I think the Cap One bowl deserves to be in the list, but by no means ahead of the Bluegrass Miracle. It was far more likely that the Iowa receiver would catch that ball and be in the end zone than for Henderson to catch his and be in the end zone. Heck, the Kentucky fans were ripping down the field goal at the other end! That's an exciting finish to a game. I think it lost points because of the importance of the game. But the title said most best finish to a game...not best ranked by importance.
No. 4 Iowa 30 ... LSU 25, Capital One Bowl, January 1, 2005 At the time: No. 12 LSU was 9-2 on a six-game winning streak going into the Capital One Bowl. No. 11 Iowa was 9-2 and co-Big Ten champions coming in on a seven-game winning streak. The setup: It appeared to be the coming out party for LSU QB JaMarcus Russell. The freshman came off the bench to complete 12 of 15 passes with two touchdown throws to Skyler Green to rally the Tigers back from a 24-12 fourth-quarter deficit. Iowa had jumped out to the lead highlighted by a 57-yard Drew Tate touchdown pass to Clinton Solomon and a blocked punt for a score. LSU stayed alive on a 74-yard Alley Broussard touchdown run, but it was Russell who was stealing the show. The ending: With 5:06 to play on its own 21, LSU drove the field in 11 plays culminating in a three-yard Russell touchdown pass to Green for a 25-24 lead with less than a minute remaining. Iowa was able to return the kickoff to its 30, but there was only :26 left to play. Tate was able to complete an 11-yard pass to Ed Hinkel and then hit Warren Holloway for nine yards, but the drive wasn't going anywhere with a penalty putting the ball on the Hawkeye 44 with only time left for one more play. Tate was able to find Holloway, who broke free thanks to a blown assignment by the Tiger secondary. Holloway, who hadn't caught a touchdown pass in his Hawkeye career, got the perfectly thrown pass at around the LSU ten and got in the end zone with no time left on the clock for a 56-yard touchdown and the 30-25 win. How they ended up: This was a sensational end to the Nick Saban era at LSU. The head coach left to take over the Miami Dolphins closing out his time at Baton Rouge with 9-3 season finishing 16th in both polls. Iowa finished 10-2 and eighth in the polls.
Wow, we were in there 8 times. I can't believe it. I'm only 20 so I wasn't around for many of those games...which is probably a good thing!! This years LSU game took a couple years off my life. Not sure I could handle 8 that were better finishes then that.
I dont see that the cap1 should be on there that high.. it wasnt that great of a play to finish... it was blown coverage and a hold... the bluegrass was more impressive than that. If you want weirdness and significance then put the LSU/AUburn kick fiasco from last year on there.. that call determined the SEC champion.
To me the Bluegrass was not more impressive because it involved so much luck. The Cap one didn't. The kicking fiasco was wierdness, that's for sure. But I don't think referee calls will make the greatest lists. Although Auburn's TD pass could be considered a great play, especially if the Aubies would have gotten a shot at the championship game last year.
well the cap one was probably high because at the end Iowa could have called a time out, but they decided to run a play with the clock running, so there was more risk and it was a new years bowl game and it was a much better match up than LSU-UK
