If you were like me and you did not give a crap about a bowl game between Idaho and Bowling Green, then I, er, you, missed one heck of a game with a helluva finish. Tied at 35, Bowling Green hit a long pass down the sideline that went all the way giving Bowling Green a 42-35 lead with 32 seconds left. Game over, right? Wrong! The Idaho Vandals came back and came back with a vengeance with a 3 play, 66-yard game winning drive that is recapped in the video below. Watch with awe and listen as you hear what will become soon known as laryngitis for Eric Collins, the ESPNU announcer that got assigned to this game.
I personally love screaming announcers, but when it is as forced and contrived as that sounded, it's just bad.
Congrats though to the Idaho Vandals on an amazing win and a great football game.
And all the best to the Collins family as Eric is now St. Luke's Boise Medical Center in shockingly good condition. His larynx may be permanently bruised and he may have had a heart attack in the booth, but he appears to be all right and will be out of the hospital soon.
Okay, I have a bunch of things which I hope to summarize quickly.
ReplyDeleteFirst, I thought the receiver dropped the tying TD pass, it looked like it may have touched the ground (Can't overturn though, inconclusive replay).
Second, Collins sounds like he says "Touch..." like Touchdown Idaho on the 2-point conversion.
Third, a hopefully Happy New Year for everyone.