BSU rallied past Hawaii 44-41 in one of the strangest games I have ever witnessed. While WAC football may not technically be the best footbal, it certainly takes the cake as far as entertainment value goes.
Some of the more bizarre moments:
- An interception returned 40 yards by BSU's Marty Tadman for a touchdown (BSU's only score in the first half)
- Hawaii's QB Colt Brennen puked all over the field and then threw a 29 yard TD pass
- A field goal blocked by BSU's Daryn Colledge and returned 69 yards by Orlando Scandrick for a touchdown. On the very next play Orlando is burned for a 73 yard touchdown pass
- A school record 92 yard punt return for a TD by Quentin Jones. On his next punt return Jones turned the ball over leading to a quick score by Hawaii
- BSU punter Kyle Stringer bobbled a snap, and then ran out of danger around the outside for 13 yards to get a first down (which lead to evening up the score in the thrid quarter)
- A blocked extra-point kicked blocked by Colledge and returned by Scandrick for a defensive 2-point conversion
- BSU turned the ball over 4 times and still won the game
- Hawaii outgained BSU by more than 100 yards, played well enough to win, and still lost the game
- Zabranbsky was something like 3 of 15 for 50 yards in the first half, yet 18 of 33 for 210 yards by the end. (Figure it out. He must have been 90% in the second half). Talk about a tale of two halves for that guy. Horrid to brilliant.
- Overall, Colt Brennan makes Timmy Chang look like an amateur. He's the real deal.
As I watched the game visions of BSU's close calls on the raod last year came to mind - as well as BSU's loss this year at Oregon State. It seemed like every time the team had a chance to put the game away - something - a penalty or a turnover or a dropped pass would happen. In retrospect, it's unnerving to think that the offense only scored 21 points while the defense and special teams accounted for 23. Yet.... we still won.
Isn't college football wonderful?
1 comments:
Man, I agree, that game was the most bizarre I have ever witnessed. I am actually reminded of the Boise State of old, when you really had to hold your breath and wait for the last tics of the clock to feel confident that BSU had actually won the game and weren't gonna give it away somehow at the last second. Hawkins has really spoiled us with these blow out wins of the last few years.
I feel vindicated, as I had said that if we scored a TD first, game over. If they score, watch out - we're off to the races.
Hawkins must be going crazy the mental errors in this game (nicely detailed above). These are very uncharacteristic of his teams and seem like a plague this year. The number and kind of penalties(false start, delay of game, etc), the dropped passes, missed blocking assignments, poor tackling drive me crazy and I just watch the game.
Somebody should get a severe talking too... (like I hope the whole offensive unit, 'cause they were)
On a brighter note, I thought the defense played well. Brennan was scrambling for his life, didn't know what was going on and seemed frustrated for most of the night. I only wish we could get a D-line that could put on a real pass rush, then we wouldn't have the situation where pass coverage breaks down and they make a big gainer on the QB scramble.
Congrats to Marty Tadman on the pick-off for the TD. The D needed to learn to start sniffing out some turnovers.
Collins should have pulled Scandrick after the blocked FG for the TD to give him a rest. He gave up the TD on the next play out of fatigue.
However, the whole defensive unit needs to work on tackling!
Just my thoughts,
M
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