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Is This a Sign of Things to Come?

December 6, 2008 By toddler 3 Comments

On the first weekend of December last year, a series of improbable events put a two loss LSU team in the

NCAA FOOTBALL: DEC 05 MAC Championship Game - Ball State v Buffalo

National Championship game.  Is that starting to happen again?  Undefeated Ball State is no more.  They got beat by Buffalo in the MAC Championship Game giving the Bulls the MAC Title 42-24 Friday night.

The game became surreal as improbable play after improbable play led to the double digit lead in the fourth quarter.  Two times the Bulls returned fumbles for a touchdown and the officials failed to rule a touchdown by Ball State running back MiQuale Lewis on a review in the third quarter.  The win is the first championship of any kind for the Buffalo Bull football team.  By the way, all of you BCS schools that are looking for an up and coming coach, Turner Gill may be your man.  Gill has done what no one else has done at Buffalo, win.  The Bulls will play in the International Bowl in Toronto.

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  • http://collegefootballtopten.com/2009/01/03/top-ten-moments-cfb-2008/ collegefootballtopten.com » Blog Archive » Top Ten Moments in College Football in 2008

    [...] 8.  Syracuse upsets Notre Dame and Buffalo upsets Ball State These two upsets also “shook the earth” (see below, Utah).  It has been a tough tenure for Syracuse coach Greg Robinson, but he got a parting gift from his players as they knocked off Notre Dame late in the season.  Notre Dame was able to improve on last year’s bowless season by making it to the Hawaii Bowl.  Bufallo was among the worst programs in NCAA Division I football when head coach Turner Gill arrived.  Just a few years later, the Bulls upset undefeated Ball State in the MAC Championship Game to win the title. [...]