Running college bowls thread

Among the best final 15 minutes ever. But for three quarters that game was far, far worse than 1971 Nebraska-Oklahoma, where the teams traded TDs all game long.

Funny thing is, if Oklahoma plays defense correctly on the 4th and 18, or has a clue that there's no freaking way Vinnie P is running the ball on the direct-snap play to him, we're taking about Boise State beig one of the all-time choke teams in history.

 

Stay with me here.

The selling point of the first three quarters was this: The teams' relative strengths looked pretty much like it was predicted. Boise was having trouble at the line of scrimmage. Oklahoma seemed to be able to move the ball consistently. It all belied the score. You look up and it's 28-10.

So, now you know it can't stay like this, not with Oklahoma, not with Boise State. And sure enough, Oklahoma powered its way back into command, turned the momentum clearly around. And 98% of the time, that's going to be the end of it; the cream rises to the top. Except this time, the little guy pulls all the crazy plays out of their playbook and executes them all flawlessly.

It wasn't just the final 20 minutes. It was the total package.

 

But here's the thing -- the Sooners did play it right. On fourth-and-18, they played not to get beat deep. They made sure that the pass stayed in front of them, in which case they could come up and make the tackle short of the first down.

That's why that hook-and-lateral was perfect. It played right into what the Sooners were willing to give up. They simply didn't account for the lateral, which worked great because the wideout was able to take two full steps after the catch and got five Sooners in the TV screen all going to their left before he made the pitch going the other way.

 

And the had Johnson trailing the guy who caught the lateral in case they needed to make another pitch.

 

The best part was that Peterson said in the post-game interview that the play was actually designed with Johnson releasing out of the backfield and running up the sideline to be a pitch man for the lateral guy. So there was another option to get the first down in case Oklahoma reacted and brought down the lateral guy before the first down marker. Pretty ingenious play design.

 

Having a guy release up the sideline to take the pitch is the norm for hook-and-lateral plays.
The beauty of that play was also the receivers cross over the middle so the guy catching the ball could be running to the middle and pitch to the guy going back to the outside.
Beautifully designed and executed..as was the Statue of Liberty 2-pointer

 

I'd respectfully disagree. You play it not to get beat deep, but you also play it like a last-second kickoff (unless you're the Bills) and stay in your lanes. If Stoops et all are the defensive geniuses they're purported to be, they had to know some type of lateral play was coming.

Anyway, the call was great and the execution was better, which made it succeed.

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I know it's easy to say that, but my jaw hit the floor when they executed that. All of the OU fans jaws hit the floor on the play. I don't know how you can legislate for a play that well designed or well executed.

 

That coach for Boise has balls the size of church bells.

No other coach in America has balls that big to run 2 of those last 3 plays.

Hook-ladder

The direct snap to the WR who throws it to the TE.

Statue of Liberty.

In the last 1:30......you gotta be kidding me.

 

You can go to FoxSports.com and its college football page. Click on the Fiesta Bowl Recap under videos and you can see it there.

 

13. Boise State.
14. Miami.

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What a jerk.