Greatest Game Ever? Boise ST 43 Oklahoma 42 OT

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I think the 2007 Fiesta Bowl between Boise State and Oklahoma may be one of the best Bowl games I've ever watched. It's hard, off the top of my head, to think of comparisons...

There was drama. Oh, the drama & storylines. It's why sports is sometimes better than any scripted show you might otherwise watch on TV. We have David vs. Goliath. Comebacks. Killing Mistakes, and earning redemption. Great coaching decisions. It was huge.

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Last years Orange Bowl (Penn State over Fla State in OT) and Rose Bowl were both great games. This was more exciting because everyone knew Vince Young would score, and because this meant more for Boise State than the Orange did for either team. I think I have to put it up there with the legendary 1984 Miami-Nebraska Orange Bowl if for nothing else but the trick plays and key two-point conversions.

Key Moments:

1. Oklahoma's defense forcing the key fumble just when it looked like Boise would put the game away.
   
2. Oklahoma squanders its timeouts, but Paul Thompson atones for earlier mistakes with a great drive.
   
3. The tipped pass TD, and then the multiple 2-pt conversion attempts with a minute left to tie.
   
4. Boise's Jared Zabransky throwing a killer INT-for-TD in the last minute to lose the game.
   
5. But wait! Zabransky leads a great drive culminating in a receiver diving for a pylon in the final seconds at the end of a gorgeously executed Hook & Lateral play.
   
6. Adrian Peterson finally breaks off one last great run.
   
7. Boise State scores on a run-pass option, one of my favorite plays.
   
8. BSU goes for it and wins on a freakin' Statue of Liberty play, Zabransky to Ian Johnson. I can't believe the guts it took to call that, and how well BSU executed it. Give Zabransky an Oscar.
   

And then Ian Johnson fires the game ball (probably a priceless keepsake) up into the crowd, finds his girlfriend, and finds his girlfriend, and proposes to her on National TV.

If you love football, you are cheating yourself if you don't watch the highlights.

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