Talk of the 2003 Fiesta Bowl national championship game between No. 1 Miami and No. 2 Ohio State usually focuses on a controversial call in the first overtime. That’s when a late pass interference flag was thrown on Miami defensive back Glenn Sharpe, who was covering Ohio State’s Chris Gamble, on what appeared to be the final play of the game. The call stood, and the Buckeyes would pull off a 31-24 double-overtime upset in an instant classic. ESPN will televise that game tonight at 8 p.m., and the network is billing it as “The Call that Changed it All.” MORE: College football 2020 bowl projections That call not only changed the outcome, but it also impacted the trajectory for two major college football program through the Bowl Championship Series era in the College Football Playoff. Miami and Ohio State have trended in opposite directions ever since. Here are five effects from that game that still…
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