Game Thread: Potato Bowl: Buffalo vs. SDSU (on Boise's Smurf Turf)

[RobToxin]

fify

Yeah, hell, WTF was I thinking when I said third quarter. Too much flaming sambukas last night, apparently.

 

[RobToxin]

14-0 Aztecs. Looks like Buffalo was not a good pick.

 

[KnightAndDay]

Why in the blue hell did I pick Buffalo?

 

[Red_Alert]

Buffalo needs 7 reeeeaaaaal bad or this gets away.

 

[RobToxin]

Buffalo finally gets a first down.

 

[UNA Lion]

Okay, know its probably been brought up before, but its bad enough those two team have to play on swimming pool-colored turf, but did they have to leave the stupid BSU mascot on the field too? Its supposed to be a bowl game!

That would have been like UNA leaving the Lion mascot on the field in Florence for the DII national championship game.

 

[Shanemansj13]

Go Aztecs!

Lost my first two games, but had 1 and 2 confidence. Have 5 confidence on this.

 

[RobToxin]

Bulls to the 15 with help from a personal foul.

 

[WestEndVol]

Ouch, he took a nasty fall.

 

[Red_Alert]

TD Buffalo

They needed that baaaaaad!!!

 

[WestEndVol]

TD Bulls.

 

[Wild Turkey]

Should have given tickets to a couple of Boy Scout troops it would have doubled attendance.

 

[UNA Lion]

Got to hate it for the runner, but when you reverse field like that holds often occur.

 

[RobToxin]

Bulls back in it. 14-10.

 

[RobToxin]

After a bunch of penalties, Aztecs score on like their eight 3rd down. Muema on an 8-yard TD. SDSU 21 Buffalo 10. 1:06 left second quarter.

 

[RobToxin]

28-10 now. Now looking so good for Buffalo.

 

[BoiseStateFan27]

I can't believe how bad Buffalo is getting outplayed

San Diego State did really improve late in this year

Neutz actually almost made a big time play there

and I'm talking after that catch

he almost drew San Diego State into a penalty

overall I'm pretty surprised at how good the Mountain West has played this bowl season

Colorado State beat Washington State

and now San Diego State is looking very good

I don't count Fresno State because they suck in bowl games and get blown out no matter who they play in a bowl, this is the worst part about them being in the conference

 

[RobToxin]

Aztecs find inspiration in a little linebacker | UTSanDiego.com

BOISE, Idaho – As bowl week wound down, five Aztecs spent Friday morning in the pediatric ward at St. Luke’s Boise Medical Center, handing out gift bags and visiting with sick children.

The San Diego State players showed their softer side, stooping to play with little boys, high-fiving a wandering toddler, and posing for pictures with bedridden kids.

But one boy in particular really struck a chord with the Aztecs, especially for middle linebacker Jake Fely.

Colin Steppe was a freshman on the football team at Meridian (Idaho) High School this year. He sustained a helmet-to-helmet hit in practice in October, and over Thanksgiving break, his parents took him to see an optometrist because they were concerned about damage to his optic nerve.

Thus the Steppes’ nightmare began.

The optometrist said the optic nerve was swollen and sent the family to get an MRI. That’s how they found out that Colin, 14, had a brain tumor between his spinal canal and cerebellum.

Colin needed surgery to remove the tumor, but it came with a risk: The cerebellum is involved in controlling motor movement and balance, and there was no way to predict whether the surgery would affect Colin’s movement.

Still, the Steppes didn’t have much of a choice. On Dec. 2, Colin underwent a 14-hour surgery to remove the tumor. Doctors managed to get it all, which means he won’t need any chemotherapy or radiation, but Colin subsequently developed posterior fossa syndrome and cannot move, talk or even swallow.

What is posterior fossa syndrome?
Posterior Fossa Syndrome ( PFS ) is a group of neurological symptoms that can occur primarily in children after brain tumour surgery to remove tumours, such as a medulloblastoma, in the areas of the cerebellum and brainstem without evidence of a stroke or injury to the brain tissue. Symptoms generally appear 1 to 3 days after surgery and can persist from months to years. Symptoms of PFS can include mutism, weakness in one side of the body, ataxia ( unsteadiness/ poor balance) emotional lability, poor muscle tone, facial paralysis on one side, an eye that turns inwards (gaze palsy) and incontinence. Cerebellar Mutism tends to include all of the findings of Posterior Fossa Syndrome and the child has little or no ability to speak and in severe cases the child may be unable to drink or eat. A few will continuously drool as they do not have the coordination to even swallow their own saliva. But these symptoms can be overcome.

(Source: The Danny Green Fund. http://www.dannyg... )

“He’s a three-sport athlete. Football, wrestling and track,” Susan told the Aztecs as they gathered around her in the hallway outside Colin’s room. “He played for the Meridian High School Warriors.”

“We’re Warriors too. Aztec Warriors. He’s one of us,’ Fely said, quietly.

Someone asked Steppe what position Colin played, and Fely’s brown eyes moistened as Susan replied that Colin was a linebacker and said he was having a tough time.

The Aztecs surrounded the boy’s bed and Fely dug into the gift pack they’d brought, pulling out Aztecs’ T-shirts, tattoos and a mini-megaphone.

 

[RobToxin]

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[RobToxin]

And Buffalo fumbles the opening kickoff to start the second half.