Monday, January 02, 2006

BUCKEYES WIN FIESTA BOWL!!!!!!

Updated 1/3/05 8:30AM
The Ohio State University Football Buckeyes beat the Notre Dame Fighting Irish 34-20. The Buckeyes displayed their tough defense and sacked Brady Quinn several times. Troy Smith, Ted Ginn, A.J. Hawk, and the rest of the team played a great game! MSNBC has the highlights.

Buckeye fans
love the Fiesta Bowl, Tostitos, and the great people of Tempe, Arizona! Thank you all for your warm hospitality and having such a well-organized bowl program! Congratulations Buckeyes!

Here are some other articles about the Buckeyes:
Buckeyes Bury Irish in Fiesta (New York Daily News)
...Ohio State (10-2) exposed Notre Dame's mediocre defense by going for long play after long play in building a 21-7 lead by halftime. And when Notre Dame (9-3) threatened late, the Buckeyes delivered their last big play - Antonio Pittman's 60-yard touchdown run with 1:46 left - to finish the job...
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Notre Dame's offense may have gotten top billing in the pregame hype, but it was Ohio State's that rolled up a whopping 617 yards and had to punt just once.
Quarterback Troy Smith was 19-for-28 passing for 342 yards and two touchdowns....

Kings of the Desert (The Columbus Dispatch) (Dispatch Fiesta Bowl Edition)
One by one, they found each other amid the postgame bedlam on the Sun Devil Stadium field. They slapped each other on the shoulder pads, they hugged, they hollered. Tears streamed down a few cheeks.
For the Ohio State seniors, their school record-tying 43rd victory was something to savor...

Can't get enough? Check here and here.

(Please note: I would have enjoyed the game even more if the ABC Sports play-by-play guys would have talked less about the Notre Dame players and Brady Quinn's sister. ABC had more personal interviews with Notre Dame players and they talked about their coach like he was the best in the world. We'd like to see some OBJECTIVITY in the booth!!!!)