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Boise ST. Wins Fiesta Bowl In OT!!! 43-42
01/02/07 | Misterrob

Posted on 01/01/2007 9:55:59 PM PST by misterrob

Best end to a college game I have ever seen!!!


TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: 04utahwasbetter; bcs; boisejuniorcollege; boisestate; bothteamsoverrated; collegefootball; oklahomasooners
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To: Paleo Conservative

So then what happens if OU fumbles the ball, and the game is still tied, or BSU blocks the FG attempt and returns it for a TD?

Hindsight is 20/20, always take the sure points.


141 posted on 01/01/2007 10:40:51 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: Seaplaner

Before this, my favorite was Pat Haden coming back in the second half for USC to nail Notre Dame after being kicked all over the field in the first half.


142 posted on 01/01/2007 10:41:45 PM PST by doug from upland (Stopping Hillary should be a FreeRepublic Manhattan Project)
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To: Reaganesque

Thank you. I was there, so I thought maybe old-timers was setting in! I have all the printed shirts, hats and footballs, etc., "1985 National Champions".


143 posted on 01/01/2007 10:42:18 PM PST by Rte66
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To: libbylu

They played well enough to get there, I just hope they don't "snatch defeat from the jaws of victory" like they've done so many times before. But we digress...

'Big up' to Boise State on a job well done!


144 posted on 01/01/2007 10:42:34 PM PST by Triggerhippie (Always use a silencer in a crowd. Loud noises offend people.)
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To: Moonman62

It was the football version of "Rocky."


145 posted on 01/01/2007 10:42:39 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: Bogey78O

Yeah but you're forgetting that these big schools play fluff teams earlier in the year to run up the score, to get the rankings and the points in the BCS.


146 posted on 01/01/2007 10:42:57 PM PST by rintense (Just say no to McCain in 2008!)
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To: Bogey78O
IMO opinion the best bowl game I ever saw was the 2002 title game between Miami and Ohio. People have a short memory of "best game ever".

Oh ye of short mammary.

Best bowl game in history: Miami/Nebraska, the Orange Bowl, 1983-the "Miracle In Miami". Ohio State beating Miami in Tempe was to be expected. Miami beating Nebraska anywhere in 1983 was simply unheard of....

Be Seeing You,

Chris

147 posted on 01/01/2007 10:43:46 PM PST by section9 (Major Motoko Kusanagi says, "Jesus is Coming. Everybody look busy...")
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To: Paleo Conservative

How so?


148 posted on 01/01/2007 10:44:18 PM PST by Rte66
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To: Bogey78O
IMO opinion the best bowl game I ever saw was the 2002 title game between Miami and Ohio. People have a short memory of "best game ever".

Only if you're an Ohio fan and don't mind the refs winning the game for you.

149 posted on 01/01/2007 10:44:39 PM PST by Moonman62 (The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
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To: section9
Ohio State beating Miami in Tempe was to be expected.

That's not how I remembered it, nobody I know gave Ohio State a chance.

150 posted on 01/01/2007 10:45:09 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: Paleo Conservative

You surely are correct on that!! Masterful play calling and execution.

Now, I see that Alabama supposedly is offering Saban mega-millions to come and coach the Tide. Seems to me Bama's AD ought to be on a plane to Boise to offer Chris Peterson a couple of million (Peterson's current contract is $500,000). While this is his first year as head coach, he's been running this offense for six years so he certainly has a track record.
Most creative play calling I've seen in years.


151 posted on 01/01/2007 10:45:23 PM PST by miele man (Continually voting against iodine deficient libs for 42 years)
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To: rintense
Yeah but you're forgetting that these big schools play fluff teams earlier in the year to run up the score, to get the rankings and the points in the BCS.

But if you look at Boise State's schedule from the perspective of a Big Ten, SEC, or Pac-10 team, those opponents are pretty much all "fluff."
152 posted on 01/01/2007 10:46:11 PM PST by July 4th (A vacant lot cancelled out my vote for Bush.)
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To: dfwgator

It couldn't have been scripted any better.


153 posted on 01/01/2007 10:46:30 PM PST by Moonman62 (The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
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To: miele man

Any team hiring Saban is getting a money whore. He has no loyalty AT ALL. Just ask Michigan State. And LSU. And probably the Dolphins. If he goes to Bama and succeeds, he will be gone within 3 years to the highest bidding NFL team.


154 posted on 01/01/2007 10:47:14 PM PST by rintense (Just say no to McCain in 2008!)
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To: doug from upland
Good thing Ian didn't have a boyfriend. That would have pretty much taken away the celebration.

No doubt...what an absolutely unbelievable game. I wonder when they're going to show it on ESPN Classic? I know that they did a day's worth of BCS recap early last year, culminating with the only game I really cared about then - Texas beating USC! (For the record, I have two football teams - UCLA, and anyone who plays against USC!)

155 posted on 01/01/2007 10:47:55 PM PST by Christian4Bush ("A gov't big enough to give you all is big enough to take it all from you." Gerald Ford 1913-2006)
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To: Moonman62
It couldn't have been scripted any better.

Nobody'd believe a script like that if you wrote it! ;-)

156 posted on 01/01/2007 10:48:31 PM PST by EternalVigilance (Circumstances are the fire by which the mettle of men is tried.)
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To: July 4th

According to the ranking system, which is simply not fair. On the other side of the coin, you have Michigan lingering in the top 10 every damn year, even when they have more losses than most teams. It isn't a ranking system, its a money system designed to bring in the most dollars to the biggest schools with the most alumni.


157 posted on 01/01/2007 10:49:23 PM PST by rintense (Just say no to McCain in 2008!)
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To: Bogey78O
I'm saying that a team that goes undefeated should have a shot at the national title. That's the way it works with nearly every other sport on the planet. Why is college football any different? Why is a playoff system so successful in college basketball? March Madness is a huge event every year pulling in millions for all schools involved and anyone can win. It also works for college hockey, baseball, soccer, lacrosse, etc. So why not football?

No, the one and only reason football is different is because there is too much money at stake for the big schools to allow the peons a shot at the national title. It's greed, pure and simple. With a strong whiff of cowardice.

158 posted on 01/01/2007 10:49:38 PM PST by Reaganesque
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To: rintense

what?

They play 2 fluff teams on average so they can win their homecoming game and 1 extra. Playing West Texas College for the Blind doesn't add to the BCS numbers.


159 posted on 01/01/2007 10:49:50 PM PST by Bogey78O (Nifong's final appeal before St. Peter should get tossed.)
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To: section9

I was 3 in 1983. Like I said, I can't remember college football from before I watched it. ;)


160 posted on 01/01/2007 10:50:23 PM PST by Bogey78O (Nifong's final appeal before St. Peter should get tossed.)
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