TEMPE, Ariz. -- Early in the second quarter, the call came down from the coaches' box for a basic route known as the deep out, one of Florida State's bread-and-butter plays.

Simple when executed correctly, it instead touched off a sequence of events that ended the Seminoles' aspirations for a second national championship and delivered the first title of the Bowl Championship Series to Tennessee as the Volunteers captured a 23-16 victory Monday night in the Fiesta Bowl.

	Dwayne Goodrich ran untouched into the end zone for a 54-yard touchdown.

Tennessee defensive back Dwayne Goodrich read it as if he were carrying a copy of the FSU playbook. The junior from Oak Lawn, Ill., flashed in front of the intended target, All-America receiver Peter Warrick, and wrapped his hands around the football at the Tennessee 46-yard line.

Fifty-four yards and an extra point later -- on a play that could have gone for six points in the other direction had Goodrich's gamble gone bust -- the score was 14-0.

More importantly, it stripped quarterback Marcus Outzen of his thin coat of confidence.

For all intents and purposes, he played naked the rest of the night, his steps suddenly tentative, his throws missing their usual zip.

"It was a Bench Out, that's what we call the deep out," Outzen said, gamely handling a media inquisition with the same fortitude he displayed in the face of the Tennessee pass rush. "The cornerback squatted on the route, and it was a misread on my part. He got a real good jump on the ball."

The key to the play came just before the ball was snapped. Tennessee free safety Deon Grant called out to Goodrich, letting him know that he had him covered deep. That over-the-top coverage allowed the 20-year-old corner to put caution in his hip pocket and go for the interception.

And go he did.

"I felt the out coming," Goodrich said. "And when he threw it I realized there wasn't much on it. When I saw the ball in the air, I knew I had it.

"Once I got my hands on it I was just focusing on the end zone. I knew I wasn't going to get caught."

And as it turned out, the same was true for the Vols.

In a championship game, few plays made before halftime prove to be paramount in the final outcome.

But considering that Goodrich was named the Fiesta Bowl Defensive MVP despite missing the entire second half with an ankle bruise suffered while breaking up a pass intended for Warrick in the end zone, there was no minimizing the devastating impact of his grab.

A rattled Outzen later fumbled, and his second interception -- with 1:21 remaining in the contest -- all but sealed the victory for the Vols. Outzen, making only his third start, completed just nine of 22 passes for 145 yards. He was sacked four times.

"I really think that when they intercepted that pass for a touchdown, it intimidated us a bit," Seminoles coach Bobby Bowden said. "They were able to make big plays, and none were bigger than that."