florida State changed their defensive strategy a little bit they started blitzing Mickey Andrews brought a lot more pressure the second half the second quarter right there it contained Michael Vick kept him in the pocket gave him a lot of negative plays and it was hard for
03:59for them to get so much going on Michael Vick was 71 yards rushing the football and that late touchdown to make it 28 to 14 coming up on the national car rental halftime report we'll speak with the biggest the baddest the meanest toughest hokey of them all Bruce Smith now a member of the Buffalo Bills heading towards the playoffs this weekend on ABC he'll join us to talk about what he's seen in the first half and talk about the playoffs as well this is what Virginia Tech has looked at Peter Warwick from behind
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