LITTLE ROCK — The kicker: Boise backs Brotzman
Boise State fans have a message for kicker Kyle Brotzman: We still love you.
A Facebook page titled “The Bronco Nation Loves Kyle Brotzman” popped up online Saturday, less than 24 hours after Brotzman missed two short field goals in Boise State’s 34-31 overtime loss at Nevada.
Under a photo of the senior following through on a kick from an earlier game is the caption: “Thanks, Kyle, for all you’ve done for the Broncos.”
As of Sunday, 13,580 people had clicked the Like button on the page and hundreds of supportive messages had been posted.
Brotzman, the school’s career scoring leader, missed a 26-yard field goal with 2 seconds left in regulation that would have won the game against Nevada and kept Boise State unbeaten. He also missed from 29 yards out in overtime.
Of course, there’s always a dark side. Also popping up Saturday was, “I’m gonna kick the game winning field goal! JK I’m Kyle Brotzman.” Only 4,526 visitors liked that page.
For fans who don’t like being part of a crowd, there are many other pages on both sides, from “Kyle Brotzman is Only Human” to “Kyle Brotzman is the new RayFinkle,” a reference to the movie, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, in which the fictional Finkle, a kicker for the Miami Dolphins who missed a game-winning field goal in the Super Bowl, was involved in a plot to kill Dan Marino, who allegedly held the ball laces in.
Very Orange
Orange Bowl representative Steve Hayes wore a bright - what else? - orange blazer to Saturday’s football game between the No. 12 Arkansas Razorbacks and No. 5 LSU.
After the game, Hayes told Arkansas Democrat-Gazette writer Bob Holt, “People kept telling me to go back to Tennessee.” Tiddlywinks
Whoever knew dropping a golf ball could cost a player $400,000?
That’s just what happened to Englishman Ian Poulter on Sunday, helping Swede Robert Karlsson win $1.25 million at the Dubai World Championship, the final event of the European Tour season.
On the 18th, as Poulter, who was left with a 40-foot putt marked his ball, it slipped and fell on the marker, which jumped in the air and turned over.
Poulter, who had to make do with the $833,000 second prize, let the match referee know immediately and took a one stroke penalty.
Rival Rory McIlroy was quick to see the funny side, tweeting, “Poults may not have won the Dubai world championship, but he could be in with a shout for tiddlywinks world championship.” They said it ...
Headline on Fark.com: “New York Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez has evolved from a disaster-prone rookie into some sort of witch.”
TNT’s Charles Barkley, on underachieving Miami’s 8-7 start in the NBA: “Teams are going to start scheduling the Heat for homecoming.”Quote of the day
“I guess I’m going to
have to learn all the chants and stuff and put on my Auburn blue and
orange, as terrible as that sounds.” Arkansas defensive end Jake Bequette on rooting for Auburn, which can help secure a BCS bowl for the Razorbacks by defeating South Carolina
Sports, Pages 14 on 11/29/2010