Wow, am I ever glad I stayed up to see the end of the Fiesta Bowl! How could you not cheer for an underdog from Idaho of all places, unless you are from, uh, Oklahoma. I’ve always hated Oklahoma, going back to their great rivalry with Nebraska in the 1970s (Nebraska was the Good Guys, especially when they had Johnny Rogers).

You also have to like Boise State because they have a blue field. Yes, blue. They’re just downright interesting.

That Fiesta Bowl is among the best games I’ve ever seen. When Boise threw that interception with a minute left, and it was run in for a touchdown, I thought, “Well, they played their hearts out. It was a great season for them.” But with a minute left, they came back with that hook & ladder play, executed to perfection, to tie it up. And then the similarly perfect Statue of Liberty play to win the game.

And then the guy who ran it in immediately proposed to his cheerleader girlfriend. He had the ring in his room, but got caught up in the moment and proposed on the field. For the rest of his life, when he’s with friends and they’re swapping “How’d you propose?” stories, he’ll win hands-down.

Perfect in every way.