'06 Rose Bowl: Texas v USC

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On ESPN Classic right now. Just a heads up. One of the best games I have ever watched.
 
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One of the best college football games to have ever been played, and the 2nd best game I've ever watched.
 
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nickknx865 said:
Boise State - 43, Oklahoma - 42
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That game was epic for some of the 4th quarter and overtime. It's not all about the finish for me. It was a great game, but I'm not going to say it was the best ever.

Texas USC is definitely the best championship game I've seen. I'm not sure I enjoyed it more than Texas Michigan from the year before. There are probably other games I've watched and thought were just as good or better.
 
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nickknx865 said:
Boise State - 43, Oklahoma - 42
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Aahh. That game itself might have been more exciting. Maybe. But I'd rank the USC/Texas game higher just because of the implications. A National Championship. Not to mention USC was looking for their 'third NC in a row', were on a 30+ game winning streak and the game was being played in USC's backyard. The Longhorns(And Giants) pulled off probably the biggest upset of all time. At least for football.
 
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The_Orange_Pearl said:
Aahh. That game itself might have been more exciting. Maybe. But I'd rank the USC/Texas game higher just because of the implications. A National Championship. Not to mention USC was looking for their 'third NC in a row', were on a 30+ game winning streak and the game was being played in USC's backyard. The Longhorns(And Giants) pulled off probably the biggest upset of all time. At least for football.
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That was all media generated hype. There is no way that was actually the biggest upset of all time. I don't even think that's the biggest upset of all time for a college football championship game.
 
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Yeah I didn't think it was that big of an upset. OSU over Miami was probably bigger, championship game-wise. I'd probably put Texas-USC as the best game I've ever seen.

Speaking of greatest games ever, I hate how many people up here in Ohio will say the #1 vs #2 OSU-Michigan game in '06 was the greatest ever. Greatest hype and atmosphere maybe, but I've seen much better and and more exciting games.
 
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buckeyevol23 said:
Yeah I didn't think it was that big of an upset. OSU over Miami was probably bigger, championship game-wise. I'd probably put Texas-USC as the best game I've ever seen.
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I could agree with that, and even that had a lot of media driven hype. For me, it was more of an upset because OSU looked mediocre the entire year. I still think they are the luckiest national champion I have seen. That Miami team they played was good, but not remotely as good as the team Miami fielded the previous year.

Speaking of greatest games ever, I hate how many people up here will say the #1 vs #2 OSU-Michigan game in '06 was the greatest ever. Greatest hype and atmosphere maybe, but I've seen much better and and more exciting games.
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I don't think anyone here will say that was the greatest game ever. I certainly don't think so.
 
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tvolsfan said:
I could agree with that, and even that had a lot of media driven hype. For me, it was more of an upset because OSU looked mediocre the entire year. I still think they are the luckiest national champion I have seen. That Miami team they played was good, but not remotely as good as the team Miami fielded the previous year.


I don't think anyone here will say that was the greatest game ever. I certainly don't think so.
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I meant up here in Ohio. I've heard a few people say it and I don't understand how anything but homerism would cause them to believe that.
 
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tvolsfan said:
That was all media generated hype. There is no way that was actually the biggest upset of all time. I don't even think that's the biggest upset of all time for a college football championship game.
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I don't know... I didn't need the media to hype up USC. They showed their dominance on the field by being unbeatable. Playing for your third championship in a row while winning 34 in a row speaks for itself. Texas needed a beyond rare player to end the streak and win the championship. It's not every day that you get one of the greatest college players of all time dropped into your lap. We hate Tebow but think he is great, at least I do.... but he doesn't do what Vince Young does. He loses to Michigan and Alabama. He wins a National Championship while his defense holds the #1 offense of all time to 14 points. Vince Young did it himself. You could say Texas's defense made some key plays. Interception in the endzone and a 4th down stop. Vince young still had to carry his team to 40 points and won the game on 4th down and 15 seconds.

I just think what Vince Young did that game and in college was amazing. It was Michael Jordan and Joe Montana amazing.
 
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buckeyevol23 said:
I meant up here in Ohio. I've heard a few people say it and I don't understand how anything but homerism would cause them to believe that.
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Has to be homerism. That game was nothing special from an actual football standpoint. OSU spent most of the game up 2 touchdowns and Michigan just cut the lead shorter at the end.
 
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The_Orange_Pearl said:
I don't know... I didn't need the media to hype up USC. They showed their dominance on the field by being unbeatable. Playing for your third championship in a row while winning 34 in a row speaks for itself. Texas needed a beyond rare player to end the streak and win the championship. It's not every day that you get one of the greatest college players of all time dropped into your lap. We hate Tebow but think he is great, at least I do.... but he doesn't do what Vince Young does. He loses to Michigan and Alabama. He wins a National Championship while his defense holds the #1 offense of all time to 14 points. Vince Young did it himself. You could say Texas's defense made some key plays. Interception in the endzone and a 4th down stop. Vince young still had to help his team put up 40 points and won the game on 4th down and 15 seconds.

I just think want Vince Young that game and in college was amazing. It was Michael Jordan and Joe Montana amazing.
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I agree. VY was one of the greatest college players I've seen play which is why I don't think it was a huge upset. A decent amount of people thought he'd be able to carry Texas to a win or at least make it very close.
 
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tvolsfan said:
Has to be homerism. That game was nothing special from an actual football standpoint. OSU spent most of the game up 2 touchdowns and Michigan just cut the lead shorter at the end.
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Exactly. Watching Michigan score at the end and not recover an onside kick isn't a formula for greatest game ever. I always argue their game before where OSU scored a TD in the last minute was a better game.
 
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The_Orange_Pearl said:
I don't know... I didn't need the media to hype up USC. They showed their dominance on the field by being unbeatable. Playing for your third championship in a row while winning 34 in a row speaks for itself. Texas needed a beyond rare player to end the streak and win the championship. It's not every day that you get one of the greatest college players of all time dropped into your lap. We hate Tebow but think he is great, at least I do.... but he doesn't do what Vince Young does. He loses to Michigan and Alabama. He wins a National Championship while his defense holds the #1 offense of all time to 14 points. Vince Young did it himself. You could say Texas's defense made some key plays. Interception in the endzone and a 4th down stop. Vince young still had to carry his team to 40 points and won the game on 4th down and 15 seconds.

I just think what Vince Young did that game and in college was amazing. It was Michael Jordan and Joe Montana amazing.
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Vince Young had an unbelievable game, but you're overrating USC. They gave up a lot of points. I know there were probably a lot of garbage points given up in blowouts, but they still gave up 42 to Fresno State and would have lost if Bush didn't get more than 500 yards of total offense alone. Not to mention that they barely scraped by a vastly overrated Notre Dame team. I'm not sure if they lost a lot on defense between 2004 and 2005, but it certainly gave up a lot more points.
 
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buckeyevol23 said:
I agree. VY was one of the greatest college players I've seen play which is why I don't think it was a huge upset. A decent amount of people thought he'd be able to carry Texas to a win or at least make it very close.
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Agreed. It was ESPN and their stupid 'greatest team ever' debates and polls which actually had people buying into this crap. There is no way that team could beat the 2001 Canes.
 
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tvolsfan said:
Agreed. It was ESPN and their stupid 'greatest team ever' debates and polls which actually had people buying into this crap. There is no way that team could beat the 2001 Canes.
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Or any team, for that matter. The 95 Huskers would give them a game, but the 01 Canes are the best of all time.
 
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