1/1 Fiesta Bowl Boise St vs Oklahoma

[Spartacus]

The Boise State Broncos and the Oklahoma Sooners will both be gunning for a victory on New Year's Day when they meet at University of Phoenix Stadium for the Fiesta Bowl.

Oddsmakers currently have the Sooners listed as 7½-point favorites versus the Broncos, while the game's total is sitting at 50.

The Broncos pounded the Nevada Wolf Pack 38-7 last time out to finish the season undefeated. Boise State easily covered the 2.5-point spread and the combined 45 points fell UNDER the posted total of 55.

Ian Johnson returned to the lineup and was brilliant in rushing for three touchdowns off 31 carries with a total of 146 yards on the ground as the Broncos became just the second non-BCS conference team to advance to a major bowl game.

The Sooners allowed just 83 yards rushing as they toppled the Nebraska Cornhuskers 21-7 last time out. Oklahoma won the game as a 3.5-point favorite, covering the spread and the final score fell well UNDER the posted total of 45.

Malcolm Kelly caught 10 passes for 143 yards and two touchdowns for the Sooners.

 

[Spartacus]

nobody vs somebody

 

[Dial_tone]

nobody vs somebody

If not for that bogus call 1-point loss versus Oregon Oklahoma is 12-1 and competing for the national championship. If I have any winners early in the day I'm loading up the truck on this one.

As far as the Broncos have come, this fact has not gone away: they have never beaten a big-six conference team away from their blue home turf. They're 0-12, and several of those games were over early.

Last time they got a shot like this it was the 2005 season opener at Georgia, ranked 13th at the time. By halftime quarterback Jared Zabransky had turned the ball over six times by himself and Boise was down 24-0. That ballooned to 38-0 in the third quarter. Final score: a credibility-crippling 48-13.

 

[Longhorn85]

Boomer Sooner

 

[H_T_]

so what's the thoughts? Sooner pile on? or is another big time team gonna choke? Boise avg.'s 40 points a game...

 

[H_T_]

Boise St. beat Oregon St. Oregon St. beat Oregon. Oregon beat Oklahoma. now that is logic.

 

[H_T_]

OK has beaten a lot of teams by 7+....

 

[samoth]

Holy one-sided bet...

 

[H_T_]

Holy one-sided bet...

Boise St. is non-prestigous...

 

[H_T_]

why does this game have more pomp than the Rose Bowl...

 

[samoth]

Boise St. is non-prestigous...

This is the credited response.

 

[H_T_]

Boise has come to play.

 

[H_T_]

not even a little suspense in this one......

 

[Dial_tone]

You can't play on emotion for 60 minutes. Boise folds like a lawn chair in the 2nd half.

 

[H_T_]

You can't play on emotion for 60 minutes. Boise folds like a lawn chair in the 2nd half.

unbelieveable. i am sick of these big schools getting dogged like this. fire a coach.

 

[Spartacus]

Boise has come to play.

I mentioned this a couple of days ago
check to see which team wants it more

 

[Dial_tone]

Fuck me. They have let these clowns hang around for 3 quarters. There is no coming back now, much less covering the spread. 300K down the drain.

- maybe I spoke too soon.

 

[Spartacus]

both teams came to play
oklahoma isn't flat,boise st just has the talent to compete
good game

 

[Spartacus]

wow

 

[Dial_tone]

Another fucking winner that doesn't beat the spread. That's 4 for me this week.

 

[Spartacus]

motherfuck

 

[Spartacus]

what a ballgame
nice show for the nation

 

[mountain muscle]

Holy Shit.

 

[Dial_tone]

I need Oklahoma to scure in triple OT then shut Boise out....that'll be an 8 point win....Boise won the toss. no way for that to happen now.

 

[Spartacus]

boise state outsmarted them
that move on 4th and 18 was brilliant

 

[Spartacus]

13-0
went for 2 in OT instead of the tie

 

[Dial_tone]

If I ever decide not to take the points again somebody just beat my ass.

 

[Spartacus]

we even had to sit through 3 2pt attempts
with oklahoma scoring from7

 

[H_T_]

all in. Louisville. tomorrow.

 

[Longhorn85]

4ever looks like a bookie genius when it turns out like this

 

[Spartacus]

4ever looks like a bookie genius when it turns out like this

I'm pleased that a few of you and myself included watched a game we might not have paid any attention to but did because we had karma riding on it.
and we got treated to an amazing ballgame