GAME
GAME THAT
GAME THAT WILL FOREVER BE KNOWN AS THE GAME THAT NEVER HAPPENED.
THE BRONCOS RAN OFF
THE FIELD FOR THE FINAL
TIME IN THE 2018
SEASON....
IT HAPPENED IN THE FIRST
QUARTER OF THE FIRST
RESPONDERS BOWL IN
DALLAS.
THE RESULT IS A NO-
CONTEST.....
THE GAME NEVER
HAPPENED AND THE
BRONCOS SEASON ENDS
AT 10-AND-3....
A FIRST
SPORTS DIRECTOR JAY
TUST JOINS US WITH
WHAT IS THE MOST
BIZARRE THING MOST OF
US CAN EVER REMEMBER
HAPPENING IN COLLEGE
FOOTBALL.
FOOTBALL. JAY, THE IDAHO-FLORIDA GAME IN 2014 WAS
CANCELLED AFTER IT
STARTED
STARTED DUE TO LIGHTNING...BUT THIS HAS GOT TO BE THE FIRST TIME
A BOWL GAME HAS BEEN
CANCELLED!
CANCELLED!
BIZARRE
BIZARRE TO SAY THE LEAST... IT'S A FACT THAT WE'RE
ALL STILL CHASING, BUT
MANY BELIEVE THAT THIS
WAS
WAS THE
WAS THE FIRST-EVER BOWL GAME CALLED OFF DUE TO WEATHER.
BOTH THE BRONCOS AND
THE EAGLE HIT THE FIELD
RIGHT AROUND 11-30 AM
MOUNTAIN TIME.
BOSTON COLLEGE
SCORED ON THEIR FIRST
OFFENSIVE POSSESSION
TO TAKE A 7-NOTHING
LEAD... BUT 26 MINUTES
INTO THE GAME, THE
PLAYERS LEFT THE FIELD
DUE TO A LIGHTNING
STRIKE.
LITTLE DID THEY KNOW, IT
WOULD MAKE THE END
OF THEIR RESPECTIVE
SEASONS.
AFTER THE DECISION WAS
MADE... BRANT RINGLER
OF THE FIRST RESPONDER
BOWL EXPLAINED THE
PROCESS. HEAD COACHES
FROM BOTH TEAMS THEN
OFFERED UP THEIR
OPINIONS AS WELL.
IN
IN THE
IN THE LAST YOUR OR SO, WE WERE ABLE TO CONFIRM WITH THAT
MOUNTAIN WEST THAT
BOISE
BOISE STATE'S BOWL PAYOUT WILL NOT BE IN THE LAST YOUR OR SO,
WE WERE ABLE TO
CONFIRM
CONFIRM WITH THAT MOUNTAIN WEST THAT BOISE STATE'S BOWL
PAYOUT WILL NOT BE
ALTERED BECAUSE OF
WHAT HAPPENED TODAY.
SO, IN THE END, THEY ARE
CALLING THIS IS "NO
CONTEST."
CONTEST." IT MEANS THAT GAME NEVER EVEN HAPPENED, AND NONE OF
THE STATS ACCRUED
TODAY WILL COUNT.
COMING UP TONIGHT ON
THE NEWS AT 6... OUR
COVERAGE WILL
CONTINUE. WILL ALSO
HAVE THE LATEST
CONCERNING THE FUTURE
OF BOISE STATE RUNNING