(02-01-2013 05:29 PM)HuskieFootball Addict Wrote:  We had set our DVR to record the Orange Bowl and we waited until 2 weeks after we got home to watch it. I don't generally like re-watching games we lose.
Yea...so close is right. Our Offense & Jordan did not play as well as they had all year. Our D played really well for the most part or the score would have been much different. Of course the score would also have been much different if Lynch had had a better game & our receivers had made the catches they missed.
My hubby made a list of non-calls or bad calls by the refs while we watched the DVR. He looked really carefully at the calls (or non calls) and we think the game could have been much different if they had called all the holding FSU did on our players... the non called pass interference...and the non fumble - the fact that the player was DOWN. BOTH knees and it was not a fumble. That was going to be a TD for us. All momentum killers. **sigh**

I take heart in the fact that WE were in it much better and for longer - than Notre Dame who was getting their butts handed to them by 3 TD's halfway thru the first quarter.

Mr. Nole - please do not comment. This post is directed at my fellow NIU fans. Thank you.

Sorry but when you make statement like you have, you should expect a response. Also are you really laying blame to the refs for multiple holding calls? Really? FSU players were not holding, they were just much bigger on the line. The fumble could have gone either way and looked like he was down, but the non PI call was not one of the bad calls. Contact is allowed within 5 yards and honestly the NIU WR ran a poor route...straight to the top corner instead of the deep corner.

I also don't see how you can say any drive would have resulted in a TD...you can say that about every drive each team had that ended in a punt. I think NIU put up a strong effort and had a tough match up with a defense that is one of the best in the country. The game ended as it probably should have and the score reflected that.

I will also say that NIU showed they deserved much more than ND. I am positive after seeing NIU play in the OB, they would have given Alabama a much better game than the Irish did.