Fiesta Bowl 1..Finally some real football..Game summary

I watched the Fiesta Bowl the other night, Boise State v Oklahoma. It turned out to be the most exciting football game I've ever seen. Let me preface what I'm about to write with this: I am not a big football fan. Love playing it, but for the most part, hate watching it (Commercials, egos, unncessarily pompous announcers and entirely too much analysis). I prefer college football to the NFL, it has bigger rivalries, more spirit, and more importance on each game, plus the overtime rules are more fair.
Anyway, Boise State is one of two undefeated teams in the country, but it is a small school from a relatively weak conference, so there was alot of lobbying that took place to get them the matchup against Oklahoma, a school with arguably the richest football history in the nation. If you're really interested in the details of the game, you've either heard them already, or can go to ESPN.com to get better details than I can provide.

I'll sum them up here. Many people thought Boise State didn't deserve to be in the bowl game. They were huge underdogs. They took the lead early and kept it until the last minute of the game. Oklahoma rallied and scored 25 straight points, with touchdowns in the last two minutes, and took the lead. The touchdown that put them ahead was an intercepted pass from the Boise State QB with one minute left. It should be noted, that the Boise State QB had suffered some anxiety after a bad game in the previous season, and had negative thoughts going through his head for the remainder of the season. In the off-season, he went to a psychologist, was dismantled, and replaced the negative thoughts with positive ones. He had been playing well all night, he was their superstar, and then, with one minute left, he throws the interception that should cost Boise State the game. You would think that this kind of thing would crush your average QB, would put negative thoughts back in his head, and would just shatter his confidence. Not this guy. Boise State gets the ball back, and drives during the last minute. Then with 7 seconds left, they score a TD and tie the game on a 50 yard hook and lateral play. It was amazing to watch in real time, especially knowing that Oklahoma was practically celebrating a win at this point, and Boise State's spirit was practically gone. The great thing to see is that this QB stayed positive and kept his team motivated to the end.

The game went into OT. In college, each team starts a drive from the 25 yard line. Oklahoma scored immediately on an impressive 25 yard run by the running back, and when Boise State got the ball, they ran into a 4th down situation on the 5 yard line. The QB lined up behind the center, but then went into motion and lined up as a receiver. A receiver then lined up as a halfback, took the snap, and threw it to the tight end for a touchdown. Two touchdowns, two trick plays. Instead of going for a tie, which would mean both teams starting from the 25 yard line again, Boise State went for the win on a two point conversion Statue of Liberty play that faked the entire crowd and announcers out. The QB took the snap with 3 receivers to the right, faked a throw to the right with his right hand, while the ball was behind his back in his left hand. as soon as the entire defense shifted to the right to cover the fake, the running back, Ian Johnson, took the ball from behind the QBs back and sprinted to the left side of the field for a 2 point conversion and the win. To top off this specatular show, Ian Johnson, the guy who scores the winning points, was being interviewed on the field immediately after the game with his girlfriend present. the fans were all still there, and the interview was broadcast over the speakers. He proposed to his girlfriend (a cheerleader) and she said yes. If you have to subject yourself to the corporate marathon that every televised sporting event (except soccer) has become, this one had a great payoff.