My Favorite Bowl Game Ever.....

"Always remember....Goliath was a 40 point favorite over David." ~Shug Jordan

.....the 2007 Fiesta Bowl.

There were so many story lines. An undefeated season. David v. Goliath. Trick plays. Overtime. Romance. Now that was a bowl game! Oh yea....and OU got beat. (Sorry....as an OSU fan, it's hard not to mention it!)

The bowl pitted OU, a football powerhouse, against Boise State, from the no-name WAC conference. No one expected the upset, except maybe the Boise state players. But the upset was exactly what happened, in dramatic style. I remember running around my parents house freaking out screaming on several occasions.....to the point my mother screamed at me to sit down before I gave myself a heart attack.
7 seconds left, and OU scores a touchdown, putting them up by 7. Everyone thought the game was over. On their final play of the game, Boise State had the ball on the 50yard line. They had one last chance. They draw up a hook and ladder. That means the quarterback passes the ball to about the 35 yard line. That player, about to be tackled, pitches the ball to another player coming around the end, and he runs it in for the touchdown. The trick play leads to overtime!

In OT, OU scores a touchdown on its first possession, Adrian Peterson to the rescue. But then Boise State answered right back. Instead of going for the tie, Boise State went for two and the win. What did they have to lose? They ran another trick play, the Statue of Liberty. Here, the quarterback fakes a pass to the right, and actually hands the ball to the running back who is running left. It worked like a dream and the Bronchos scored and won the game.

Here's a video if you want to see this instead of reading my play by play:



As if this wasn't enough drama, then in the post game interview of Ian Johnson, the back who scored the winning two-point conversion, he proposed to his girlfriend on national tv. Who was she, but the head cheerleader. Hollywood cannot write this stuff.

Here's a video of that:



What a great explanation of why I love college football. The games are always exciting, the kids play for pride, and you never know what's going to happen. I'm bummed that the season ended, but I look forward to next year. Maybe we'll have a bowl game that will top this one. Hard to imagine how....