BrewingFrog
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Mac Brown doesn't get an extra second put back on the clock, and we were going to be in an interesting position. But, UT being UT, they got the extra second, and we got the Fiesta Bowl. I believe that both TCU and Boise would have annihilated just about any of the other BCS Powers that year, but they stuck us in the same Bowl game to avoid the embarrassment of getting their asses kicked. Badly.The Fiesta Bowl was fine except we got screwed having to play Boise and we lost. I think people would have an entirely different impression if it we had played a different team, especially if we won. At least Phoenix is a nice place to visit in the winter. Much, much better than Atlanta.
Little known factoid: The Fiesta Bowl only had to pay out a fraction of what they would have had to pay BCS Programs, because neither team was in the Big Boys Club. They were only obligated to pay something like $2.3 million per team, vs the $5 million they would have otherwise per the BCS Bowl agreement. We ran into Craig Thompson (MWC Poo-Bah) outside the Stadium along with some Fiesta Bowl Bigwig. I congratulated Thompson in running a good Conference, and thanked the Fiesta guy for the invite. Then, I asked the Fiesta guy, "So, when are you going to cough up the $8 million you owe him?" pointing at Thompson. He stammered and stumbled, as this had been talked about on various Sportstalk outfits, and he really didn't have an answer. Thompson just laughed, "Yeah! Where's the money?"