4th and 17 ...

With one little “Hook and Lateral” play on 4^th and 17 with the game on the line with 1:00 remaining, Florida International got their first ever Bowl win. They join Boise State in College football and Rock Bowl lore.  Every year there is one game that defines the Mission of the Rocky Bowl.  This was the game for 2011.  With only 204 points on the line for an FIU win and 1170 points for a Toledo win, it had the makings of a game where you rooted against yourself (if you had small points); so as to enable you to make up Points Possible ground on those with big points on the same team.  Admit it, you were glued to the TV or Internet for this Little Caesars bowl in Detroit Michigan with two teams playing you have never watched or cared about.  You may have wondered when Florida International was founded and why they even have a football team.  You surely proclaimed “Holy Toledo” when the Rockets went for 2 instead of the Tie with 1:15 remaining (Rob Akkey would be proud).  You surely thought you had the points in the bank when they converted it.  But little ole Florida Int’l converted that 4^th and 17 and kicked the game winner as time ran out.   And the 3 Commissioners proclaimed, “That’s what the Rocky Bowl is all about”!!!  Damn we’re good …