From the Austin-American Statesman’s Kirk Bohls, Saturday morning :
With lots of speed on both sides of the ball and a flashy, irrepressible quarterback who relishes this kind of stage, the Longhorns will finally exorcise some of their big-game demons and win a 27-24 classic.
Wow. Move over, Wayne Root.
Quote of the night from ABC’s Gary Danielson following Henry Melton’s failure to dive over the goal line with 19 seconds left :
“You’re 275 pounds! LOWER YOUR SHOULDER!”
I bet he will, next time. Much as I suspect Jim Tressel shall in the future, opt to protect a 6 point lead by pinning the opposition against their own end zone rather than attempt a field goal from 50 yards out with less than 5 minutes to go.
Local wags will proclaim this the Game Of The Year, but I humbly submit Delaware’s 34-33 OT win over Lehigh earlier tonight.
Also quite good and overlooked from yesterday (unless you were watching ESPN Classic’s coverage), Northwestern’s 38-37 win over Northern Illinois:
http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/m-footbl/recaps/091005aaa.html
(The Huskies went for “two” with six seconds left instead of kicking an extra point to force OT.)
While I’m at it, what’s up with ABC not showing Texas/tOSU in HD?
hmmmm. Do you have your local ABC affiliate in HD? The NYC feed came up here as HD. Not that we were allowed to watch it or anything.
I get the Philadelphia ABC affiliate, which does broadcast in HD. Monday Night Football two days prior was in high-def, for example.