The glory of modern technology enabled CSTB’s gleaming cathode ray to display Brad Lidge shutting the door on the Cardinals while simultaneously showing the Matt Leinart/Brady Quinn Death Match. Of the latter, I’ll say this much — the only reason that wasn’t one of the greatest college football games in history is ’cause there wasn’t a way for both SC and Notre Dame to lose.
(the Irish were one 4th and 9 away from toppling the two-time defending National Champs, but as you’ve probably figured out by now, Matt Leinart is the toughest ballroom dancer this side of Evander Holyfield. Tougher, maybe.)
For crazy early evening dramatics (I’m not even mentioning Penn State/Michigan on account of picture-in-picture-picture beyond a little too excessive, even in my delirious state), tonight was hard to beat. I’m sure the author of “Life As A Loser” would’ve done an excellent job live-blogging both, had anyone given him keys to the office.
This isn’t a great week to be a football team from Minnesota.
With picture-in-picture, you were spared Tony Roberts’ incredible/incomprehensible call of the USC/Notre Dame game’s final plays on Westwood One, which included Leinart’s fumble being described first as a touchdown, then as a fumble and finally as the end of the game.
Because the game was not actually, in fact, over, this was followed by Leinart’s sneak being described by Roberts as a Notre Dame tackle for loss and then as a touchdown. Even the final kickoff return involved the line “he’s tackled, the game is over…still running…now the game is really over.”
I’d gladly pay $0.99 for an iTunes download of the game’s last twelve seconds.
the NBC dudes were equally baffled by USC’s penultimate play from scrimmage…and it wasn’t until I saw the replay moments later that I realized the ball had been jarred from Leinart’s grip and knocked out of bounds…thus stopping the clock. I can’t be too hard on roberts…the TV guys thought Leinart got in, then the entire stadium save for pete carroll seemed to think the game was over and Notre Dame had hung on. The whole scene was just crying out for Doug Eddings to mediate.
wow! all of a year ago, it was near impossible to find college football coverage on CSTB, and now… so is it just the move to texas, or what? anyway, it’s cool.
don’t worry, hstencil, as soon as there are either more than 2 baseball games on a saturday and/or basketball season starts up, I’ll find a way to either ignore college football or totally diminish its importance in the overall scheme of things.
that said, yesterday had to be one of the wildest days in recent memory. I’ve not mentioned the Bama/Ole Miss game, UCLA’s comeback over Washington…or BC coming all the way back against Wake in swampy Chestnut Hill.
Oh yeah, and that Vince Young. He’s not bad.
the only reason that wasn’t one of the greatest college football games in history is ‘cause there wasn’t a way for both SC and Notre Dame to lose.
that might be my favorite thing i ever read here. kudos cstb.
don’t forget west virginia coming back against louisville… d’oh!