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1.6.2002
Cardiac Kids: We saw two of the greatest comebacks in NFL history on Sunday in games not soon forgotten.
First in Pittsburgh, the Steelers rallied from 24-7 down in the second half to shock the Cleveland Browns, 36-33, on a touchdown with 54 seconds remaining. It was fitting that the comeback was engineered by Tommy Maddox, the NFL's comeback player of the year.
The loss was another bitter playoff collapse for Cleveland, which has not won a postseason road game since 1969. We had ?The Interception? in a 1980 14-12 loss to Oakland; ?The Drive? in a 1986 23-20 overtime loss to Denver; ?The Fumble? in a 1987 loss to Denver. Add ?The Drop,? in honor of Dennis Northcutt?s dropping what would have been a first-down reception with 2:40 remaining.
A few hours later, the San Francisco 49ers topped the Steelers by rallying from 38-14 down with 20 minutes to play to stun the New Year Giants, 39-38. The game ended in a bizarre finish when the Giants botched what would have been the game-winning 42-yard field goal. Trey Junkin snapped the ball too low and holder Matt Allen was forced to run around and throw up a prayer that wasn?t answered. The great mystery was why Allen didn?t just spike the ball since it was only third down; had he done this, New York would have had a second field goal chance.
It will be a loooong offseason for both Cleveland and New York, who will forever wonder how they lost games they were certain they had won.
1.2.2002
Happy 2003: We hope everyone had a nice New Year's Day.
Bowl Day: Michigan won The Outback Bowl in a 38-30 thriller over Florida. Florida coach Ron Zook will be answering questions from Gators fans about a series of questionable decisions for years to come. A coach who brought lustre back to a floundering program , Notre Dame's Tyrone Willingham, saw his team's season end on a down note after the Irish lost the Gator Bowl 28-6 to North Carolina State. Texas' cutie QB, Chris Simms, got a measure of redemption by finally playing well in a big game as the Longhorns roughed up LSU 35-20 in the Cotton Bowl. The real Longhorn star was receiver Roy Williams, a favorite of NFL scouts. Auburn won a dull Capital One Bowl, 13-9, over Penn State while Georgia's Bulldogs looked impressive at the Sugar Bowl, beating Florida State 26-13.
We went 3-3 on our picks, with the two big games left (the Orange Bowl and the national title game Fiesta Bowl). Not bad!
It's Not The Same: New Year's Day for sports fans in Southern California and the Midwest has usually meant one thing: The Rose Bowl. For as long as we've been following sports, it's been the Pac 10 vs. the Big 10 (or whatever number of teams were in the conference at the time!). But thanks to the Grandaddy of Them All being part of the BCS coalition, that conference rivalry that has produced some classic games is no longer a factor. It was bizarre not to have a Rose Bowl game on New Year's Day last year due to the Rose Bowl being the BCS championship game and this year, cute as Nate Hybl is, it was strange to see the Oklahoma Sooner's playing in glorious sunshine at the great stadium in Pasadena. It used to be a tradition to watch the Rose Bowl in the afternoon and the Orange Bowl (usually with the Sooners or Nebraska participating) at night on New Year's Day but no more. Politics and money has dictated otherwise and we think college football is poorer because of it.
