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#10 Virginia Tech (ACC, 6-2, 10-3) v. #6 TCU (MWC, 8-0, 12-1)
(Elite 8 Round)

Virginia Tech
#10 Virginia Tech 37, Akron 17
#10 Virginia Tech 62, Bowling Green 7
#10 Virginia Tech 55, New Mexico 27
#10 Virginia Tech 55, North Texas 7
#10 Virginia Tech 41, Tennessee 24
#10 Virginia Tech 59, Florida Atlantic 3 (Preliminary Knockout Stage)
#10 Virginia Tech 48, Ohio 6 (Championship Knockout Stage, Round 1)
#10 Virginia Tech 31, #9 Penn St. 14 (Championship Knockout Stage, Round 2)

TCU:
#6 TCU 99, Hawaii 7
#6 TCU 82, Indiana 0
#6 TCU 44, Louisiana Tech 3
#6 TCU 31, Minnesota 3
#6 TCU 41, Nevada 22
#6 TCU 73, #13 Georgia Tech 17 (Preliminary Knockout Stage)
#6 TCU 65, #7 Iowa 6 (Championship Knockout Stage, Round 1)
#6 TCU 27, #14 Nebraska 10 (Championship Knockout Stage, Round 2)

Game
#6 TCU 34, #10 Virginia Tech 12

Another win for the Horned Frogs, who move on to the final 4! TCU and VT both came into this game undefeated in the tournament, but TCU's run has been the more dominant. TCU was finally tested, somewhat, in their last game against Nebraska, but once again here, TCU gets a fairly comfortable win. The teams traded punts to start the game and then the Hokies got on the board first with a 50-yard FG. As soon as TCU got the ball back though, they got a 70-yard TD run to take a lead they would never give up. Virginia Tech largely held the TCU offense in check though, as the Horned Frogs got only 2 FGs for the rest of the half, to take a 13-3 halftime lead. The lead would have been a little greater if not for two 2nd quarter missed FGs by the Horned Frogs. Tech got a FG early in the 3rd quarter to make it 13-6, but - TCU immediately got a TD drive after that to go up 17-6 (which would be the score entering the final quarter). The Hokies would inch closer once again near the start of the 4th quarter - they got a 43-yeard FG to make it 17-9. But again, TCU would immediately answer with a TD drive (capped by a 50 yard td run), to go up 27-9 with 12:10 left. Tech would then drive all the way down to the TCU 4, but had to settle for a short FG to make it 27-13. But finally, as they did after each of the Hokies' three prior FGs, TCU again scored a TD on their next possession, to take a 34-12 lead and seal the victory.

Overall, TCU gained 497 yards v. just 297 for Virginia Tech. It was a very clean game, with only 1 penalty called, and zero turnovers. TCU's Matthew Tucker ran for 179 yards and 2 TDs,