Boise's Big Brass Balls
Who knew?
Boise State, a mid-major with a comparatively easy schedule, wins a
BCS Bowl? Amazing.
After witnessing what may be the new "Greatest Game Ever Played" in
last night's Fiesta Bowl, I gotta hand it to the BSU coaches. How
anyone has the balls to call a total of four trick plays in the final
30 seconds of regulation, overtime, and on a two-pointer that, if
successful, wins the game, and if unsuccessful, loses it, is beyond
me. The hook-and-lateral to tie it with 18 ticks left, an attempted
flea-flicker style throwback in OT, a bunch of formation shifts in OT,
a halfback pass for the TD in overtime, and then the Statue of Liberty
play for the two-pointer.
I haven't seen half of these plays since high school. Last time I
heard of anyone running the Statue of Liberty was in the old pickup
game we called the University School Turkey Bowl. I was waiting to see
the swinging gate or the fumblerooski at some point. Maybe if we had
seen a second overtime.
I'm the biggest OSU homer I know (even though I predicted them to lose
to both Texas and Michigan), but I'd love to be able to see a BSU-OSU
matchup. Forget OSU-Florida, give me the two undefeated teams!
By the way, how stupid does ESPN look now? They had Michigan as one of
their teams in the finals of the mock playoff system... And they go
out and get owned by USC. I hate ESPN, I hate Michigan, so I loved the
Rose Bowl.
I can't wait to see what Boise State can do next year. I'd love to see
them get a tougher schedule. I'd love to see people finally take this
program seriously. Had you told me five years ago that the Boise State
University Broncos would have an undefeated season, including a win
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