Same.... I was in 9th grade though.... I was hoping to see The Longhorns go again for the 2023-2024 championship game against Michigan... Alas it did not happen. Congrats to Washington for making it though...
It was. You had USC with 2 Heisman trophy winners, going for 3 titles in a row and a 34 game win streak against Texas who won 24 out of 25 games, defending Rose Bowl champs, with a 19 game winning streak and Vince Young the best player in college football (also Reggie Bush at USC). They were both number 1 and 2 the whole season. Each had a very tough road win and blew out everyone else on the schedule. They ran the table as number 1 and 2. USC blew out Oklahoma winning the second title and Vince Young winning the Rose bowl over Michigan yelling will be back started the hype for that next season. I would say it started when Matt skipped the draft for USC. What a game to live up to the hype. I feel USC wins 6 out of 10. This was a weird,fun, and explosive game.
No offense Sir...Let's just say (epic) and get it over with. "epic" is a long book, poems or movie, whose story extends Over a long period of time, or tells of a Great Event.🥸 including all what you have said🙂
Not only was this the most hyped up game in college football history, it actually lived up to the hype and then some. That’s why this is the greatest national championship game of all time, as well as arguably the greatest game of all time
I was living in California, my wife at the time was weeks away from having my daughter and we went to watch the game at the bar if a local restaurant. Needless to say, I was the only Texas fan surrounded by USC fans, and when Vince scored, you’d have been able to hear a pin drop in that place were it not for me standing in the middle of them all clapping. 😂
So was I. A coworker of mine had been talking smack all season. That Tuesday he came to work visibly...humbled. He was a gracious loser. I told him Notre Dame let USC off the hook so USC shouldn't have been there anyway.
Not only the best football game ever but the talent, the power of this game was legendary especially if we all went back to 2006 to see how people were different, football was still tough in 06. Miss these days 🫠 98-2010 was the best football era ever
I think what kept USC from total devastation is that they won the year before. But MAN this lost must've hurt. Vince Young turned into Superman that night.
Especially since they couldn't make it on 4th and 1 and gave up a TD run on 4th and 5 at the end. USC was THIS close to a threepeat and it probably still hurts them to this day.
USC’s defense was weak that year. And their offense made some really stupid mistakes in this game. Texas also got a couple of calls to go their way. I still think USC was the better team.
Crazy if you watched a replay in 2006 of a game 19 years earlier in 1987, the footage would look very dated. Today in 2024 this doesn’t look very dated to me.
I was 4 years old when I saw the Longhorns won the national championship and still remember my watching with my family and definitely remembered my grandpa jumping up and down and screaming and put me on his shoulders while celebrating
Me & my mom/dad watch it in the 4th-QTR. Including myself in the 1st-03 QTRS. We knew we've wanted Texas to hoisted that National Title for that program!🤘🏼🏈🐂
2:15:26 has the best TV promo of all time ... Emily's Reasons Why Not as only Keith Jackson can bring it to you, and Jake In Progress featuring John Stah-mos
Big 12 was the conference back then. Don’t have the NC’s to show it, but the amount of times the conference played for one and even Kansas had a huge season during this era.
Interesting fact: While putting together the Football Life episode for this game, NFL Films initially wanted to interview Will Ferrell before they opted to interview Snoop Dogg (along with Matthew McConaughey).
That's exactly two weeks before the Biggest Movie of the Year Disney Channel Original Movie High School Musical with Zac Effron, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, Lucas Grabeel, Monique Coleman, Corbin Bleu, Kaycee Stroh.
Man this game still hurts years later I’m a huge USC fan because of Reggie and Matt Leinart. 9 year old me is still crying inside. Vince young was a menace😭
Got to see my Horns finally win a championship and then i graduated high school 5 months later. 2006 was a very spexial year! (This game was played in January 2006 btw lol)
3:13:32 This moment was the last great moment in college football. Why? With all the talk about athletes getting paid and the transfer portal being wide-open, this was the moment where two great teams that were built up played against each other. Just on the outside of social media, and still, before the days when hot take shows being everywhere. The hype was real no matter what, but that moment would make it to where politics and greed didn't matter. Truly, we may never see something like this again in all of college sports.
I'm surprised Texas won this game without a running game intact, so it was completely all on Vince Young: to pull Texas through what determination from an individual. the quarterback (Vince Young) the leading rusher with 467yds 267 passing yds with 3 touchdowns I'm still captivated watching this game over and over again. I have only one word "Absurd"
Been ALOT of great college games over the decades so wouldnt go so far as to say this was THE best ever but its certainly top10. SO many what ifs for SC, what if they gave the ball to Lendale White on that 4th down play...he was a BULL and I think he could have gotten it. What if they blitzed Young on the final TD run.............probably lots of others but cant recall since havent seen it recently. Kudos to TX though, I thought SC was the better team and getting to play basically a home game I really felt they would win.
I think people say it was the best ever because it was a 4 month roadmap leading up to the game. It was the game everyone wanted to see, it had so much talent on both sides and it was a damn good game!
@@bradbennett4237 Yeah it was def a great one. Still not ready to call it the best ever. Hell, you could argue it wasnt even the best game ever played in that stadium. Others that may be better: 1984 Orange Bowl, 1994 Orange(these first 2 were Nebraska losses by a combined 3 points), 1997 Rose. Hell even the game played exactly a year before this one, the 2005 Rose, was quite a game. The 1993 regular season game between FSU @ ND. These are just a few off the top of my head. It's extremely subjective so there is no wrong answer.
I know Leinart was a senior and was leaving but what IF Reggie stayed and Vince stayed for their senior seasons. Would we really have seen Ohio St vs Florida in the natty or would we have a rematch between Texas and USC
The question was is Reggie Bush the greatest running back of all time now that covers a large scope the answer to that is NO Jim Brown is in my opinion. Bush in USC history yes let's be precise when you say all time
LSU won the natty the year USC claims to have won it. What a joke. Saban’s LSU team would’ve smoked USC. USC only won 1 natty outright. They “shared” with LSU, then beat Oklahoma, then lost to Texas. They only won 1 national championship.
RIP Kieth Jackson and RIP John Saunders
The best college football I’ve seen. I was in middle school and stayed up late to see the ending.
Sameee I was in 5th grade tho
Same I was in 7th grade
Same.... I was in 9th grade though.... I was hoping to see The Longhorns go again for the 2023-2024 championship game against Michigan... Alas it did not happen. Congrats to Washington for making it though...
Same Here I was in 10th Grade Sophomore 15/16, cause I was born in 1989.
Same was in the 5th grade and wasn’t gonna miss it.
17 years later I still get emotional in the best of ways.
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When you talk about classic college football games, I'm sure THIS is one of the first that pops into your mind. God, I miss Keith Jackson...
GREATEST COLLEGE FOOTBALL GAME OF ALL TIME
It was. You had USC with 2 Heisman trophy winners, going for 3 titles in a row and a 34 game win streak against Texas who won 24 out of 25 games, defending Rose Bowl champs, with a 19 game winning streak and Vince Young the best player in college football (also Reggie Bush at USC). They were both number 1 and 2 the whole season. Each had a very tough road win and blew out everyone else on the schedule. They ran the table as number 1 and 2. USC blew out Oklahoma winning the second title and Vince Young winning the Rose bowl over Michigan yelling will be back started the hype for that next season. I would say it started when Matt skipped the draft for USC.
What a game to live up to the hype. I feel USC wins 6 out of 10. This was a weird,fun, and explosive game.
100% agreed
@@tedunseth3966 talk about an undisputed title bout
@@tedunseth3966 Reggie bush was the best player in college football though. But that’s just my personal opinion
NO DOUBT.
One of the greatest high anticipated astonishing college football games of all time USC vs Texas
No offense Sir...Let's just say (epic) and get it over with. "epic" is a long book, poems or movie, whose story extends Over a long period of time, or tells of a Great Event.🥸 including all what you have said🙂
Not only was this the most hyped up game in college football history, it actually lived up to the hype and then some. That’s why this is the greatest national championship game of all time, as well as arguably the greatest game of all time
I was psyched up from 7th period on for this game stayed up for the entire game.
This looks gorgeous in HD.
I was living in California, my wife at the time was weeks away from having my daughter and we went to watch the game at the bar if a local restaurant. Needless to say, I was the only Texas fan surrounded by USC fans, and when Vince scored, you’d have been able to hear a pin drop in that place were it not for me standing in the middle of them all clapping. 😂
So was I. A coworker of mine had been talking smack all season. That Tuesday he came to work visibly...humbled. He was a gracious loser. I told him Notre Dame let USC off the hook so USC shouldn't have been there anyway.
@@davidpaz9389Notre Dame went 0-8 against USC under Pete Carrol from 2002-2009
@@Evenflow-us1py And there was a time ND rolled off 10, or was it 11, in a row against USC. Ebb and flow, man. Ebb and flow.
Not only the best football game ever but the talent, the power of this game was legendary especially if we all went back to 2006 to see how people were different, football was still tough in 06. Miss these days 🫠 98-2010 was the best football era ever
Watching this again, since Texas is in the CFP this year...
It doesn’t seem so long ago. But these basic helmets, tall shoulder pads, and run away targeting is so throwback.
I was so mad I didn’t stay up and watch this game. I had to watch the sportscenter highlights of Texas-USC
Why get mad? Life is short. Be thankful you can choose to watch a game if you want to.
@@WallytheBroncoPete Carroll’s best team against Vince Young an instant classic
This single game not only made me the Texas Fan I am today, but it marked the date for my official love for the sport football 🏈
I think what kept USC from total devastation is that they won the year before. But MAN this lost must've hurt. Vince Young turned into Superman that night.
Especially since they couldn't make it on 4th and 1 and gave up a TD run on 4th and 5 at the end. USC was THIS close to a threepeat and it probably still hurts them to this day.
USC’s defense was weak that year. And their offense made some really stupid mistakes in this game. Texas also got a couple of calls to go their way. I still think USC was the better team.
Crazy if you watched a replay in 2006 of a game 19 years earlier in 1987, the footage would look very dated. Today in 2024 this doesn’t look very dated to me.
Hell of an observation lol. Damn good point 💯
@@Gael-xs8cp not very dated if you read my entire comment you would understand my point.
Thanks 👍 for the great game, and for the Keith Jackson introduction!!!!!WE REALLY DO MISS USC!!!!SICK OF THE LIKES AS CLEMSON OR ND OR OKLAHOMA!!!
I was 4 years old when I saw the Longhorns won the national championship and still remember my watching with my family and definitely remembered my grandpa jumping up and down and screaming and put me on his shoulders while celebrating
Me & my mom/dad watch it in the 4th-QTR. Including myself in the 1st-03 QTRS.
We knew we've wanted Texas to hoisted that National Title for that program!🤘🏼🏈🐂
2:15:26 has the best TV promo of all time ... Emily's Reasons Why Not as only Keith Jackson can bring it to you, and Jake In Progress featuring John Stah-mos
The PAC 10 & BIG 12 were relevant? No SEC team in the championship? Wow things went down hill after this peak of college football.
now they’ll be known as an SEC team and a Big Ten team. nothing seems to change
Big 12 was the conference back then. Don’t have the NC’s to show it, but the amount of times the conference played for one and even Kansas had a huge season during this era.
Interesting fact: While putting together the Football Life episode for this game, NFL Films initially wanted to interview Will Ferrell before they opted to interview Snoop Dogg (along with Matthew McConaughey).
That's exactly two weeks before the Biggest Movie of the Year Disney Channel Original Movie High School Musical with Zac Effron, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, Lucas Grabeel, Monique Coleman, Corbin Bleu, Kaycee Stroh.
Just finished watching the entire 2023 Texas season including the CFP vs. Washington.
Good way to cap it off.
117 Div 1-A schools have began the 2005 season without a loss and now only 2 teams have reached the rose bowl that way
Man this game still hurts years later I’m a huge USC fan because of Reggie and Matt Leinart. 9 year old me is still crying inside. Vince young was a menace😭
The greatest game ever played
Got to see my Horns finally win a championship and then i graduated high school 5 months later. 2006 was a very spexial year! (This game was played in January 2006 btw lol)
Every one of those players went on to incredible success in the NFL
Look at who’s on the USC sideline at 3:00:52 that’s current Texas Head Coach Steve Sarkisian…
This game was maybe the most hyped up national championship game ever and it didn't live up to the hype, but it surpassed it.
3:00:51, I wonder who that coach is standing next to Pete Carroll 😊
What?!? Sarc, wow…must be weird for him coaching Texas, right?
3:13:32 This moment was the last great moment in college football. Why? With all the talk about athletes getting paid and the transfer portal being wide-open, this was the moment where two great teams that were built up played against each other. Just on the outside of social media, and still, before the days when hot take shows being everywhere. The hype was real no matter what, but that moment would make it to where politics and greed didn't matter. Truly, we may never see something like this again in all of college sports.
Okay old head
Hook em horns!!!!!!
I'm surprised Texas won this game without a running game intact, so it was completely all on Vince Young: to pull Texas through what determination from an individual. the quarterback (Vince Young) the leading rusher with 467yds 267 passing yds with 3 touchdowns I'm still captivated watching this game over and over again.
I have only one word
"Absurd"
2024-25 long horns will be this great like this team watch
Best national athem ever, sings it perfectly!
Will Ferrell gave USC bad luck talking on behalf of them
The moment the reporter calls Matt Leinhart “Vince” 😂
Been ALOT of great college games over the decades so wouldnt go so far as to say this was THE best ever but its certainly top10. SO many what ifs for SC, what if they gave the ball to Lendale White on that 4th down play...he was a BULL and I think he could have gotten it. What if they blitzed Young on the final TD run.............probably lots of others but cant recall since havent seen it recently. Kudos to TX though, I thought SC was the better team and getting to play basically a home game I really felt they would win.
I think people say it was the best ever because it was a 4 month roadmap leading up to the game. It was the game everyone wanted to see, it had so much talent on both sides and it was a damn good game!
@@bradbennett4237 Yeah it was def a great one. Still not ready to call it the best ever. Hell, you could argue it wasnt even the best game ever played in that stadium. Others that may be better: 1984 Orange Bowl, 1994 Orange(these first 2 were Nebraska losses by a combined 3 points), 1997 Rose. Hell even the game played exactly a year before this one, the 2005 Rose, was quite a game. The 1993 regular season game between FSU @ ND. These are just a few off the top of my head. It's extremely subjective so there is no wrong answer.
They did give the ball to White. The issue was Bush wasn't on the field to draw attention.
@@sportsjefe Ah yeah.
I know Leinart was a senior and was leaving but what IF Reggie stayed and Vince stayed for their senior seasons. Would we really have seen Ohio St vs Florida in the natty or would we have a rematch between Texas and USC
Game of a lifetime even as an ou fan this was huge
R.I.P to both Keith Jackson and John Saunders!🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
Bush and White what a 1 2 punch USC had
The bcs era wasn't so bad after all.
2006 rose bowl Texas Longhorns vs USC Trojans Keith Jackson dan fouts todd Harris football
It’s wild that maybe the best college football game of all time is going to end up featuring zero Pro Football Hall of Famers. No one even got close.
Did Will Ferrell ever get those Heismans outta his ears😉
I was there
Me too, and the year before as well. Can't believe the time has passed so quickly.
Repulsive to see evil Craig James during the pre-game commentary
im so hi imma just watch the whole thing and maybe play madden while its on
It is Frank the tank!
3 out of 4 ppl thought usc would win
The question was is Reggie Bush the greatest running back of all time now that covers a large scope the answer to that is NO Jim Brown is in my opinion. Bush in USC history yes let's be precise when you say all time
3:12:31 Texas coaching staff has NOTHING to tell Vince.(faking)
Hook 'Em Horns!!!
Waaaaah ! Box of ...wine wit ah,😢 little cheese please...😂.
LSU won the natty the year USC claims to have won it. What a joke. Saban’s LSU team would’ve smoked USC. USC only won 1 natty outright. They “shared” with LSU, then beat Oklahoma, then lost to Texas. They only won 1 national championship.
mad bro?
@@massengill96 Im an Alabama fan, so no.
Based on what? You don’t know. USC doesn’t claim anything. The AP poll had them number 1 and the AP National Championship.