As a lifelong Pitt fan all I can say is, eh. Unfortunately, we're used to shitt like this. Honestly, it didn't even phase me. By the second onside kick, I don't think there was a single PITT fan in this world who actually thought Pitt was going to recover it. That's just not what we do.

At least this one was just in the Armed Forces Bowl and wasn't for the right to play in a BCS game or against an arch rival or one of the other 27 times this is happened to us in the past two plus decades.

(01-02-2015 08:57 PM)TerryD Wrote:  

(01-02-2015 04:10 PM)Wedge Wrote:  Today, Houston won a bowl game 35-34 on a miracle 4th quarter comeback.

35 years ago yesterday, Houston lost a Cotton Bowl game 35-34 on a miracle 4th quarter comeback.

http://espn.go.com/page2/s/list/bestbowls.html

Quote:The Chicken Soup Game. The city of Dallas is encased in ice, as players prepare for the game. Notre Dame QB Joe Montana recalled how the glazed metropolis appeared as he awoke that day. "It was beautiful -- beautiful if you were spending the day looking out a window."

But Montana, despite suffering from the flu, could do nothing of the sort, and he boldly took the Irish to a 12-0 first-quarter lead. Houston uses its second-quarter wind advantage (in addition to the cold and ice, there is an 18-30 mph wind) to pile up 20 unanswered points.

In the third quarter, Houston adds another 14, as Montana stays in the locker room, struggling to stay warm. With the score 34-12, there seems no reason for him to go back outside. "We knew for a fact people were clicking off their TVs all over the country," Notre Dame center Dave Huffman recalled. "You could hear the ratings drop every time Houston went up another point."

But Montana did go back outside, and here the Montana legend began. Not much happens until Notre Dame's Steve Cichy grabs a Cougar punt blocked by Tom Belden and scampers 33 yards for a TD. Montana connects with Vagas Ferguson on a two-point conversion to bring the Irish within two TDs with 7:25 left. On their next possession, Notre Dame drives 61 yards with Montana running the last three into the end zone, then throws for another successful two-point conversion with 4:15 remaining. 34-28. There it remains, until the Irish get the ball for a final chance. With the clock reading :00, Montana connects with Kris Haines on an eight-yard TD pass, and walk-on kicker Joe Unis nails the PAT. Notre Dame 35, Houston 34.

What revived the sick and cold Notre Dame QB? Chicken soup. It was a magical combo, wrote Steve Wulf in Time, "an Italian leading the Irish to triumph thanks to a traditional Jewish remedy."

That still remains one of my favorite all time games.

The 22 year old version of me sure partied after that one.

Remember that game, well, still haunts every fan of Coogdom of that period. Know how the Pitt fans feel, because we were on the other end of such a comeback, even though there are some questions, if the last second TD caught by the receiver was a TD, since lot of observers said he was out of bounds, Oh well, it's in the record books.

(01-02-2015 08:57 PM)TerryD Wrote:  

(01-02-2015 04:10 PM)Wedge Wrote:  Today, Houston won a bowl game 35-34 on a miracle 4th quarter comeback.

35 years ago yesterday, Houston lost a Cotton Bowl game 35-34 on a miracle 4th quarter comeback.

http://espn.go.com/page2/s/list/bestbowls.html

Quote:The Chicken Soup Game. The city of Dallas is encased in ice, as players prepare for the game. Notre Dame QB Joe Montana recalled how the glazed metropolis appeared as he awoke that day. "It was beautiful -- beautiful if you were spending the day looking out a window."

But Montana, despite suffering from the flu, could do nothing of the sort, and he boldly took the Irish to a 12-0 first-quarter lead. Houston uses its second-quarter wind advantage (in addition to the cold and ice, there is an 18-30 mph wind) to pile up 20 unanswered points.

In the third quarter, Houston adds another 14, as Montana stays in the locker room, struggling to stay warm. With the score 34-12, there seems no reason for him to go back outside. "We knew for a fact people were clicking off their TVs all over the country," Notre Dame center Dave Huffman recalled. "You could hear the ratings drop every time Houston went up another point."

But Montana did go back outside, and here the Montana legend began. Not much happens until Notre Dame's Steve Cichy grabs a Cougar punt blocked by Tom Belden and scampers 33 yards for a TD. Montana connects with Vagas Ferguson on a two-point conversion to bring the Irish within two TDs with 7:25 left. On their next possession, Notre Dame drives 61 yards with Montana running the last three into the end zone, then throws for another successful two-point conversion with 4:15 remaining. 34-28. There it remains, until the Irish get the ball for a final chance. With the clock reading :00, Montana connects with Kris Haines on an eight-yard TD pass, and walk-on kicker Joe Unis nails the PAT. Notre Dame 35, Houston 34.

What revived the sick and cold Notre Dame QB? Chicken soup. It was a magical combo, wrote Steve Wulf in Time, "an Italian leading the Irish to triumph thanks to a traditional Jewish remedy."

That still remains one of my favorite all time games.

The 22 year old version of me sure partied after that one.

I got into a car with a broken out window for the drive back to Houston after the third quarter. Our four hour drive took eight on the ice. My UH friends were not happy.

Punishment for such a monumental letdown was meted out by the admins. No defensive or special teams coaches will be back next season.