It Was Only, Like, the Greatest Game Ever

Ya, so we aren't going to lie. We watched the Fiesta Bowl last night, but we did it fully expecting it to be 31-3 Oklahoma at halftime, and then we would have found something else to watch.

Maybe keep replaying the shot of the Song Girl's ass for an hour or nine.

We had no idea we'd end up watching what was easily one of the greatest games ever.

First of all, we owe a huge apology to Boise State. All year long we never really ranked them very high in our rankings. We were part of the majority of folks who looked more at Boise State's conference, and lack of tough teams on the schedule.

Well, we were obviously very wrong.

If you missed the game last night, please take the next few moments to hit yourself over the head with something heavy. You deserve it.

To try and tell you the story of what happened is beyond our writing ability. Honestly, we just can't.

Of course, that doesn't mean we aren't going to try.

For the first three and a half quarters we were just sitting around shaking our head.

How in the hell does Boise State jump out to a 14-0 lead?

How many times was Paul Thompson going to give the ball back to Boise State?

When the hell is Adrian Peterson going to turn into Adrian Peterson?

Just what in the hell is going on here!?

Then it happened. Late in the third quarter Adrian Peterson scored a touchdown to make the score 28-17 Boise State. Our first thoughts were, "Okay. Now Oklahoma will come back."

Seconds into the fourth quarter, Oklahoma was making it 28-20 with a field goal. "Just a touchdown away from ending this insanity."

Make no mistake about it, we wanted Boise State to win. Even if we had 29 points on Oklahoma in the Goin Bowlin' Contest. It's freaking Boise State. How the hell does anyone who isn't a fan of Oklahoma not root for them? You wanted George Mason to win in the Final Four, didn't you?

Boise State kept Oklahoma from the end zone. But finally, what we knew would happen, did.

With a little over two minutes left in the game, Oklahoma drove 77 yards in 6 plays to score a touchdown.

28-26 Boise State.

Oklahoma of course, went for two. They threw a fade to the left corner of the end zone that fell incomplete, but there was a flag on the play.

Pass interference.

So Oklahoma moves the ball a yard closer to the end zone, and throws another fade to the left corner of the end zone. This one is caught, but there's a flag on the play.

Illegal shift on Oklahoma. Back it up five yards, and let's go again.

So Oklahoma looks to do the fade for the third consecutive play but, wouldn't you know it, Boise State has it covered this time. So Paul Thompson comes back to his left and finds Juaquin Iglesias in the middle of the end zone.

No flags this time. It's 28-28.

It was here we knew it was over. There was no way Boise State was going to recover from this, but there is still a minute and a half left, and they have two timeouts.

So Boise State returns the kickoff to just outside the 20 yard line. On their very first play Jared Zabransky, who's played a great game so far, drops back to pass and throws a pass to the left flat.

Unfortunately for him, his receiver isn't running the hitch, he's on a fly route. But Oklahoma's Marcus Walker is there, and he kindly returns an interception 33 yards for a touchdown, and a 35-28 Oklahoma lead.

So just like that, in 30 seconds of game time, Boise State has had their dream ripped from their hands.

Oh well, it was a good story.

But wait, Boise State still has their timeouts, and they aren't quitting.

So they return the kickoff to the 20 again. A few passes later, and they're at the Oklahoma 42 yard line.

Holy crap, they might do this.

Then Zabransky drops back and is sacked for an eight yard loss.

Too bad.

A couple incomplete passes later, it's 4th and 18. With the ball at the 50, the Broncos tried for the desperation first down.

They always say that when the little guy is playing against the big dogs, they have to pull out all the tricks. Well, for the entire game Boise State had just outplayed Oklahoma. There were no trick plays, just football.

But now was the time to break out those trick plays.

Zabransky dropped back and fired a pass to Drisan James who caught it at the 35 yards line, three yards shy of the first down. But Jones then lateraled to Jerard Rabb in the classic hook-and-ladder play, and Rabb took it 35 yards to the end zone.

An extra point later, and this game was miraculously tied at 35 and headed to overtime.

So, of course, on the first play of overtime, Adrian Peterson takes the ball 25 yards for an Oklahoma touchdown.

Damn. Damn, damn, damn, damn, DAMN.

Of course, this is college, so Boise State gets a chance too.

A few plays later, the Broncos are facing a 4th and 2 at the 5-yard line. Time for more trick plays.

Jared Zebransky started in the shotgun, but then motioned out left to the flanker position. Instead, WR Vinnie Perretta lined up at QB. He took the snap and rolled right on what appeared to be a QB sweep. Instead Perretta pulled up and threw to TE Derek Shouman for the touchdown.

42-41 Oklahoma, an extra point away from double overtime.

Except Boise State didn't want overtime. They wanted the win, and went for two.

Was there one more trick play left in the bag?

Zabransky lined up under center with three receivers to the right, and RB Ian Johnson in the backfield. He took the snap, took a step back and fired to the right.

Only problem was, the ball was in his left hand, where he handed it off behind his back to Ian Johnson who then waltzed into the end zone.

Game over. Boise State wins 43-42, on the Statue-of-Liberty play of all things.

Oh, and as if that wasn't enough, Ian Johnson then immediately found his girlfriend on the sideline (she's a Boise State cheerleader....who wore panties) and proposed to her.

She said yes.

If this were a movie, we'd all be saying "How freaking gay is this? That would never happen."

But it did, and shame on you if you didn't see it.

(If you're the type that needs to see moving pictures to understand what's goin on, you can find them broken down by quarter here. We suggest just watching the 4th quarter and overtime highlights.)