Thanks for all the support! I am thinking about making another video sometime in the future. My top choices are: 1) Top 30 games in cfb history 2) The best play of the last 100 cfb seasons 3) A remake of this video with fan suggested plays Let me know what y’all want to see, and reply to this with any other ideas!
I like the first two ideas but I would love to see maybe a combination of those two? Best game of the past 100 seasons? I would love to see the top 100 games of all time since 95% of videos that cover that are just games from 2010 onwards but that seems like a lot to ask for. That or either of the first two suggestions are great
@@jeffmutch7640very true, I also wish there were more clips from before 1970. It’s just impossible to find old videos on every game, and also sad that hundreds of other exceptional plays have been forgotten over the decades
(Bama fan here and no im not a "BAMMER"That was one of those moments I felt wasn't real,I was seriously confused. Like i dont even think i knew my name if someone asked me i was mind blown!It took several mins for me to realize we lost lol those few mins felt like hours. Yall have had several of those type plays in last 15 or so years.We usually on the other end of those plays. We've had a couple startin w Mount Cody Tenn FG block in 09,Tuas 2nd 26 vs GA Natty OT win,Grave Digger,Ryan Williams Go ahead TD vs GA jus off topnof my head. How u feel bout Freeze rn? Honestly I expected this from him. Other than beatin ud 2 times over a decade ago,what has he actually accomplished? What's he gotta do to keep his job? In my eyes he's done nothin to keep it.its year 2 and no change.need to pay him his 21m get him out and go after Kiffin before Florida gets him lol As much as I hate Auburn, I do wish yall could get back to bein a top program, it makes better games and Iron Bowls. Same thing w Florida, they need to get their shit together forreal.
I was at that 1982 Cal-Stanford game...as a sports intern for a SF TV station. I was a "grip" for the videographer & sports reporter. I saw the whole play unfold (we were at midfield on the sidelines...getting ready to head to the locker room for some post-game interviews.) I'll never forget this play for as long as I live. To experience it on the field is totally different than watching it on TV...or even from the stands..
This is easily one of the best lists I’ve ever seen. Almost every single one is ruined with modern bias (not that it’s everyone’s fault, old footage is not as assessable), yet this one is consistently filled with some of the classic plays from decades upon decades ago I’ve never seen
Im probably going to have a lot of comments during this video because I’m almost 60 years old and being from Birmingham, Alabama I’ve been watching football my whole life. I was waiting on the video where Woody Hayes hit that player in 1972 because I was surely watching that day. I was nine years old.
I have only made it to #82 and am already thankful for this video. So many of these "Best So-N-So in So-N-So History" then go on to only show plays from like the last 10-15 years. Thank for the research and curating.
I still think that Boise/Oklahoma game is the best football game I've ever seen. Even before the insanity of the ending Boise mounted one of the great comebacks to tie the game, THEN Peterson makes the monster run directly after to give OK back the lead. Then comes all the truly crazy stuff.
You'd think that Ian Johnson couldn't top that winning touchdown, but you'd be wrong. He then went over to his cheerleader-girlfriend and got himself engaged on national TV.
Boise State played smash-mouth football with Oklahoma for 59 minutes and 42 seconds. They let OK tie up the game at 1:26 followed IMMEDIATELY by a pick-six at 1:02 to give OK the lead. I had $50 riding on the game - and offered to double the bet at 1:02 with OK leading by 7. The other guy said, "No." He'd seen enough of Boise State to TERRIFY him. The next 62 seconds and overtime were pure Boise State magic. 4th down and 18 at the 50 with 18 seconds on the clock... the hook and lateral - Rabb for 6. Perretta to Schouman in overtime, showing OK what they expected - then throwing the ball. Finally, Ian Johnson cruising for 2 behind Ryan Clady on a Statue of Liberty Play. Remember, the coach's salary for Oklahoma was more than the entire Boise State University athletic budget for all sports. Oklahoma had more championships than Boise State had years in 1-A ball. This was David v. Goliath... and Goliath got smoked.
THAT DON'T MAKE IT RIGHT!!!! THIS IS NOT THE 100 GREATEST PLAYS THIS IS HIS BIAS LIST!!! So disrespectful to say 100 greatest plays in history and you don't have a single Florida play... THAT CRAP. who has record for longest pass in history... FLORIDA 99 YARDS!!!! Who has a HALL OF FAME ALL TIME LEADING RUSHER IN THE NFL AND HAD A 96 YARD RUN AGAINST MISSISSIPPI STATE!! EMMITT SMITH
@@LALMCGatorsfan Actually Alabama also had a 99 yard touchdown pass from McCarron to Amari Cooper in the Iron Bowl. Florida did it against Rice on a gadget play
At 52:20, QB Stewart throws a hail mary from his own 27 yard line, to the 1 yard line of Michigan (and completed for a touchdownz). I've been watching football for many decades, but I've never seen ANYONE throw a ball 72 air yards.
Most fun memories... That PERFECT hook and ladder by Boise State...seriously, watch that play and Oklahoma defends it well, but the pitch is perfect and the safety is ONE STEP out of position...and that starts the fairytale finish. Vince Young SCORES. Probably the most 'I know exactly what is going to happen next' play in national championship games...and STILL USC couldn't stop him. Auburn's magical year. That Georgia game gets overshadowed by the Iron Bowl kick-6...but both games were spectacular...and to be capped off by legendary plays to finish both off. Lightning strikes twice! 'I was there' moments: Ohio State beats Purdue 13-9 on a bit of Krenzel magic. So proud of my Boilermakers in that game. We held the eventual national champion to only 6 points through almost the whole game...and it took a miracle play to beat us. That defense of ours was amazing. Advice on the video: The clock management game for Michigan State vs Michigan should have included the actual play where the clock 'stopped early'...bonus points if you have the Michigan radio call.
I usually find myself skipping through videos like this just to see if my team is on it. I couldn’t skip through any of this. What a great video! 10/10
I applaud your mammoth effort. Being a Texas fan, I thought it should have had James Street's pass to Randy Peschel on 4th down that led to Texas beating Arkansas in 1969 for the Natty in the Game of the Century, and perhaps Earl Campbell's run around the right end literally knocking a Rice defender 5 yards in the air just before scoring, and maybe "Roll Left" where Texas' quarterback James Brown completed a pass on fourth down and inches from Texas own 28 yard line to Derek Lewis which led to a touchdown to secure Texas' first Big XII championship over #3 Nebraska, but I can't really complain. Good job on this video! That Trinity-Milsaps multiple lateral play is one of my favorites as is the Stanford trombone player getting leveled. And the Rice game tackle from off the sidelines was a touch of class. Enjoyed the whole shebang. The pass from Eddie Phillips to Cotton Speyer that enabled Texas to beat UCLA was a nice inclusion (I was there in the Longhorn Band that day.).
@@pitcher0319 Don't feel bad. I couldn't even begin to produce such a video as you did. I have made quite a number of videos and posted them on RUclips, and know how difficult it is, not to mention the research you had to do. I emailed the link to the video to several buddies so they could watch it.
I completely agree! As a Texas fan, I wrote down what I thought were Texas' top plays and eagerly awaited for them to appear in the list. Wrote down all that you had PLUS the walk off FG by Justin Tucker to beat Texas A&M in our last rivalry matchup in 2011 before TAMU headed for the SEC.
Superb. I too wish it was possible to have included even more from pre- 1970 games, but it’s impossible to complain about what you’ve produced here. Congratulations!
Great video! Thanks. I would add two plays to this list. One is the Alabama onside kick against Clemson in the national championship game (2015, I think). The other play I would add is from the 1973 season national championship game between Alabama and Notre Dame. Notre Dame was backed up inside its 10 late in the game, third down and long, and they called a completely unexpected play to the tight end for the first down. Then they ran out the clock. As an Alabama fan, that play killed me, but I gotta gove them credit for the call and the execution. The only difference in the game was Alabama had a rare extra point miss. There wasn't any pressure; he just hit it to the left somehow. I can still see it in my mind 50 years later. Otherwise, it's a tie game, so ND got a little lucky to win.
I remember being in my bedroom watching Hal mummy get Gatorade poured on him. I said to my mom, the games not over. I was on the field 7 years later when we finally got our revenge against #1 LSU. The ups and downs of being a Kentucky Wildcats Football Fan. Go Big Blue!
It’s crazy the amount of Clemson plays not on here, but namely not a single one from CJ Spiller. He had some of the most amazing runs in CFB history. A lot of these were more “iconic” than anything, which is fine. I already knew what the top 2 were gonna be pretty much based on the fact that they hadn’t been shown yet. “The Play” is always gonna be #1 because it was just so insane. And the Auburn field goal return walk off TD to beat Bama and to go to the Natty is also an absolutely iconic play. Especially considering it was the same year that hail mary vs UGA happened that was shown in this video. They were deemed “the team of destiny” or something like that. And it seemed to be true as they started out destroying FSU. But that FSU team was just incredible, and made the comeback to win. Anyway, CFB is the best sport to ever exist, and you’ll never be able to change my mind on that!
Something about the Boise state Oklahoma game and how it played out is just insanely chilling to me. I’d put that at #3 or so on this. A truly unbelievable and amazing game! Great video man.
Agreed, placing the top 10 in order was extremely difficult. Someday I will make a “top 30 games” video and that boise st game will be top 3, maybe even #1!
@@pitcher0319 changed my mind, it’s absolutely #1 without question. Just can’t justify any other game or scenario over this 😂 looking forward to your next video!
This is one of the best lists I’ve ever seen. Not biased at all. The only other thing I can think of to add to this list would be either 84 or 85 Cotton Bowl if I’m not mistaken. Texas A&M vs Auburn. A&M stopped Bo Jackson 4 times at the goal line to win the game.
Great video, I nominate the following in version #2: 1976: Missouri 34, Nebraska 24. Shortly after taking a 24-23 lead early in the fourth quarter, Nebraska had the Tigers just where it wanted them - third-and-14 at their own 2. It did not, however, turn out well. Mizzou quarterback Pete Woods faked handoffs to both running backs, stepped back and threw over the middle to slot receiver Joe Stewart, who was open around the Nebraska 35. Stewart took it the rest of the way for a Big Eight-record 98-yard touchdown reception that propelled the Tigers to one of their trademark upsets.
#35 should've been at least in the Top 5. A bizarre play from another planet. I got dizzy watching the 100 laterals going back and forth. Beyond amazing.
As many Bobby Bowden FG heartbreak plays are in there, you could have put the shanked FG from the Husker/Seminole Orange bowl as time expired (after the Husker's got 1 second put back on the clock) to give Bobby his first Natty after the 1993 season. That play and game had even more significance as the loss spurred Nebraska on...to work even harder in the off-season, and give Osborne his first of three National championships in the 1994, 95 and 97 seasons. Great video compilation, though! You did it well for the greatest game on the planet: College Football 😎👍❤🏈🔥🔥🔥
I have seen a lot of these plays live - as they happened (not in person). I think your #3 and #2 were correct and really near the top. Mostly because of the most unexpected nature of the plays - especially given the game situation. Commend you for putting this list together. It was awesome to watch and I understand an amazing amount of work on your part. My thanks to you for keeping these moments alive forever.
Thanks for the support! Glad you enjoyed the video and it seems you have a lot of knowledge of historical games. If you have suggestions for the top 30 games I’ll be sure to look into them!
Great video! I would add one play that is often forgotten is Maurice Clarett chasing down Sean Taylor after a pick and taking the ball away from him for the Buckeyes to have a chance to tie the game. 03 national championship
no its not!!!! WHERE IS FLORIDA!!!!!! FLORIDA IS THE BEST!!!!! WHERE IS THERE PLAYS!!!!! 3 NATIONAL TITLES!!! 3 HEISMAN THOPHY WINNERS. NO PLAYS!!! HOW ABOUT A HALL FAME RUNNING BACK WHO HAD 96 YARD RUN IN COLLEGE!!!!
I attended two of the top 10 games (UM vs App St. and UM vs Colorado) both painful losses. I would have added a second Charles Woodson play, his punt return for a TD vs OSU in 1997. Likely sealed his Heisman, even more than his leap vs MSU that year.
Who is “the” singular UM? Marquette, Marshall, Mercer, Marymount or one of the three dozen smaller schools? I may have left out one or two of the larger schools. 😂
As a D3 athlete myself, I loved the Millsaps/Trinity clip. We played Millsaps home & home every year in basketball. Gotta be the most incredible play of all time regardless of division.
Got to the top 3 and I knew which ones it would be, just a matter of which order they’d be in. Can’t argue with your reasoning. Cal Stanford is the standard for all lateral plays from now into eternity. But damn, the Kick Six is just the best thing in the world. Both are iconic, hard to choose between them.
Stanford band play is likely never ever going to happen again. The play itself will happen but the circumstances will never be repeated, as I’m sure all college band directors have learned their lesson after that one.
Really good list, brought back a lot of memories. I was hoping Rosen’s fake spike in the 2017 A&M-UCLA would’ve made the list, but this was a good one.
Why the hell would Curtis Samuels 12 yard run against michigan in 2016 be in the best plays in CFB history. God buckeye fans need to get over themselves
#78 I actually got to see live as our whole family had annual tickets to see the Fiesta Bowl. Perhaps the most heavily hyped game & certainly the most watched. #50 I got to see on TV w/ the fam again; we had come home from somewhere & just turned it on when Belue threw that pass to Scott. Talk about perfect timing. Oh, I must concur w/ others who commended you on also including much older games. The fact that you included Tommy Lewis' off-the-bench tackle of Dicky Maegle in the 1954 Cotton Bowl early on cemented it for me that this is a classic. As a Sun Devil that fact that you included the Jael Mary against USC made me smile too.
I'm surprised the 85 yards through the heart of the south wisent on here, that whole year was crazy from losing a game and still making it, having to face bama and beating them, to facing Oregon who was unstoppable it seemed that year, as well as everyone saying we should never have even made the playoffs.
Totally agree! Ohio St with a 3rd string qb beating Alabama and Oregon in the first year of the playoffs was Historic. Main reason why playoffs were implemented!!
As a Hawkeye fan I love that play. Tate to Holloway for Holloways only TD in his last game gives me goosebumps every time. I remember exactly where I was and the excitement we all felt watching. Honorable mention: Iowa blocked 2 field goals in a row to win against a very good UNI team. The only time that had ever happened in NCCA.
If you make another one, I'd consider adding at least one play from the 2022-2023 season such as the Ohio State vs Georgia "midnight miracle" final kick, Tenn vs Bama final kick (or the missed kick by Bama and then the made kick by Tenn), or the LSU vs FSU blocked extra point. Another game you missed was LSU vs Texas A&M 2018 7 OT game. The game didn't have an amazing play but should have been worth a mention being considered the longest game in college football history.
There were definitely some incredible games last season, but for the most part I try to focus on great single plays rather than picking the best play from a great game. If I were to make another video I’d probably do top 100 games though
An amazing list. One honorable mention for me: BYU over Utah 2006. The Answered Prayer from John Beck to Johnny Harline on his knees in the end zone on the final play of the game.
This was awesome! I kept waiting and waiting for the flutie miracle to be number one but I'll take number three. The two plays above it we're definitely huge plays also. If you take into consideration the meaning of some of these games at the time then that's what makes them so huge. That game was flutie versus Kosar and Miami always seemed to beat Boston college until that year. It was so unbelievable to watch. I was sitting in my basement watching it on TV and I actually turned it off just when he was about to throw it because I was already crying that we had lost and lost my mind for a second there. But I turned it right back on just in time to see Phelan catch the ball for the touchdown. I went crazy! One of my fun times growing up.
@@pitcher0319yep. I knew that dang play would be #2... Yet... That's right. That stupid play will live on forever. Now anytime there is a chance of "1 sec left" I have PTSD
George Teague running down the Miami wide receiver in the 92 Sugar Bowl will forever be my most favorite college football play. Any Alabama fan over the age of 40 remembers it like it was yesterday.
I remember that as an Ohio State fan. That play is seared into my brain. For us Buckeye fans one of them we will never forget is when Zeke Elliott exploded 85 yards up the gut of Bama late in the 4th quarter of the Sugar Bowl in 2014.
1st, and only, win by OSU over Bama in history. That must have finally felt good. But of course, then the 2020 CFP Champ Game bludgeoning happened and it was back to the same ol' losing to Bama routine for OSU.@@ronmexico8383
as good as any defensive play in history. miami finally had their big play to start the comeback... thanks for playing, try again. #13 was like the terminator running down his prey. fitting it was the number one trash talker before the game. WDE
Great choices, I remember a good number of these. As a Nebraska fan you got it right with the Frazier and Rodgers runs and the blessed failed two points conversion. As a long time watcher of college football in general, I remember a lot of the plays, and can't really think of a "big play" that really should have been in there but wasn't.
The "kick" tip TD by matt Davison against mizzou in OT. While the situation wasn't consequential, you could make a case for the Taylor Martinez TD in 2012 Big 10 title game.
@@stephenwest6738there were a couple plays from the Pelini Era of Nebraska and I definitely think the Taylor Martinez run should have got in over them. That run was insane.
One of the absolute best and greatest compilation of sports moments that I have ever seen! The work and the thought behind it shows through with all the wonderful plays and announcing throughout! Including older plays makes this stand out; the Lewis tackle from the sidelines is rarely seen (the referees gave a TD on the play although from above it looks like the last defender had an angle on the sideline)! If anything was excluded probably the only play (or plays) that I would have tried to find would be Red Grange’s TDs against Michigan (1927?); Roger Staubach’s long rush TD against Army; any Alabama roll-out jump pass by Joe Namath; and Roy Riegel’s (spelling?) wrong way run in the Rose Bowl (1929?). I have seen all of these famous old plays at one time or another; perhaps they are too obscure for younger viewers! Thanks again!😀🏈❤️
The Rose Bowl wrong way run is on RUclips along with color footage of Namath at Alabama; watch how Namath could run and jump before his knee injuries! Wow!
You’re a brave fan putting up with all the negative reviews I’ve been reading; most of these are by ignorant folks who don’t have the knowledge you have regarding college football history and the ability to create a video that has few peers! Thanks again!😀👍🏻🏈
Really good list, good job, might want to look at Adrian Peterson from Georgia Southern, just search for "The Run" that would be a good addition, but great job on these, knew kick six or Cal-Stanford would be the top one.
42:30 is still my favorite play of all time. I know there are ones that are technically "better", but I'm a born and raised MSU fan and that play brings me joy. Hopefully we'll get there again some day! Also appreciate the CMich plays being included!
Notre Dame's Tom Clements completing a daring pass to little-used Tight End Robin Weber on 3rd down late in the 4th quarter of the 1973 Sugar Bowl vs #1 Alabama belongs on this list.
Thank you. That was the most amazing compilation of the greatest plays in college football. Some I remember most I had never seen before. Thank you again.
The BYU comeback needs a bit more context. That was all done in the final two and a half minutes of the game against the Pony Express (Craig James and Eric Dickerson) of SMU just prior to the SMU death penalty. That game is my first memory of watching BYU football and went a long way to making me such a fan. Another BYU play that should be considered for a list like this would be Kyle Morrel's sack against Hawaii in 1984. It was a goal line stand, he leaped over the line and sacked the QB preserving the perfect season and our eventual narional championship.
Kordell Stewart's throw against Michigan doesn't get nearly enough credit. Nice to see you had it in the Top 10, deservedly so. Go back and watch that throw. He threw that ball 78 yards. This wasn't at a mile high in Boulder, Colorado, either. That was on a muggy day at The Big House. And, in 1994, they were still using the much more rotund and rounder college football. No ONE was throwing a ball 75 yards in 1994. Now? It's very common. Back then? It was something you never even saw attempted.
"THEY'RE NOT GANNA KEEP EM OFF THE FIELD TONIGHT, HOLY COW, OH MY GOD, AUBURN WINS, AUBURN HAS WON THE IRON BOWL, AUBURN HAS WON THE IRON BOWL" hahahahahahahahahaha Saban's worst moment never gets old.
Thanks for all the support! I am thinking about making another video sometime in the future. My top choices are:
1) Top 30 games in cfb history
2) The best play of the last 100 cfb seasons
3) A remake of this video with fan suggested plays
Let me know what y’all want to see, and reply to this with any other ideas!
I like the first two ideas but I would love to see maybe a combination of those two? Best game of the past 100 seasons? I would love to see the top 100 games of all time since 95% of videos that cover that are just games from 2010 onwards but that seems like a lot to ask for. That or either of the first two suggestions are great
@@9DQZQwRp0mnJCjvZLQGlgood idea, that would be a fun one to make but it would probably over 2 hours long
#1, because either of the other two means PTSD via Appalachian State for everybody in my home State.
Maybe you should divide the greatest plays by decade and have subscribers chime in and give suggestions.
Bro you didn't throw the Jadaveon clowney hit in there ? The best hit on a quarterback ever pros or college ? Good video tho nice
As a middle-aged dude I've seen a lot of these, and can't thank you enough for putting this together.
Thanks!
@@pitcher0319I LOVE TEXAS TECH
ditto
These types of videos are always "modern" history ... not this one .. these are some freaking classics. Amazing work.
Sorry, one video from 1954 doesn’t cover all the way back to the late 1800s! Most all of these are modern history!
@@jeffmutch7640calm down bud
@@jeffmutch7640very true, I also wish there were more clips from before 1970. It’s just impossible to find old videos on every game, and also sad that hundreds of other exceptional plays have been forgotten over the decades
I agree with 99.998% of these clips.
What's the 00.002% you would change
@@PaulDesmond-zn3qbright? That’s equivalent to lest than half of a second of one clip 😂
Based on the significant figures you agree with 100%
@@kanyetwitty6471like germex
@@kanyetwitty6471I think his joke is that his team is on the losing end of one of these clips
Watching the kick six live as an auburn fan created the best moment in football and best memory in all of sports to me
(Bama fan here and no im not a "BAMMER"That was one of those moments I felt wasn't real,I was seriously confused. Like i dont even think i knew my name if someone asked me i was mind blown!It took several mins for me to realize we lost lol those few mins felt like hours. Yall have had several of those type plays in last 15 or so years.We usually on the other end of those plays. We've had a couple startin w Mount Cody Tenn FG block in 09,Tuas 2nd 26 vs GA Natty OT win,Grave Digger,Ryan Williams Go ahead TD vs GA jus off topnof my head.
How u feel bout Freeze rn? Honestly I expected this from him. Other than beatin ud 2 times over a decade ago,what has he actually accomplished? What's he gotta do to keep his job? In my eyes he's done nothin to keep it.its year 2 and no change.need to pay him his 21m get him out and go after Kiffin before Florida gets him lol
As much as I hate Auburn, I do wish yall could get back to bein a top program, it makes better games and Iron Bowls. Same thing w Florida, they need to get their shit together forreal.
I was at that 1982 Cal-Stanford game...as a sports intern for a SF TV station. I was a "grip" for the videographer & sports reporter. I saw the whole play unfold (we were at midfield on the sidelines...getting ready to head to the locker room for some post-game interviews.) I'll never forget this play for as long as I live. To experience it on the field is totally different than watching it on TV...or even from the stands..
Wow that’s incredible what an experience that must have been
And John Elway witnessed that.
This is easily one of the best lists I’ve ever seen. Almost every single one is ruined with modern bias (not that it’s everyone’s fault, old footage is not as assessable), yet this one is consistently filled with some of the classic plays from decades upon decades ago I’ve never seen
Thanks! Thinking of old clips was tricky since I’m only 21 but there were some great articles online from the 70s and 80s
LOL this is a homer ass list if ive ever seen one.
Im probably going to have a lot of comments during this video because I’m almost 60 years old and being from Birmingham, Alabama I’ve been watching football my whole life. I was waiting on the video where Woody Hayes hit that player in 1972 because I was surely watching that day. I was nine years old.
@@truthfuljones4557 awesome! I’m from birmingham too, hope you enjoy the vid!
Alabama’s pick 6 against Florida in 1992. Legion Field is less than 10 minutes from my family home where you can here the game.
I have only made it to #82 and am already thankful for this video. So many of these "Best So-N-So in So-N-So History" then go on to only show plays from like the last 10-15 years. Thank for the research and curating.
I still think that Boise/Oklahoma game is the best football game I've ever seen. Even before the insanity of the ending Boise mounted one of the great comebacks to tie the game, THEN Peterson makes the monster run directly after to give OK back the lead. Then comes all the truly crazy stuff.
You'd think that Ian Johnson couldn't top that winning touchdown, but you'd be wrong. He then went over to his cheerleader-girlfriend and got himself engaged on national TV.
Boise State played smash-mouth football with Oklahoma for 59 minutes and 42 seconds. They let OK tie up the game at 1:26 followed IMMEDIATELY by a pick-six at 1:02 to give OK the lead. I had $50 riding on the game - and offered to double the bet at 1:02 with OK leading by 7.
The other guy said, "No."
He'd seen enough of Boise State to TERRIFY him. The next 62 seconds and overtime were pure Boise State magic. 4th down and 18 at the 50 with 18 seconds on the clock... the hook and lateral - Rabb for 6. Perretta to Schouman in overtime, showing OK what they expected - then throwing the ball. Finally, Ian Johnson cruising for 2 behind Ryan Clady on a Statue of Liberty Play.
Remember, the coach's salary for Oklahoma was more than the entire Boise State University athletic budget for all sports. Oklahoma had more championships than Boise State had years in 1-A ball.
This was David v. Goliath... and Goliath got smoked.
My favorite part was when OU lost.
- A Texas fan
So good to see someone post and see smaller and older teams represented. Thanks for a truly fun n awesome presentation.
THAT DON'T MAKE IT RIGHT!!!! THIS IS NOT THE 100 GREATEST PLAYS THIS IS HIS BIAS LIST!!! So disrespectful to say 100 greatest plays in history and you don't have a single Florida play... THAT CRAP. who has record for longest pass in history... FLORIDA 99 YARDS!!!! Who has a HALL OF FAME ALL TIME LEADING RUSHER IN THE NFL AND HAD A 96 YARD RUN AGAINST MISSISSIPPI STATE!! EMMITT SMITH
@@LALMCGatorsfan I saw at least two Georgia plays on the list, seems pretty accurate to me 🥱
@@LALMCGatorsfanit’s not that srs bro
@@LALMCGatorsfan Actually Alabama also had a 99 yard touchdown pass from McCarron to Amari Cooper in the Iron Bowl. Florida did it against Rice on a gadget play
I'm sure we could disagree where plays belong on this list. But let's just appreciate all the work that went into this. Great job.
Thanks!
Not a Nebraska fan at all, but that run by Tommie Fraizer was amazing.
At 52:20, QB Stewart throws a hail mary from his own 27 yard line, to the 1 yard line of Michigan (and completed for a touchdownz). I've been watching football for many decades, but I've never seen ANYONE throw a ball 72 air yards.
you should look up anthony richardson's throw against the texans. a near 70 yard throw and he doesnt really get to step into it. wild
@@stephencarrillo9022 AR has a canon of an arm! If he can put it all together someday, he'll be a handful for defenses.
Poor Ty Law.
I think that play should be higher, top 5 for sure in my book.
Most fun memories...
That PERFECT hook and ladder by Boise State...seriously, watch that play and Oklahoma defends it well, but the pitch is perfect and the safety is ONE STEP out of position...and that starts the fairytale finish.
Vince Young SCORES. Probably the most 'I know exactly what is going to happen next' play in national championship games...and STILL USC couldn't stop him.
Auburn's magical year. That Georgia game gets overshadowed by the Iron Bowl kick-6...but both games were spectacular...and to be capped off by legendary plays to finish both off. Lightning strikes twice!
'I was there' moments:
Ohio State beats Purdue 13-9 on a bit of Krenzel magic. So proud of my Boilermakers in that game. We held the eventual national champion to only 6 points through almost the whole game...and it took a miracle play to beat us. That defense of ours was amazing.
Advice on the video:
The clock management game for Michigan State vs Michigan should have included the actual play where the clock 'stopped early'...bonus points if you have the Michigan radio call.
I remember watching the ALA v AUB Kick Six stunned! One of the best college football plays ever!
Just gives me goosebumps to see all the very old clips
Good job. Number 1 is so iconic but that #2, that will always be my #1.
damn stewart really threw that 75 yards
Great video. I feel really old when the 20-40 year old clips look like 100 years ago; most of which seem like yesterday.
I usually find myself skipping through videos like this just to see if my team is on it. I couldn’t skip through any of this. What a great video! 10/10
Glad you liked it!
I agree with most, disagree with some. I’m glad there wasn’t too much recency bias. Thanks for the work you put into this!
“AUBURN’S GONNA WIN THE FOOTBALL GAME” still gives me chills…
gotta make a new version with milroe on 4th and 31
I applaud your mammoth effort. Being a Texas fan, I thought it should have had James Street's pass to Randy Peschel on 4th down that led to Texas beating Arkansas in 1969 for the Natty in the Game of the Century, and perhaps Earl Campbell's run around the right end literally knocking a Rice defender 5 yards in the air just before scoring, and maybe "Roll Left" where Texas' quarterback James Brown completed a pass on fourth down and inches from Texas own 28 yard line to Derek Lewis which led to a touchdown to secure Texas' first Big XII championship over #3 Nebraska, but I can't really complain. Good job on this video! That Trinity-Milsaps multiple lateral play is one of my favorites as is the Stanford trombone player getting leveled. And the Rice game tackle from off the sidelines was a touch of class. Enjoyed the whole shebang. The pass from Eddie Phillips to Cotton Speyer that enabled Texas to beat UCLA was a nice inclusion (I was there in the Longhorn Band that day.).
That’s awesome! Seems like the consensus is the Texas vs Arkansas play is the best one I left out
@@pitcher0319 Don't feel bad. I couldn't even begin to produce such a video as you did. I have made quite a number of videos and posted them on RUclips, and know how difficult it is, not to mention the research you had to do. I emailed the link to the video to several buddies so they could watch it.
@@DavidCurrey4love the support! Thanks for watching and I’ll probably make another one in the future!
I completely agree! As a Texas fan, I wrote down what I thought were Texas' top plays and eagerly awaited for them to appear in the list. Wrote down all that you had PLUS the walk off FG by Justin Tucker to beat Texas A&M in our last rivalry matchup in 2011 before TAMU headed for the SEC.
@@pitcher0319It was a hell of a pass and catch. What's crazier is how few passes they attempted yet still having the confidence to try that shit.
Superb. I too wish it was possible to have included even more from pre- 1970 games, but it’s impossible to complain about what you’ve produced here. Congratulations!
Thanks! It’s pretty hard to find videos of those, otherwise I would’ve tried to do 40+ pre-1980 clips
Really solid top ten with Stewart and Flutie's Hail Mary's to go with the kick six and the epic band play. Well done OP!
Great video! Thanks. I would add two plays to this list. One is the Alabama onside kick against Clemson in the national championship game (2015, I think). The other play I would add is from the 1973 season national championship game between Alabama and Notre Dame. Notre Dame was backed up inside its 10 late in the game, third down and long, and they called a completely unexpected play to the tight end for the first down. Then they ran out the clock. As an Alabama fan, that play killed me, but I gotta gove them credit for the call and the execution. The only difference in the game was Alabama had a rare extra point miss. There wasn't any pressure; he just hit it to the left somehow. I can still see it in my mind 50 years later. Otherwise, it's a tie game, so ND got a little lucky to win.
I remember being in my bedroom watching Hal mummy get Gatorade poured on him. I said to my mom, the games not over. I was on the field 7 years later when we finally got our revenge against #1 LSU. The ups and downs of being a Kentucky Wildcats Football Fan. Go Big Blue!
I saw the kick six live…easily the greatest CFB game ever!
Agreed. I hate seeing bama lose, but that was the best game I have ever watched and probably top 5 ever played
Yeah I saw it live too, as a Bama fan, screaming NO! over and over again
COME ON FOLKS..."LIKE THIS". This man put in 80 hours to put in a lotta great football.
One of the best things I’ve ever seen on RUclips. Absolutely awesome.
Thanks!
It’s crazy the amount of Clemson plays not on here, but namely not a single one from CJ Spiller. He had some of the most amazing runs in CFB history. A lot of these were more “iconic” than anything, which is fine. I already knew what the top 2 were gonna be pretty much based on the fact that they hadn’t been shown yet. “The Play” is always gonna be #1 because it was just so insane. And the Auburn field goal return walk off TD to beat Bama and to go to the Natty is also an absolutely iconic play. Especially considering it was the same year that hail mary vs UGA happened that was shown in this video. They were deemed “the team of destiny” or something like that. And it seemed to be true as they started out destroying FSU. But that FSU team was just incredible, and made the comeback to win.
Anyway, CFB is the best sport to ever exist, and you’ll never be able to change my mind on that!
Send a link to the best Clemson play and I’ll take a look, if it’s good enough I’ll put it in the next version
Bro for real just started rambling. Love the grind.
Something about the Boise state Oklahoma game and how it played out is just insanely chilling to me. I’d put that at #3 or so on this. A truly unbelievable and amazing game! Great video man.
Agreed, placing the top 10 in order was extremely difficult. Someday I will make a “top 30 games” video and that boise st game will be top 3, maybe even #1!
@@pitcher0319 changed my mind, it’s absolutely #1 without question. Just can’t justify any other game or scenario over this 😂 looking forward to your next video!
Can't argue with your list. Maybe one of the best I've ever seen
This is one of the best lists I’ve ever seen. Not biased at all. The only other thing I can think of to add to this list would be either 84 or 85 Cotton Bowl if I’m not mistaken. Texas A&M vs Auburn. A&M stopped Bo Jackson 4 times at the goal line to win the game.
Man, what a great video for true college football fans. Thank you 👊
That OJ Simpson run was killer
....he sure did knife through the defense....
@@carolineurban4920sure did cut his way threw
the defenders just couldn't fit him in their gloves on that one
Sick
lmfao
Perfect choices for numbers 1 and 2. Literally perfect.
Great video, I nominate the following in version #2:
1976: Missouri 34, Nebraska 24. Shortly after taking a 24-23 lead early in the fourth quarter, Nebraska had the Tigers just where it wanted them - third-and-14 at their own 2. It did not, however, turn out well. Mizzou quarterback Pete Woods faked handoffs to both running backs, stepped back and threw over the middle to slot receiver Joe Stewart, who was open around the Nebraska 35. Stewart took it the rest of the way for a Big Eight-record 98-yard touchdown reception that propelled the Tigers to one of their trademark upsets.
That was GREAT video, thank you.
Thanks!
You put a lot of work into this!!! GREAT VIDEO!👍🏻👍🏻
#35 should've been at least in the Top 5.
A bizarre play from another planet.
I got dizzy watching the 100 laterals going back and forth.
Beyond amazing.
As many Bobby Bowden FG heartbreak plays are in there, you could have put the shanked FG from the Husker/Seminole Orange bowl as time expired (after the Husker's got 1 second put back on the clock) to give Bobby his first Natty after the 1993 season. That play and game had even more significance as the loss spurred Nebraska on...to work even harder in the off-season, and give Osborne his first of three National championships in the 1994, 95 and 97 seasons. Great video compilation, though! You did it well for the greatest game on the planet: College Football 😎👍❤🏈🔥🔥🔥
I have seen a lot of these plays live - as they happened (not in person). I think your #3 and #2 were correct and really near the top. Mostly because of the most unexpected nature of the plays - especially given the game situation. Commend you for putting this list together. It was awesome to watch and I understand an amazing amount of work on your part. My thanks to you for keeping these moments alive forever.
Thanks for the support! Glad you enjoyed the video and it seems you have a lot of knowledge of historical games. If you have suggestions for the top 30 games I’ll be sure to look into them!
Great video! I would add one play that is often forgotten is Maurice Clarett chasing down Sean Taylor after a pick and taking the ball away from him for the Buckeyes to have a chance to tie the game. 03 national championship
no its not!!!! WHERE IS FLORIDA!!!!!! FLORIDA IS THE BEST!!!!! WHERE IS THERE PLAYS!!!!! 3 NATIONAL TITLES!!! 3 HEISMAN THOPHY WINNERS. NO PLAYS!!! HOW ABOUT A HALL FAME RUNNING BACK WHO HAD 96 YARD RUN IN COLLEGE!!!!
I agree with you considering who Sean Taylor that was an amazing play
Remarkably comprehensive. Very well done.
2017, PSU-USC. Saquon Barkley TD Run. One of the most athletic runs you'll ever see. Made multiple defenders look silly.
Great compilation. I actually got to witness a few of those as they happened...just as thrilling now as then.
I attended two of the top 10 games (UM vs App St. and UM vs Colorado) both painful losses. I would have added a second Charles Woodson play, his punt return for a TD vs OSU in 1997. Likely sealed his Heisman, even more than his leap vs MSU that year.
good suggestion!
Who is “the” singular UM? Marquette, Marshall, Mercer, Marymount or one of the three dozen smaller schools? I may have left out one or two of the larger schools. 😂
As a D3 athlete myself, I loved the Millsaps/Trinity clip. We played Millsaps home & home every year in basketball. Gotta be the most incredible play of all time regardless of division.
Agreed! If that ever happened in d1 it would be at the top of this list
Got to the top 3 and I knew which ones it would be, just a matter of which order they’d be in. Can’t argue with your reasoning. Cal Stanford is the standard for all lateral plays from now into eternity. But damn, the Kick Six is just the best thing in the world. Both are iconic, hard to choose between them.
Stanford band play is likely never ever going to happen again. The play itself will happen but the circumstances will never be repeated, as I’m sure all college band directors have learned their lesson after that one.
Gotta go with kick 6 simply because it was not only a great play,but also so much on the line in that game
Really good list, brought back a lot of memories. I was hoping Rosen’s fake spike in the 2017 A&M-UCLA would’ve made the list, but this was a good one.
That’s a good one, I will make a “top 30 games” video someday and that one will be on there
Some things that I think are missing: -Curtis Samuels run against Michigan in 2016
-Nick Chubbs run to win the rose bowl in 2018
-The Gator Stomp play
Why the hell would Curtis Samuels 12 yard run against michigan in 2016 be in the best plays in CFB history. God buckeye fans need to get over themselves
It was Sony michel not chubb
That was Sony Michel. Not nick Chubb.
@@oberyn5474Bros just trolling
#78 I actually got to see live as our whole family had annual tickets to see the Fiesta Bowl. Perhaps the most heavily hyped game & certainly the most watched. #50 I got to see on TV w/ the fam again; we had come home from somewhere & just turned it on when Belue threw that pass to Scott. Talk about perfect timing.
Oh, I must concur w/ others who commended you on also including much older games. The fact that you included Tommy Lewis' off-the-bench tackle of Dicky Maegle in the 1954 Cotton Bowl early on cemented it for me that this is a classic. As a Sun Devil that fact that you included the Jael Mary against USC made me smile too.
Thanks for watching! Always cool hearing older fans remember these plays. I’m only 21 so the majority of the video I had to find from research!
I had a feeling The Play was gonna be in the top 3, GO BEARS
Very exciting plays, for sure! Especially Cal v Stanford!
Flutie's Hail Mary is still #1 on my list. Cal's kick return is #2.
Good list. It's hard to pick 100. There's a few missing I was expecting ting to see but great job
As a byu fan, i really love to see The Miracle Bowl at #12
As a college football fan I really enjoyed this
I'm surprised the 85 yards through the heart of the south wisent on here, that whole year was crazy from losing a game and still making it, having to face bama and beating them, to facing Oregon who was unstoppable it seemed that year, as well as everyone saying we should never have even made the playoffs.
Literally clicked on this video to see where it would be then I saw ur comment 🤣
Totally agree! Ohio St with a 3rd string qb beating Alabama and Oregon in the first year of the playoffs was Historic. Main reason why playoffs were implemented!!
As a Hawkeye fan I love that play. Tate to Holloway for Holloways only TD in his last game gives me goosebumps every time. I remember exactly where I was and the excitement we all felt watching.
Honorable mention: Iowa blocked 2 field goals in a row to win against a very good UNI team. The only time that had ever happened in NCCA.
Thank you very much for creating this list. 1 play that I would have added up there was Ameer Abdullah’s run against against Mcneese St.
Was fantastic, but not that significant of a game. Go Huskers, Fear Ameer
Very impressive and I appreciate your good work. I will say the music began to intrude by the end.
If you make another one, I'd consider adding at least one play from the 2022-2023 season such as the Ohio State vs Georgia "midnight miracle" final kick, Tenn vs Bama final kick (or the missed kick by Bama and then the made kick by Tenn), or the LSU vs FSU blocked extra point. Another game you missed was LSU vs Texas A&M 2018 7 OT game. The game didn't have an amazing play but should have been worth a mention being considered the longest game in college football history.
There were definitely some incredible games last season, but for the most part I try to focus on great single plays rather than picking the best play from a great game. If I were to make another video I’d probably do top 100 games though
@@pitcher0319 Thanks for the feedback! If you make a top 100 games video, I'll be sure to watch.
We don’t talk about that kick
An amazing list. One honorable mention for me: BYU over Utah 2006. The Answered Prayer from John Beck to Johnny Harline on his knees in the end zone on the final play of the game.
Roy William's super man play for Oklahoma over texas should be on this list
That alone makes this a sham.
Great work!
thank you for giving "the play" the respect it deserves GO BEARS 🐻
This was awesome! I kept waiting and waiting for the flutie miracle to be number one but I'll take number three. The two plays above it we're definitely huge plays also. If you take into consideration the meaning of some of these games at the time then that's what makes them so huge. That game was flutie versus Kosar and Miami always seemed to beat Boston college until that year. It was so unbelievable to watch. I was sitting in my basement watching it on TV and I actually turned it off just when he was about to throw it because I was already crying that we had lost and lost my mind for a second there. But I turned it right back on just in time to see Phelan catch the ball for the touchdown. I went crazy! One of my fun times growing up.
Outstanding list!! I would add a few (and take all of the Auburn plays off) but it is an outstanding list and lookback!! Go Dawgs!!!
As a bama fan I hated how many auburn plays I had to put on this!
@@pitcher0319yep. I knew that dang play would be #2... Yet... That's right. That stupid play will live on forever. Now anytime there is a chance of "1 sec left" I have PTSD
George Teague running down the Miami wide receiver in the 92 Sugar Bowl will forever be my most favorite college football play. Any Alabama fan over the age of 40 remembers it like it was yesterday.
I remember that as an Ohio State fan. That play is seared into my brain.
For us Buckeye fans one of them we will never forget is when Zeke Elliott exploded 85 yards up the gut of Bama late in the 4th quarter of the Sugar Bowl in 2014.
Hate Alabama but I hate outside sec teams way more. As a 13 year old qb at the time I was up and cheering for yall
I don't understand why that play wasn't included, I kept thinking all along that it would play at any time.
1st, and only, win by OSU over Bama in history. That must have finally felt good. But of course, then the 2020 CFP Champ Game bludgeoning happened and it was back to the same ol' losing to Bama routine for OSU.@@ronmexico8383
as good as any defensive play in history. miami finally had their big play to start the comeback... thanks for playing, try again. #13 was like the terminator running down his prey. fitting it was the number one trash talker before the game. WDE
Thank you for this video! It’s awesome!!!
Thanks for watching!
Great choices, I remember a good number of these. As a Nebraska fan you got it right with the Frazier and Rodgers runs and the blessed failed two points conversion. As a long time watcher of college football in general, I remember a lot of the plays, and can't really think of a "big play" that really should have been in there but wasn't.
The "kick" tip TD by matt Davison against mizzou in OT. While the situation wasn't consequential, you could make a case for the Taylor Martinez TD in 2012 Big 10 title game.
@@stephenwest6738there were a couple plays from the Pelini Era of Nebraska and I definitely think the Taylor Martinez run should have got in over them. That run was insane.
Incredibly underrated video.
One of the absolute best and greatest compilation of sports moments that I have ever seen! The work and the thought behind it shows through with all the wonderful plays and announcing throughout! Including older plays makes this stand out; the Lewis tackle from the sidelines is rarely seen (the referees gave a TD on the play although from above it looks like the last defender had an angle on the sideline)! If anything was excluded probably the only play (or plays) that I would have tried to find would be Red Grange’s TDs against Michigan (1927?); Roger Staubach’s long rush TD against Army; any Alabama roll-out jump pass by Joe Namath; and Roy Riegel’s (spelling?) wrong way run in the Rose Bowl (1929?). I have seen all of these famous old plays at one time or another; perhaps they are too obscure for younger viewers! Thanks again!😀🏈❤️
Glad you liked the video! Never heard of any of those old plays, but might be worth looking for in the future!
The Rose Bowl wrong way run is on RUclips along with color footage of Namath at Alabama; watch how Namath could run and jump before his knee injuries! Wow!
You’re a brave fan putting up with all the negative reviews I’ve been reading; most of these are by ignorant folks who don’t have the knowledge you have regarding college football history and the ability to create a video that has few peers! Thanks again!😀👍🏻🏈
This was fun thanks. Brought back a lot of great memories and one bad one #17 ugh
Obviously "The Play" tops them all. Scoring through the marching band is never going to happen again.
Never say Never
BS!
Have often wondered if the Stanford trombone player ever got his horn fixed.
Great choices! Those last three were truly amazing.
Really good list, good job, might want to look at Adrian Peterson from Georgia Southern, just search for "The Run" that would be a good addition, but great job on these, knew kick six or Cal-Stanford would be the top one.
Just watched that for the first time, might be the best run I’ve ever seen. Can’t believe there’s 2 Adrian petersons
42:30 is still my favorite play of all time. I know there are ones that are technically "better", but I'm a born and raised MSU fan and that play brings me joy. Hopefully we'll get there again some day!
Also appreciate the CMich plays being included!
I think that play is the second biggest choke of the decade. Only Miami last year was worse
Notre Dame's Tom Clements completing a daring pass to little-used Tight End Robin Weber on 3rd down late in the 4th quarter of the 1973 Sugar Bowl vs #1 Alabama belongs on this list.
Some great plays in there, but hard to believe there weren't any Earl Campbell runs worthy of the top 100.
Maan, that kick six was so satisfying. 😅
Thank you. That was the most amazing compilation of the greatest plays in college football. Some I remember most I had never seen before. Thank you again.
Glad you liked it and thanks for watching!
This is an excellent list! I thoroughly enjoyed your video.
Glad to hear it!
#2 & #1....NAILED it!
16:55 As an Aggie, Manziel’s incredible touchdown against the Tide will always be my favorite play
The last play WAS the best play. Nice.
Coming off the bench to make the tackle is diabolical
The player who did it (who was, of course, ejected) said, “I had too
Much ‘Bama in me to let him get by.”
Thank you so much for sharing this with all of us.. absolutely brilliant.♥️♥️ BRAVO!
Thanks for watching glad you enjoyed it!
The BYU comeback needs a bit more context. That was all done in the final two and a half minutes of the game against the Pony Express (Craig James and Eric Dickerson) of SMU just prior to the SMU death penalty. That game is my first memory of watching BYU football and went a long way to making me such a fan. Another BYU play that should be considered for a list like this would be Kyle Morrel's sack against Hawaii in 1984. It was a goal line stand, he leaped over the line and sacked the QB preserving the perfect season and our eventual narional championship.
I love the number 1 when he takes out the band person in the end zone for the win!
losing after a gatorade bath is crazy
Could it have ended up with anything other than the Auburn return and the Cal-Stanford play? Nicely done..
Boise state
1979 Bama/Penn St goal line stand
Kordell Stewart's throw against Michigan doesn't get nearly enough credit. Nice to see you had it in the Top 10, deservedly so. Go back and watch that throw. He threw that ball 78 yards. This wasn't at a mile high in Boulder, Colorado, either. That was on a muggy day at The Big House. And, in 1994, they were still using the much more rotund and rounder college football. No ONE was throwing a ball 75 yards in 1994. Now? It's very common. Back then? It was something you never even saw attempted.
Alot of people have made this list but this is the only one which bothered to do it correctly
"THEY'RE NOT GANNA KEEP EM OFF THE FIELD TONIGHT, HOLY COW, OH MY GOD, AUBURN WINS, AUBURN HAS WON THE IRON BOWL, AUBURN HAS WON THE IRON BOWL" hahahahahahahahahaha Saban's worst moment never gets old.
Seems like Saban and Bama live rent free in your head😂 what has Auburn done since then compared to Alabama?🤣
@@FrogFinds jokes on you, im not even an auburn fan, that play is just insane. Seems like you're still emotional to me
Gotta give em credit. That 98 arkansas Tennessee fumble waa the best fumble shock ive ever heard from a commentator
George Teague running down Lamar Thomas and taking the ball from him