I very much enjoy the "How The Year Was Won" series. There have been a number of exciting (and wonky!) college football races throughout the years. I pine for the days before all this playoff nonsense. Back in the day, on New Years Day, quite often there would be 2 or 3 bowl games that would have a direct impact on who would be national champion. My Dad and I would hook up 3 and 4 televisions to watch all the games as they came on! Fun times!
@@WrongedSports You know, 1983 was interesting. Going into the bowl games, Nebraska was #1 and Texas was #2 (both undefeated), followed by Auburn, Illinois, Miami, and SMU all with only 1 loss. It made for a very interesting Bowl schedule for New Years (actually on Jan 2). 6 teams that needed the cards to fall just right, and they could be national champion.
I’m really liking this series. I’m definitely learning a lot about how College Football has evolved. I’m glad they don’t crown the national champion in this format anymore.
I just discovered this great series and will be watching every post on it. One point, (I won't call it a complaint): the game footage shown is often of the game being described and even when it is, the play shown is not the one being described. I realize that some footage my be difficult to acquire or non-existent. the impact is that the visual images are kind of a background accompaniment to the narration, which is the primary thing in each post. Thank you for doing them!
Yeah the videos of these sometimes don't exist or I found 4 mins of the game. So thats why you see different stuff. But the red Grange games are there as is the Rose Bowl. But thanks for watching, you can check all of them out in the playlist
I think it was Army’s decision to end the annual series with Notre Dame. The last annual meeting was in 1947, which was Army’s first trip to South Bend. ND won 27-7. All but one of the previous meetings had been in New York State, with the 1925-1929 and 1931-1946 games at Yankee Stadium. The 1930 game was at Soldier Field in Chicago. Army was ND’s most frequently played opponent until Navy passed them in 1963.
Years #1 lost in a bowl and there was no post bowl-poll: 1950 I agree Tennessee would have won a post-bowl poll;1951: It would have bene Maryland; 1953: I think #1 would have reverted to Notre Dame; 1960: A wild year. It could have been Iowa, Washington or Missouri, (especially if you take the forfeit seriously). Probably Iowa, based on strength of schedule. 1964: It would certainly have been Arkansas. 1965: The writers selected Alabama in a post bowl poll so I assume the coaches would have, too. 1970: The writer chose Nebraska so I assume the coaches would have, as well. 1973: the writers chose Notre Dame, and the coaches would have, as well. from 1974, the coaches did post bowl poll, but we wound up with a split title that year anyway as Oklahoma was on probation and the coaches refused to vote for them.
I think the 50s is my favorite decade of college sports. Am loving this channel. And 1950 was Tennessee's year. After all was said and done OU lost their game to Kentucky who we had beaten and we beat Texas in the Cotton Bowl.
@@WrongedSports I def. didn't see the other ones on '51 listed. I was def. trying to go in order. Gen Neyland and Bud Wilkinson OWNED the 50s. I always wondered how Maryland was so good and they just couldn't beat OU in those two bowl games. They had such great teams in 52 and 54 but OU squeaked em out
I very much enjoy the "How The Year Was Won" series. There have been a number of exciting (and wonky!) college football races throughout the years. I pine for the days before all this playoff nonsense. Back in the day, on New Years Day, quite often there would be 2 or 3 bowl games that would have a direct impact on who would be national champion. My Dad and I would hook up 3 and 4 televisions to watch all the games as they came on! Fun times!
Awesome thanks for watching and the story. Do you have any favorite years by the way
@@WrongedSports You know, 1983 was interesting. Going into the bowl games, Nebraska was #1 and Texas was #2 (both undefeated), followed by Auburn, Illinois, Miami, and SMU all with only 1 loss. It made for a very interesting Bowl schedule for New Years (actually on Jan 2). 6 teams that needed the cards to fall just right, and they could be national champion.
I’m really liking this series. I’m definitely learning a lot about how College Football has evolved. I’m glad they don’t crown the national champion in this format anymore.
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I just discovered this great series and will be watching every post on it. One point, (I won't call it a complaint): the game footage shown is often of the game being described and even when it is, the play shown is not the one being described. I realize that some footage my be difficult to acquire or non-existent. the impact is that the visual images are kind of a background accompaniment to the narration, which is the primary thing in each post. Thank you for doing them!
Yeah the videos of these sometimes don't exist or I found 4 mins of the game. So thats why you see different stuff. But the red Grange games are there as is the Rose Bowl. But thanks for watching, you can check all of them out in the playlist
I think it was Army’s decision to end the annual series with Notre Dame. The last annual meeting was in 1947, which was Army’s first trip to South Bend. ND won 27-7. All but one of the previous meetings had been in New York State, with the 1925-1929 and 1931-1946 games at Yankee Stadium. The 1930 game was at Soldier Field in Chicago. Army was ND’s most frequently played opponent until Navy passed them in 1963.
Thanks for watching, I have a few videos about Army football to check out
Years #1 lost in a bowl and there was no post bowl-poll: 1950 I agree Tennessee would have won a post-bowl poll;1951: It would have bene Maryland; 1953: I think #1 would have reverted to Notre Dame; 1960: A wild year. It could have been Iowa, Washington or Missouri, (especially if you take the forfeit seriously). Probably Iowa, based on strength of schedule. 1964: It would certainly have been Arkansas. 1965: The writers selected Alabama in a post bowl poll so I assume the coaches would have, too. 1970: The writer chose Nebraska so I assume the coaches would have, as well. 1973: the writers chose Notre Dame, and the coaches would have, as well. from 1974, the coaches did post bowl poll, but we wound up with a split title that year anyway as Oklahoma was on probation and the coaches refused to vote for them.
Seeing Big 7 is so weird.
I always thought they went straight from Big 6 to Big 8
I think the 50s is my favorite decade of college sports. Am loving this channel. And 1950 was Tennessee's year. After all was said and done OU lost their game to Kentucky who we had beaten and we beat Texas in the Cotton Bowl.
I did a 4 videos on different teams and subjects from the 1951 college football year so check that out too
@@WrongedSports I def. didn't see the other ones on '51 listed. I was def. trying to go in order. Gen Neyland and Bud Wilkinson OWNED the 50s. I always wondered how Maryland was so good and they just couldn't beat OU in those two bowl games. They had such great teams in 52 and 54 but OU squeaked em out
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@@WrongedSports Oh wow, I missed an entire section of the videos haha thanks man!