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Article: Ohio State defense stands tall: Goal line stand in double OT seals improbable result
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- Charleston Daily Mail
- Article date:
- January 4, 2003
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TEMPE, Ariz. - Ohio State thought it won the national title, then
Miami did, then no one could say for sure. Then, yes, it was true:
Ohio State wins.
Did the officials know?
How come that flag was tossed in the end zone? How come Miami
first ran on the field and fireworks went off while the Ohio State
quarterback lay in dejection on the ground?
Has there ever been a Fiesta Bowl like this ? A national title
like this? Anything like this? No, no, and no.
Friday's national title game, played out spectacularly and
dramatically before a crowd of 77,505 at Sun Devil Stadium, was one
for the ages - is it really, really over? - and captured in the end
by Ohio State, 31-24, in double overtime.
Ohio ...