RIP coach leach. While I have no connection to either UT or TTU this is one of the best games I’ve ever watched and part of my early football days. I remember watching this in 08 with my dad who also passed away too early. Thanks for the memories coach.
Maybe one day Joey McGuire can lead us back to this level of Texas Tech football. But this era of CFB was so much fun, maybe it’s nostalgia but I just loved this era so much.
idc what anyone says. i am a georgia fan (so i am completely unbiased in this).. this is the greatest game i have ever seen. two great teams matched against eachother fighting for a big 12 representation in the national title against florida. the game even had a climactic plot and came down LITERALLY to the last play of the game and they had the CRAZIEST fans ever. just hands down best game ive ever seen.
Two unbelievably talented and great teams. It's a shame that the rivalry is no longer like this considering Tech and Texas have both been in some of their darkest years in each program's history
I remember I was watching this game with my dad in 08 I was in the first grade and it was late but we watched it. I remember shouting with joy when crabtree caught that pass. I miss the old Big 12.
4:29 - Texas Gets A Sack 5:50 - Texas Tech Gets A Safety 9:32 - Texas Gets A TFL 14:51 - TTU Made A Field Goal 18:05 to 18:50 - Measure For 1st Down 19:20 to 20:05 - Measure For 1st Down Again & TX Made A 4th Down Conversion 22:04 - Delay Of Game Against TX 31:33 - TTU Made A TouchDown 33:04 to 33:59 - Block In The Back Against TX 37:46 - Injury For Texas 40:53 - Texas Gets A 2nd TFL 43:35 - TTU Made A 2nd TouchDown 45:05 - Texas Gets A Big Gain On Kick Return 46:28 - Offside Against Texas Tech 49:19 - Texas Gets A Fumble 51:30 - Texas Tech Gets A TFL 52:12, 52:56, 1:09:26, & 1:39:34- TTU Gets A Couple Sacks 53:47 - Texas Made A Field Goal 1:01:22 - TTU Made A Second FG 1:03:41 - TTU Gets A Second TFL 1:06:17 - Hands To The Face Against TX 1:12:39 - Texas Made A 2nd FG 1:14:32 - TTU Gets A Third TFL 1:16:23 - Amazing Downed Punt 1:19:20 - TX Made A TD On Punt Return 1:24:14 - 2nd Injury For Texas 1:28:29 - Delay Of Game Against TTU 1:30:30 - False Start Against TX 1:31:03 - Holding Against Texas 1:31:56 - TTU Made A 3rd TD & Gets A Pick 6 1:41:34 - Illegal Formation Against TX Is Declined 1:42:52 - Hands To The Face Against TTU 1:47:30 - Pass Interference Against TTU 1:49:55 - TX Made A Second TD 1:51:03 to 1:53:18 - 2 Point Conversion Failed & There Was No Foul For Pass Interference 1:55:31 - Last Play Of 3rd Quarter 2:01:10 - TX Gets A 2nd Sack & 3rd Injury For TX 2:03:35 - Field Goal Is Blocked & Personal Foul Against TX 2:04:43 - Texas Made A Third TD 2:11:38 - False Start Against TTU 2:14:22 - 2nd Pass Interference Against TTU 2:17:46 - TTU Made A Third FG 2:22:55 to 2:23:37- Measure For 1st Down Once Again 2:27:45 - TX Made A Fourth TD 2:32:31 - TX Almost Gets A Pick 2:33:14, 2:33:44, 2:34:54, & 2:35:31 - TTU Made A Fourth TD, The Game Is Not Over Yet, Ruling On Field Of TD Is Confirmed, & Unsportsmanlike Conduct For The Crowd Rushing The Field To Early 2:40:11 - Last Play Of Game
One of the best football games i have ever seen. USC and Oklahoma with Switzer and John Robinson, USC and Texas for the National Championship, and Texas Tech and Texas with Tech coming up with a huge win in this one. These three games rank as some of the greatest football games of all time... imho.
Fred Flintstone how about these last two national titles between clemson and bama? or Arkansas vs Ole Miss in 2015, or Oklahoma state vs central Michigan...there have been tons these past few years
@@WDB2005 yep. This conference realignment process is just weird to me. UT and OU leaving makes me cringe at just how hard recruiting will be going forward. I guess loyalty to a school vanished overnight. Kids can now hop skip and jump around as they please.
I was there. The most electric one sided crowd, best game I ever saw. Thought UT was done at halftime, came back, had it one, nearly intercepted tech on the last drive, then Crabtree! I thought we were headed to another National Championship before that play. Amazing crowd advantage. Crowd can touch the players on the field behind the bench.
You really can't blame the fans, for one Texas has been beating Texas Tech for 6 straight years. To have your team pull of an upset against your rival when they're ranked #1, and win for the first time in 6 years, yeah i don't blame them
I remember that game like it was yesterday! I sat on the 3rd row watching that game! We came home and partied! I was like 8 and my dad took me to that game as a father-son game. It's one of those crazy moments that will never get old! Still gives me the goosebumps every time i here and watch this game!
Honestly how can u blame these fans I mean that's one of the greatest plays I've ever seen in college footbalI, you'd be pretty excited too if you were there
So many memories of Mike Leach in Lubbock! He brought excitement to Texas Tech football! One thing that I found funny about Leach was that he had the same expression on the sidelines whether winning or losing. A unique individual if there ever was one. This game was his signature win. Mike Leach will be inducted this fall in the Texas Tech hall of honor so it will be very emotional here in Lubbock this fall. Leach was wrongly fired by the TT administration. The fans here in Lubbock love Mike Leach, he always made it a point to include Lubbock in book signings! RIP legend you will never be forgotten in Lubbock!
It was our brilliant board of regents' fault. Tubberville had moved to Lubbock 6 months before Leach was fired. They wanted someone who would say, "yes sir, whatever you want, sir." and Leach wouldn't give it to them. Instead, they decided a decade of mediocrity was better than putting up with a little eccentricity.
@sboudreaux27 naw. A full strength Texas team would've beaten UF. Same with OU. But without Demarco Murray & having to utilize Chris Brown as a 3 down back against a full strength UF...OU was doomed. Rewatch that game & see that OU got into the redzone a few times without scoring...but only because they became 1 dimensional without Demarco. UF deserved that 'ship as they were a great team...but OU was shorthanded & that deserves recognition.
Best game I ever saw Ŧech play. Sad it been since 2008 that we had a team to brag about…pray Joey McGuire brings the pride back to the football program.
That Texas team was loaded. On that roster: Colt McCoy Chris Ogbonnaya DT Roy Miller Quan Cosby Jordan Shipley Lamarr Houston Brian Orakpo Emmanuel Acho Sam Acho Aaron Williams Sergio Kindle Henry Melton Earl Thomas That's 13 players that have been on NFL rosters. 9 on defense. Earl is the highlight, but Orakpo, Houston and Williams are also good players. Not all were great, but still...
Yeah and this team probably would of won National title had Colt not gotten injured early in game against Bama, since even with an inexperienced freshmen playing Texas was in the game until 4th quarter.
I know this was posted years ago. And I watched this live years ago. It was the best game I've ever watched. Not just as a fan, but someone who loves football. Texas tech has always played fun games. Love these guys to death. Wish Mike leach was still there. He is a living legend
Same here I remember this day from the Early pre game on ESPN to the Game itself this game is my favorite if all time this is what Prime time football is all about Texas Tech is a fun team I also wished Leach was back
@@JDFrank20Diaz yeah he's thought abt going back to Texas tech, but tech still owes him 800gs from when he was fired for no reason. One of the weenie baby players got a concussion and his dad was part of the texas tech board, and the kid told his dad that leach locked him in a dark closet. Which of course didn't happen
@@ryleetaylor2855 That weenie baby was actually Craig James's son. Look up Craig James. SMU/DeathPenalty/ESPN - kind of hurt Texas Tech for years. Big-O-Mess Curse was broken against Miss STATE/Leach in 2021. #wreckem Texas Tech!!
I'm a Gator fan but this texas tech team was one of my favorite teams ever. That air raid offense was beautiful and this 2008 team had a rare veteran qb-wr combo so it was at its best. The fact they ran mike leach out of town after this is crazy.
Yeah Texas Tech love their Air raid offense so much fun then Oklahoma ruins everything by beating us Glad Florida beat them for the Tittle plus Florida deserved it
@@JDFrank20Diaz ...and Crabtree was only a sophomore. He had a breakout freshman year. The NFL called, and Crabtree did not return. 🦀 🌳 Just imagine. ...so, veteran players?. Leach did this with mostly 3 star players. We (Tech) didn't care, prior year when the defense coaching was changed - Tech finished strong in 2007. We were anticipating 2008 with fire 🔥 What is overlooked is how powerful the Tech offensive line was in 2007 and 2008. They made things possible !!!! Ruffin McNeal - at that time - amazing defensive turnaround!!!! Matt Williams- the kicker (off the half-time contest), Harrell being a Senior, the new defense with Ruffin McNeal, the offensive line, Crabtree. The stars aligned!!!
I was there, so it was cool hearing the commentary for this game for the first time. I charged the field after the game at 2:43:02 but I get why fans charged before it was over. Some told me they would have been trampled if they hadn't after the Crabby catch. For all the great offensive plays Tech did, what won it was their defense and Ruffin McNeil. This at a time when the Big 12 was a beast, not like today.
This should not be labeled an "upset." Before the 2008 season began, Tech was seen as a contender for the Big 12 South title - Mike Leach, Graham Harrell, and Michael Crabtree made the cover of "Dave Campbell's Texas Football - while rebuilding UT was the team that could go either way. After the Horns played a soft early schedule, their victory over number one Oklahoma propelled them to number one. Even a number one-ranked team can be overrated.
That Texas team was not overrated as it had numerous future NFL Draft picks.. they should have played for the Big 12 Championship and subsequently the national championship if it wasn’t for Gideon dropping a gimme interception or the BCS screw job
Being able to watch this fantastic game was my redemption for missing Magic Kingdom day, while on vacation with my family, on account of food poisoning. haha.
Not a red raider fan, but what Craig and Adam James did to mike leach and TTU is inexcusable and disgusting. I hope Adam does us all a favor and doesn't marry so the James bloodline won't multiply like a fungus.
yayrwe They got Coach Leach Fired for controversial reasons don't know details all I know Craig James had some connections or something he was an Analyst at the time I think Long story short Leach got fired and Texas tech hasn't been the same since Leach is doing fine at Washington State turned that program around
@@JDFrank20Diaz it was due to a concussion where as leach put Adams in an dark electrical room for 3 hours claiming he was a prisoner there etc I looked it up it was stupid long story short Craig's career was killed is now a good fearing man
@@chriskusek9494 oh yeah that was Cruel and it's costs leach his job and then years ago at Maryland A Player Dies if Heatstroke and what was the outcome for the coach and the university cause I forgot
Best game ever!!!! Harrell to crabtree. They sure surprised texas. Even if u r not a tech fan u still have to respect the fight in both of these teams. It was a hard fought battle til the end
So much has changed since then. Mike Leach (Texas Tech head coach): Washington State head coach Mack Brown (Texas head coach): UNC head coach Will Muschamp (Texas DC): South Carolina head coach Graham Harrell (Texas Tech QB): USC offensive coordinator Ruffin McNeill (Texas Tech DC): Oklahoma LB coach Donald Trump (entrepreneur): President of the United States
I was a huge texas fan back then and this KILLED me lol how they couldn’t just get him out of bounds…Thomas (#12) didn’t even go for the push…the dropped interception…drove me insane 🤦♂️huge win for tech they absolutely deserved it 😮💨
@@mikecaprock9684 Watching on TV with my kids. Yes we believed. Looking back, I should have been really scared on that dropped interception. I wasn't ❤️ I knew we/Tech was going to win. I told my kids we were going to win because 'We had plenty of time to score' ( like 20 seconds 👀 ) I cannot believe our confidence level back then. I was not alone. Mack Brown said the only thing they did wrong was score too fast.
just imagine being a student at texas tech that year and being able to storm the field. the biggest win for texas tech in recent history. That would have been so much fun!
i remember watching this with our team in a hotel before our pop warner game the next day, we were playing the undefeated number 1 team in our league. The next day we won the game 20-0. This is a game i will never forget.
As a Tech fan and alumnus this game was historic but as far as the best college football game of all time or at least of my time it’s got to be Texas/USC Rose Bowl/National Championship. Only USC could get me to be a Texas fan for a few hours.
First and only time I punched a wall after a football game was this one. One year later I was in Pasadena as I watched Colt McCoy go down. I didn't have any walls to punch then. I just felt sad sad sad. Those teams that we had in 2008 and 2009 were so amazing. That's the funny thing about football, it takes more than being amazing to be the best, you've still gotta survive the crazy changes of fortune that can happen out of nowhere.
It's sad that college football of 5-10 years ago is so much more fun to watch than today's weak NFL. When you think about the average plays that would be flagged now, it just isn't what it should be.
Everyone knows about the Harrell to Crabtree game winning back shoulder on the sideline but at 12:35 mark of the first quarter they run the same play for a key first down going South. Texas holds TT to a fg. and an early 5-0 TT lead.
Everyone always says that about the Gideon play. Nobody ever seems to notice that Ed Britton dropped the ball first into Gideon's hands. The ball hits Britton right in the hands first.
only on the right side of the field..... sherman doesnt play the left,.. and last year, in one of their two regular season meetings, crabtree had 150 yards...right on sherman.
***** Im not doubting that, n yea, you got me on the 88, i got it confused with the 175 he put on the cards a week later in 2012. that being said, I am not the biggest fan of crabtree, but sherman hasn't been on him in most of their games. The 9ers for a few years now have matched boldin against sherman in the right side and split crabtree to the left. maxwell has done a good job locking him down there. I am not a fan of crabtree,.. but am I die hard 9er fan. Team before players ect.
Thank you! This game is so important; when a Leach Air Raid offense toppled the #1 team, without elite talent overcomes a D stacked with guys like Earl Thomas and Brian Orakpo; the Revolution was here to stay. Urban Meyer's Spread to run Tebow, Vince Young's Texas, was Spread to Run Read Option; it was still the old Win with Defense and Run Game; and superior talent at both. Leach's Air Raid is how you can overcome glaring talent disparities.
As a IT fan this loss sucks but I have alot of respect for tech they played hard and fought. But I feel like everyone forgot that they were actually ranked in the top 10 at that time
This right here was a perfect game that demonstrated that C Mccoy was not a good quarterback. Most at a time he refused to throw to all of his relatives who could make plays if he would have gone to them but he only could see jordan shipley
Texas Tech was actually ranked #2 after this win until a couple weeks later they lost by 44 points to Oklahoma. If that team would’ve made it to the national championship, they would’ve had a good chance to beat Florida, and I’m even saying this as a Gators fan. Oklahoma was definitely a more favorable matchup than either of these Texas teams.
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RIP Mike Leach! This was his best coaching that year and one of the greatest upsets of all time.
I know it’s a year late but, Guns up for Him for his during his time with Tech and almost finished Mississippi State’s season with the bowl win.
RIP coach leach. While I have no connection to either UT or TTU this is one of the best games I’ve ever watched and part of my early football days. I remember watching this in 08 with my dad who also passed away too early. Thanks for the memories coach.
Sorry for your loss .
Maybe one day Joey McGuire can lead us back to this level of Texas Tech football. But this era of CFB was so much fun, maybe it’s nostalgia but I just loved this era so much.
Watching this after beating Texas 37-34 tonight in overtime
I’m a Tn Vol fan and this is one of my favorite NCAA moments. Just unreal the play Crabtree made.
Beautiful GOD watching everything you do.
Blessings forever beautiful GOD and Jesus loves y'all forever. teach everyone you know and don't know.
idc what anyone says. i am a georgia fan (so i am completely unbiased in this).. this is the greatest game i have ever seen. two great teams matched against eachother fighting for a big 12 representation in the national title against florida. the game even had a climactic plot and came down LITERALLY to the last play of the game and they had the CRAZIEST fans ever. just hands down best game ive ever seen.
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Two unbelievably talented and great teams. It's a shame that the rivalry is no longer like this considering Tech and Texas have both been in some of their darkest years in each program's history
I watched it live. I still remember every single play. It was one of the greatest if not greatest games I've seen to this day.
you are correct. greatest game ever. i was there and my big regret was not running onto the field as a mid-30's married man. phenomenal game
Still think so? #RollTide
Here to honor Mike Leach. RIP legend 😤
Rest In Peace to Coach Leach .. a true icon in CFB
I remember I was watching this game with my dad in 08
I was in the first grade and it was late but we watched it.
I remember shouting with joy when crabtree caught that pass.
I miss the old Big 12.
I was in 3rd grade. Mom went to Tech Dad went to Baylor. We went nuts
I was 17 and watched it and it was NUTS
Same here! I was 10 or 11 at the time. I'm from Nebraska but Tech was my team for a long time, and I still root for them when I see them playing.
I fell asleep, but I was 4th grade lol
4:29 - Texas Gets A Sack
5:50 - Texas Tech Gets A Safety
9:32 - Texas Gets A TFL
14:51 - TTU Made A Field Goal
18:05 to 18:50 - Measure For 1st Down
19:20 to 20:05 - Measure For 1st Down Again & TX Made A 4th Down Conversion
22:04 - Delay Of Game Against TX
31:33 - TTU Made A TouchDown
33:04 to 33:59 - Block In The Back Against TX
37:46 - Injury For Texas
40:53 - Texas Gets A 2nd TFL
43:35 - TTU Made A 2nd TouchDown
45:05 - Texas Gets A Big Gain On Kick Return
46:28 - Offside Against Texas Tech
49:19 - Texas Gets A Fumble
51:30 - Texas Tech Gets A TFL
52:12, 52:56, 1:09:26, & 1:39:34- TTU Gets A Couple Sacks
53:47 - Texas Made A Field Goal
1:01:22 - TTU Made A Second FG
1:03:41 - TTU Gets A Second TFL
1:06:17 - Hands To The Face Against TX
1:12:39 - Texas Made A 2nd FG
1:14:32 - TTU Gets A Third TFL
1:16:23 - Amazing Downed Punt
1:19:20 - TX Made A TD On Punt Return
1:24:14 - 2nd Injury For Texas
1:28:29 - Delay Of Game Against TTU
1:30:30 - False Start Against TX
1:31:03 - Holding Against Texas
1:31:56 - TTU Made A 3rd TD & Gets A Pick 6
1:41:34 - Illegal Formation Against TX Is Declined
1:42:52 - Hands To The Face Against TTU
1:47:30 - Pass Interference Against TTU
1:49:55 - TX Made A Second TD
1:51:03 to 1:53:18 - 2 Point Conversion Failed & There Was No Foul For Pass Interference
1:55:31 - Last Play Of 3rd Quarter
2:01:10 - TX Gets A 2nd Sack & 3rd Injury For TX
2:03:35 - Field Goal Is Blocked & Personal Foul Against TX
2:04:43 - Texas Made A Third TD
2:11:38 - False Start Against TTU
2:14:22 - 2nd Pass Interference Against TTU
2:17:46 - TTU Made A Third FG
2:22:55 to 2:23:37- Measure For 1st Down Once Again
2:27:45 - TX Made A Fourth TD
2:32:31 - TX Almost Gets A Pick
2:33:14, 2:33:44, 2:34:54, & 2:35:31 - TTU Made A Fourth TD, The Game Is Not Over Yet, Ruling On Field Of TD Is Confirmed, & Unsportsmanlike Conduct For The Crowd Rushing The Field To Early
2:40:11 - Last Play Of Game
That’s the best field storming I’ve ever seen! Texas Tech needs to get back to this level!
I was at this game and also at the Beard return here for basketball this year 2022, similar energy at both. But this game definitely meant more.
There is nothing cool about that. Field/court storming needs to be banned, someone is going to get trampled to death.
@@Calvin1985 wahhhh
@@Calvin1985 eat a bag d. I. C. Ks
RIP coach leach. Greatest modern mind in football.
One of the best football games i have ever seen. USC and Oklahoma with Switzer and John Robinson, USC and Texas for the National Championship, and Texas Tech and Texas with Tech coming up with a huge win in this one. These three games rank as some of the greatest football games of all time... imho.
Fred Flintstone how about these last two national titles between clemson and bama? or Arkansas vs Ole Miss in 2015, or Oklahoma state vs central Michigan...there have been tons these past few years
What about the 2007 Fiesta Bowl between Boise State and Oklahoma? That one's also a classic.
God i miss the old big 12
Lol the Big 12 might be dead soon
@@Cryogenx37 so we’re just here looking back to the good time eh
I do to! Its never going to be same again. Sad
I honestly think Nebraska and Missouri made a mistake leaving the Big 12 considering the way they’ve played recently
@@WDB2005 yep. This conference realignment process is just weird to me. UT and OU leaving makes me cringe at just how hard recruiting will be going forward. I guess loyalty to a school vanished overnight. Kids can now hop skip and jump around as they please.
One of the greatest games of all time!
RIP Coach. 🙏🙏🙏
Greatest college game I have ever seen. And I am not pro TT or anti UT. This was an awesome game and ending.
Remember watching this game and my first introduction to Coach Leach. Rest in Peace Coach.
I was there. The most electric one sided crowd, best game I ever saw. Thought UT was done at halftime, came back, had it one, nearly intercepted tech on the last drive, then Crabtree! I thought we were headed to another National Championship before that play. Amazing crowd advantage. Crowd can touch the players on the field behind the bench.
You really can't blame the fans, for one Texas has been beating Texas Tech for 6 straight years. To have your team pull of an upset against your rival when they're ranked #1, and win for the first time in 6 years, yeah i don't blame them
I remember that game like it was yesterday! I sat on the 3rd row watching that game! We came home and partied! I was like 8 and my dad took me to that game as a father-son game. It's one of those crazy moments that will never get old! Still gives me the goosebumps every time i here and watch this game!
Who watching 10 years later?
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Honestly how can u blame these fans I mean that's one of the greatest plays I've ever seen in college footbalI, you'd be pretty excited too if you were there
Ya I was there it was STATIC there actually it was beyond STATIC but ya
Riley Claborn I can imagine I got pretty pumped watching it at home with my pops
Ya man! #gunsup! It was a impossible catch that was possible. But i have a feeling it'll be a ling time before we beat texas again.
Riley Claborn static: lacking in movement, action, or change, especially in a way viewed as undesirable or uninteresting. lol.
lol! you know what i mean! packers256
Rest In Peace Mike Leach…
RIP Mike Leach this was his best team
And then got Mississippi State to a Bowl game when they won it for him after passing.
So many memories of Mike Leach in Lubbock! He brought excitement to Texas Tech football! One thing that I found funny about Leach was that he had the same expression on the sidelines whether winning or losing. A unique individual if there ever was one. This game was his signature win. Mike Leach will be inducted this fall in the Texas Tech hall of honor so it will be very emotional here in Lubbock this fall. Leach was wrongly fired by the TT administration. The fans here in Lubbock love Mike Leach, he always made it a point to include Lubbock in book signings! RIP legend you will never be forgotten in Lubbock!
I watched this game on TV. Me and my dad were so thrilled, screaming our asses off.
Man I miss this team
R.I.P. Coach Leach! Thanks for all the memories
Too bad Craig James had to end all the fun in Lubbock!
Fuck. Craig. James.
Ty Tratar I totally agree with you 100%. As a long time Tech fan Adam James and his dad ruined the fun
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It was our brilliant board of regents' fault. Tubberville had moved to Lubbock 6 months before Leach was fired. They wanted someone who would say, "yes sir, whatever you want, sir." and Leach wouldn't give it to them. Instead, they decided a decade of mediocrity was better than putting up with a little eccentricity.
@@rockypc24 those 5 hookers did
Mustberger has so many legendary calls. The man gets way too much hate. I miss his calls.
I agree.
I was at this game on the field standing by the goal post..The look on colt mccoys face...PRICELESS!!
The energy at this game was beyond energetic!! It’s inexplainable!!
Prayers up for Mike Leach 🙏
One of the best games I have ever watched.
that dropped gimme interception though
Fate man...
In everywhere but Austin it's "The Crabtree Game". In Austin it's the "Gideon Game".
That year’s Tech defense was probably the best Leach ever had, especially up front. Crab was a monster. I wish they’d beaten OU and had a title shot
Game v OU that year wasnt even close!
They have skipped defense practice ever since
blake gideon will never forgive himself for that drop.
John Schaub you can say that again
blake gideon will never forgive himself for that drop. lol
+john schaub John Schaub you can say that again
@sboudreaux27 Maybe not. McCoy is far more mobile than Bradford. Those two drives that ended inside the Florida 5 may have been touchdowns.
@sboudreaux27 naw. A full strength Texas team would've beaten UF. Same with OU. But without Demarco Murray & having to utilize Chris Brown as a 3 down back against a full strength UF...OU was doomed. Rewatch that game & see that OU got into the redzone a few times without scoring...but only because they became 1 dimensional without Demarco. UF deserved that 'ship as they were a great team...but OU was shorthanded & that deserves recognition.
Best game I ever saw Ŧech play. Sad it been since 2008 that we had a team to brag about…pray Joey McGuire brings the pride back to the football program.
that changed today :)
I will always remember that catch by Michael Crabtree, shit was crazy! Easily Top 3 game along with Boise State vs Oklahoma, and Auburn vs Alabama.
Crabtrees catch is the greatest college football catch of all time!
That Texas team was loaded.
On that roster:
Colt McCoy
Chris Ogbonnaya
DT Roy Miller
Quan Cosby
Jordan Shipley
Lamarr Houston
Brian Orakpo
Emmanuel Acho
Sam Acho
Aaron Williams
Sergio Kindle
Henry Melton
Earl Thomas
That's 13 players that have been on NFL rosters. 9 on defense. Earl is the highlight, but Orakpo, Houston and Williams are also good players. Not all were great, but still...
Yeah and this team probably would of won National title had Colt not gotten injured early in game against Bama, since even with an inexperienced freshmen playing Texas was in the game until 4th quarter.
Winter Man That was 2009.
Sportsaholic4life I have to agree with you there
Is Earl Thomas even playing in this game tho?
Nvm I found him. Justin Tucker the real star on this team tho lol
I get goosebumps when Brett Musberger said Crabtree pulls free man oh man
Loudest game I've ever been to, and I've been to a few LSU home games. Notably 2009 #4 LSU vs #1 Florida
I still remember watching this live it was crazy
I know this was posted years ago. And I watched this live years ago. It was the best game I've ever watched. Not just as a fan, but someone who loves football. Texas tech has always played fun games. Love these guys to death. Wish Mike leach was still there. He is a living legend
Same here I remember this day from the Early pre game on ESPN to the Game itself this game is my favorite if all time this is what Prime time football is all about Texas Tech is a fun team I also wished Leach was back
@@JDFrank20Diaz yeah he's thought abt going back to Texas tech, but tech still owes him 800gs from when he was fired for no reason. One of the weenie baby players got a concussion and his dad was part of the texas tech board, and the kid told his dad that leach locked him in a dark closet. Which of course didn't happen
@@ryleetaylor2855 That weenie baby was actually Craig James's son. Look up Craig James. SMU/DeathPenalty/ESPN - kind of hurt Texas Tech for years. Big-O-Mess
Curse was broken against Miss STATE/Leach in 2021. #wreckem Texas Tech!!
I’m right there with you, best game I’ve ever watched
What a time in Lubbock with Coach Leach and Coach Knight.
One of the most exciting games of all time
I'm a Gator fan but this texas tech team was one of my favorite teams ever. That air raid offense was beautiful and this 2008 team had a rare veteran qb-wr combo so it was at its best. The fact they ran mike leach out of town after this is crazy.
Yeah Texas Tech love their Air raid offense so much fun then Oklahoma ruins everything by beating us Glad Florida beat them for the Tittle plus Florida deserved it
@@JDFrank20Diaz ...and Crabtree was only a sophomore. He had a breakout freshman year. The NFL called, and Crabtree did not return. 🦀 🌳
Just imagine.
...so, veteran players?.
Leach did this with mostly 3 star players. We (Tech) didn't care, prior year when the defense coaching was changed - Tech finished strong in 2007. We were anticipating 2008 with fire 🔥
What is overlooked is how powerful the Tech offensive line was in 2007 and 2008. They made things possible !!!!
Ruffin McNeal - at that time - amazing defensive turnaround!!!!
Matt Williams- the kicker (off the half-time contest), Harrell being a Senior, the new defense with Ruffin McNeal, the offensive line, Crabtree.
The stars aligned!!!
I was there, so it was cool hearing the commentary for this game for the first time. I charged the field after the game at 2:43:02 but I get why fans charged before it was over. Some told me they would have been trampled if they hadn't after the Crabby catch. For all the great offensive plays Tech did, what won it was their defense and Ruffin McNeil. This at a time when the Big 12 was a beast, not like today.
This should not be labeled an "upset." Before the 2008 season began, Tech was seen as a contender for the Big 12 South title - Mike Leach, Graham Harrell, and Michael Crabtree made the cover of "Dave Campbell's Texas Football - while rebuilding UT was the team that could go either way. After the Horns played a soft early schedule, their victory over number one Oklahoma propelled them to number one. Even a number one-ranked team can be overrated.
It was an upset, although the expectation was that this would be a competitive game.
That Texas team was not overrated as it had numerous future NFL Draft picks.. they should have played for the Big 12 Championship and subsequently the national championship if it wasn’t for Gideon dropping a gimme interception or the BCS screw job
still the most painful loss I have ever had as a texas fan
larry falter you and me both brother
I was screaming NO! NO! NO! so loud I'm surprised the neighbors didn't call the cops
Us Tech fans deserved this. This is all we have for football. Yall have a natty. Dont feel too bad
@@evan64thompson gtfo of here, how come tech didn't put their big boy pads on against Oklahoma. All they did was fuck our season.
@@fussballmeister301 Typical Longhorns fan being disrespectful for no reason... You lost get over it it's been a decade.
This game still makes me smile. I was there!!!!!
I remember when this game was played, i was a longhorns fan. Now i'm a proud Red Raider!! WRECK EM TECH!!!!!
Greatest live game i've ever been to.
Being able to watch this fantastic game was my redemption for missing Magic Kingdom day, while on vacation with my family, on account of food poisoning. haha.
man im a die hard raider the Crabtree play is by far my most favorite play in NCAA history
This was a crazy fucking game
Not a red raider fan, but what Craig and Adam James did to mike leach and TTU is inexcusable and disgusting. I hope Adam does us all a favor and doesn't marry so the James bloodline won't multiply like a fungus.
the james hooligans are disgraceful. worst tech people ever
yayrwe
They got Coach Leach Fired for controversial reasons don't know details all I know Craig James had some connections or something he was an Analyst at the time I think
Long story short Leach got fired and Texas tech hasn't been the same since
Leach is doing fine at Washington State turned that program around
Fungus? Bruv, its a game lol
@@JDFrank20Diaz it was due to a concussion where as leach put Adams in an dark electrical room for 3 hours claiming he was a prisoner there etc I looked it up it was stupid long story short Craig's career was killed is now a good fearing man
@@chriskusek9494 oh yeah that was Cruel and it's costs leach his job and then years ago at Maryland A Player Dies if Heatstroke and what was the outcome for the coach and the university cause I forgot
This game was GREAT! my favorite Halloween memory
Best game ever!!!! Harrell to crabtree. They sure surprised texas. Even if u r not a tech fan u still have to respect the fight in both of these teams. It was a hard fought battle til the end
So much has changed since then.
Mike Leach (Texas Tech head coach): Washington State head coach
Mack Brown (Texas head coach): UNC head coach
Will Muschamp (Texas DC): South Carolina head coach
Graham Harrell (Texas Tech QB): USC offensive coordinator
Ruffin McNeill (Texas Tech DC): Oklahoma LB coach
Donald Trump (entrepreneur): President of the United States
What has changed now...
Mike Leach: Dead
Donald Trump: No longer president
Who else watched this live?...nearly gave me a heart attack until Tech took it back at the end.
I was a huge texas fan back then and this KILLED me lol how they couldn’t just get him out of bounds…Thomas (#12) didn’t even go for the push…the dropped interception…drove me insane 🤦♂️huge win for tech they absolutely deserved it 😮💨
I was there. Screaming and cheering all the way. My confidence never wavered. I knew We/Tech was going to win. We all believed. And so it was.
@@mikecaprock9684 Watching on TV with my kids. Yes we believed. Looking back, I should have been really scared on that dropped interception. I wasn't ❤️ I knew we/Tech was going to win. I told my kids we were going to win because 'We had plenty of time to score' ( like 20 seconds 👀 ) I cannot believe our confidence level back then. I was not alone. Mack Brown said the only thing they did wrong was score too fast.
2:40:06 this view remains to this day one of thee if not the best spectacle in college football history. Amazing
Favorite game I've ever been to. Now we suck..
As a tech fan the Crabtree catch is so historic for this rivalry
This game will forever live in infamy! Wreck 'Em Tech!!
antoniobolgnameyerwe Yet the "almighty" Texas loses to a feeder team aka Kansas
It's sickening that greed is ruining rivalries such as this.
just imagine being a student at texas tech that year and being able to storm the field. the biggest win for texas tech in recent history. That would have been so much fun!
Man this happened 14 years ago man how time flies.
Mike Leaches' finest moment!! CBZ
@Jackson Brewer about that...
ill never forget watching that catch live
i remember watching this with our team in a hotel before our pop warner game the next day, we were playing the undefeated number 1 team in our league. The next day we won the game 20-0. This is a game i will never forget.
This is for you Pirate and may you rest in peace.
Best game in college ever was 2005- 2006 USC vs TEXAS national championship back and forth unbelievable game
I remember sitting in a bar, watching this game and putting my head down out of anxiety in the final seconds. What an ending.
I'm still coming back to this video years later
I was at this game. Best 7 seconds of my life.
As a Tech fan and alumnus this game was historic but as far as the best college football game of all time or at least of my time it’s got to be Texas/USC Rose Bowl/National Championship. Only USC could get me to be a Texas fan for a few hours.
greatest game in the history of the world. actually greatest day in the history of the world
WORD!
Exactly three weeks later came the worst day in the history of the world. (OU 65, Tech 21.)
OscarBravoUSA holy cow was that a horrible day
discostu004 Hasn't happened since 2008.....
*cough cough TCU 14, cough cough*
Craig Curry fumbling a punt late in the 84 Cotton Bowl and the last play of this game were the most heartbreaking sports moments of my life
First and only time I punched a wall after a football game was this one. One year later I was in Pasadena as I watched Colt McCoy go down. I didn't have any walls to punch then. I just felt sad sad sad.
Those teams that we had in 2008 and 2009 were so amazing. That's the funny thing about football, it takes more than being amazing to be the best, you've still gotta survive the crazy changes of fortune that can happen out of nowhere.
It's sad that college football of 5-10 years ago is so much more fun to watch than today's weak NFL. When you think about the average plays that would be flagged now, it just isn't what it should be.
Everyone knows about the Harrell to Crabtree game winning back shoulder on the sideline but at 12:35 mark of the first quarter they run the same play for a key first down going South. Texas holds TT to a fg. and an early 5-0 TT lead.
Everyone always says that about the Gideon play. Nobody ever seems to notice that Ed Britton dropped the ball first into Gideon's hands. The ball hits Britton right in the hands first.
Now THIS is what college football is all about!
"no one can man up on crab" ......... Sherman would say otherwise...
only on the right side of the field..... sherman doesnt play the left,.. and last year, in one of their two regular season meetings, crabtree had 150 yards...right on sherman.
***** Im not doubting that, n yea, you got me on the 88, i got it confused with the 175 he put on the cards a week later in 2012. that being said, I am not the biggest fan of crabtree, but sherman hasn't been on him in most of their games. The 9ers for a few years now have matched boldin against sherman in the right side and split crabtree to the left. maxwell has done a good job locking him down there. I am not a fan of crabtree,.. but am I die hard 9er fan. Team before players ect.
One of the greatest college games ever.
The game that made coach Leach a legend. Reast in Peace Coach Leach. You will never be forgotten.
12:05 Harrell to Crabtree back shoulder fade.
IDENTICAL to the play that won the game. Even the defender was in the same position.
R.I.P., Mike Leach. This was certainly one of your greatest moments.
2:33:12 for the game winner.
any tech fans here in 2020🔴⚫️👆🏼
Best birthday present ever! And Tech's treatment of Leach is why they will never see a dime from this alumni.
Thank you! This game is so important; when a Leach Air Raid offense toppled the #1 team, without elite talent overcomes a D stacked with guys like Earl Thomas and Brian Orakpo; the Revolution was here to stay. Urban Meyer's Spread to run Tebow, Vince Young's Texas, was Spread to Run Read Option; it was still the old Win with Defense and Run Game; and superior talent at both. Leach's Air Raid is how you can overcome glaring talent disparities.
As a IT fan this loss sucks but I have alot of respect for tech they played hard and fought. But I feel like everyone forgot that they were actually ranked in the top 10 at that time
Gideon dropped INT literally cost Texas the National Championship match..
They would have lost to Florida anyway though. But i would have loved to see Texas win this game.
Shit happens
As much as I would've loved to see Florida and Tebow vs. Texas and McCoy, no way Florida loses. Team of destiny that year after Ole Miss.
I remember when I was seven watching this game when Michael Crabtree scored I just remember my parents going insane. Good memories
R.I.P, Based Pirate Coach.
That one damn play plus a dropped interception cost Texas a shot at playing for a National Title.
Probably the greatest football game I've ever seen!!
1 of he greatest games of all time no matter who u routed 4 should of enjoyed it
This right here was a perfect game that demonstrated that C Mccoy was not a good quarterback. Most at a time he refused to throw to all of his relatives who could make plays if he would have gone to them but he only could see jordan shipley
Texas Tech was actually ranked #2 after this win until a couple weeks later they lost by 44 points to Oklahoma. If that team would’ve made it to the national championship, they would’ve had a good chance to beat Florida, and I’m even saying this as a Gators fan. Oklahoma was definitely a more favorable matchup than either of these Texas teams.