BUT SO DOES BEATING OU IN NORMAN IN THE BEDLAM GAME FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE I STARTED BLEEDING ORANGE.
Holy mackerel. What did I watch?!
I'm on day 8 of being sick. Like, REALLY SICK. In a desperate attempt to get out of the house, I ventured out to watch the game. In a super noisy restaurant that only cared about the SEC championship game.
With about 5 minutes left in the game, I was getting REAL over it. And desperate for the comfort of my couch. And my meds. I kept hanging around though because...I bleed Orange. Duh.
Then Rudolph throws a pick. Of course. Typical Bedlam outcome for my boys. We're done, I'm going insane. (More insane than I have been all day, which is saying something.)
AND we force a 3 and out...wait what? I'm getting excited, we have some time, and Rudolph can throw the deep ball. AND THEN WE ROUGH THE PUNTER. And I'm mad. Really mad. WASTING TIME. Don't take stupid penalties...which we were doing all game.
And then the re-punt...to TYREEK HILL.
I think I stood up somewhere around when he was crossing the 40 yd line the first time, and actually saying out loud, "no. no. what?! YES YES YES!"
See, you have to understand... I love my boys. Every one of them. But I LOVE Tyreek Hill.
See, Gundy does this thing when he lands a commit on twitter where he'll say, "Pistols Firing from (insert city, state) #BeACowboy"
I don't know if one of those tweets has actually made me dance around my living room the way the one from Garden City, KS did. (Hill's junior college was located there)
He's fast. And he's gotten so shifty. And if he works to an outside edge or open space...HE GONE.
(I've also rewatched that video 100 times while typing this alone.)
Anyways, an OT win and Bedlam victory is finally ours in Norman.
Defense showed up. Special teams showed up. Offense made the necessary plays (Minus some BIG drops from our receivers...). I'm a happy girl.
I still don't want Mike Yurcich calling plays for my team next year. And being bowl eligible is a HUGE deal this year. WE NEED THOSE EXTRA PRACTICES.
Btw, I stopped in the middle of typing this to relive the moment by giving a play by play to one of my favorite people...and I'm still so amped. Talking about it is so fun. What a buildup. Seriously. Could not have been scripted more perfectly/anxiety filled.
Isn't Bedlam such a fitting name for our rivalry?
Now a quick blurb on my other football thoughts (since I'm getting annihilated in my picks in hockey tonight):
- HOLY OHIO STATE. Man they showed up.
- I was cheering against Alabama (sorry teeny...i don't like losing my bets!) But they played well against a probably underestimated Mizzou team. They're in.
- Florida State also played decently against a surprisingly good Georgia Tech Team
- Oregon destroyed Arizona...so we know they're in.
- So what happens with #3 and #4? How do you take a TCU team that trashed their opponent today out and leave Florida State in iffff, their win was, and it was, better today? How do you take undefeated FSU out? What do you do with Ohio State? What do you tell Baylor? (You tell them that late season losses and tight games don't help...especially against Texas Tech this year).
YES, Ohio State is literally KILLING IT, but TCU's loss was to a (at the time especially) VERY GOOD Baylor team AT Baylor. Ohio State's loss was to a very bad Virginia Tech team at home. I know when you lose shouldn't matter, but it does. If I'm on the selection committee, nothing changes. Especially because everyone wants that Alabama-FSU match up and they can guarantee it happens.
But I also wouldn't want to be on that committee, cause SOMEONE is going to be mad, well a lot of someones, and that's a lot of pressure.
Anyone miss the computers yet? But seriously, for giggles, I'd love to see what the computer rankings are in comparison to the human picks. Interesting I bet. (And this is coming from someone who the computers screwed in 2011...WE WANT LSU.) Maybe next year we see an 8 team playoff... Or 6 with a bye week for top 2? WHO KNOWS! DRAMMAAAAA.
I'll be sure to blog my playoff reaction late tomorrow, a girl's gotta work after 8 days with the plague.
XO
