11) Oklahoma vs Vacated, 2005 Orange Bowl
Vacated wins 55-19
Recap and boxscore - http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/football/ncaa/specials/bowls/2004/01/04/orange.bowl/index.html (lol old si.com)
Highlights
This was going to be the greatest game I ever watched. Two teams who had steamrolled through the regular season, and were clearly the two best teams in the country (hi aub), were going to duke it out in what was sure to be another classic Orange Bowl. 4 of the 5 Heisman finalists would be there, OU with Adrian "All Day" Peterson and former Heisman winner Jason "No Knees" White, Vacated with future NFL stud and Heisman winner Matt Leinart and one of the greatest running backs of all time, Vacated.
And hey, OU scored the first TD of the game. And then we were outscored 55-12 the rest of the way.
Whoops.
Now Im pretty sure people will agree that OU wasn't 55-19 bad, but Vacated was the better team. And if you look it up, Vacated has a pretty good record! This one (obviously since I'm ranking them) bothers me the least of our BCS title losses, but it did suck pretty bad for a couple of days.
FUN FACTS
Lets all watch Ashlee Simpson get booed again
The previous year, OU had a top 3 kicker. In this season, he was so bad that we pulled the redshirt of our freshman kicker, and had him kick the final 3 games. His only field goal attempt was in the Orange Bowl itself, a successful 29 yarder! That kicker was Garrett Hartley, while often injured or drugged up in the pros, was a key part of the Saints Super Bowl win, becoming the first kicker in Super Bowl history to hit three 40 yard field goals, and if he had been the kicker on the onside kick to start the 2nd half, I think I could have argued pretty passionately that he should have been MVP!
Bonus Question
Biggest blowout loss in a game you were super hyped up for?
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Dr voltchball - best in the world.