Sunday, January 01, 2006

Football Friday

There have been some big comebacks in bowl games so far this year. UCF came back from ten down in the last 3:18 to send their game against Nevada into overtime. Boise State almost came back from 27-0, losing 27-21 on their home field in the MPC Computers Bowl, played on the blue astroturf. Virginia came back from 21-7 to beat Minnesota 34-31.

UCLA was down 22-0 to Northwestern and ended up winning 50-38. While NW was trying to come back, two of their kickoffs were returned for touchdowns. Two TD returns on kickoff aren't usual, but hardly unheard of. Two returns by the same player is a bit rarer, but it's usually the same player. But the really unusual thing about this game is that both returns by the same player came off of onside kicks. Onside kicks are rarely returned for any yardage at all, since it usually involves players piling on to the site where the ball ends up. But Brandon Braezell snatched two of them out of the air and took them all the way.

Missouri was down 21-0 to South Carolina in the Independence Bowl, but came back to win 38-31. Missouri's Brad Smith ran all over the place in the second half. But these games were just a prelude to...

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