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Number 6: Maikon Bonani's game-tying field goal vs. UConn
Before I say anything about this moment in the football season, I have to preface this by saying I realize that so far almost all the top moments were from games we lost. In my defense, though, you can't deny that if you were watching these games, you were jumping for excitement the whole way. With all that said, Bonani's field goal shone a glimmer of hope that USF could close the regular season on a great note.
USF had been playing pretty average football all game. There was no reason for the score to have been as close as it was. Fortunately for the Bulls, Connecticut was playing just as average(ly?) and Jordan Todman was being held to minimal damage. B.J. Daniels took the final game off and Bobby Eveld was at the helm with the Bulls' chance at spoiling the Huskies' season. Late in the game, Eveld now had the task of bringing USF all the way down the field to come back one more time. He had hit Dontavia Bogan once before for a TD, so Holtz thought to go for it again. After consecutive incompletions inside the 5-yard line, Maikon Bonani set up for his third field goal of the night. Bonani's kick sailed through as the clock hit 1:16, tying the game at 16.
As that point, everyone in the crowd was positive that the defense could at least hold the Huskies out of field goal range. Then we'd be going to overtime. Nobody beats us in overtime. We had momentum too, there was no chance for UConn, right? The confidence in the stands was palpable and USF fans were already preparing to go into extra time.
Overtime never came, however, because UConn kicker Dave Teggart hit a 52-yard field goal in the waning seconds. USF fans had such a bitter taste in their mouth because they were the single team standing between sending a deserving team to a BCS bowl and sending the worst team in BCS history to Tempe.
USF had been playing pretty average football all game. There was no reason for the score to have been as close as it was. Fortunately for the Bulls, Connecticut was playing just as average(ly?) and Jordan Todman was being held to minimal damage. B.J. Daniels took the final game off and Bobby Eveld was at the helm with the Bulls' chance at spoiling the Huskies' season. Late in the game, Eveld now had the task of bringing USF all the way down the field to come back one more time. He had hit Dontavia Bogan once before for a TD, so Holtz thought to go for it again. After consecutive incompletions inside the 5-yard line, Maikon Bonani set up for his third field goal of the night. Bonani's kick sailed through as the clock hit 1:16, tying the game at 16.
As that point, everyone in the crowd was positive that the defense could at least hold the Huskies out of field goal range. Then we'd be going to overtime. Nobody beats us in overtime. We had momentum too, there was no chance for UConn, right? The confidence in the stands was palpable and USF fans were already preparing to go into extra time.
Overtime never came, however, because UConn kicker Dave Teggart hit a 52-yard field goal in the waning seconds. USF fans had such a bitter taste in their mouth because they were the single team standing between sending a deserving team to a BCS bowl and sending the worst team in BCS history to Tempe.
Mike, BJ was never in the UConn game at all
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ReplyDeleteyou forgot "late in the 4th quarter) paragraph 2 line 4 lol
ReplyDeleteThat field goal was ridiculous.
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