<|begin_of_text|><|begin_of_text|><|begin_of_text|>The �unofficial� track season for Oregon�s De�Anthony Thomas actually began about five yards short of the goal line on his game-opening kickoff return for a touchdown in the Fiesta Bowl.
That was when the running back for the UO<wm> Spartans got tackled by Boise State running back Bryan Miller (center), who didn't see Thomas being hit by an OSU player but it appeared he didn't see Thomas coming.
"I think he was so close," said Miller, who would become a key player for Boise State in its subsequent bowl season. "In a split second, I wasn't sure he would make it or wouldn't."
It's unlikely to be the kind of momentum-shifting play that helped put pressure on the Oregon State football</wm> program in the midst of the team's 38-34 win by Boise State last week, with