In terms of just WILD games, as opposed to great wins like Toledo over Penn State. The league has had some doozies:

OU-Pitt 2005. Think about it. Pitt runs a kickoff back for a score and OU has one kid run back to picks. And aside from a couple field goals, that is all the scoring. That's just KRAZY.

Akron-Marshall 2004. The sequence of things that Marshall had to do wrong to let the Zips get back into that game and the sequence of things the Zips had to do right to win it, it was just a KRAZY margin for error.

Fat Punter. If you were there, you understand just what KRAZY means.

NIU-Maryland season opener, two years ago. Fleck drags his toe on the turf. Teams miss FGs, UM has the momentum, NIU finds a way. KRAZY!

Toledo-Nevada Vegas Bowl- First ever KRAZY overtime game.

Marshall-ECU GMAC Bowl-Not that I like to admit the Herd was in the league, but 64-61? That was just KRAZY. They come back from 38-8. Dude misses the tying extra point, even.

Toledo-Marshall MAC title game that same year. Todd France and the KRAZY fake FG heard round the world.

BG vs Nevada, I think, in Vegas, the Falcons blow a KRAZY lead and come back to win in the final seconds.

More:
Akron vs Miami- Big Ben's KRAZY Big Ben toss that wins it.
BG vs Northwestern 2001-Urban goes for two. El KRAZO!
EMU Hurons over San Jose State. KRAZY Raisin Bowl.
Miami vs Hawaii-KRAZY scoring.

Others????

Eastern Michigan 61, Central Michigan 58.

KRAZY.

The Chips go 6-1-4 in 1991.

KRAZY.

I've got to add 1997 Ohio vs. EMU - 45-7. Bobcats rush for 600+ yards. passing? That's the other guys problem. (0-1, 0 yards)

Roberto Gato Wrote:I've got to add 1997 Ohio vs. EMU - 45-7. Bobcats rush for 600+ yards. passing? That's the other guys problem. (0-1, 0 yards)

Didn't the Cats actually win a game in that era without ATTEMPTING a pass?

I'm thinking Akron...

Am I wrong?

Toledo vs Pittsburgh in 2003. Toledo's down 31-21 with 7 minutes left in the 4th Qtr. Dawson scores on a 2 yard run to make it 31-28, and then Lance Moore catches a 9 yard fade pass to make it 35-31 Toledo with 43 seconds left. On the last play of the game, Rutherford's desperation pass for Larry Fitzgerald is broken up near the goal line for the victory!

A Bowling Green fan describes the 1985 "Miami Miracle." Quoting:

Earlier in the year, there was this little matter of what one overstating sophomore BG News columnist called "The Greatest Football Game Ever Played," and it had come against that other hated arch-rival, the Miami Redskins. The swing of emotions that happened then seems almost surreal now.

Falcons lead 7-3, late second quarter ... McClure will throw, incomplete ... wait, he's hurt! Brian is down! He's not moving ... They're carrying him off the field ... Goodbye, California Bowl! ... Now at quarterback for the Falcons, #12, Rick Neiman ... Who's that? Oh jeez, he's only thrown two passes in his whole life! ... "And with just two minutes remaining in the game, the score now Miami 24, Bowling Green 14."

Time to pack it up and go home, dreams of an undefeated season dashed in the year's third game, and first at home ... "Neiman just threw a touchdown pass" ... "That's nice, the score will look better on the news tonight ... where's my coat?" ... "We got it! WE GOT IT!"

I had never seen an onside kick work before. But the elated screams of my pal Woody seated next to me (especially as he lifted me from my seat by the neck) convinced me and 20,000 some other fans that maybe this Falcon squad had a little magic left over from the previous week's stunning win over Kentucky.

They did. Neiman trotted confidently onto the field, and suddenly in the course of some 90 seconds, the 24-14 deficit had metamorphised into a 28-24 lead. When a last-second desperation Miami pass into the end zone was knocked away, what has since been dubbed "The Miami Miracle" was reality, and we fans were hugging complete strangers, screaming ourselves hoarse, yelling inane things like "Bring on Miami of FLORIDA!"

It's one of those funny things about athletics -- the crowd psychology can really bring a diverse group of people together, if only for an afternoon. And for that one Saturday in October 1985, though not one of us fans played a single down of that game, we all spent the rest of the day feeling pretty good about ourselves.

Hey, Rick Neiman, wherever you are ... thanks for the memories.

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How about 1969 Toledo at Bowling Green. BG leads 26-24 with a chance to stop the Rockets early in their streak of 35 straight wins. Ealey moves the Rockets down field for a long field goal attempt. The windy Doyt all of a sudden sees the wind stop just in time for UT to kick the game winning field goal in the final seconds, and win the game 27-26!

KSU scores 17 points in the final 3:00 as the Zips fall on a last second 37 yard FG on the final play of the game on opening night 2003 at the Rubber Bowl. Best played game I've ever been too.

10/12/2002 Northern Illinois at Miami...NIU down 27-14 at the start of the 4th quarter, score 34 points in the 4th, and come back to win 48-41. Miami had the ball for 44:07 of the 60 minutes.

Some stats: Turner 220 Yds rushing, 5 TD
Roethlisberger 41-61 525 yards, 4 TD, 2 INT
1086 yards combined offense

Some great memories. And some I didn't know about. CMU tied four games in a season? That IS krazy!


Can't forget Miami over Northwestern, 1995. NW led big the week after beating ND and they were riding pretty high. Miami blocks a FG attempt and kicks one to win it.