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College Football - The BCS National Title Game - Live Thread
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Posted on 01/03/2007 3:06:17 PM PST by MikefromOhio

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To: dfwgator

what's the record for quickest Heisman bust ?


981 posted on 01/08/2007 8:24:51 PM PST by fnord (are you an RVer? I have questions; please see my profile page if you have advice)
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To: doug from upland

Florid is surprising a LOT of people tonight!

4th time tonight the OSU qb got sacked!


982 posted on 01/08/2007 8:24:56 PM PST by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: dfwgator; indcons

Ron Zook had better be invited to the party, that's all I can say.


983 posted on 01/08/2007 8:25:12 PM PST by Terpfen ("Conservatives" who sat at home cost us the War on Terror, SCOTUS, and economic success.)
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To: Sunnyflorida

Yes, the runback should have been called back. Without those seven points, the OSU offense would REALLY look bad.


984 posted on 01/08/2007 8:25:20 PM PST by gcruse (http://garycruse.blogspot.com/)
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To: ilgipper

--but he let close to 5 minutes melt off that clock in the third quarter.--

Trying to keep the score down (Less time for FL offense).


985 posted on 01/08/2007 8:25:44 PM PST by UpAllNight
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To: tutstar

They beat LSU, I think by a point, in Columbus in the late '80s..


986 posted on 01/08/2007 8:25:50 PM PST by ABG(anybody but Gore) ("By the time I'm finished with you, you're gonna wish you felt this good again" - Jack Bauer)
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To: Jrabbit

If Woody Hayes were here, he would have slugged a Florida kid on the sideline by now.


987 posted on 01/08/2007 8:26:00 PM PST by doug from upland (Stopping Hillary should be a FreeRepublic Manhattan Project)
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To: SE Mom

The Buckeyes are going backwards. Now they have 76 yards total offense.


988 posted on 01/08/2007 8:26:16 PM PST by JCEccles
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To: doug from upland
Three touchdowns in a quarter? Has OSU done that this year? Has Florida allowed it?

No they haven't. The Gators have typically finished strong in the fourth, after letting opponents back into the game in the third. <>p>The Buckeyes have no answer for the Gator defense. No one came close to laying a hand on Moss on that last sack. He just had a free crack at Troy Smith.

989 posted on 01/08/2007 8:26:19 PM PST by CFC__VRWC (AIDS, abortion, euthanasia - Don't liberals just kill ya?)
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To: doug from upland

1963 Rose Bowl: USC 42, Wisconsin 37
Jan. 1, 1963
Pasadena, Calif. -- A 23-point fourth quarter explosion wasn't quite enough as the Badgers dropped a 42-37 Rose Bowl encounter to Souther Cal.
1963 Rose Bowl

Photo/AP
USC's Hal Bedsole scores on a 57-yard pass play for a 27-7 lead. Bedsole was pursued by Gary Kroner (47) and Larry Howard (81).
USC 42, Wisconsin 37

Team Statistics UW USC
First downs 32 15
Rushing yards 28-67 41-114
Passes 34-49-3 10-20-0
Passing yards 419 253
Total offense 486 367
Punts-avg 4-40 5-40
Fumbles-lost 6-0 2-1
Penalties-yards 7-77 12-93

Wisconsin 0 7 7 23 37
USC 7 14 14 7 42

Rushing -- W: Holland 4-27, Kurek 11-26, USC: Wilson 17-57. Passing -- W: Vander Kelen 33-48-3-401, USC: Beathard 8-12-0-190. Receiving -- W: Richter 11-163, Holland 8-72, Kroner 5-64, USC: Bedsole 4-101, Brown 3-108.


The Trojans had claimed a 42-14 lead on the first play of the fourth quarter before the huge Badger comeback.

USC had a 21-7 halftime lead and extended it on the first play of the first stanza, before Ron Vander Kelen led one of the biggest charges in bowl history.

Vander Kelen reached paydirt on a 17-yard scamper to reduce the margin to 28-14.

USC responded with a pair of touchdown passes by Pete Beathard and the Trojans led 42-14.

Lou Holland (13-yard run) and Gary Kroner (4-yard reception) tallied for the Badgers within three minutes.

A bad center snap on a punt resulted in a UW safety.

After the free kick, Vander Kelen hit three straight passes, including a 19-yard score to Pat Richter for the final 42-37 margin.

Vander Kelen, the game MVP, set both Wisconsin and Rose Bowl records with 401 yards passing.

Richter caught 11 of those aerials for 163 yards.

The 79 total points scored was a Rose Bowl record that stood for 28 years.


990 posted on 01/08/2007 8:26:36 PM PST by doug from upland (Stopping Hillary should be a FreeRepublic Manhattan Project)
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To: indcons

I'd toss in Arkansas also.

Although the Trojans have it to loose in 2007


991 posted on 01/08/2007 8:26:53 PM PST by Sunnyflorida ((Elections Matter)
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To: UpAllNight
The last time FL won the NC, OSU finished 2nd. OSU has to HOPE they will be 2nd this time.

Boise State deserves to be #2. I know they won't be but they deserve to be.

992 posted on 01/08/2007 8:27:04 PM PST by Tall_Texan (NO McCain, Rudy, Romney, Hillary, Kerry, Obama or Gore in 2008!)
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To: doug from upland

Leak should have slid and stayed inbounds.


993 posted on 01/08/2007 8:28:00 PM PST by doug from upland (Stopping Hillary should be a FreeRepublic Manhattan Project)
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To: JCEccles

I'm just shakin my head...Florida is smokin!!


994 posted on 01/08/2007 8:28:11 PM PST by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: Sunnyflorida

Was that Chris Leak just running all over the field ????? LOL


995 posted on 01/08/2007 8:28:17 PM PST by commish (Freedom tastes sweetest to those who have fought to protect it.)
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To: fnord
what's the record for quickest Heisman bust?

I'd say that record is still held by Gino Torretta from '92. ;)

996 posted on 01/08/2007 8:28:28 PM PST by TheBigB (Do you think "Lady in the Water" is in Ted Kennedy's NetFlix queue?)
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To: Sunnyflorida

Agreed. The Trojans are always a great team. Can never write them off.

Arkansas with McFadden will be a potent threat for the enxt couple of years at least.


997 posted on 01/08/2007 8:28:41 PM PST by indcons (Go Gators)
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To: ABG(anybody but Gore)

Les isn't popular in Stillwater. Saban isn't the only back stabber.


998 posted on 01/08/2007 8:28:43 PM PST by Jrabbit
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To: doug from upland
Boise State could not stay with this team.

For about a half, maybe into the third quarter, on talent and pluck alone. The Handbags are a phenomenal club. They remind me of the fast Miami teams.

Boise State is a good team. The Fiesta Bowl victory will help their recruiting. They should become the Next Miami-an unexpected national power out of Nowhere. But to be consistently good, they would have to go out and play quality opponents year after year like Miami did when they were independent. You have to play the Good to get Good, because that's how people notice you. Plus, if you want the good kids to come to you from California, FL, TX, PA, and other great football states, you have to be able to show that the NFL recruits from your school.

Right now, in the WAC, they don't play quality teams like Florida does, week in and week out. Even Miami, in a weakend ACC, has to play a tougher schedule.

Boise State's advantage is that, like Florida, it's a state school with an alumni base and access to goodies in the Idaho State legislature. Believe me, after the Fiesta Bowl, the alums are going to open the floodgates.

It will take some time and some recruiting, but in two to three years, Boise State will actually be able to compete for the natioanal championship.

That last sack was emblematic of this whole game.

Be Seeing You,

Chris

999 posted on 01/08/2007 8:28:56 PM PST by section9 (Major Motoko Kusanagi says, "Jesus is Coming. Everybody look busy...")
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To: dfwgator
ORANGE!!!

-PJ

1,000 posted on 01/08/2007 8:29:40 PM PST by Political Junkie Too (It's still not safe to vote Democrat.)
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