Deletion of 2005 Texas vs. Ohio State football game

Comment: wow, a good piece of journalism (more independent citations than all the other AFDs listed here put together), but as stated in the nomination, setting an unhealthy precedent for reports on first-time match-ups in any sport from now to the start of time.  Really not notable other than for the meeting being the first one, so fails  and OT
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:N||WP:NOT)

Comment: Nicely written article, but it was just a regular season football game, and as a matter of principle I do not see these as belonging in an encyclopedia, any more than we need a play by play description of each and every other college or professional football, baseball, basketball or soccer game. It violates  with its "sprawling list of statistics." Too much information. The article has lots of references, but many of these are about a former Ohio State coach, or the band traditions, or the histories of the schools football teams etc. When you get to the actual game, there is ref 31 and ref 32 cited repeatedly. Having several papers carry stories based on the wire service coverage of a game does not add up to the degree of notability the bloated reference list implies
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:N)