Today is the 25th anniversary of Flutie's Hail Mary

[PatsFanSince74]

The University of Florida has an excellent graduation rate and still managed to win National Championships in 1996, 2006, and 2008. It was and still is a joke, but the fact stands that Boston College, while it has sent some talent to the NFL, has not had huge success on the football field.

the data from EagleEye bear you out on Florida. BC has always seemed to me to be ambivalent about its program. Probably a Boston thing, what with Harvard and MIT as neighbors.

 

[Kontradiction]

the data from EagleEye bear you out on Florida. BC has always seemed to me to be ambivalent about its program. Probably a Boston thing, what with Harvard and MIT as neighbors.

As I said, I was talking about the school in general.

 

[PatsWickedPissah]

Not to mention that drop kick a few years back. I thought Steve Burton was going to orgasm in the post game. I loved the fact that Felger was busting Steve's balls

Doug Flutie

So did you and Felger BOTH lose a girlfriend to Flutie?
OK, I'm presumptously assuming you dated girls.

 

[PatsFanInEaglesLand]

I was talking about the school in general. To be honest, I thought their athletic program would have had a lower graduation rate than 25th. That actually suprises me. I'm absolutely floored that Miami is not at or near the bottom, given some of the absolute morons that have come out of that school (such as Michael Irvin and Ray Lewis).

There is 50,000+ students at UF, I could care less if a 100 of them are "majoring" in Football. The football program is self sustainable and gives back 6 million dollars plus to the school every year.

 

[40yrpatsfan]

First of all, I didn't go to BC but I've always admired that they're our only connection to big time college football.

It was a HUGE game. BC was ranked in the top 10 at the time, Miami in the top 20. But Miami was the defending national champ and still had Bernie Kosar as QB and Jimmie Johnson as coach. It was at Miami, and NOBODY expected BC to win - everyone thought BC was overrated and woud get drilled by the superior athletes from Florida.

Also adding to the drama was that it was the Thankgiving day weekend (Friday as I recall) and it was a late afternoon game that peaked around 6pm. The entire country was watching it. It was an epic 47-45 score, a total track meet all game long. So viewers were REALLY engaged in this game, and it was the first time most people around the country had really watched Flutie play. Here's a brief narrative:

"Boston College jumped out to an early 14-0 lead in the first quarter, before quarterback Bernie Kosar and Miami stormed back to tie. The two quarterbacks played phenomenal games, combining for 59-84, for 919 yards, and 5 touchdowns. With 28 seconds remaining, Miami scored and BC trailed 45-41. Three quick plays took the Eagles from their own 20 yard line to the Hurricanes' 48 yard line.

Flutie called the "55 Flood Tip" play, in which the receivers were to run straight routes to the end zone. Then they were to tip the football to another receiver. Flutie scrambled to his right, narrowly averting a sack. He threw the football from his own 37-yard line, requiring the 5' 9" quarterback to throw the ball at least 63 yards against 30 mph winds, after having already thrown the football 45 times throughout the course of the game. The Miami defensive backs doubted Flutie's ability to throw the ball into the end zone, so they paid no attention to Phelan as he ran behind them. The ball came straight down over the mass of players, untouched, into Phelan's arms for the 47-45 win for the Eagles."

It was a freaking awesome finish to an awesome game.

BC went on to win the Cotton Bowl and the final rankings had them #4 in the country. If they hadn't suffered a freak loss at West Virginia that year, they would have been matched against Oklahoma and Barry Switzer in the national championship game, which would have been even more awesome. I was convinced at the time that Oklahoma would have been no match for Flutie.

 

[Kontradiction]

There is 50,000+ students at UF, I could care less if a 100 of them are "majoring" in Football. The football program is self sustainable and gives back 6 million dollars plus to the school every year.

Considering where UF pulls most of their talent from (Belle Glade and other parts in the middle of the state, which is the most podunk), I'm shocked that UF is as high as 25. But yes, I agree with you.

 

[RobertWeathers]

First of all, I didn't go to BC but I've always admired that they're our only connection to big time college football.

It was a HUGE game. BC was ranked in the top 10 at the time, Miami in the top 20. But Miami was the defending national champ and still had Bernie Kosar as QB and Jimmie Johnson as coach. It was at Miami, and NOBODY expected BC to win - everyone thought BC was overrated and woud get drilled by the superior athletes from Florida.

Also adding to the drama was that it was the Thankgiving day weekend (Friday as I recall) and it was a late afternoon game that peaked around 6pm. The entire country was watching it. It was an epic 47-45 score, a total track meet all game long. So viewers were REALLY engaged in this game, and it was the first time most people around the country had really watched Flutie play. Here's a brief narrative:

"Boston College jumped out to an early 14-0 lead in the first quarter, before quarterback Bernie Kosar and Miami stormed back to tie. The two quarterbacks played phenomenal games, combining for 59-84, for 919 yards, and 5 touchdowns. With 28 seconds remaining, Miami scored and BC trailed 45-41. Three quick plays took the Eagles from their own 20 yard line to the Hurricanes' 48 yard line.

Flutie called the "55 Flood Tip" play, in which the receivers were to run straight routes to the end zone. Then they were to tip the football to another receiver. Flutie scrambled to his right, narrowly averting a sack. He threw the football from his own 37-yard line, requiring the 5' 9" quarterback to throw the ball at least 63 yards against 30 mph winds, after having already thrown the football 45 times throughout the course of the game. The Miami defensive backs doubted Flutie's ability to throw the ball into the end zone, so they paid no attention to Phelan as he ran behind them. The ball came straight down over the mass of players, untouched, into Phelan's arms for the 47-45 win for the Eagles."

It was a freaking awesome finish to an awesome game.

BC went on to win the Cotton Bowl and the final rankings had them #4 in the country. If they hadn't suffered a freak loss at West Virginia that year, they would have been matched against Oklahoma and Barry Switzer in the national championship game, which would have been even more awesome. I was convinced at the time that Oklahoma would have been no match for Flutie.

That college football season was wild. Yes, BC hadn't lost to WV, they would have had a shot at the Nat'l title. OU got smoked in the Orange Bowl vs Washington and WAC fraud BYU barely beat a down-n-out Michigan team to get the title.

Woulda shoula coulda..