DragonRider23

I will do a daily countdown of the best College Football Finishes in CF history. I couldn't do 10, because it became hard to choose from. I took the summaries of the events from foxsports.com. I will introduce 2 a day.

15: Notre Dame 35, Houston 34

January 1, 1979

Houston dominated early but was only up 20-12 at halftime in the bitter cold Cotton Bowl. Montana, who went 1-for-11 to start the game, was suffering from the flu and wasn't helped by the below-zero wind chills. At halftime, he had hypothermia and needed blankets, warm liquids and, famously, chicken soup to bring his body temperature up. It didn't matter as the Cougars led 34-12 late with Tim Koegel taking over at quarterback for the Irish. With less than just over seven minutes to play, Houston was playing its backups. The game got a little interesting when the Irish scored on a 33-yard blocked punt for a touchdown. Feeling a bit better, Montana came back in and threw the two-point conversion to be down 34-20.

The ending: Montana got the ball back and marched the offense 61 yards in five plays, ending with a two-yard touchdown run to get within six. Houston's running attack couldn't heat back up and had to give the ball back to the Irish, but the Cougar defense appeared to have saved the day by forcing a Montana fumble with 1:50 to play. On fourth-and-inches with :34 to play and with the punting game struggling with the win, Yeoman chose to go for it, but the Irish defense held, giving it back to Montana on the Cougar 29 with :28 to play. Two plays later, the Irish had it on the eight with :06 to play. After one incompletion, there was time for one more play with just :02 to go. Montana ran to his right and found Kris Haines in the corner of the end zone for a diving grab just before going out of bounds. Joe Unis hit the extra point to cap a 23-point fourth quarter and a 35-34 win.

14: Miami 26, Florida State 25

October 3, 1987

A big Sanders punt return led to an FSU field goal to go up 19-3 as the Seminole defense held down QB Steve Walsh and the vaunted Hurricane attack. Even though the 'Noles were dominating, they couldn't convert their great drives into touchdowns and struggled with the kicking game. Walsh suddenly got hot, finding Melvin Bratton for a 49-yard touchdown pass to take back some of the momentum, and then made things interesting with a two-point conversion. Down 19-13 in the fourth quarter, Walsh hit Irvin on a 29-yard touchdown pass followed by a two-point conversion to tie the game at 19. FSU came down and missed a field goal, yes, wide right as the kicking game continued to struggle, but got the ball back and went on a late fourth quarter march on the running of Sammie Smith getting down to the Hurricane 10. Just when it looked like the 'Noles were going to pull it out, Smith fumbled with just over three minutes to play. A tie seemed almost certain.

The ending: After a few plays got the Hurricanes to their own 27, Walsh and Irvin hooked up on what would be the play of the year. On third and seven with 2:32 to play, Walsh audibled out of a short pass and floated a throw up the right sideline, hitting Irvin in perfect stride for a 73 yard touchdown and a 26-19 lead. No, he wasn't being defended by Deion. FSU quarterback Danny McManus got the ball back, needing to go 75 yards for a touchdown. After sputtering and stalling, with 1:30 to Play, the 'Noles went for it on fourth and eight from their own 27 as head coach Bobby Bowden feared his offense wouldn't get the ball back. They converted. Things got even better for the 'Noles as Dexter Carter made a remarkable 31-yard catch in double-coverage over Bennie Blades to get into scoring position. On the following play, Ronald Lewis one-upped Carter's grab on a diving catch in the back of the end zone while barely dragging his feet. Miami 26, FSU 25. Even though the Seminole kicking game had been miserable all day, Bobby Bowden didn't hesitate to send Derek Schmidt out for the tie. Bowden had said before the game that if it came down to it, he'd kick the extra point and take the tie instead of going for two. McManus and the other FSU players lobbied furiously with their head coach to go for two and the win. Bowden relented. McManus had Lewis wide open in the middle of the end zone, but didn't see him — instead tossing an under-thrown pass that was broken up in the right corner. Miami held the 26-25 lead before recovering the onside kick with :42 for the win.

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Here comes another disection of a big move. Johan Santana, the sexy trade chip, is gone. He has packed his bags and is off to the big apple, which he will get to see when a Met hits a home run. He is finally gone, meaning there is not much left on the trading block other than the whole O's roster(except Nick Markakis) and most of the A's roster.

Mets take: I like this deal for the Mets. They do not give up there prized outfield prospect in 19-year old Fernando Martinez. They will give up an outfield prospect that has no room on the roster with Carlos Beltran, Moises Alou, Endy Chavez, Ryan Church, Marlon Anderson and Angel Pagan. They also give up injured but talented Phil Humber, who looks to produce as a number 3 starter at best, Deolis Guerra who is a young fireballer who can be within th 2-4 starter range and Kevin Mulvey, who could be a number 2 sometime. The Mets are getting the ace for there staff that also has Pedro Martinez, Orlando Hernandez, John Maine and Oliver Perez. Thats a pretty good bunch of pitchers. I don't think that this gives the Mets an automatic NL East winner, especially with that top notch Phillies line-up that is good top-to-bottom.

Twins take: I don't like this deal that much. The Twins were backed against a wall to get something for Johan instead of watching him leave without anything other than a 1st round pick. I think all 4 of the prospects that the Twins are getting will turn out to be fine, especially if the future 5 for the Twins turns out to be Liriano, Slowey, Mulvey, Guerra and Bonser/Humber. I still prefer this deal for the mets because of 1 player: Fernando Martinez. If F-Mart would have been thrown in, this deal quickly becomes a success for the Twins. Gomez will most likely start in the majors for the Twins with Michael Cuddyer and Craig Monroe in the other spots and Delmon Young getting the DH nod.

Pre-Season Winner: New York Mets

Johan Santana 2008 projected stats: 16-6/ 3.20 ERA/ 238-48 K-BB

Phil Humber 2008 Projected stats: 1-4/ 3.28 ERA/ 71-32 K-BB

Carlos Gomez 2008 Projected stats: 132 G/ .306 BA/ 15 HR/ 80 RBI

Here comes another disection of a big move. Johan Santana, the sexy trade chip, is gone. He has packed his bags and is off to the big apple, which he will get to see when a Met hits a home run. He is finally gone, meaning there is not much left on the trading block other than the whole O's roster(except Nick Markakis) and most of the A's roster.

Mets take: I like this deal for the Mets. They do not give up there prized outfield prospect in 19-year old Fernando Martinez. They will give up an outfield prospect that has no room on the roster with Carlos Beltran, Moises Alou, Endy Chavez, Ryan Church, Marlon Anderson and Angel Pagan. They also give up injured but talented Phil Humber, who looks to produce as a number 3 starter at best, Deolis Guerra who is a young fireballer who can be within th 2-4 starter range and Kevin Mulvey, who could be a number 2 sometime. The Mets are getting the ace for there staff that also has Pedro Martinez, Orlando Hernandez, John Maine and Oliver Perez. Thats a pretty good bunch of pitchers. I don't think that this gives the Mets an automatic NL East winner, especially with that top notch Phillies line-up that is good top-to-bottom.