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- Check out the 2006 Rose Bowl game highlights between the Texas Longhorns and USC Trojans!
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There’s no doubt about it, this is the seminal moment in college football history
First of all it was the National Title game, it was the Rose Bowl Game with all the usual pageantry and the incredible setting, and it was the most hyped game of all time, after 2 full years worth of buildup it overshadowed the NFL all year including even the Super Bowl. Then it somehow lived up the enormous hype like few events ever have, by delivering a thrilling and dramatic comeback capped by a last-second upset
Plus a lot of 20th century CFB culture ended after this game: the last Rose Bowl Game played for the National Title, last year before the SEC’s run fundamentally changed the sport and conference structure, the last year you had all traditional blue chip non-SEC powers dominate the conversation (USC, Texas, Notre Dame, Penn State, Ohio State), the end of Keith Jackson calling games, the end of ABC Sports as a whole, the end of conference balance in college football, and to an extent the end of 4-year college athletes.
All of that combines to make this college football’s high water mark, both in terms of national cultural relevance outside the sports world, and in terms of entertainment value for its own fans.
I was a 13 year old UT fan that bled burnt orange and watched this game with emotions I couldn’t even understand and your comment is perfect and couldn’t be anymore accurate!
Totally agree CFB has become almost unwatchable and it went downhill after this.
@@MichaelGarcia-ez4mj i currently bleed crimson red. Hope steve can get texas rollin again!
Very well summed up! I as well think of this game as the final send off of the great 20th Century phenomenon of college football. And for me, the end of a prolonged period of personal immersion in college sports. It really, _really_ mattered to me who won. After that night, my partisan passions began to drop steeply.
@@coolraygaming You mean you bandwagon on Alabama just because they’re good? People like you make me sick. You’re not a real sports fan you’re just a grifter.
The greatest national championship game of all time.
2010 also
@@packersauburneric3625 2010 was garbage as Auburn flat out did not play the best team in the country......
@@MattLindon-wv8jy they beat the national champs ...
@@packersauburneric3625 Did they? How was any team they played better than TCU?
Gonna be a little difficult to prove your better than a back to back undefeated team with the #1 defense in the country who beat more Top 25 teams than the team you played in the "title game"......
Also looks incredibly suspect when:
1. TCU is the only team in NCAA history to go undefeated and get jumped out of the national title game by two lower ranked teams.
2. The entire season was incredibly suspect in how it was determining rankings, sos, and strength of teams
Auburn jumped TCU when they beat FCS Chatanooga at home by 28. Yet the same week TCU beat #6 Utah on the road by 40. You wanna explain the logic behind that?
In fact name a time in the last 50 years an SEC team beat a top 10 team by 40 points and didnt move in the rankings? Thats pretty suspect....
Everyone talks about SOS, yet in 09 TCU literally went undefeated and higher SOS than UT, yet it didnt matter. Even more questionable is how the f&ck SOS was even being measured anymore when San Jose State in 2010 was ranked 129/131 teams in SOS even though they played 50% of the teams that would finish in final rankings in the Top 10 in addition to two more Top 20 games. 5 of the 7 Top 25 games they played were on the road, and yet somehow 100+ teams played a tougher schedule than them?
TCU wasnt the only aggrieved party that season. What truly mind boggling is how Boise State dropped in the rankings BEFORE THE EVER LOST. BSU entered the 2010 season on a 25 game winning streak, yet they dropped in the rankings when they won 30 consecutive games. And who jumped them? Oregon. A team that has NEVR IN THE HISTORY OF THE SPORT ever beaten BSU, and in fact were 2 of the 30 wins Boise State had up to that point. Id love to know logic of that especially considering the fact that Boise State ranked #2 in offense, #2 in defense and #1 in margin of victory on the year. BSU didnt even make a bowl game somehow despite having a better record, better stats, head to head wins and even outranking 5 TEAMS THAT DID (literally beat teams that made bowls over them, cuz f&ck logic)......
And this is the season you really want to claim an undisputed title?
@MattLindon-wv8jy no they not auburn 2004 went undefeated and got shitted out the national championship when they had Jason Campbell Cadillac Williams and Ronnie Brown
"4rth and 5 the national championdhip on the line right here"
Chills everytime
“He’s going for the cornerrrrr- HE’S GOT IT!” One of the best calls in football history
Uhhh, really?
@@BudFuddlacker he's trippin
Keith Jackson's immortal voice of college football. God bless him.
@@ericgamino478 yeah he’s great, I love Keith, but best calls in football history? Ahhh come on now, let’s turn the hyperbole dial down a tad
@@BudFuddlacker Jackson had a bunch of great calls that stuck with me throughout the years. In the 1985/86 Orange Bowl, he had his "Homerun Ball" call when Jamelle Holieway hit TE Keith Jackson for a 71 yard touchdown, which us Oklahoma fans will always remember. I imagine, Texas fans have immortalized the 4th and 5 call since they won the Natty on that play. I bet fanbases for each team have their own moments and calls that they'll always remember. Just one more reason to love sports.
This was the last year where the SEC was largely irrelevant in college football-truly a different era indeed.
I miss it. Texas and USC make the sport better when relevant.
Yeah their only national champion in ten seasons was Tennessee in 98, forget about that bogus split were lsu got a share
2014
@@dubvideos Alabama was in the playoff as the #1 seed in 2014
@@vp_wrld that being said 2013-14 did feel all year like it could be the end of the SEC’s domination, you had a non-SEC team going undefeated with Florida State, while Alabama was the only SEC team in the top 5 for much of the season, although of course Auburn made a late run and beat Alabama in the kick-six game to get to the title game. So you could at least make the case for 2013-14
16 years later and still the greatest College Football Game Ever Played
Vince Young vs The World.
*>Vince Young vs The World.*
Here we go again...
Very true, Joshua Kline, and I was very glad Vince triumphed so spectacularly that night. But since then, the world has clobbered him, because he hasn’t shown the determination needed even to show up for work. So sad.
Vince vs The World? My money's on Vince...
Texas vs the World... Vince never put himself above the team or this Great State
That was a fun year to watch college football, particularly because I wasn't a fan of either team. Vince Young and Reggie Bush were magic....every time they touched the ball, they could be off to the races.
The night Vince Young was immortalized 💯💯
Keith Jackson had one of those classic, timeless voices. Delivered accurate, concise calls with no gimmicks and without being condescending. Truly the Vin Scully of CFB and he's sorely missed these days.
John Madden type voice in his own way.
That was THE very last College game Keith Jackson ever called But it goes by the old adage If you gonna go out, go out on a high note.
Rip Vin Scully
The way Keith Jackson says Touchdown Reggie Bush!!!!
He was pulling for Sc the whole game .He just about cried when they lost lol
Cementing Vince Young as one of the best college players ever.
You do realize reggies bush accepted money to 'throw' the game......
Young's knee was down Texas cheated
@@michaelbaxter6143 it's not cheating, the USC coaching failed to challenge
@@norrinradd8923 throw it how, from the sideline
@@NauqNauq Why he was sideline 7:38.... even petey knew what was going on you don't sideline the #1 running back in the Nation because of one mistake
Crazy how long it’s been…these guys have all played through their entire NFL careers by now…this game will always be in contention for the greatest ever
In 2006 Tom Brady was already on his 2nd NFL contract. Before all these kids ever got drafted
@@insanity23mike the man defies everything
Vince Young and Reggie Bush are two of the most exciting NCAAFB players ever. This game was so epic
IF REGGIE BUSH NEVER DOES THAT PITCH BACK THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN A BLOWOUT , THAT DECISION ABSOLUTELY CHANGED THE WHOLE GAME HUGE MOMENTUM SHIFT , I WILL NEVER FORGET BEING A KID WATCHING THIS GAME , GREATEST GAME I HAVE SEEN IN MY LIFE , ALSO NCCA FOOTBALL 2006 WAS A GREAT GAME WITH AN AMAZING SOUNDTRACK ABSOLUTELY A GREAT TIME IN GENERAL..
@@jwalls1223 oh man don't get me started on how EPIC the NCAA 06 game was. The impact player edit was dope. I spent countless hours trying to win a trophy on Race For The Heisman. The soundtrack was amazing for sure
@@frydza2091
BRUH !!!! SO MANY GREAT PLAYERS IN THAT ERA LOL , MATT , REGGIE , DEWAYNE JARRET , LENDALE WHITE , VINCE YOUNG , JAMAAL CHARLES , BRADY QUINN , JEFF SAMARDZIJA , DESEAN JACKSON , MARSHAWN LYNCH , CALVIN JOHNSON , REGGIE BALL , AJ HAWK , ANTONIO CROMARTIE , VERNON DAVIS , DEANGELO WILLIAMS , GREG OLSEN , DEVIN HESTER , TED GINN JR , SANTONIO HOLMES , TROY SMITH , ADRIAN PETERSON , ERIC WEDDLE , HALOTI NGATA , JAY CUTLER , GREG JENNINGS , JOE FLACCO , MARUICE JONES-DREW , I COULD GO ON AND ON WHAT A TIME MAN THE SOUNDTRACK WAS THE ICING ON THE CAKE..
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@@jwalls1223 yo that list is fire. Buckeyes had some amazing players for sure so you absolutely GOT TO throw in James Laurinaitis. What an undeniable beast. Just to throw a couple more out there I found fun to watch: Darren McFadden he was quick and agile it was insane. He's right up there with Reggie Bush. Michael Crabtree had the third most receiving yards in a season in NCAA history. Glenn Dorsey was a machine for LSU. Tim Tebow has gotta be up there too
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PAT WHITE & STEVE SLATON AT WVU !!!!
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A TIME..
Rest in peace Keith Jackson. The John Madden of college football. Love when you say, " The Granddaddy of them all. The Rose Bowl."
Actually I'd say the Pat Summerall of college football.
Facts always had a voice for football
@@maulekuul I enjoyed summerall too.
amen
Keith Jackson’s last game ever.
A few weeks later, Super Bowl XL on ABC and the last ABC event for Al Michaels and John Madden.
A few months later, ABC Sports becomes ESPN on ABC.
ABC would never be the same again.
Not to mention the birth of Twitter, Google buys CZcams.
ESPN sucks now
Keith Jackson's final Rose Bowl call and what a way for him to go out, this game is such a classic, appreciate you uploading this one
certainly will never be another like Keith.
Arguably the greatest game I’ve ever watched…I just remember being truly in “awe” of Vince Young that night. He was literally unstoppable.
Just like the announcer said...."InVINCE-able".....absolutely incredible..
Should’ve won the heisman too
I was a student at UT this year. Just an unbelievable experience.
I wouldn't say unstoppable there were multiple scoring positions where he should not have extended a drive or scored and USC probably would have routed them if we had the replay system of today.
This game made me a Longhorn fan. Such a great game.
The shot of Vince Young with the confetti falling as he celebrates is one my all time favorite moments in Sports.
Get chills everytime.
Me too and I’m not even a Texas fan but that was one amazing camera shot. I also liked how their mascot hugged VY after the game winning TD. Awesome moment in college football.
And now he's a broke bum. He spent all of his money extravagantly. Like a fool. After football he went back to UT. He was then fired from UT for excessive absences and poor work performance. Most recently he was arrested for DWI in 2019. So sad.
@@pantherowow77 yeah it’s a shame when you read about guys mismanaging their money to the point of bankruptcy. A lot of guys spend every cent of their 1st contract and that 2nd contract is the one the sets them up for the rest of their life.
The problem is that the 2nd contract isn’t a given and VY never got a 2nd deal. Plus he did stupid stuff with his money i.e. he once bought every seat on a Southwest flight just so he can fly alone. He earned 26M in the NFL and he definitely spent well over that 26M figure. He’s gonna have to live with those mistakes. I don’t really feel sorry for him either.
It reminds me of Joe Namath running toward The Locker Room after SB3
reminds me of Kobe Bryant celebrating after winning Game 7 against the Celtics in 2010.
Greatest game ever. Bar none. Two of the greatest teams ever assembled lived up to the hype, the stage, the setting, star talent going off, Keith Jackson’s final game. This game was everything and more.
That Texas secondary was so frightening. Huff, Griffin “brothers”, Brown, and Ross. Just absurd talent
Best secondary ever at Texas
All NFL talent…same for offensive lines, offensive players…Texas was churning out top talents!
Marcus and Michael griffin. Brothers. Michael griffin 1st round.
Cedric griffin. 2nd round.
Michael huff. Jim Thorpe award. 1st round.
Aaron Ross. 1st round. Jim Thorpe award. 1 national title. 2 Super Bowls.
@@texasguy5377 naw, the one we had in 2014 and the one we have this year (2023) are better. This 2005 team was not powered by the defense, it was powered by an unstoppable offense
@@texasguy5377 No sir Mossy Cade and Jerry Gray
As a Ecuadorian/Colombian teenager my father didn’t know anything about football but as I sat in front of the tv, eyes glued to the screen, I notice he joins me to watch this insane game. Whenever I see this game it reminds me of our short father/son moment. I had to explain everything to him 😂
Man, the Rose Bowl just produces great games. This year, Georgia Oklahoma, PSU and USC, just a fantastic venue for a historic game.
And now Utah vs Ohio St
I think in 2005 Michigan and Texas played in the Rose bowl and it was a damn good game too.
@@texasguy5377 Yup. It was down to the wire as well. It gets overshadowed by this one, but it was such a good game.
Georgia Oklahoma wasn’t a real rose bowl. Everyone knows the real rose bowl is the Big Ten vs the PAC 10 (pac 12)
Oregon vs Wisconsin 2012 :P Go Ducks!
I was a senior in high school watching this game on TV. All of my friends were USC fans and the look on their faces when they came to school the next morning was priceless.
You have to be old now....
@@norrinradd8923 we’re about 35 now..at least I am.
I was celebrating my birthday that day as well while I was watching the game
Yeah, usc got screwed. I showed up to school super bummed too. Alot of Texas fans here in Vegas.
I was also a senior in highschool, I didn't go to school the next day 😂
Young was just different. He never got crazy after making a great play. He was so reserved, it's so refreshing to see him do work and not celebrate. It's like he knew he would do it. When the other guys celebrate crazy, it's like they are surprised they actually made a great play, Young just was like, I got this....even after the confetti, just so stoic...poised. Wonderful moment in NCAAF. I remember this live...Incredible game....
One of the best upsetting wins by Texas vs USC. I remember when USC was the most dominant team in college football around this time.
I wish USC played LSU in '03
One of the most anticipated and hyped games in college history. Remember all the "Is USC the greatest team ever?" "How many NFL teams could USC beat?"
My Jesus, my Saviour
Lord there is none like You
All of my days I want to praise
The wonders of Your mighty love
My comfort, my shelter
Tower of refuge and strength
Let every breath, all that I am
Never cease to worship You
Shout to the Lord all the Earth, let us sing
Power and majesty, praise to the King
Mountains bow down and the seas will roar
At the sound of Your name
They were ridiculous during the Pete Carroll era. This would have made 3 titles if not for the refs. This Trojans team was easily one of the top 3 best college teams ever.
This game marked the end of SO MANY eras:
• The end of the USC dynasty of the mid-2000s.
• The end of the original BCS era; college football would go to a BCS+1 format until 2013, then form the CFP in use today.
• The end of ABC Sports’ telestial brand of college football; they’d outlet ESPN’s college football services beginning the following season and has been this way since.
• Final game called by the legendary Keith Jackson; he retired after this game (and has sadly passed on). Dan Fouts would go-full duty to the NFL after this game, partnering with Ian Eagle at CBS until recently.
Dan Fouts actually did one season as a play-by-play guy (he wasn’t very good) for CFB on ESPN/ABC, before moving to the NFL on CBS in 2007 where he partnered with Dick Enberg.
Actuallly I’m a usc fan I think they dynasty ended when they lost to Oregon a few years later on Halloween cuz that offseason Pete carrol went to Seattle
USC still had teams with legitimate claims in 06, and 07....
I love when Bevo runs up to VY and gives him a great big hug after that 4th and 5 TD.
This is how a National Championship games is played. Two super powers going at. Throwing haymakers. Stumbling each round. But no one falling until the final seconds of round 12.
The best game ever!!!! Thank you for these beautiful 34 minutes!!
Within the 1st minute of watching this, you see how football used to be. The hard hits, the violence…oh how i miss this game.
I was 10 years old living in San Angelo Texas watching this game with my dad. I will never forget seeing Vince Young dive for the game winning TD. My dad was strict, but he let me stay up all night to watch this game with him
This game made me fall in love with college football growing up in 2006
Same bro. First game I can remember watching all the way through as a kid
Greatest Game of all time.
I really feel like this was the peak of college football, where the old pageantry of the past met the present, modern style of football.
It was peak college football, I don't think there's ever been 2 teams that are can be in the top 5 greatest teams of all time playing each other in the national championship. Plus the fame of these players, Vince Young, Reggie Bush, Leinart they had as much fame as the tip top nfl players. Both teams loved their school and played hard for their school. That's different than today when most players just play for themselves and only see fans as a $.
Greatest College Football game I’d ever seen. I’ll never forget sitting in my room as a junior watching this.
I’m a Bama grad and a life long SEC fan but this was the greatest National Championship game in college football history, period. The announcing, venue, and game were perfect. The Tua throw for the championship was a great ending but this entire game was like a constant back and forth.
ONE OF THE BEST 🏈 GAMES YOU WILL EVER SEE .. IT HAD EVERYTHING ..
This is to me the greatest national championship game I’ve ever seen played
By far
I'll take it a step further and say greatest football game I've ever seen, college or pro.
Yep. This would be #1, with Clemson's 35-31 over Bama #2.
Still one of the greatest games, college or pro, I've ever watched. Man, I miss those days when Alabama was irrelevant.
There have always been teams like them but they’re just the longest tenured lol.
Alabama was never irrelevant.
@KW Entertainment LOL
To be fair, the 35-31 Clemson win over Bama was almost as good as this game.
@@dentonyoung4314 Right, but Texas beat the arrogant yankees; best win of all.
The greatest college football game ever. No debate.
Agreed, i don’t think any sane person would argue that. 2007 fiesta bowl and 2013 auburn-Alabama game are runners up for me.
One of the greatest games ever played. Not just football, but through any sport.
I see terrible defense
@@timdoyle1638 I'd put 2005 USC vs Notre Dame right behind Texas vs USC
I'd rank Catholics vs. Convicts ahead of it.
I watched this game live. And it was crazy. It was almost like the Chargers Raiders in Week 18. Just a back and fourth battle. I use to play this game over and over on NCAA almost all the time. This is the game that got me into college football.
Who were you rooting for? How was that environment in person???
@@jamiecurtis8503 oh my bad. When I said live i watched it live on TV. I wish I was there. From what I heard from interviews from people who went to the game. They said it was like a superbowl. I mean the watch party I was at when I watched this was nuts. I can only imagine it live.
I remember this game like it was yesterday. My whole family went to sleep during the 4th quarter thinking Texas was going to lose. Only for them to get awakened by me going crazy at the infamous Vince Young TD… other than that Michael Crabtree game this was definitely the best college game I ever watched.
RIP Keith Jackson a.k.a The GOAT of college football broadcasting. 2000s was a wonderful year for college football. Miss it so much.
I agree. A beast.
decade, not year.
this was the best college game i ever saw. truly magical
I was in my senior year in high school for this game and I remember thinking that may have been the best football game of all time I just watched. Still is.
Certainly in the top 10. You didn't specify "college" football, so throwing in the NFL, I'd have to include Super Bowls 42 and 52, The Catch, Catholics vs. Convicts, the Johnny Manziel game (29-24 over Bama), The Camback, The Kick Six, Super Bowl 23, and Clemson 35-31 over Bama. That's 10, and DON'T ask me to rank them in order, not happening.
I can't believe that it happened on my birthday
Glad I got to witness this game live. So much electric talent. 2 Heisman trophy winners and 1 runner up. Unbelievable
I could've celebrated my birthday there that day and it would be a great birthday present for me
This might be the greatest football game of all time
College yes Football history, no way
@@stephbetter3806 Many would disagree. Just read the comments.
You didn't specify "college", so I'd rank 4 Super Bowls (10, 23, 42, 52) ahead of it.
Also, Catholics vs. Convicts.
These 2 teams started with unblemished records and ranked numbers one and two.
These 2 teams finished with unblemished records and ranked numbers one and two.
This incredible BCS title game was the most uncontroversial game of all time.
This was pretty much the only time in the bcs era where everyone was in 100% agreement they were the 2 best teams.
So reggie bush got his Heisman Trophy taken away because he was shaving points is not controversial?
@@norrinradd8923 he wasn’t shaving points don’t make libellous stuff up.
I mean the 1995 national championship game was the same way, except the GOAT destroyed Florida.....
As a Trojans die hard I still get sick at the end of this game but it’s still the greatest game ever played
Big time. It’s hurts everytime it comes up but man is it such a great game
Don’t get sick. Young’s knee was down on that pitch
I WOULD STILL CHOOSE USC 10-10 TIMES IN THIS GAME , BUT THE THING IS YOU ONLY HAVE TO WIN ONE TIME , AND BOY WAS VINCE YOUNG SPECIAL THAT NIGHT..
@@derekbicknese4413 The game hardly turned on that play
As a lifetime NOTRE DAME fan, I was so excited to see Texas win USC!!! Will always love this iconic game!!! GO IRISH!!!☘️☘️☘️
How was this in 2006... Seems like just yesterday I was watching this as a teenager in high school. Time fkin flies. Always thought Vince Young was going to be massive in the NFL.
Vince Young and Reggie Bush got drafted to literally the worst systems and coaching in the nfl for their positions. Young got drafted to the qb killer who hated Young, and Bush got drafted to Sean Payton who likes passing and using runningbacks in schemes.
As a Canadian I really enjoy both programs, and it was a pleasure watching all these phenomenal athlete's. I can only imagine all the background stories. Long live American college football. So good.
Boy I remember watching every min of this game a house PACKED everybody was young & healthy . This was a great time to be alive
Yes it was a great day for me cause it happened on my birthday
The greatest college football game of my lifetime and I’m 33…I think…
i was about 6 months old when this game was played, now i'm a freshman at UT austin and we're in our first 3-0 start in over 10 years. good time to be a longhorn
Born and raised in Los Angeles, but a Longhorns fan from very early on. I sat in that LA crowd of over 110K and can tell ya, there were a LOT of Texas fans that night. This was the greatest college football game ever played and only slighly better than the Rose Bowl the year before, Texas and Michigan.
This game still stands the test of time several years later. The TV production of this game does, too, especially the high definition aspect.
There is no other perfect game in college football history. The stories of the players and the schools up to this moment, two seasons in the making, Heisman disputes, #1 vs #2, couldn't get any better. Once in a lifetime game. Truly
The only bad spot on this game is bad calls by the refs.
It was incredible watching it live as a junior in high school! It's kinda surreal to look back on this game because even when you were watching it, you were astonished by how good of a game you were witnessing. You just knew this was a special game weeks beforehand, and then the pregame intro video with Will Ferrell and Matthew McCongaghey repping USC and Texas, and the back and forth heavyweight fight for 60 minutes, with a storybook ending. This was damn near two decades ago, and I still get chills when I remember what it was like to being watch this unfold live on tv as a young buck!
The amount of fumbles and interceptions in the first half is actually absurd.
GREATEST COLLEGE GAME OF ALL TIME!
Natural grass > field turf. I’m convinced this matters to the quality of games.
I remember getting hyped up for this game. Two great colleges. This game was awesome! RIP Keith Jackson......
Rest In Peace Keith Jackson, this is what sports sound like in heaven.
Greatest game ive ever seen! So much hype around USC, no one had Texas even being close in this game. Vince was unstoppable!! Still watch this game time to time! 🍿
You said it, even the announcers where in shock.
Lee Corso called it for Texas.
Anyone who watched Vince Young beat Michigan 38-37 in the previous year's Rose Bowl would have known he'd be a lot to handle for USC.
I'm w/ ya Hook 'Em!! 🤘🤘🤘
I remember watching this game like in 5th grade Rooting for the Trojans, Texas was one heck of a team with Young at Qb. I remember crying when SC lost lol , had all my favorite players on that team. So watching this highlights rn made me reminisce on such good a good game
All I remember was watching this at red Robin celebrating my 20th birthday
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I’ll remember this game forever. It was magical.
Me as well. Greatest game to happen on my favorite day ever January4th my birthday
As a USC fan, this game still gets me! Best college game ever!
Funny story. I graduated from UT in 92 and moved to DC. I desperately wanted to get tickets to this game to enjoy with my c
ollege friends. Had never used Ebay before and didn't really know the rules. I bid on several sets of tickets not knowing you couldn't take your bid back. I kept winning bids all night. I woke up my wife at 3 am in a panic - I just had "won" $18,000 worth of tickets. The good news is when we got to LA I was able to unload several of the tickets. When we arrived in Pasadena I was able to sell the rest and ended up making $2,000. Had I waited to sell them at the stadium, I would have killed it. People were offering $1,000 for single tickets! Best game I have every witnessed. Just incredible. The atmosphere was electric.
Every touchdown in this game was iconic.
The greatest game in college football history. They played very well the entire game.
Yes I know and it was my birthday that day as well. I went to red Robin and it was on every TV there when I got there. I just turned 20
I remember begging my mom to let me stay up to finish this game. 😂
Greatest game in college football history, if not football history in general. Hopefully my Longhorns can get back to this level soon.
Never going to happen, the school is too woke and the powers that be don't even want to win.
@@thomaswayneward that has nothing to do with them possibly getting back good again
@@FreshPrincex4he never said that. He said hopefully…hopefully they will get this good again. Btw, Texas best Alabama two days ago so maybe, Texas can get back.
Arguably the greatest college football game of all time! Showcasing some of the most exciting college football players and teams ever. It immortalized Vince Young and as a Texas fan and former player, every time Reggie Bush touched the ball you just held your breath because he could take it all the way at any moment. But, we had H-Town’s Vince Young in the building!!!! 🤘🏾🤘🏾
I remember like yesterday I called off for this game. Fell asleep and woke up just in time to watch it front coin toss to the trophy celebration. How time flys.
The world watched Vince Young single handedly take over the game in the 4th quarter!
Hands down best National Championship game ever. Instant classic
Born, raised and lived in Texas all my life and as a kid saw them win it in 1969, I could not believe they won the national championship on this night because it did not look good at the 2:00 mark late in the 4th quarter but when they stopped USC and drove down the field and took the game I was so happy. Vince Young should have won the Heisman trophy that year as well. What a great team and season for The Texas Longhorns.
Still the best football game I ever watched and the main reason I fell in love with the sport.
The best football game all time in my eyes , I remember jumping up and down and couldn't stop ! What a night for The University of Texas fan base and these players , our band and our coaching staff ....
Reggie’s lateral still baffles me to this day. Definition of doing too much lol
one of the best title games ever, between two perennial college powerhouses
I stopped being a Texans fan after they passed on Vince Young the next draft. Who knows how his career would have gone if he didn't have Jeff Fisher constantly undermining him. VY was also to blame for letting it get to him.
I remember watching this my senior year in high school. One of the greatest games ever! Give Reggie Bush his Heisman back!
You don’t even have to be fan of either team to acknowledge you this was one of the best college football games of all time!!!
I had been living in Texas since the military brought me to Austin in '86. And it was this game that I became a full-throated, 100% Texan. My Michigan siblings still don't understand why my allegiance is so strong, but they don't live here. This was the game that brought it home for me.
Slightly off topic, I heard on sports radio before the game that a contingent of both teams happened to be at Disneyland at the same time. They recognized each other but had their game faces on. No communication. A cold war. But it was Young who went over and introduced himself, called the other Longhorns over to shake hands with the Trojans, and after that everything was chill. Great story.
If there was any game where sweet victory should’ve been played at halftime, it’s this one.
People say the 2017 Rose bowl is the best Rose bowl has never seen this one! I was little and remember this game one of the first games I seen that made me love the game!
I was in middle school, i had just broken my tibia fibula ankle and growth plate a week before in a bike accident, full leg cast, when vince ran into the corner of that endzone on 4th and 5 to win the game i jumped off the couch and hit the ground and cried from happiness as well as excruciating pain. Great night for football.
Being huge Texas fans since my late uncle graduated from there. After this insane win it was the first time me and my father hugged. I practically jumped in his arms as a skinny 15 year old kid and we rejoiced. I think even my mom who is not a big football fan was crying.
This is the greatest college football game ever played, but also in the top 5 of just flat out football games on any level ever played. I was 18 when this game was played, and it will turn 18 next year. That's crazy how time flies.
Who else gets chills watching this the greatest college football game ever so much talent n potenial on this field
The best college game ever.
I remember watching the game back then and thinking Vince Young was a man amongst boys. Incredible athlete!
This was such an incredibly exciting game to watch. Sometimes games really live up to the hype.
The greatest game I ever watch yes am a usc fan fight on! I witnessed Vince young who didn’t fold under pressure congrats to him for winning a all time classic game!
If the current rules were applied to this era of CFB so many of these hits would be considered targeting. Crazy how much the game has changed from that standpoint.
blessed to say i was at this game. i was 7 years old with my grandfather who has been a die hard Texas fan since he went to college there in the 1950s. will forever be a favorite memory of mine and a memory i will cherish of being with my grandfather at the game. will never forget watching vince running the game winning touchdown in. hook 'em.
Keith Jackson is the Epitome of a Southern Gentleman. He always took the High Road and never took cheap shots as a Broadcaster and i assume as a Man. He brought out the best in the Games he covered, the best in the Players and the Best in the Fans. I listened to him in the 60's as a kid and EVERY Big Game i watched he covered. College Football lost it's Voice when Keith retired.
It's still the greatest game ever played. ESPN really thought USC could beat an NFL team.
Greatest college football championship game of my lifetime thus far.
Man such a good play call. 90 had no chance, he had to contain, but if he didn't check the running back then Vince would have a wide open pass in the middle
My jaw dropped when Reggie Bush tried to lateral the ball and caused a fumble. That play changed the whole momentum imo.