2003 Hawaii Bowl on ESPNU

Cougar Football
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Tonight at 7pm on ESPNU. Xfinity Channel 725. Houston vs Hawaii.

Art Briles vs June Jones. Kevin Kolb, Jackie Battle. 3 OT. Teams Fight!!!

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I screamed like a little kid when Kolb hit the pass at the end. Should have gone for two!

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Only reason I remember this game is because of the postgame fight.

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Did the Luau really get cancelled?

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could have also gone for two with Jackie battle in overtime.

that being said, june jones was trying to lose that game, it seemed to me.

I have that game on DVD. I still pull it out and every couple of years and watch. I know we lost, but that was one heck of an exciting gameā€“a roller coaster ride.

Our biggest mistake was knocking out the starting QB, which allowed Timmy chang to come off the bench.

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My little (err Big little cousin Roy Swan #71) was on that Coog team on the Offensive Line. Remember that one well and the Brawl at the end of the Overtime.

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My wife and I still talk about that fight. Best CFB fight ever. Swinging helmets.

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Ranks as one of the most entertaining games we played and lost.

Also, itā€™s humbling to think that it was 17 years ago.

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Dude. Yeah. I was 20. I remember watching this game. How time flies.

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My wife and I were in the stands. Good news was that we met lifelong Coog friends on that trip (Sam & Suzanne Kamas), bad news was that we thought we would have to fight our way out of the Stadiumā€¦
Worst fans ever, and hellā€¦we had LOST !!!

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I really donā€™t like watching replays of losses and I donā€™t watch replays that have low quality video.

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I was 11 at that time and ironically I would always say I would never go to UH because I donā€™t want play for a terrible football team. I was shocked to see UH kn a bowl game after years of ineptitude.

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I was 14 in 8th grade grade watching with my whole family in the living room. Even though we lost just like the Liberty Bowl they were both entertaining.

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I was 8 at the time and couldnā€™t possibly have cared less about sports.

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That game settled my decision to go to UH. I hope thatā€™s not diagnosable.

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I work with the guy who took his helmet off during that fight. Every time he walked in the depot I would play it. He would shake his head and say " Laird will you please stop". Then we all have a big laugh. But I have always acknowledged to him how sorry I am that happened.

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I still remember Briles not going for 2 and therefore not handing it to Jackie Battle so we could win the game.

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I remember turning this game off in the 4th quarter. I didnā€™t find out we went into overtime till the next day. Really not fair playing a bowl game at someoneā€™s elseā€™s home.

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I remember their ā€˜mascotā€™ saying ā€œHouston you are not welcome hereā€ and thought it was just mascot blather. Turns out he wasnā€™t kidding at all. We should never play them in football again ever or play in bowl game on Christmas Eve.

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We played in a few bowl games here in Houstonā€¦that said, the bowl game with Hawaii was really a meaningless game, but I was at work and listening on the radio and really got excited on that touchdown pass that sent the game into overtime.
Hawaii turned out to be a bunch of thug outlaws and hopefully we never play in an environment like that againā€¦

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