The 2008 Orange Bowl was a bowl game between the college football teams
Virginia Tech Hokies and Kansas Jayhawks on January 3, 2008, at Dolphin
Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. Tech was favored, but Kansas won
24–21 in a game dominated by defense. The Orange Bowl, part of the
2007–08 Bowl Championship Series, was the final game for both teams
and was watched by more than eight million FOX viewers in the US. Tech
qualified by being the ACC champion, while Big 12 team Kansas was
selected by the Orange Bowl. Tech was designated as the home team at the
neutral venue. This was the first Orange Bowl appearance for Kansas
since 1969 and for Tech since 1996. Todd Reesing, quarterback for
Kansas, completed 20 of his 37 passes for 227 yards, a touchdown, and an
interception, and Tech quarterback Sean Glennon had 13 for 28 passing,
earning 160 yards, one touchdown and two interceptions. Kansas
cornerback Aqib Talib scored with an interception touchdown and won the
Most Valuable Player award.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Orange_Bowl>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1888:
The 36-inch (91 cm) refracting telescope at the Lick
Observatory near San Jose, California, the largest in the world until
1897, was used for the first time.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lick_Observatory>
1919:
Emir Faisal of Iraq signed an agreement with Zionist leader
Chaim Weizmann on the development of a Jewish homeland in Palestine and
an Arab nation in a large part of the Middle East.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faisal%E2%80%93Weizmann_Agreement>
1976:
The multilateral International Covenant on Economic, Social and
Cultural Rights, part of the International Bill of Human Rights, came
into effect.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Covenant_on_Economic,_Social_and_Cultural_Rights>
2002:
Israeli forces seized MV Karine A, which was carrying
50 tonnes of smuggled weapons on behalf of the Palestinian National
Authority.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karine_A_affair>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
castle in the air:
(idiomatic) A desire, idea, or plan that is unlikely to ever be
realized; a visionary project or scheme; a daydream, an idle fancy, a
near impossibility.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/castle_in_the_air>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
While there are two ways of contending, one by discussion, the
other by force, the former belonging properly to man, the latter to
beasts, recourse must be had to the latter if there be no opportunity
for employing the former.
--Cicero
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Cicero>
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