It’s My Imagination

Hook ‘em Horns!

Okay, I have to admit, I don’t really watch that much college football and I definitely don’t keep up with all the games, scores and standings.  But, that being said, I have to tell you that I watched a very exciting Fiesta Bowl last night between the Ohio Buckeyes and the Texas Longhorns.

The game didn’t look like it was going to be worth watching when my husband turned it on.  The first quarter was so boring that we all went into the other room and played on our Wii until it was time for my daughter to go to bed.  I was turning everything off in the family room when I checked the score of the game, just as the Longhorns scored a touchdown by having their quarterback, Coyt McCoy, carry the ball across the goal line showing some nice dance moves as he did it.  This put Texas in the lead and I decided to watch a little bit more before going to bed.

Well, the game was really just getting going and the 4th quarter was so great to watch.  The Longhorns were up a couple of touchdowns at one point and then, the Buckeyes began to dominate.  They scored, not once, but twice.  Then it was time for the Horns to show their stuff.  At one point, the Buckeyes and their fans thought they had stopped Texas and the game was basically over.  But, leave it to the refs to be involved, the made a measurement and determined that the Longhorns had indeed gained enough yards to make a critical 1st down.  Even thought the Ohio coach challenged the placement of the ball, the play call stood up to the challenge and on the very next play, with only second left on the game clock, Texas scored the final, winning touchdown to take the win away from Ohio.

This is one of the few really good football games I’ve seen this year, college or professional.  Although, I do have to say, we did watch our local high school team in December as they won the Texas State Division 5-A Championship in a game that was very similar in its excitement.