Minnesota Gophers vs Bowling Green Falcons: Minneapolis, MN

September 2nd, 2007 in Metro, Minneapolis

Kim and I headed out with Chris and Laura to the BGSU/UMN football game at the Metrodome tonight. Both Kim and I are BG grads (Kim also attended UMN for a semester) so it was fun getting to go out and support a school that dropped the men’s swimming program (among several others) to fund their football team better.

While I was expecting BG to get blown out by the Gophers, I was surprised to see BG out to a 21-0 lead in the first half.

As the game progressed, and I assume BG was hindered by the time change and the late game (7PM CDT), they began slipping and giving points up to the Gophers.

With less than four minutes, BG tied the game and after a crazy play with three seconds left, went into overtime. The Gophers scored on their possession and were given yet another lucky penalty after missing the extra point that allowed them to kick again. BG also scored, went for two, and won the game.

It was a crazy exciting game for college football and a MAC team vs a Big 10 school at that!

See all the pictures from tonight here (mobile).