What a Bowl Season!
We have seen some wild college football games on TV in the last couple of weeks of bowl games. My Virginia Tech Hokies played like the Chokies of the ACC Champsionship for 3 quarters before coming alive to finally beat Louisville 35-24 in the Gator Bowl. Auburn just gave up with Wisconsin in the Capital One Bowl. Poor Georgia had a nightmarish first quarter in the Sugar Bowl where WVU acted like the defense wasn’t even on the field. That game ended in a sneak place on 4th and 6 when WVU faked a punt and ran for first down to preserve their lead instead of giving Georgia a chance to tie it with a field goal. Who knew that FSU that would wake up and play like a decent team after going 8-4 in the season? I couldn’t stay awake to watch it, but a triple overtime thriller with Penn State and Joe Paterno beating Bowden and his gang was great. It proves my theory that once FSU clinched the division, they didn’t give a crap b/c they knew they "only" needed to win the ACC Championship to get to the BCS…hence the blown final games of the season against NC State, Clemson, and Florida. I hope Bobby Bowden knocks some sense into those fools, b/c it’s embarrassing for the ACC Champion to have so many losses. Let’s not forget Miami’s brutal 40-3 rape by LSU in the Peach Bowl….I mean, DAMN! Who saw that coming? Where were the Hurricanes? Reminded me of the days when they were on NCAA probation and had their scholarships cut.
The 2005 Bowl Season came to a close last night with the Rose Bowl National Championship between #1 USC and #2 Texas. In a closely fought battle, Texas overcame USC with 19 seconds to go with a final touchdown by QB Vince Young. Texas won the 2005 National Championship over USC (going for it’s 3rd straight national title) by a score of 41-38. While I’m glad that the USC streak is over, and I’m happy for my friends in Texas whose team won….my ONLY regret is that this win will please George W. Bush as well. If there was a way for Texas to win without pleasing Bush it would be perfect, but we don’t live in a perfect world.
