It was an ugly, ugly fourth quarter. And a particularly ugly close. (Really, even at the end of this brain-scrambling game, and after more beer than I might ought to have drunk, even I can do the math: 1.47 to go, and 3 downs to burn, and a 30-second clock, just does not add up, no matter how laxly called.)
But I’ll take the victory, thanks.
There are days when it’s nice to be the alum of a third-rate state school. Tiger fans, unite!
And I’m sad to say, it’s anybody’s game. This should have been over by now, but LSU has a long history of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory, so I should not be surprised.
Determined to give me an early coronary. That’s my Tigers.
9.30-ish to go in the game. We’ll see if I survive.
Walk me through it, okay? It’s fourth and goal, pushed somewhere back of the 5. So LSU attempts a field goal, and makes it. But there are two flags against the offense (one during the play, and one after), so they get pushed back, what, 25 yards? And “attempt” another field goal, while the color guys are saying, in effect, WTF? But it’s a fake, and so they run it back inside the 5.
So how does that get to be first down, when they’ve only gotten back close to the line of scrimmage?
Oh, oh, oh. It’s an OU first down. No wonder I was confused.
Jeez. What a game.
Okay, what’s with Snoop and the “who stole the trophy” Ultimate Bling thing? I’ll admit, he looked pretty good in an LSU uniform (though the semiotics of LSU=hair down/OU=cornrows strike me as ripe for interpretation). But… but… what was that all about, anyway?
Maybe I’m just simple. I can follow the Bud Bowl every year, just fine. And which Coke product wins the slide-show race? I’m all over that one. But somehow the plot of the Nokia investigation into the theft of the ADT trophy eluded me.
Holy crap. And that is all I have to say. (Though it took me a while to tear myself away from the set in order to say it.)
Okay, heart. Slow down.
Now, a bit of assessment: it’s absolutely a defensive game, so far, with the exception of that last touchdown drive by LSU, which was a nice glimpse of what their offense can do, when they get out of their own way.
The question remains, though, whether OU has shut down—prior to the touchdown LSU practically gave them, they hadn’t scored in something on the order of 17 consecutive possessions. They’re still in there, but they’re not showing signs of being the unbeatable team they seemed earlier this season.
I’m going back in. More in about half an hour.
4.21 to go in the half. Justin Vincent is my new hero. (Sorry, Vernel.)
