Carpe Diem!
Carpe Diem. In one of the most gutsy calls made by a coach in a major game, Boise State's Chris Peterson decided to go for a two-point conversion in the first overtime of the Fiesta Bowl.
Trailing by one point to Oklahoma after Derek Schouman scored a touchdown on a five-yard pass from Vinny Perretta, Ian Johnson took a wrap-around handoff and strolled into the end zone untouched to give the Broncos an amazing 43-42 victory over the Sooners.
In one memorable moment, Boise State shot back at all of the critics (including myself), who said that they couldn't play with college football's elite teams. The Broncos more than acquitted themselves in a Bowl Championship Series game — thriving in crunch time. The hook-and-lateral play that resulted in Boise State's Jerard Rabb scoring the game-tying touchdown with seven seconds remaining in regulation was thrilling. So was Perretta's throw to Schumann.
After nearly blowing an 18-point third-quarter lead against the Sooners, Boise State boldly ripped off the "underdog" label that had been attached to the program ever since it began commanding attention earlier this decade as that team that scored a lot of points and played on a blue field.
Now Boise State will be known as that team that decided to seize the moment on the biggest of stages and claim a place among the nation's best programs. The Broncos are no longer up-and-comers. They have arrived.
Photo Source: http://www.covers.com/images/2006/180x180/johnson_ian061229b.jpg
Trailing by one point to Oklahoma after Derek Schouman scored a touchdown on a five-yard pass from Vinny Perretta, Ian Johnson took a wrap-around handoff and strolled into the end zone untouched to give the Broncos an amazing 43-42 victory over the Sooners.
In one memorable moment, Boise State shot back at all of the critics (including myself), who said that they couldn't play with college football's elite teams. The Broncos more than acquitted themselves in a Bowl Championship Series game — thriving in crunch time. The hook-and-lateral play that resulted in Boise State's Jerard Rabb scoring the game-tying touchdown with seven seconds remaining in regulation was thrilling. So was Perretta's throw to Schumann.
After nearly blowing an 18-point third-quarter lead against the Sooners, Boise State boldly ripped off the "underdog" label that had been attached to the program ever since it began commanding attention earlier this decade as that team that scored a lot of points and played on a blue field.
Now Boise State will be known as that team that decided to seize the moment on the biggest of stages and claim a place among the nation's best programs. The Broncos are no longer up-and-comers. They have arrived.
Photo Source: http://www.covers.com/images/2006/180x180/johnson_ian061229b.jpg
posted by Rainer Sabin @ 12:58 AM
3 Comments:
At 2:06 AM EST,
Anonymous said…
What an awesome game!
At 3:32 PM EST,
Anonymous said…
I guess Boise State can stop complaining. I actually thought that they would make it a game with Oklahoma, but I feel really bad that they were able to win because it didn't matter if they lost.
If Boise State had a chance to win that game, they kick the extra point. But since everyone counted them out and they had nothing to lose, they hook and ladder their way to OT and Statute of Liberty the 2-point conversion.
Even if they missed that 2pointer, we'd still be singing the praises of Boise St and how they hung in there when no one thought they would. Win win situations make it easy to make ballsy calls.
At 7:57 PM EST,
Rainer Sabin said…
Good points. But not everyone is willing to make those kind of calls even when the opportunity avails itself. Peterson did — much to his credit.
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