Deadspin: fiesta bowl

Texas Waits For Final Minute To Eat Ohio State's Soul

Dashiell Bennett — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:30:32 EST

So I guess anyone who thought the Fiesta Bowl was a giant made-to-order bowl of Buckeye Soup (ahem) had another thing coming. Hey, when you're right 52% of the time ...

The untrustworthy Buckeyes seemed ripe for another BCS bowl stomping, but their two-quarterback game plan, an excitable Beanie Wells, and some aggressive defense turned the Fiesta into arguably the best bowl of the season. (Just imagine if Terrell Pryor ever learns how to play quarterback. Yikes, he's sneaky.) The bad news, of course, is that instead of having their hearts crushed in the first 10 minutes, Texas patiently waited until the last possible moment before ripping the Buckeye's collective pumper out of their chest and showing it to them while still beating. The boys from Columbus acquitted themselves admirably but a few two many mistakes—and an untimely concussion to Wells—did them in in the end.

Meanwhile, Longhorn Quan Cosby flizzum-flazzumed his way through the secondary for 173 yards and a dagger of a touchdown with 16 seconds left in the fourth. His Crabtree-esque heroics were not unlike the fateful play that cost Texas a shot at the national title that they clearly don't deserve. Seriously ... great comeback, but does anyone really think this team beats Florida? Or even Oklahoma again?

What? It's not like I've been wrong before.

Oh, by the way. The real MVP? Freshman Luke Poehlmann's hairdresser.

Justice: Longhorns show determination in win [Houston Chronicle]
Texas impressive, but not title-worthy [Arizona Republic]
Ohio State's QB rotation had its moments [Dallas Morning News]
Fiesta Bowl Slideshow [AZ Central]

Hey, $%&*@!? Hands Off The Sweater Vest, Mack

Rick Chandler — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:45:44 EST

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Ohio State may have now lost three straight bowl games, but there is still no known successful defense against Jim Tressel's devastating stinkeye.

Meanwhile, is that ... Mike Cooper? Somebody alert Carl Monday.

It's Time For Ohio State's Annual Butt Whupping

Dashiell Bennett — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:00:32 EST

Gee, it seems like it was just twelve months ago that tOSU was getting their Buckeyes kicked in by an angry SEC team in their bowl game. Oh wait, that was two years ago.

This year, the Big 12 gets their shot at embarrassing an entire conference, an entire state, and the spirit of decency and fair play by having their way with an over-matched Ohio State squad. Sure, it's not the national championship game this time and maybe Texas doesn't have that legendary Southern speed, but they do have a very, very large axe to grind. Completely dismantling Jim Tressel and his pampered freshman quarterback in the Fiesta Bowl, would be a nice way to take some of the air out of the Big Game on Thursday and remind the nation that they might be better than all your USCs and Floridas and (certainly) Oklahomas combined.

Not that you should avoid watching this pointless, drama-deprived blowout. I'm sure it will be very entertaining. Colt McCoy got an extra ticket for his girlfriend, right?

(10) Ohio State vs. (3) Texas [Yahoo]
Five Fiesta Bowl Questions And Predictions [Burnt Orange Nation]
It’s Party Time [Buckeye Commentary]
Longhorns Hope to Further Muddy the National-Title Picture [NY Times]

A Slight Departure From Billy Packer

mjdeadspin — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 19:00:00 EDT

With the NCAA tournament gone, and CBS putting Billy Packer back in his cryogenic chamber for 11 months, I thought we were entitled to some commentators with more of a sense of joy.

I'm at a total loss to explain why this makes me laugh. I can't imagine why that happened, or why someone thought this was a good idea ... but they had a vision, they trusted it, and we're all winners here. I'm not sure I'd have been so brave.

2007 Fiesta Bowl [YouTube]

Laura Quinn Gives Us A Fiesta Of Pain

Leitch — Tue, 03 Jan 2006 11:00:14 EST

Thoughts while watching about three hundred shots of Brady Quinn's sister, Laura, during the Fiesta Bowl last night:

1. We kind of miss that TV show, Xena, Warrior Princess.
2. We thought A.J. Hawk was some sort of famous skateboarder. Apparently we're confused.
3. Brent Musberger is still alive? Wow.

You know, during her rounds on ESPN Cold Pizza and whatever other shows she was on over the past week, Laura Quinn should have been notified that her boyfriend and her brother would be on opposing teams in the same game. She seemed shocked by that fact on Monday, when Ohio State's Hawk spent more time cuddling Notre Dame quarterback Quinn on than he does, probably, on a typical night with Laura. We just wish Notre Dame's offensive line had done a better job of blocking, so that we didn't have to see so many cutaways of that awful half-and-half jersey.

Laura Quinn Is ... Um ... [NFL Spam]

The Trophy Monstrosity

Leitch — Thu, 29 Dec 2005 10:02:20 EST

Via TrojanWire and Every Day Should Be Saturday, we present the trophy given to the winner of the Fiesta Bowl this year. That's really it. This isn't actual size, but oh, if it were.

It's a bowling trophy as designed by a man taking heavy amounts of hallucinogens, or perhaps basement schlock in the 23rd century.

If Notre Dame wins this trophy, it will have to store it in a basement as an abomination against God. If Ohio State wins it, well, it immediately becomes the tallest building in Columbus. And no matter who wins the Fiesta Bowl, expect this to be unclaimed for a long, long time. And it's gonna take half the offensive line to carry the damned thing anyway.

New Fiesta Bowl Trophy Makes Us Cry [TrojanWire]
Why, God, Why? [Every Day Should Be Saturday]