50 Top 10 Lists of 2007

Top 10 Sports Matches

#1. Boise State 43 – Oklahoma 42, in Overtime

Jan. 1, 2007

Imagine if football was always this fun? On New Year's Day Boise State, a school many fans felt didn't deserve a Fiesta Bowl invite, used the old hook and ladder play to tie mighty Oklahoma, 35 all, at the end of regulation. Oklahoma took a 42-35 overtime lead, but then a Boise wide receiver tossed a touchdown pass. On the two-point conversion, Boise State called a third trick — the Statue of Liberty play, in which the quarterback hands the ball off to a runner behind his back — that fooled the Sooners and capped Boise's 13-0 season. Oh yeah, Boise State tailback Ian Johnson proposed to his cheerleader girlfriend on national television right after the win.

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