With one team calling themselves the 'Cowboys' and another team calling themselves the 'Rebels' playing in Dallas Texas, you would have expected to see the excitement of a Clint Eastwood Wild West movie. And this game had all the excitement of an Oprah Winfrey show.
The Pokes turned the ball over 7 times and the Rebels obliged with 5 of their own. The refs did not want to be left out of the act and botched several calls including a key no-call for neutral zone infraction on the Rebels that led to ... you guessed it... a Pokes turnover. Turnovers themselves do not a poor game make. It was the nature of the turnovers. Casual QB - center exchanges, direct throws from QBs to opposing DBs with no WR in vicinity... yo name it ... every head-scratcher was to be seen. In a game so sloppy, scoring was hard to come by, the Pokes decided to run a DE as a fullback in for the score from the 1 foot line and missed. So what does coach Gundy do? Repeat the play again on 4th down. And what do you guess was the result?
The game, though not a Wild West adventure movie, did have a happy ending. Everyone was happy it was over!!
Can't wait for the Liberty Bowl to start.
