Blog of Parag

Orange Bowl

It was a good game to watch last night between Penn State and Florida State. Penn State won 26-23 in what turned out to be a battle of defensive teams and missed field goals. Over the years, Bobby Bowden has had his share of kickers that missed critical field goals nleading to a loss. Last night was another repeat of that. The only difference was that the Penn State kicker, a freshman was doing badly as well. Finally, he put one in to win the game. I just love the games that go into overtime.

The combined age of the two head coaches was 155 years. With Joe Pa at young 79 and Bobby Bowden at 76, these are the top two winningest coaches in NCAA football. They coached against each other for the first time after a gap 15 years. Paterno is now 7-1 against Bowden. They both appeared for a short interview at the end of the game and didn't want to take any questions about retirement. The best quote was from Joe Paterno. He said this to Bobby Bowden as the game finally ended at 1 am, "I told him we're too old for this. It's almost past my bedtime."

Can't wait to watch Texas and USC in the Rose Bowl tonight. It is going to be a great offensive battle in contrast to Orange Bowl. Both the teams have very good offenses led by Texas' QB Vince Young and USC's RB Reggie Bush, this year's Heisman Trophy winner. I am rooting for the 'Horns. Can't have USC win three in a row.