The Athletic: ‘Oh snap, this has never happened before’: Boise State, Boston College and the 2018 First Responder Bowl [Paywall]
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theathletic.comPosted Dec 20, 2019, 8:25 PM UTC
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theathletic.comI was there in the BC Marching Band, AMA
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what did y'all do during the delay?
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We walked into the tunnel and had to stand/sit there for about 45 minutes, just goofing around and checking Twitter for updates
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Are you familiar with band camp?
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what instrument do you play?
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Baritone. It’s like a fat trumpet.
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we love the ‘tones
(i’m a trumpet lol)
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deftones.
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I player that in middle school and I always saw it as a small tuba lol
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Big fan of the baritones, I played trumpet and the baritone crew welcomed me into their ranks for when we did Tuba Christmas in Chicago
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Would you agree that the tubas are the most disruptive section?
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Traditionally, yes. But keep your eyes on drummers and trumpet players.
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How many away games do y'all usually go to? Do you usually go to bowl games or other neutral site games?
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What was your reaction to the news?
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Our director hilariously just started laughing and shrugging his shoulders.
Personally I also was laughing, because of course this shit always happens to us. Bowl trips are infamous with the BC Band cuz something always goes wrong in some way.
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> Hawila: There ended up being 2.45 inches of rainfall. That’s a lot of rain on one day in December. Our records go back to the 1880s, and that is the record for Dec. 26. In the area, luckily we had no tornadoes reported, but there was all that rain and lightning throughout the day.
> Apsey: We got on the bus, and on the way to the airport, you couldn’t see the sidewalk or the curb. And it didn’t stop for 12 hours. Then we got the airport, and it was like a movie where you see the screens and it’s like, ‘Canceled, canceled, canceled.’ That helped make me feel better about the decision we made because there wasn’t any chance we could’ve played that night.
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I find it hilarious that this bowl was sponsored by Servpro, whose slogan is "Like it never even happened."
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I love the fact they were all kind of alone on getting home. A group of Boise players, and a coach, all piled in a truck and drove 20 hours to San Diego 😂
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Why San Diego? Home towns?
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Yeah like the 6 kids that lived around there
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Boise was in this game because ESPN asked them if they wanted to go to a game other than the Potato Bowl in Boise and play an ACC opponent instead of one from the MAC. If they had declined, it would have been BYU getting rained out.
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30 for 30 on 2018 First Responder Bowl by 2022
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If the title "30 for 30" were updated to reflect ESPN's current age and the number of these documentaries, it would be something like 120+ for 40
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Boston College was cruising before the delay, correct? Up by two scores?
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It was just 7-0 and less than 10 minutes were played
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Sounds like you guys were lucky the game got cancelled.
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Both teams were lucky. Boise State because they would have gotten crushed and BC because it prevented Steve Addazio from ever reaching 8 wins and therefore making it a bit easier to fire him this season.
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I can't even imagine the coaching staff's thoughts. Especially when they went from this game to the snafu at Florida State for the first game of this year.
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Imagine being a senior at your last game ever and missing Christmas with your family to have your bowl game get cancelled
Username checks out /s
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