NCAA Football 2004
NCAA Football – Oklahoma Sooners defeat Connecticut on Fiesta Bowl 2011
The University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona is a well-known field for the Oklahoma Sooners. They now the town, they now the locker rooms, they know the tunnel that leads to the field. They have been there a couple of times; they just haven’t been able to win this thing for a long time. As a matter of fact, the last time the Sooners won the Fiesta Bowl was back in 1976 when they defeated Wyoming. That all came to an end on Saturday during the 2011 Fiesta Bowl. The Sooners brought in their A-game into the desert and crushed the UConn Huskies by 48-20. The Sooners offensive was simply brilliant and despite putting on a good fight in their first ever Fiesta Bowls, The Sooners where too much of a team for the Huskies that went home without the title. The Oklahoma Sooners where 5-0 in BCS Bowls before they made their trip to Arizona to face Connecticut, a team that at 8-5 for the season and coming from the Big East, had struggled to pull itself into the 2011 Fiesta Bowl. Taking a look back at what had happened during the previous trips to the BCS Bowls, Oklahoma couldn’t help to get that “here we go again feeling”. Let’s take a quick look at the numbers for a second. In 2009 the Oklahoma Sooners had the privilege to play for the BCS National Championship Bowl against the Florida. The Gator won by 24-14 in this exciting game. The year before that, the Sooners faced WVU in the 2008 Fiesta Bowl. The West Virginia Mountaineers put on a baffling 48-28 upset against the Sooners. In 2007 the Sooners will again take a go at the Fiesta Bowl. For the first time in many years, the Sooners would take a chance to win the Fiesta Bowl against Boise State, but the Boise State Broncos proved to be a stronger team and defeated the Sooners in an intense 43-42 smack down. Before that it was the 2005 Orange Bowl. The Sooners were playing the USC Trojans and despite holding on a great season record, the No.1 ranked team in the nation, the Trojans, won the game 19-55. In 2004 the Oklahoma Sooners played the Sugar Bowls against LSU. Head Coach Nick Saban and the Tigers took an important 14-21 win over the Sooners. So yes, that was 0-5 for the Sooners in BCS Bowls and that was certainly hurting not only the fans but head coach Bob Stoops as he had been in front of the Sooners every one of those failing years. The Sooners remembered all these games before they played UConn on Saturday. And they made the Huskies pay. The Sooners quarterback, Landry Jones, finally emerged from under the shadow of Heisman Trophy winner Sam Bradford and played out an extraordinary game. He went for a school-bowl record 429 yards completing 34 of 49 for three touchdowns and one interception. It’s got to feel good to finally live to its expectations. In 2007 and 2008 the Sooners arrived to Arizona as the favorite. They left a bit embarrassed and disappointed. This time around, the Sooners took the win back to Norman, Oklahoma where thousands of fans where waiting for them.
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The 2004 Nokia Sugar Bowl National Championship $9.50 The stage was set on January 4, 2004, as the top-rated scoring offense of the Oklahoma Sooners collided with the top-rated defense of the LSU Tigers in the New Orleans Superdome for the 2004 Nokia Sugar Bowl and the BCS National Championship. Led by a dominating defensive performance, LSU stunned Oklahoma`s Heisman quarterback with an unrelenting assault that left the Sooners scrambling for offens… |
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The 2004 Rose Bowl Game Presented by Citi $7.47 All eyes were on Pasadena on January 1, 2004, when the Pac-Ten Champion University of Southern California Trojans met the Big Ten Champion University of Michigan Wolverines in a classic Rose Bowl showdown. It was the sixth time these two schools had met in college football`s most revered bowl game, and once again, the game was played with a national championship in the balance. The Trojans hit har… |
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The 2004 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl $5.95 `Another Desert Duel Leads to Consecutive Tostitos Fiesta Bowl Championships.` On January 2nd, 2004 the Ohio State Buckeyes returned to the scene of their greatest triumph in 34 years to try and capture a second consecutive Tostitos Fiesta Bowl Championship. On the other side of the ball were the Kansas State Wildcats, who had just pulled of a massive upset of the Oklahoma Sooners to win the Big 1… |
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NCAA Football 2005 $3.00 NCAA Football 2005 is more than just a sports game. It’s a celebration of college football. From the school rivalries to the challenge of keeping a winning team together and victorious, you’ll experience college football from every point of view. Get a taste of true football action, from the opening kickoff to the final gun. Incredible new locomotion animations for ball carriers and non-carrie… |
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Xbox Demo Disc #24, November 2003, Featuring Prince orf Persia: The Sands of Time, (Disc Only) $10.00 Contains demo disc only. Hardcopy magazine is NOT included…. |
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NCAA Gamebreaker 2004 $2.98 NCAA GameBreaker 2004 sports the latest technology and the latest rosters, for the latest & greatest in college bowl action! Complete with commentary by famous announcers Keith Jackson and Tim Brandt… |
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Hello Albert! $9.50 Follow Albert around the campus of the University of Florida in this fun and beautifully illustrated hardcover children’s book. Read along as Albert stops at some of Florida’s most beloved landmarks – Century Tower, Smather’s Library, Lake Alice and the O’Connel Center – before arriving at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium for a football game…. |
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The Fifty-Year Seduction: How Television Manipulated College Football, from the Birth of the Modern NCAA to the Creation of the BCS $23.95 For more than a half century, television has played a primary role in securing college football’s place as one of America’s most popular spectator sports. But it has also been the common denominator in the sport’s rise as a big business. Television, which multiplied the number of people who cared about the game, simultaneously increased the stakes.The colleges, who once feared television’s ability… |
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NCAA Football 2004 (Prima’s Official Strategy Guide) $7.40 Welcome to Sunday ·All collegiate and Classic teams covered ·Tips for success in every mode, including Dynasty Mode® ·Tested online strategies for the PlayStationTM2 ·Expert offensive and defensive strategies ·How to unlock every hidden feature… |
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ACC Pre-2004 Pocket Pro Conference Set $19.99 Teams includes in this set are: Clemson, Duke, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Maryland, North Carolina, North Carolina State, Virginia and Wake Forest. Pocket pro helmets are about 2 inches tall and come in a clamshell package that stands by itself…. |