Turn Around Football Games

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What is your recollection of the biggest turn around football game?
The one I remember was ND & Sou Cal. I'm thinking it was ND that had Sou Cal by 35 points at half time and Sou Cal came back and won the game in the 2nd half. May possibly have been the other way around though.
 
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What is your recollection of the biggest turn around football game?
The one I remember was ND & Sou Cal. I'm thinking it was ND that had Sou Cal by 35 points at half time and Sou Cal came back and won the game in the 2nd half. May possibly have been the other way around though.

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Frank Reich TWICE!

At Md. under Boss Ross vs. "The U"
At Buffalo vs. Oilers in the AFC playoffs

Probably the 2 best comebacks at the D1-A level & NFL level, and they were both orchestrated by the SAME QB!
 
For my money its the 28-14 comeback at uva, or the 24(?)-0 comeback at home versus the same nose pickin' hoos. I was halfway out of the stadium on that one before my bride yanked my ass back in.
 
Notre Dame Led 24-0

and USC scored before the half to make it 24-7. Anthony Davis returned the second half kickoff for a TD and the Trojans didn't slow down until it was 55-24.
 
Wrecks picked mine. The first game that came to mind when I read the topic was Maryland/Miami from '84 (or '85).
 
I'm pretty sure the MD-Miami comeback is still the biggest in NCAA history and the Buffalo-Houston is also in the NFL. Frank Reich Qb'd both.
 
I remember watching the Marshal vs E. Carolina bowl game in 2001, I think it was in Mobile. That game at one point was 41-8 to E. Carolina but Marshal came back with a 28 point second quarter and ended up beating the pirates in OT.
 
Way back in the '50s, before I knew anything about or had any interest in football I was watching a bowlgame between I think Minn and Wisc, Ron Van DerKellen was qb for the team that got behind like 42-0, brought them back to a 43-42 win!!
 
I like the Auburn win at uga. 4th and 10 and under 2 minutes to go and Auburn hits on a little 60 yard thing.
Knowing the good sports up in athens, I'm sure the uga faithful were very complimentary to their auburn brothers! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

Just how bad do you think that one hurt? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugher.gif
 
Just about as bad as the one this Saturday will hurt them. Auburn's hurt, GT's crushes. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/hugelaugh.gif
 
Not only did Reich QB both of those wins....

but wasn't he the backup QB in both cases? He may have started the game (I can't remember), but IIRC he was the second string QB and the first stringer was hurt. I think he backed up Boomer at Maryland and Warren Moon in Houston -but I could be wrong. That even makes it more incredible.
 
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I'm pretty sure the MD-Miami comeback is still the biggest in NCAA history and the Buffalo-Houston is also in the NFL. Frank Reich Qb'd both.

[/ QUOTE ]Correct on both counts. Miami was up 31-0 but was outscored in the 2nd half 42-3. That was not Miami's year. Two weeks later, Doug Flutie threw the hail mary pass against Miami. That kinda stuff happens when your mascot is a freakin' stork. Bruhahahahahahha!!!
 
Re: Not only did Reich QB both of those wins....

Amazingly, neither Kelly nor Thurman Thomas played in that game.
 
uh...I seem to have developed CRS....

I had my teams reversed.

I'm getting old. I couldn't remember details of the first "fish game" and now I screw this up.

I'm 0 for 2 in my last two posts. Not a good thing. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/pat.gif

What is sad is that I've been a Bills fan since I lived in Rome, NY for three years. And I still screwed it up!

But wasn't I correct that Reich was the backup in both cases?
 
Re: uh...I seem to have developed CRS....

I just think your game face is on and we all aren't thinking right, right now.
 
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