Entertainment...This Had It All

Okay, lets get the bad jokes out of the way. The East Coast fans are either asleep, drunk or both so they cannot watch late night West Coast Football. The Boise kicker tried to hang himself, but he couldn't kick out the chair. And so on. My apologies and sympathy for the kicker. Kicking is not as easy as it seems. I held for a professional kicker at a workout one day...he was a friends son...and I gained a newfound respect for kickers.
Now for the scenario: Nevada is a very good team. Oregon beat Cal by a whisker in the closest of calls. Nevada beat them by about 50 something. Nevada is a team with a sophisticated offense and a very good coach. Nevada is a top 3 team in the Pac 10 if they are in that conference.
As for Boise, you can count on them being in about the best games you would ever want to watch. Remember Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl with the gimmick plays? This game did not have gimmick plays. This game did cost Boise about fifteen million dollars.
When the game was tied and there were nine seconds left, Kellen Moore found his receiver for a long bomb that left one second on the clock. The look on the Nevada coaches face was priceless. It was the classic "if looks could kill" expression. He was ready to pounce on someone. Then the Boise kicker missed a twenty something yard chip shot. Another big swing in emotions. Now the Boise coaches face said it all. This is a kicker who was a record setting kicker.
Of course in overtime he misses again and Nevada takes it all on a chip shot of their own when they take over. There were four swings of emotion in this game that were very incredible.
Earlier in the week Ohio State President Gee said Boise or TCU did not belong in a BCS game. He also stated that the Bowl system was perfect. It made me wonder if the big money the Bowls generate finds its way into these presidents pockets.
Boise's President responded that the formula big conferences have for winning is playing their in conference games and scheduling three or four cupcake teams. How True! To Ohio States credit, they did schedule Miami this year. Miami had a ton of talent, but a very erratic team. You never know when you schedule these games a few years out. A team Miami dominated, Pitt, may end up in a BCS game because they are in a really weak conference, The Big East. Funny.
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You can't be undefeated and a dominant team every year, and two teams found that out this year, Texas and Florida. When I was watching Texas A and M play the Horns, I kept thinking a few thoughts. Why don't the Longhorns have at least one draftable running back and receiver. Granted they have a ton of players that went to the pros, but that is a job that is one of the best in the country in terms of being surrounded by talent. They must have recruited Houstonian Oliver Luck. Luck is the best quarterback in college, but he probably didn't want to sit behind Colt McCoy. (Besides, if you are smart enough to be offered by Stanford, you are probably smart enough to accept. Stanford is uncompromising on their academics.) They probably recruited the Oregon QB, but maybe wanted him at another position. They probably did the same with Oregon RB La Michael Thomas.
Next year Texas has the number one running back in the country committed. He chose Texas over Alabama. The recruiting gurus say Bama was a better fit for his running style. Here's hoping Texas can coach him up. That has been the big question...are they really recruiting the right players and are they coaching them up. They seemed to with Colt McCoy after his sophomore season. Time will tell.