It's a 2007 Fiesta Bowl reunion in Minnesota
Published: 4/27/2009 1:39 PM
Last Modified: 4/27/2009 1:39 PM
Said it before, will say it again. Will say it right now, in fact...
Try as some might, Oklahoma football fans will never, ever, never, never, ever be able to hide from the 2007 Fiesta Bowl.
Should they choose to try, the last place in the world they'll want to go (besides Boise, Idaho) is Minneapolis.
The Minnesota Vikings already had two would-be heroes from that epic night in Glendale, Ariz.: Adrian Peterson, who scored the overtime touchdown to temporarily put the Sooners ahead, and Marcus Walker, whose pick 6 also temporarily put OU ahead with a minute left in regulation.
Then came Sunday night, when the Vikes added undrafted rookie free agents Ian Johnson and Vinny Perretta from Boise State. Johnson, remember, scored the Statue of Liberty game-winner in OT, one play after Perretta's halfback touchdown pass on fourth-and-goal pulled the Broncos within 42-41.
So do Johnson and Perretta show up talking smack? Doesn't sound like it.
Here's what Johnson told Chadd Cripe of the Idaho Statesman: "I wanted to go in there and have someone who is a set guy be able to teach me. And who better to learn from than the Beast (Peterson) himself."
Don't count on any smack talk from either Bronco, never mind the fact that Johnson outrushed Peterson 101-77 New Year's Night 2007.
"I don’t think I’m going to do that," Johnson told the Statesman. "(Peterson) is a little well-respected and he’s a little bit bigger than me now."
-- Guerin Emig
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Guerin Emig
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