The Most Overrated Fiesta Bowl in Recent History
OK, so here I am all pumped up and ready to watch another Ohio State blowout! I mean how many years does Ohio State have to be publicly exposed, until it is finally admitted that they are one of the most overrated teams in college football? So I am admitting that I am not a Buckeye fan, or a fan of the Big 10, and as a fan from a non BCS conference (WAC), I am tired of being told over and over again what a great team Ohio State is and then witnessing that once they step outside of their conference and play a good team, they get exposed.
The past 2 bowl games were embarrassing for them and then USC's pummeling of them earlier this season just made me disgusted and at the same time, excited that we were going to witness it again last night in the Fiesta Bowl.
I watched the game with high expectations of the Texas Longhorns, the team many were saying should be #1 and playing in the national title game on Thursday.
Boy was I disappointed! The first drive of Texas resulted in no first downs and a punt and my son, Aaron, says to me, "Dad it is normal for a team to start out slow" to which I agreed.
Then at the end of the 1st quarter, with Ohio State winning by a field goal (3-0), I was really starting to wonder where this highly regarded Texas team was? I mean, this couldn't be the same team that beat Oklahoma, and played in what I consider to be the best game of the season, vs Texas Tech could it? This couldn't be the same team with Colt McCoy, Heisman runner up! Then the second quarter comes and goes and finds them down by 3 (6-3) at half time and I sent an email to one of my friends that said "I am sorry to say Texas is being shellacked right now.
" What a disappointment! I mean Ohio State's Wells was running all over the vaunted Texas defense and making them look like anything but a #1 caliber team.
Then the 3rd quarter comes along and Texas finally comes alive and I started to get excited that they were finally going to thrash the Buckeyes! They scored 2 unanswered touch downs and were up by 11 points (17-6) Yeah! But alas, my excitement was short lived.
In the 4th quarter, Ohio State scored an unanswered field goal, and 2 touch downs, the only silver in the lining was that they missed both of their 2 point conversion attempts, so they were only up by 4 (21-17).
Then with 2 minutes left on the clock, Texas comes alive and drives it down field, gets a controversial 4th down conversion and scores a touch down with 16 seconds left on the clock, making the final score 24-21.
Although it was an exciting ending to the game, what a disappointment it was! With the exception of the 3rd quarter, Ohio State dominated the entire game, and totally manhandled the Longhorns! This is the same Ohio State that lost to Penn State who lost to USC in the Rose Bowl, in a much more exciting bowl game, I might add.
My only consolation in all of this is that the Big 10 finishes 1-6 in bowl games this year.
I know that the WAC went 1-4, but we are supposed to be that bad right? The Big 10 is a BCS conference and thus superior! Texas, YOU ARE NOT A #1 TEAM! Utah would pummel you! My team, the Boise State Broncos, would hang with you and probably beat you! Florida would destroy you, and USC would crush you! After the game, coach Brown made an amazing statement, after being prodded over and over again by the lady reporter.
He said that Texas could beat any team in the country.
What a laugh! Now if Oklahoma beats Florida in the National Title game, I will have to reconsider most of what I just said.
Notice that I said most.
I watched the Sugar Bowl last Friday.
Utah manhandled the #2 SEC team, and beat them on a neutral field, which realistically can be called a home field for Alabama, by a wider margin than Florida beat them at home.
So Texas beats Oklahoma, Florida beats Alabama at home, Utah beats Alabama by a wider margin on the road.
What does all of this mean? It means that the BCS is full of crap when they try to tell us that these teams are the best of the best.
Anyone who watches college football knows that any team on any day (Appalachian State vs Michigan) can win.
I am a fan of bowls and love this time of year, but with every game like Utah vs Pitt (2005), Boise State vs Oklahoma (2007), Utah vs Alabama (2009) and finally Texas vs Ohio State (2009) more and more people are realizing that the BCS is a flawed system and the only real answer is a PLAYOFF.
Unfortunately for us, we are not the ones that make these decisions.
The past 2 bowl games were embarrassing for them and then USC's pummeling of them earlier this season just made me disgusted and at the same time, excited that we were going to witness it again last night in the Fiesta Bowl.
I watched the game with high expectations of the Texas Longhorns, the team many were saying should be #1 and playing in the national title game on Thursday.
Boy was I disappointed! The first drive of Texas resulted in no first downs and a punt and my son, Aaron, says to me, "Dad it is normal for a team to start out slow" to which I agreed.
Then at the end of the 1st quarter, with Ohio State winning by a field goal (3-0), I was really starting to wonder where this highly regarded Texas team was? I mean, this couldn't be the same team that beat Oklahoma, and played in what I consider to be the best game of the season, vs Texas Tech could it? This couldn't be the same team with Colt McCoy, Heisman runner up! Then the second quarter comes and goes and finds them down by 3 (6-3) at half time and I sent an email to one of my friends that said "I am sorry to say Texas is being shellacked right now.
" What a disappointment! I mean Ohio State's Wells was running all over the vaunted Texas defense and making them look like anything but a #1 caliber team.
Then the 3rd quarter comes along and Texas finally comes alive and I started to get excited that they were finally going to thrash the Buckeyes! They scored 2 unanswered touch downs and were up by 11 points (17-6) Yeah! But alas, my excitement was short lived.
In the 4th quarter, Ohio State scored an unanswered field goal, and 2 touch downs, the only silver in the lining was that they missed both of their 2 point conversion attempts, so they were only up by 4 (21-17).
Then with 2 minutes left on the clock, Texas comes alive and drives it down field, gets a controversial 4th down conversion and scores a touch down with 16 seconds left on the clock, making the final score 24-21.
Although it was an exciting ending to the game, what a disappointment it was! With the exception of the 3rd quarter, Ohio State dominated the entire game, and totally manhandled the Longhorns! This is the same Ohio State that lost to Penn State who lost to USC in the Rose Bowl, in a much more exciting bowl game, I might add.
My only consolation in all of this is that the Big 10 finishes 1-6 in bowl games this year.
I know that the WAC went 1-4, but we are supposed to be that bad right? The Big 10 is a BCS conference and thus superior! Texas, YOU ARE NOT A #1 TEAM! Utah would pummel you! My team, the Boise State Broncos, would hang with you and probably beat you! Florida would destroy you, and USC would crush you! After the game, coach Brown made an amazing statement, after being prodded over and over again by the lady reporter.
He said that Texas could beat any team in the country.
What a laugh! Now if Oklahoma beats Florida in the National Title game, I will have to reconsider most of what I just said.
Notice that I said most.
I watched the Sugar Bowl last Friday.
Utah manhandled the #2 SEC team, and beat them on a neutral field, which realistically can be called a home field for Alabama, by a wider margin than Florida beat them at home.
So Texas beats Oklahoma, Florida beats Alabama at home, Utah beats Alabama by a wider margin on the road.
What does all of this mean? It means that the BCS is full of crap when they try to tell us that these teams are the best of the best.
Anyone who watches college football knows that any team on any day (Appalachian State vs Michigan) can win.
I am a fan of bowls and love this time of year, but with every game like Utah vs Pitt (2005), Boise State vs Oklahoma (2007), Utah vs Alabama (2009) and finally Texas vs Ohio State (2009) more and more people are realizing that the BCS is a flawed system and the only real answer is a PLAYOFF.
Unfortunately for us, we are not the ones that make these decisions.
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