Seems like the Gooners forgot how to play football...
14-0 first quarter.... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" />

Looks like Boise will be the only undefeated team after January 8...........

...14-7 end of first quarter..

That would be cool if that happens....
Won't change the BCS system though....

It would be interesting if BSU could beat OU and then Florida upset OSU.....

What would they do with an undefeated team....????

Gotta say...I have seen these game over and over....the underdog comes out strong and just can't keep the powerhouse contained....

I would love BSU to win....but if I was placing a bet...it would be on OU.

BSU up 21-10 at half.

I'm betting OU will wear them down in the second half, but it's fun to see them put a scare in to the Sooners.

I don't know Steve. That Boise QB is puttin a bit of a hurt on em.

I'm not much of a football fan, but I was pretty impressed with the instant replays of the QB on that last touchdown pass. The guy must have trained in ballet.

The Boise boys running with the ball are not so shabby either.

What I really liked was the announcers before the game:
"Can the little dog run with the big dog?"
"Can the little dog run with the big dog?"
"Can the little dog run with the big dog?"

...ad nauseum.

Well, at halftime the little dog is kickin' the big dogs AZZ!!!!

Okay, no mattter how the game turns out, win or lose, no one can deny the Broncos the fact that they CAN play football.

Go Broncos!!

Boise is tough. They get no respect nationally, with a tougher schedule they may have placed higher. They are far better than the BSC gives them credit for.

I am not an OU fan, so I hope BSU puts it to them.

And they are soundly. Turnovers are proving costly for the Sooners.

Steve, OU better start playing soon <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

GK

Well, the Broncos just ran an interception back for a touchdown and its 27-10 before the point after. I think the Broncos have definitely made a statement. If they hold on, and Fla. beats OSU, the screaming will go on till next season.

I am very impressed...haven't seen Boise play this year. And while Oklahoma ain't what they were in some past years, they're still Oklahoma and still a very dangerous team.

Boise smells blood in the water. Time to pin their ears back and go for the jugular !!!

Should OU become 1 dimensional (no adrian peterson) not sure they can come back and win strictly by the air.

Right now it looks like Boise wants it more.

cb <*)))>{

OU scores off a dumb turnover after a 15 yard drive. Hope it doesn't faze Boise.

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Steve, OU better start playing soon <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

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Maybe I spoke to soon <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />

Incomplete on 3rd & 7. Punting to OU. This game is far from over...

Going to be a very interesting fourth!

OU just blew their last time out...two first downs and its over. Oops, didn't get the first, punted to OKlahoma with 2:38 left.

Man, what a game!!!

2 penalties in a row on 2 point conversion...now its 7 yards out....made it. Tie game with 1:26 to go.

This game is crazy, what a bonehead pass. OU is up.......

Unreal!

Boise threw the game away with 1 minute left.

I'm going to bed

GK

There's a reason the WAC aint a BCS conference...you just saw why!

Glad I decided not to go to bed <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

HFS Batman!

Boisie State! OMG! There's a reason the WAC aint a BCS conference...you just saw why! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Unbelieveable!!!!!

Catch and pitch!!!!

That's 6 folks!!!!

The Hook & Lateral on 4th & 18. Holy Moly

Pmc

Oklahoma did a great job of coming back in the 2'nd half. But I think that last minute of regular play shows they are still underestimating Boise.

I think this game is crazy ... and it's the reason that college football is so great ...

WOW!

amazing finish ...

how, what the hell do you do with a team like that, that's undefeated and just find a way to win?

yay for no playoffs? ... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" />

Best game I've ever seen!!!!

WOW pretty much covers it.

I'm thinking Wake/Louisville will be a good one tomorrow

WOOHOO!!!!

Broncos kick ass!!!!

That was one hell of a football game.

This one made my New Year's Day!!!!!

Totally awesome!!!!

That 2-point conversion was run text book!!!!!

How about a team that just runs at your teeth for 4 quarters and then starts the trick plays with 30 seconds on the clock?????

... and I nearly turned the game off!!!

Awesome!!! Congratulations to Boise State!!!!!

What was that you were saying?

I loved the camera panning the Ok fans and coaching staff after Boise made the win. The look of shock and horror on their faces was priceless.

Wow, what a game by Boise! Gutsy calls and great execution. That coach deserves a lot of credit as well as the players. I was impressed.

Class act....the whole program!!!! Kids were very well behaved and they played hard!!!!

Love the win!!!!

One of the announcers kept repeating that hoary old phrase, "We'll have to see if the little dogs can run with the big dogs." (Jim In Idaho already noted this.)

Well, as the old saying goes, "It ain't the biggest dog in the fight, it's the biggest fight in the dog." <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Helluva game!

L.W.

Me too!

I love it. The announcer has been degrading Boise the whole game, now he comes back and says they should get a shot at Ohio State. I wonder if he'd like some ketchup to put on his words.

Even better...every man on that team was ignored by the big schools.

Dick

I imagine there will be a few big schools trying to recruit a few of them away from Boise now. Perhaps a Soph named Johnson?

Naw, Heck, what respectable school would want a football player that knits stocking caps in his spare time?

I'm wondering what kind of offers the coach will be getting in the mail this winter?

What a great game , I don't like OU and don't like Barry Switzer even less and for Boise State to beat them on National TV in a Bowl game was even better . I just wish the score would have been more but it was one of the most exciting game's I've watched lately .
What a neat University and they really have a great Sports program , looking forward to hearing more about them .
Navarro

The BCS SUCKS!!!!!

Now I'm pissed that I didn't watch the game. Gonna have to tune in to sportscenter tonight to catch the highlights.

The whole game is a highlight. That was one for the books. I wonder how many people turned off the TV after OU's last TD.

Dick

What an incredible game!! Unbelievable........

All I can add is another Man, wasn't that something to watch.

One of the best games I've seen lately.

That last play on the 2 pt totaly faked OU out of their collective jock straps.

Even on the TV I could hear the crowd go OHoooooooooh! before it exploded.


BCR

Now, given what the "little dogs" do when playing the "big dogs"; i.e. leave EVERYTHING on the field, and pull out ALL the stops, is it any wonder the BCS was designed to keep these little schools from playing for the title?

Could Boise State have beaten Florida, or OSU? Maybe, but we'll never know.

Thank the BCS for that...

As a concilation prize, also thank it for arguably the best college game ... ever.

Wow.

That was a great game! Even when it looked like Boise was done you just knew they were not out of that game. Talk about destiny.

Dude,

You missed one for the ages! And OU fans were totally in shock!

Where's all the 30 point blowout guys? Prolly in the same place as after Rutgers /Louisville. How did Rutgers with a similar record as the big guys, end up in some goofy bowl in Texas. Congrats Broncos and Scarlet Knights!!!!
Appalachain State could beat most of these guys!!!!

I DID turn it off. After about 4 hours of unending ads, an hour of half-time, the SSSSSSSLLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOWWWW pace of this telecast makes this the very last college bowl game I'll ever (try to) see..

Wonderful game? Absolutely; probably the best, from the description. Now, if one could just actually WATCH it in some kind of reasonable time with only a thousand or so ads instead of millions...... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />

TiVo, man, TiVo...

CHOKELAHOMA!

The cameraman found a cute chick in the OK stands that he kept showing throughout the game. She had a classic frown every time Boise scored.

Dick

Yeah, I know. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> Girlfriend wanted to watch a movie and I caved.

I love chics that are into football...there was a hot little blonde sitting a few seats down my row in Auburn that cried her eyes out when we beat Florida. I almost felt sorry for her...almost.

Dude, ya shoulda offered to console her... and take her mind off the loss...

Just another ordinary day for us UC DAvis football Alums . . . (grin)

That's My quarterback, Chris Peterson, the Boise Head Coach. I was his left tackle when he QB's us in 1985. That is, until I tore my Knee.

Nicest guy you'll ever meet. Flat HATES to lose. Very, very smart.

Helluva game, too.

BMT

2 hitches in that giddy-up...my wife and her boyfriend.

That'd only be one hitch... boyfriends are easy to get by...

The only hitch that really mattered was my wife.

Pre-xactly...

Congrats to Boise St. They played one heck of a ball game and deserved to win.

I would assume 470nitro that you are a Longhorn fan...you know everything is bigger & better in Texass. I dont think I'd be spouting choke about anybody after the shorthorns performances late in the year...

At least one idiot that I know of. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />

Just read a game summery on CBS Sportsline, sounds like a wild 4th quarter and OT. Hopefully I can catch it on again on ESPN Classic or ESPNU and Tivo it.

Actually, your wife having a boyfriend shoulda helped motivate you (grin)!!!!

<img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

LOL.. Now, WHY should I PAY for a 'service' that enables me to avoid commercials and speed things up?

BTW, I DO have a rather spendy Toshiba HD DVD recorder. I guess I could have recorded the game, taken an hour to edit the crap out of it and actually watch a complete, uninterrupted game..

I wonder how effective these ads will be when there's no one watching the tube because of too much advertising?

It's coming, mateys...

We need a playoff for the title "National Champion". Certainly BSU deserves a chance to show their skill and the winner of the January 8 game needs a chance to prove they are really trhe national champion, otherwise there will be a cloud over the title.

When OSU wins the title, there will be no doubt who is the champion. OSU will have played the 2nd ranked team in the nation for the 3rd time. This was Boise States first big game. Now if by some miracle of god Florida pulls out a win, Boise would have a legitimate claim at it, being the only unbeaten team. Not trying to take away anything from the Boise fans (are there any???).

Without a playoff, there's no legitimacy... regardless of how well OSU has done this year... and they are damned good.

I rather see them rip through a playoff system, then stake a claim, than to have to resort to the "well, we beat... and... and..." that comes with the BCS.

I for one thought the B.S.-OK game one of the best bowl games or one of the best games period I've seen in awhile. The commentators were talking about the fact that the big name football shools get the best rated players and that B.S. gets lesser players and then "brings them along".

If that's true it is amply evident at Boise State that blue chip players--so rated in high school--are often missed and picked up by schools like BS or that the rating system is flawed or that many players not so rated in HS can develop that way in college or all of these together.

Anyway, they impressed me.

If Boise doesn't swing the thinking, a playoff may never happen.

There were literally 25,000 of them in Glendale last night.

Dick

And a couple million more from viewer land after the final seconds ticked off the game clock!!

A big turning point was when that OU punt took a bad bounce and hit the Boise player in the leg. OU recovered and then scored. It gave OU some real momentum and I'd have bet that the game was over at that point. I've been wrong before.

Dick

For anyone who didn't see the game, and wants to see what all the fuss is about .... here's a link ...


2007 Fiesta Bowl - End of regulation play and OT highlights

Thanks. Streaming video is a no no at work but I'll check it out as soon as I get home.

....What a game!! Both teams deserved to win,but the right team prevaled with a number of plays along the way that will add pages to many teams playbooks..WOW, what a barn burner it was! Now I better understand why college play has always been more exciting to me than pro ball...

valid to a point. However, the lack of a playoff does not diminish, or negate the teams that have been chosen as "National Champions". That holds true for this year as well. We work with what we have, not what we wish we had.
I want a play off system for Divison I teams. Since 1964, NCAA Divisons IA, IAA, II and III have had a championship series. Money seems to be the biggest stumbling block to a championship series. Once they work that part out, we will have the playoffs.

wish alabama would go after peterson instead of nick satan, er, saban.

He'd be a fool to leave Idaho...

Ha, ha! There's always the true number 1 team... Ohio State...

Next year after the draft may not look so hot though - will lose a lot of talent.

Just watched the YouTube video, pretty impressive. Love those trick plays by Boise. Stoops looked a little unhappy. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Yep--That's why USC and Mich were playing for the number one spot on next years pre-season poll IMO. Don't know how many are coming back for Florida but next years preseason top 10 may be interesting.

Darn right not to go to bed - the lateral was an unreal play!

Cuz they take risks no pro team would take...

"He'd be a fool to leave Idaho..."

well, he could quadruple or quintuple his pay real fast ...

i think peterson would pay to coach. ya gotta like that ...

You're right about that. I heard a comment about how the coach developed players. He may not have 5 stars from the get go but they are when they leave.

Since we play Alabama I sure don't want them to get Peterson. But if I was hiring I would sure give him a look.

Alabama could give him 35 or 40 million reasons to leave. He will never be worth more than he is right now most likely.

What incredible play calling! Wow, I loved that game.....and seeing Oklahoma struggle! <grin>

It's funny - all this time it's been all Troy (Smith the QB and Heisman winner) all the time... I have no idea what's brewing below him at QB...

I told my father in law, "watch out for Boise State" and they played true to their form. Boise has been steadily improving their football program, and now that they are a Div 1 team, they intent to play like one. I remember when they were a Div 1AA team, they always played us tough. Class Act, to put it mildly.

Best College Football game I have watched in I can't remember how long.

The beautiful thing is they ran them as if they were part of the everday play calling! No panic, no lets try this and see what happens. Like they'd planned on being in that spot for years.

You guys need a look at Boise's field. It's the only one of it's kind in existance. It took a school with some guts to do this.

Dick

Remember the first year, before they got the lines painted on, all those geese kept crashing into that beautiful blue lake?

Caused quite the hoorah locally.

It is funny, it just does not seem that long ago that it was Boise Jr College, and then BSC.

280Rem,

If you saw the interview with the BSU QB right after the game. That is exactly right. They had been practicing that exact 2 pt conversion. They had used it before in play without the fake pass, by throwing to the right. They also knew that play was on videotape and Ok had seen it. So they had been practicing the fake pass and reversal to the left for use in this game. You noticed how Ok responded to BSU's right and the left was wide open for Johnson to score.

Says a lot for the coaching staff!

I noticed the BSU players were dwarfed by some of the monsters on Ok's side of the line. I do not think Ok got out played, but they sure as he77 got out coached!

I think all things considered, OSU got outplayed and out-coached ... Boise St. kinda reminds me of the NE Patriots at the beginning of this decade... when there were only a few truly outstanding players on the team, but the entirety of the roster exemplified team play and that's what got them to win 3 superbowls in 4 years ...

There's something to be said for team with a lot of talent that should win ... but there's more to be said about a team that simply finds a way to win, no matter what the odds ...

I've a lot of respect for this Boise St. team and coaching staff ...

I saw ESPN Sports after the game, and Lew Hultz stated that Boise State in that game was the best coached football team "he had ever seen". That goes to show you just how impressive Boise State was. I have followed Boise State enough to know, that they came to play....

Boise St deserved to win that game. They played tough, never lost their cool, made fewer unforced mistakes, and took more risks.

I'm proud of the way OU fought back, but just like in their two previous BCS bowl games (which they lost), they were flat and made too many mistakes. You can't turn the ball over 4 times and expect to beat a good team.

Hats off to the Broncos.

Expat

I'd forgotten about that. The park just across the river is always full of geese and they decided to start using the new blue waters of Lake Bronco.



The commentators said several times that OU was shut down up the middle because the Boise defensive line was a brick wall. Peterson had to go outside to gain a single yard.

Dick