2010 Fiesta Bowl

March 2020 2010 University of Phoenix Stadium - dall'autostrada.jpg University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, hosted the Fiesta Bowl. Tostitos Fiesta Bowl BCS Bowl Game39th Fiesta Bowl 2009 Boise State Broncos Boise State University TCU Horned Frogs Texas Christian University 13–0 WAC 12–0 Mountain West Chris Petersen Gary Patterson 6 6 6 3 3 4 7 3 0 7 0 7 3 0 January 4 University of Phoenix Stadium Glendale, Arizona Offensive: Kyle Efaw Defensive: Brandyn Thompson Michael McDonald Bill LeMonnier (Big Ten Conference) 73,227 18,000,000 FOX List of announcers of major college bowl games Sam Rosen (play-by-play)Tim Ryan (color)Chris Myers (sideline)Brad Nessler (play-by-play)Todd Blackledge (color)Erin Andrews (sideline) 8.2https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2010/01/double-digit-drop-for-fiesta-bowl/ Double-digit drop for Fiesta Bowl Jon Lewis January 2010 Sports Media Watch January 16, 2022 The 2010 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl game was a post-season college football bowl game between the #4 TCU Horned Frogs, champions of the Mountain West Conference, and the #6 Boise State Broncos, champions of the Western Athletic Conference. The game was played Monday, January 4, 2010, at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. The game was part of the 2009–10 Bowl Championship Series (BCS) of the 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season and was the concluding game of the season for both teams involved. For the second consecutive year, TCU and BSU faced off in a bowl game of historic significance. In the 2008 Poinsettia Bowl, TCU and Boise State played in the first non-BCS game ever in which both teams were ranked higher than both participants in a BCS bowl game in the same season (specifically the 2009 Orange Bowl), with the Horned Frogs winning 17–16. Boise State would finish its season 14–0, making the Broncos the second team in BCS history (after Ohio State in 2002) to finish with a perfect 14–0 record; Alabama would become the third team to do so just a few nights later, defeating Texas 37–21 in the 2010 BCS National Championship Game. Milestones The historic milestones of this game were:https://www.espn.com/college-football/news/story?id=4720430 TCU (12–0), Boise State (13–0) to meet Associated Press ESPN.com December 6, 2009 January 16, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20091209010023/http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=4720430 9 December 2009 live For the first time ever, two teams from the BCS non-AQ (automatic qualifying) conferences earned BCS bowl berths in the same season. Accordingly, this was the first BCS game ever to feature two such teams. TCU has since joined an AQ conference, the Big 12 Conference, where TCU has reunited with some of its former Southwest Conference rivals. For the first time ever, a BCS non-AQ conference team was selected via an at-large invitation (BSU). (TCU earned an AQ bid via rule 3 of the BCS selection rules.) Also for the first time ever, two unbeaten teams squared off in a BCS game other than the National Championship Game. Boise State became the second team in Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) history to finish the season 14–0 (the other team being the 2002 Ohio State Buckeyes. Alabama became the third team to go 14–0 three days later). Also known as... Because both non-AQ teams were placed in the same bowl game, the bowl was derisively referred to as the "Separate But Equal Bowl",http://www.realclearsports.com/articles/2009/12/06/broncos_in_but_bcs_still_flawed_96562.html Boise Is In, But BCS Still Flawed Matthew Sanderson RealClearSports 2009-12-07 2009-12-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20091211062136/http://www.realclearsports.com/articles/2009/12/06/broncos_in_but_bcs_still_flawed_96562.html 2009-12-11 dead the "Quarantine Bowl", the "Fiasco Bowl", the "BCS Kids' Table",http://cfn.scout.com/2/933687.html Pre-Bowl Thoughts – 2010 Fiesta Bowl Richard Cirminiello Matt Zemek Michael Bradley Scout.com December 31, 2009 January 16, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20120222045507/http://cfn.scout.com/2/933687.html 2012-02-22 dead etc. Some had called for a boycott because of this.https://bleacherreport.com/articles/304257-poinsettia-bowl-2008-redux Poinsettia Bowl: 2008 Redux Al Namias IV Bleacher Report 2009-12-07 2009-12-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20091210222122/http://bleacherreport.com/articles/304257-poinsettia-bowl-2008-redux 10 December 2009 live There was wide speculation that the BCS bowl selection committees maneuvered TCU and Boise State into the same bowl so as to deny them the chances to "embarrass" two AQ conference representatives in separate bowls, as Boise State had done in the 2007 Fiesta Bowl and Utah had done in the 2005 Fiesta Bowl and 2009 Sugar Bowl (prior to the game, non-AQ teams were 3–1 versus AQ teams in BCS bowls).http://cfn.scout.com/2/926765.html Instant Analysis - The Bowl Announcement Scout.com December 7, 2009 23 December 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20091213004324/http://cfn.scout.com/2/926765.html 2009-12-13 dead In response, Fiesta Bowl CEO John Junker called those allegations "the biggest load of crap that I've ever heard in my life" and said that "[w]e're in the business of doing things that are on behalf of our bowl game and we don't do the bidding of someone else to our detriment."https://www.espn.com/blog/ncfnation/post/_/id/15348/fiesta-bowl-wasnt-looking-at-the-non-aq-distiction Fiesta Bowl wasn't looking at the non-AQ distinction ESPN.com Graham Watson December 7, 2009 26 December 2009 This was a rematch of the Poinsettia Bowl from the previous season. In the weeks prior to the game, a different controversy arose when past and present employees made public allegations that the Fiesta Bowl had made illegal campaign contributions. WWE personality John Cena was the grand marshal and the coin tosser for the event.http://www.fiestabowl.org/index.php/parade/grand_marshal/ 39th Annual Fort McDowell Fiesta Bowl Parade Grand Marshal John Cena Fiesta Bowl 31 December 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20110720093012/http://www.fiestabowl.org/index.php/parade/grand_marshal/ 20 July 2011 dead dmy-all The Broncos won the game by a score of 17 points to 10.https://www.espn.com/college-football/recap?gameId=300042628 Fake punt, TCU's INTs spark Boise State to 14–0, Fiesta win January 4, 2010 ESPN January 16, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20100106114826/http://espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=300042628 January 6, 2010 dead Game summary Scoring summary 320px|right|thumb|The 2010 Fiesta Bowl with Boise State against TCU Scoring Play Score 1st Quarter BSU — Brandyn Thompson 51-yard interception return (Kyle Brotzman kick), 11:40 BSU 7–0 2nd Quarter BSU — Kyle Brotzman 40-yard field goal, 8:02 BSU 10–0TCU — Curtis Clay 30-yard TD pass from Andy Dalton (Ross Evans kick), 0:49BSU 10–7 3rd QuarterTCU — Ross Evans 29-yard field goal, 3:52TIE 10–10 4th QuarterBSU — Doug Martin rush for 2 yards TD (Kyle Brotzman kick), 7:21BSU 17–10 Highlights The key play of the game came in the fourth quarter when, faced with fourth down from their own 33, Boise State pulled off another Fiesta Bowl trick play, this time a fake punt, known as "The Riddler". Punter Kyle Brotzman threw a 30-yard pass to Kyle Efaw to keep the drive going, which ultimately resulted in Martin's touchdown run.http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2010Jan05/0,4670,FBCT25FiestaBowl,00.html Boise State pulls out 17–10 Fiesta Bowl win Fox News January 5, 2010 Andrew Bagnato 5 January 2010 References Fiesta Bowl Category:Fiesta Bowl Category:Boise State Broncos football bowl games Category:TCU Horned Frogs football bowl games Category:2010 in sports in Arizona Category:January 2010 sports events in the United States