2008 Holiday Bowl – Oregon Outlasts Oklahoma State, 42-31, in Exciting, No Protection Contest
Johnson’s 76-yard scoring scamper broke Barry Sanders’ Holiday Bowl file of sixty seven yards in 1988. Cowboy broad receiver Dez Bryant set a record with thirteen catches (a career excessive for Bryant) for 167 yards, including a 33-yard TD. The old data were eleven catches and 163 yards.
Cowboy quarterback Zac Robinson obtained into the act by completing 27 of fifty passes for 329 yards and a touchdown. He also ran sixteen occasions for 54 yards and a score. As if Masoli’s play was not enough to encourage the Geese, Oregon players dedicated their win to Todd Doxey, a redshirt freshman from San Diego (website of the Vacation Bowl) whodrowned final summer in Oregon’s McKenzie River.
After the game, Oregon coach Mike Bellotti stated Masoli was “a tricky son of a gun, “adding that “He is quicker than most individuals think and he’s stronger and tougher to take down. And he ran over and around and through individuals today.” Masoli did precisely that.
What everybody actually needs to know is: Where does Mike Bellotti regularly find actually good gamers (particularly operating backs and quarterbacks) that different packages miss?
In Masoli’s case, he’s a junior faculty transfer. “They had been much more bodily than us within the second half,” stated Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy. “We weren’t able to overcome that.” No kidding, Mike. Oregon gained the battle of the Mikes this time around. Gundy was the Oklahoma State Bowl Game quarterback when the Cowboys gained the Vacation Bowl in 1988.
If Gundy desires to see even more physical gamers he ought to schedule a non-convention game with Oregon State. The Oregon State Beavers not solely play really bodily, they sometimes play mean, nasty and cruel at home. Did I mention soiled? Oregon finished the season at 10-3, marking the 4th time that Bellotti has had double-digit wins in 14 seasons as head coach for the Ducks. Oklahoma State was 9-4.
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