Boise State Coach Has Big Balls
FIESTA BOWL PLAY-CALLING WAS REFRESHING IN TIMES OF APPREHENSIVE COACHING
Undoubtedly sports and balls go hand and hand, but some have bigger ones than others. Just like Boise State's first-year coach, Chris Petersen.
After a thrilling Fiesta Bowl win over Oklahoma last night, no other coach in America has a bigger pair than the guy in Boise. You could count the number of coaches on a fingerless hand that would have taken even one of the succession of risky, but well thought out play calls that Petersen used to beat shock the blue blooded Sooners.
The game-winning modified Statue of Liberty play has received more press, but to me, the hook and ladder play with seven seconds left in regulation was straight out of Coach Klein's playbook from the movie, Waterboy. In fact, it was one of the most surreal plays I've ever seen. Something out of a hokey film like, well, the Waterboy!
If this game goes far towards bringing College Football's its much-deserved playoff system, the landmark status of the game coupled with it thrilling ending, could become one of the greatest and most important games ever played.
FOX ANNOUNCER HAS A DOG FETISH
How many times did Fox's lead announcer, Thom Brennaman, refer to the match up as the "Big dog versus the little dog"? Just about eight times with some variation.
To the uninitiated, this metaphor may have seemed confusing given that the "Little dog" was undefeated and ranked two spots higher than the supposed "Big Dog">.
Undoubtedly sports and balls go hand and hand, but some have bigger ones than others. Just like Boise State's first-year coach, Chris Petersen.
After a thrilling Fiesta Bowl win over Oklahoma last night, no other coach in America has a bigger pair than the guy in Boise. You could count the number of coaches on a fingerless hand that would have taken even one of the succession of risky, but well thought out play calls that Petersen used to beat shock the blue blooded Sooners.
The game-winning modified Statue of Liberty play has received more press, but to me, the hook and ladder play with seven seconds left in regulation was straight out of Coach Klein's playbook from the movie, Waterboy. In fact, it was one of the most surreal plays I've ever seen. Something out of a hokey film like, well, the Waterboy!
If this game goes far towards bringing College Football's its much-deserved playoff system, the landmark status of the game coupled with it thrilling ending, could become one of the greatest and most important games ever played.
FOX ANNOUNCER HAS A DOG FETISH
How many times did Fox's lead announcer, Thom Brennaman, refer to the match up as the "Big dog versus the little dog"? Just about eight times with some variation.
To the uninitiated, this metaphor may have seemed confusing given that the "Little dog" was undefeated and ranked two spots higher than the supposed "Big Dog">.
Labels: Boise State, Chris Petersen, Fiesta Bowl, Thom Brennaman
