Boise State victory over Oklahoma was not a fluke. Boise State DOMINATED Oklahoma for most of the game. Oklahoma was trailing by 18 late in the third quarter when they received an incredibly lucky bounce on a punt that bounced backward over ten yards, hit a Boise blocker’s back foot and gave OU possession on the 11 yard line. What a lucky break to get OU back into the game!
Boise displayed the heart of a national champion. Without the fluke, bad call, loss to Oregon, Oklahoma would have been a one loss team playing for the national championship. Your eyes were not deceiving you: Boise State out hit, out ran, out passed, out coached and out played a very worthy Oklahoma team on a neutral field. They were the better team. And like a true champion when the breaks went against them and momentum turned away Boise State still believed AS A CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM and found a way to win. (Do you really believe Ohio State could have won under the same circumstance?)
I watched Ali beat Foreman, Gibson defeat the Athletics, the 'Miracle Mets' win it all in '69 and Joe Montana lead a 92-yard winning drive in closing seconds of a Super Bowl. Boise State’s dramatic win was not just one of the great college bowl games of all time, it was one of the greatest sports moments of all time.
If you can’t, after watching that game, vote them at least a share of the national championship, you become nothing more than a rubber stamp endorsement for a BCS system that remains broken and unfair.
Tuesday, January 2, 2007
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