An 11-1 regular season in the end proved to be enough to earn KU a bid in a BCS bowl game for the first time in school history. The Jayhawks will face ACC champion Virginia Tech on Jan. 3 in Miami, Fla., in the Orange Bowl. This will be KU’s third trip to the Orange Bowl, having played there in 1948 – a 20-14 loss to Georgia Tech – and 1969 – a 15-14 loss to Penn State.

Virginia Tech, who won in Saturday’s ACC title game 30-16 over Boston College, enters the showdown with KU at 11-2 and has won five straight games since a 14-10 letdown at home to BC on Oct. 25. VT’s only other loss was a 48-7 loss in the season’s second week to LSU, who will face Ohio State in the BCS National Championship game.

KU and Virginia Tech have never faced. This will be VT’s third appearance in a BCS game, having played in the Sugar Bowl in 2000 and 2005 – losing both.

For more on this story, including reactions from KU coach Mark Mangino and players, read tomorrow’s Journal-World and log back onto KUSports.com.