I recently picked up this game-used 2009 Humanitarian Bowl jersey of Bowling Green running back Willie Geter.
The 2009 Humanitarian Bowl pitted a solid Bowling Green State against the Idaho Vandals, who were playing in just their second bowl game in history. The contest was a back-and-forth offensive spectacle, with the teams combining for 85 points and nearly 1,000 yards from scrimmage. Idaho edged Bowling Green on a two-point conversion with four seconds left in the game.
Why I like this jersey: First, there are only so many bowl games played per year, making the population of game-used bowl jerseys much more limited than regular-season ones. Not all colleges have player names on the backs of their jerseys, and I’m a stickler for jerseys with nameplates. It’s also difficult to find game-used memorabilia of impact players, and Geter accounted for 161 yards from scrimmage and two trips to the endzone, one of which was a 59-yard touchdown run.
Geter never played football professionally, but for a brief moment on a Wednesday afternoon in December 2009, the eyes of the sports world were watching him cut across midfield on the way to football glory.
