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70-year-old here. Greatest game I’ve ever seen, and I had ZERO allegiance for, or interest in, either team. I just wanted to watch a game. Again, greatest game I ever saw at any level, and still the only one I’ve gone back and re-watched over and over.

Who’s watching this in 2024?!

Back when football was football.

It would be yellow flag confetti now.

The greatest game all time. No comparison.

I watched this in my basement and was yelling for my wife to come down too.... then the marriage proposal to the cheerleader sealed it as the best game of all time.

This rivalry was pure hatred. I can’t wait to watch all them dirty rat birds cry to sleep whenever Hines ward gets inducted into the HOF. It’s long overdue imho. Same with James Harrison.

#26 is lucky he was busy rubbing salt in reeds wound otherwise he would of got the business too

I watched that game. I loved the Statue of Liberty play. Poor Oklahoma never knew what Boise was going to do next.😂😂😂

I miss the hits they used to go to commercial with 😂

Gotta love those great memories...Ed Reed wasn't a Great Safety. Steeler Receivers, Hines" the Great" Ward, were as Tough as their Defense was!!! I miss the Good Ole days of Football!!

Steelers need this back

rotflmfao!

Guess Ed "didn't want to play physical football" that night. Maybe he needed his James Brown coat.

This is the greatest sports game ever played. There's an ESPN article that says, "Boise State-OU destroyed press box professionalism" -- when in the press box, journalists aren't supposed to cheer or react to the game they're covering, but this game was different: "And when the Broncos lined up and went for two points and the win, and quarterback Jared Zabransky faked a pass and slipped the ball behind his back, and running back Ian Johnson grabbed it and sped around the left end and scored... We all lost it. 'Statue of Liberty!' I screamed to no one in particular, after springing out of my chair. 'They ran the Statue of Liberty! Are you [bleeping] kidding me?'"

The Raven could give as well as they got, but against this Steelers team they mostly got.

Hines uses his classic helmet to the facemask approach. What a POS

Hines Ward was best at blocking defenseless players. Straight up he wasnt as effective.

I MISS THIS !!!!

Someone show this to George Pickens 😂

I RESPECT ED REED BUT .. HINES WARD WAS A TRUE PITTSBURGH STEELER ... SALUTE 🏈🎸🎶👍🏾💯

He made Ed Reed his bitch

This was when football was a MANS sport, now it’s almost tag football, it’s getting to where u don’t care to watch

I loved the Hines/Reed battles. The illest part of this one is that he hasnt even completed the hit yet and he already sees Ed not moving and starts signaling to the Ravens sideline.

That’s an illegal hit now a days. It’s ruining the game

The late great Tunch Ilkin once said of Hines Ward- "He's tougher than woodpecker lips."

Great job with the video. Best bowl game in the world if your not Oklahoma.

Absolutely eye-goggling. I was living on the west coast, came home to visit my family after New Year's we had a late dinner, came home, was watching this upstairs and trying to kill my screams. Unlike anything I have ever seen. Arguably the greatest college football game ever. Underdog goes all the way to the kitchen sink to take down a mighty, proud program that made no mistakes. It was everything any college football fan could hope for. And then Ian Johnson proposing marriage to his cheerleader girlfriend. My heart.

Greatest game ever paired to the perfect song

Man had the nerve to call the injury team after that disrespect 😂😂 lets go number 86

14 years later and I still come back to this! One of the greatest, if not, THE greatest upsets of all time!

Classic song. You had to be there

Not to take anything away from OU, but I enjoy watching the fox jump over the lazy dog.

I love college football, but I get bored when it's always the same teams that make big plays. That's why this game was such a breath of fresh air for me!

So impressive - wishing Stephansky is watching

Put his ass out and told them to pick him up😂

That hook and lateral was the most beautifully executed plays outa the three

Dirty azz shit othaz did, Betta watch who yu all do shit to

16 years later and this vid still hits 🔥

So glad this shit happened to Oklahoma and not Bama. Really not just Oklahoma but just any team other than Bama. 6 six is enough trauma

Yeah I hear everyone always talk about this game, when most expert were saying how Ohio State would destroy Florida yet after Florida destroyed them this was the biggest upset.... REALLY!!

As a former athlete Boise State flat out wanted it more than Oklahoma..

Being at this game live was one of lifes greatest memories

Whenever I feel sad, I come to this video to feel happy😂

Clearly led with the crown of his helmet.

Ed Reed is, along with Troy P, the greatest to ever play his position. As a Steelers’ fan, I both hated him and wanted him simultaneously. He was so DAMN GOOD, as an NFL Fan, I had nothing but absolute awe and admiration. HATED his Team, but had mad respect for the player. But, he was a problem on the field and football is a physical game, requiring the head to be, literally, on a swivel 24/7 while on the field of play. Many say this is a dirty hit. It was not. The reason it was so impactful was that Ed Reed thought that he was ‘untouchable’. He was so dominant as his position, for ALL TO SEE, but most importantly, the NFL Referees/Linesman/Umpires etc… The NFL Officials, like those of all sports, tend to give preferential treatment to the true ‘Super Stars’ of the league. As a result of this, Ed Reed was able to use his justly-earned reputation to wreak havoc on QBs and dominate WRs. He needed to be shown that his ‘ALL ACCESS PASS’ was Null and Void against the Steelers…. And the ONLY WAY to do it was on the field, in a game, and with ‘extreme prejudice’. Enter Hines Ward. He delivered the hit and the message with devastating precision and maximum effect. Hall of Fame play from a Hall of Fame player.

Cheap shot artist

Beautiful hit

That man is too alpha and bad ass to reside in Minnesota today. He would make everyone a n the state today cry and run for a safe space. He needs to teach man lessons to many of todays players. He is Ditka like.

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