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It has taken a good amount of will power not to join the masses and pile on Nick Saban and I’m quite proud of my restraint. So instead of piling on, I’ll just pass along Dan Le BAMatard’s quality attempt at ripping Saban a new one.

“The punctuation on the Nick Saban Error is greasy and greedy. You know what he was as Dolphins coach? A failure. A loser. A gasbag. And one of the worst investments Dolphins owner Wayne Huizenga has ever made. He was less of a success than Dave Wannstedt and more of a traitor than Ricky Williams. There has been very little in franchise history that came with more expectations and fewer results than this hypocrite who at the end avoided the hard questions one last time.”

Nice.

Man, did I have the wrong game as the headline today.

Today’s USC vs. Michigan matchup in the Rose Bowl was good, but tonight’s Boise State vs. Oklahoma Fiesta Bowl was easily the best college football game I’ve seen since last year’s national championship. After blowing an 18 point lead and being down 7 with a minute and change left, Boise State pulled off a shriek-at-the-tv-inducing hook and ladder play on 4th and 18th to force overtime.

Adrian Peterson scored on OU’s first play of extra time on a stretch run to the left side. Big statement? Yes. Effective? Definitely. But style points? A big, fat squadoosh.

Boise State makes the hook and ladder look like an off-tackle run from the I Formation, as they put their QB in motion and had their wide receiver throw a touch pass to the TE (ping pong) for six, only to go for the win on a two-point conversion (tennis) with a freakin’ Statue of Liberty play (bowling) that had their running back stroll in untouched.

I hope everybody got to see this game. And if you didn’t? You want RUWT on that wall. You need RUWT on that wall.