BCS Championship game

[otismalibu]

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Tell you what...can we both call it a day on this argument and let this thread go back to a discussion of the game?

Wonder what the Vegas odds were that someone would land on 11 in the first half of this game?

[GoTigers]

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I knew it would go under, but I am suprised at the turnovers and the saftey. I hope we can pull this one out, so far we've left a lot of points on the field. By the way why is the field in such terrible condition? Players are sliding all over.

[kudu]

Re: BCS Championship game

I knew it would go under, but I am suprised at the turnovers and the saftey. I hope we can pull this one out, so far we've left a lot of points on the field. By the way why is the field in such terrible condition? Players are sliding all over.

The sliding bothered me too. Doesn't the field slide out, so that the grass gets exposed to sunlight, etc?

Good game. Congrats to Auburn.

[MSpecht]

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I thought they said during the broadcast that the entire field was 'new' ---that after the Fiesta Bowl the entire field was dug up and a complete new one laid down... The head groundskeeper may be wondering about his job this morning...

All-in-all a pretty sloppy game with a really sloppy but entertaining last 5 minutes. I imagine that TCU players are just shaking their heads today.

Mike jackitout7@aol.com

[sox83cubs84]

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That field was a disgrace. Jason Smith, on ESPN Radio All-Night played what seemed like 3 minutes worth of sound bites in which announcer Mike Tirico was describing a player slipping and falling.

The game, as it was, was exciting...can't do much better than a last-second field goal to produce a victory. Both teams were in it...no blowout here . Still, you have to wonder what the game COULD have been if the field was of truly playable quality...

Dave Miedema

[trsent]

Re: BCS Championship game

That field was a disgrace. Jason Smith, on ESPN Radio All-Night played what seemed like 3 minutes worth of sound bites in which announcer Mike Tirico was describing a player slipping and falling.

The game, as it was, was exciting...can't do much better than a last-second field goal to produce a victory. Both teams were in it...no blowout here . Still, you have to wonder what the game COULD have been if the field was of truly playable quality...

Dave Miedema

Could you imagine if they played the game in Boise, ID on blue turf?

[lakeerie92]

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Auburn's team took 3500 pairs of cleats to the game as stated by the equipment manager. They wanted to have the right pairs for the turf so the took several different styles for each player. I .m surprised that despite the many different cleats the conditions were still that bad. I can't imagine why you would need 3500 pairs of cleats for a team, but even worse than that I can't imagine not having a pair to keep you footing out of 3500 pairs.