| The first line of the AP story recapping last night's | | | | unsatisfied. Both teams went 12-0 this year and both |
| Orange Bowl called it a "game for the ages." What | | | | average 50 PPG, making it the first time any bowl |
| game was that reporter watching?Did he notice the | | | | game has ever featured two teams averaging that |
| 7-0 score with just over four minutes left in the first | | | | many points.Leinart and Bush both own Heismans and |
| half, before an 87-yard punt returned sparked a | | | | it's also the first time in college football history that |
| three-TD barrage before the break. How about the | | | | Heisman-winning teammates have lined up together in |
| EIGHT consecutive possessions to open the second | | | | the same game. Texas' Vince Young finished second |
| half before a team made a first down? Then, after | | | | to Reggie Bush, marking the FOURTH time in six |
| Penn St took a 16-13 lead on a safety early in the | | | | years that a bowl game has featured both the |
| 4th quarter, the Nittany Lions botched a snap on a | | | | Heisman winner and its runner-up. The list includes the |
| 1st-and-goal at the four-yard line, losing an | | | | 2001 Orange Bowl (Weinke-Heupel), the 2003 Orange |
| opportunity to go up by nine points with around eight | | | | Bowl (Palmer-Banks), the 2005 Orange Bowl |
| minutes left!Maybe he was referring to the fact that | | | | (Leinart-Peterson) and now the 2006 Rose Bowl.USC |
| FSU had a grand total of SIX first downs before the | | | | was just 6-6 ATS this year while Texas was 10-2, |
| team's game-tying drive in the fourth quarter? By the | | | | but the Trojans are a seven-point favorite and the |
| way, FSU finished with a total of 26 yards rushing | | | | total, which opened as high as 75, was down to 69 1 |
| and had 129 yards in penalties. The FSU kicker missed | | | | 2, as of this morning.The rest of Wednesday's sports |
| an extra-point in the first half and two FGs in | | | | schedule includes a nine-game NBA card and a |
| overtime (there's something new for that school!).As | | | | five-game NHL slate. In college hoops, 30 games are |
| for Penn St, before kicking the game-winner in the | | | | on the menu, including 11-0 Pittsburgh (one of just |
| third OT, its kicker missed a 29-yarder in regulation | | | | SIX remaining unbeaten Division I-A schools), hosting |
| which would have won it and a 38-yarder in the 1st | | | | 9-2 Notre Dame.U Conn fell from the ranks of the |
| OT which also would have won the game! If that's a | | | | unbeaten last night, losing 94-79 at Marquette, as a |
| "game for the ages", let's pray tonight's Rose Bowl | | | | 10-point road favorite. Illinois (14-0), Duke and Florida |
| ISN'T!Speaking of the Rose Bowl, it's just the latest | | | | (both 13-0), Ohio St (10-0) and Villanova (9-0), join |
| in a long line of "Games of the Century" and arguably, | | | | Pittsburgh as college basketball's unbeatens. Pitt is |
| the biggest game since Nebraska/Oklahoma on | | | | favored tonight by 7 1/2 points. NFL coverage begins |
| Thanksgiving Day, 1971. If it can live up to that one, | | | | tomorrow.Larry Ness is a documented member of |
| a 35-31 Nebraska win, no one will go home | | | | the Professional Handicappers League. |