Context for College football - the teams are all ranked each week by the league, 1-25 and then ~100 unranked teams. You can usually see the ranking next to the teams name. A lot of these were either big games between top teams, underdogs beaten top teams, or big regional rivalries (Michigan vs Michigan State, Alabama vs Auburn, and more) which really charges the atmosphere. At the end of the year the top 4 teams get to compete for the championship, so if you are in the top 4 and lose to a team you're not supposed to, a lot of times your chances of making the championship are over.
Bruh Ohio State vs Michigan is probably the greatest rivalry in College football and the Iron bowl, Florida vs Georgia, and the Oklahoma vs Texas are great but I truly believe Ohio state and Michigan the greatest of all time
Context for various clips (some are reasonably self-explanatory): 2:15 - The two BYU games were back-to-back weeks to start the 2015 season. Winning on a Hail Mary is rare. Doing it twice in a row is incredible. 3:15 - Due to the way college football's top-level championship works (130 or so teams divided into 10 conferences, 12 games plus conference championship games, only four teams qualify for the playoff, although there are a few dozen additional postseason "bowl games" of various prestige), even one loss can end your chance. Clemson won this game in overtime and went on to win the 2016 season title, but a loss might well have knocked them out of the playoff entirely. 3:30 - This was in the final year before the playoff - only two teams qualified directly to the championship game at the time. The two Auburn games here were two weeks apart, knocked Alabama (the presumptive favorite and Auburn's biggest rival) out of the title race, and managed to vault Auburn into the title game after Ohio State (another contender) lost the next week. 6:24 - This is the 2017 season title game. (The regular season ends in December, but a number of the postseason games continue into the first week of January and the title game is generally played on the second Monday of January, which is why you see the "2018" logo on the field - it's the 2018 championship game but for the 2017 season.) 7:55 - I'm a Michigan State fan, and Michigan is our biggest rivalry game by far (although they consider Ohio State their biggest rival; the best comparison I can draw in the Premier League is Michigan = Liverpool, MSU = Everton, OSU = Manchester United: Everton's the local rival, but the ManUtd games often decide the title, or at least did for long enough to make it a big rivalry). Watching this one as it happened left me absolutely speechless for an hour or two. It also led to MSU reaching the playoff that season, although the less said about what happened in the playoff, the better. 9:43 - This play ended up deciding the Big Ten (the major conference in the Upper Midwest) title. Penn State and Ohio State both finished 8-1 in conference, and Penn State had the tiebreaker for the division title due to this win (head-to-head record is the first tiebreaker in most American sports). 10:53 - I was in the stands for this game. The video review took a good five minutes to decide that it was a touchdown. The ball hit a defender's helmet, bounced back, and was caught outside the end zone, but the receiver managed to twist the ball over the goal line - barely - as he got tackled. We ended up playing against Wisconsin again in the Big Ten title game that season and lost a game that was nearly as wild. And yes, MSU has had a knack for crazy finishes, both good and bad, in recent years. 11:40 - Dirty secret about this game is that the miracle play shouldn't have been allowed to happen at all, but did due to a referee error. Oklahoma State, on the previous play, was penalized for intentional grounding (which includes loss of down; since it was fourth down, that meant a turnover). Generally, the game cannot end on an accepted penalty, so they gave Central Michigan one play despite the clock reading :00. But penalties that include loss of down are an exception to that rule, so the game should have been over. 12:50 - This is the 2016 season title game. And by going for the touchdown here, Clemson risked running out the clock and not having time to kick a field goal to force overtime (although the clock would stop if the pass was incomplete, so the risk wasn't that high as long as they threw quickly and made sure the pass reached the end zone). 14:36 - This was also the 2016 season and another close escape for the eventual champion Clemson. Louisville might themselves have been title contenders (they were ranked #3 at this point in the season) if they had managed to win. 16:01 - This was the 2015 Big Ten title game (same year as the MSU-Michigan ending), winner goes to the national playoff. Both offenses had been shut down virtually the entire game. What this clip doesn't show is the drive leading up to the touchdown. Most of the time, when a team scores a touchdown, it takes about 8 or 9 plays to get to the end zone. Sometimes it happens much quicker (Iowa's lone touchdown in the game was an 85-yard pass), sometimes a bit slower. 14 or 15 plays is a long drive. This drive took 22 plays and nine minutes of clock time.
Huge Michigan State fan here. That botched punt to beat Michigan had me jumping up and down and screaming at the TV. We never let an opportunity pass to remind Michigan of it either...
As a Georgia tech fan, I feel like I can sympathize with MSU as being the secondary team in the state. I always cheer for you guys against UM. what a great game that was. And the week after Georgia tech beat FSU on the blocked FG return. Same ESPN announcer on the call too!
I bleed green too, and I didn't see that play live. Their punter had been so good all day, I was sure we were done, and I didn't want to see the end - turned off the TV. My brother never let's me live that down.
@@TheBeesleys99 auburn and Alabama are also huge rivals in the same state where there are no pro teams. Also the auburn miracle against Georgia the clip before was in the same season just 14 days before.
I like that you actually look at the context of the games like the time down and yardage, time, and teams playing. It helps you realize how crazy these are.
4:13 The Iron Bowl the darby between Bama & Auburn. 'Answered Prayer'. I think I requested you take a look at "The Kick Six, Auburn’s Iron Bowl miracle vs. Alabama, deserves a deep rewind". It will explain the depth of this play and how it shook the US.
American football has actually gained a lot of traction outside the US due to the NFl international series and such. It's great to see a non-American get excited about the game we love in the states.
I don't think you should apologize for stopping the film . You ask good questions and your assessments of the field action are spot on. People are asking for you reactions and you are doing it. Also your enthusiasm is refreshing. I truly wish I could take you to a game. 95,000 people over half are drunk it is quite an experience
6:22 That moment when the Alabama Crimson Tide won the National Championship in college football in 2018 was some kinda miracle. The game was in overtime and Georgia was so close to clenching a championship title. Tua Tagovailoa (Alabama's quarterback at the time) threw an awesome pass to Devonta Smith during the second down and 28 yards. That miracle throw is an unofficial day we celebrate here in Alabama, February 26 to devote to that spectacular play that night in Atlanta, Georgia.
As an Alabama fan, that "Kick Six" play absolutely gutted me. But, as you say, it's all fair play. It was an amazing play, and even as a fan of the opposing team, I have to admit that. An amazing moment for Auburn fans.
Considering you said you are new to the sport, you seem to have a solid grasp on it so far! I love watching these plays every once in a while. Too many people do not understand how emotional sports can be but you get it, man. Go Hawks! (University of Iowa)
I've watched quite a few of your videos and I particularly love this one as I was a part of the Michigan-Michigan State game because I was running camera 1 for ESPN that day. It was a classic and one of my all-time favorites in all my years of covering sports. If you listen to Sean McDonough's live call, our play-by-play announcer, his voice actually cracks on the runback for the Michigan State touchdown. This actual punt-attempt was being covered with camera 2. Most football games be it college or the NFL, traditionally use 4 cameras for actual live game coverage. There are many more cameras, usually around field level, being used for close-ups and isolation replays to show even more angles. Main coverage cameras are 1, 2, and 3, and are positioned usually in or on top of the press box where we can see the whole field from up high. Camera 1 is usually positioned looking down at around the left 20 yard line, camera 2 at the 50 yard line in the middle or close to it, and camera 3 is similar to camera 1 except that it is looking down on the right 20 yard line. This is done so the director can slide the actual play-by-play or game camera coverage from 1, 2, or 3, depending on where the line of scrimmage originated,. This is done instead of covering all of the action from a single camera positioned at the 50 yard line. Whichever camera is the "game camera", the other 2 cameras then go into ISO coverage. The 2 ISO cams are "isolated" into digital recorders for immediate playback after the play is over. We usually have an ISO sheet that we follow if we are not the game camera. That can change though as the game progresses. The ISO camera is specifically looking for maybe a wide-receiver or tight-end and how he got free from the defense and if there was pass interference. We could also be on "Pit" coverage which would be shooting just the offensive and defensive lines at the line of scrimmage We are looking at how the offensive line's blocking made some time, or didn't, for the quarterback to make a pass and not be pressured to pass the ball faster than he wanted to. Also how the offensive line's blocking freed up some space for the running back or quarterback, to get through to advance the ball down the field and how the defensive line coverage stopped the advancement. These ISOs consistently change during the game and we could be looking at a specific player like a linebacker, or be shooting the far side coach to record their reaction to a play that just occured. Usually that happens on a field goal attempt which is also where camera 4 comes in. Camera 4 is positioned up high usually on a platform at one of the ends of the stadium. This is to see the ball go through the uprights of the goalpost when a field goal is attempted or just for the extra point after a touchdown is scored. When camera 4 isn't covering a field goal or extra point attempt, that camera then follows the ball wherever it is at on the field. It is always ISO'd for playback after the play is finished providing another angle of how the play worked or didn't work. Notice on the Auburn/Alabama final play winning touchdown with the failed field goal attempt, how CBS director Steve Milton stayed on the end-zone camera (4) all the way from the attempt to the catch in the endzone and then the winning 104 yard runback for a touchdown. You got to see the Alabama players scrambling to try and tackle him along with the Auburn players blocking that freed him up. Bottom line is that "miracle" winning play occurs, it is a wonderful thing for TV, and for the fans in the stands.
That third Michigan State highlight was also the final play of the Big Ten Championship game - and the winner was going to the national championship playoff - huge moment in a HUGE game.
As a Bama fan, you just watched around 20% of their losses in the last 11 years and their still painful. But 6 championships over that time has been wonderful. I still have never seen the end of the Kick 6 play. I turned off the tv when he got to the 10 yard line. Roll Tide
You watching this is exactly like me watching soccer, especially after the Euros. I’m a graduate of Florida and have watched college football my entire life. Absolutely love the video!
So a little side note on that mich michigan st moment the guy who ran in the touchdown. Wound up breaking his collarbone when everyone started tackling him in the endzone. Also that moment with central mich beating oklahoma state is a major upset. Central is like a middle level school and ok state is a higher level school . But there was a bigger upset than that find Appalachian st vs michigan
13:00 that was the national championship game. It gave Clemson (a tiny school in a town of less then 10,000 people in upstate South Carolina) their first national championship since 1981. It would be the equivalent of a 90th minute winner in the champions league final . Also just for general knowledge the elite teams in college football recently have been Alabama, Clemson, Ohio state, Oklahoma, Georgia, And LSU Also the player who caught that pass was named hunter renfrow. He went into college as a walk on (a player without a scholarship) and he was mistaken for a water boy by his teammates at his first practice. He went on to be drafted into the NFL and now plays for the raiders
@@ngalifianakis6893 I get that I'm from the same state. I know there are much bigger schools, but lots of well known schools are much smaller than Clemson, and Clemson is not an elite school. Only thing I'm saying is that the student population is not tiny, I didn't disagree with the rest of your comment.
Clemson win over Alabama was their first National Championship since 1981 and came after Alabama had beat Clemson in the National Championship game the year before. Clemson went on to trounce Alabama in the 2019 National Championship game. Hunter Renfro who caught the pass was a walk on and made the team from the practice squad. They said he was too small and too slow for major college football. He is beloved by all Clemson fans and was drafted by the LA now Los Vegas Raiders as an after thought. Last year he was 2nd on the Raiders in Receiving. I hope this helps. (PS: My ex is an Alabama Grad and I bleed Clemson Orange, so I LOVED this).
I’ll add a little bit of context for the Clemson vs Louisville play. As some people have told you, teams are ranked and this is a game between the 3rd best team and the 5th best team which is a very big game. On top of that, the quarterbacks in this game were the 2 best quarterbacks in college football that year and both have become very good NFL quarterbacks. So this game carried a lot of weight which is why the play was included
Yes, the Michigan, Michigan State, game is a huge rivalry, in both football & basketball. This game was Played at Michigan Stadium in front of 111,740 spectators. The University of Michigan stadium is considered the largest stadium for college football in the country, Michigan has a record for having at least 100,000 fans in attendance for every game dating back to 1975, Michigan does not give any respect to Michigan State, and calls them little brother, I am a huge Michigan fan and this was devastating
To people who don’t know, the little number next to the team names is there ranking. The top 25 teams in the country are ranked and if they have no number they are unranked. So it makes it amazing when an unranked team beats a highly ranked team
I remember watching that Auburn vs Alabama game live and my dad and I (who are not fans of either team btw) both gradually got up from our seats and starting yelling at the television... it's a moment I'll never forget... Also Alabama vs Auburn is called the Iron Bowl... they are both colleges in the state of Alabama
i’d argue that the auburn-alabama rivalry is the biggest in college football. the story of auburn’s 2013 season is great, there are a lot of documentaries/videos about that season and the rivalry.
@@BlueDebut how is it by far the biggest when it's not even a rivalry....you call Michigan winning 1 time in the last 16 years a rivalry? Bama and auburn have crazy games as to osu dominating Michigan....Bama and auburn are the biggest
7:49 Yes, Michigan and State are rivals. Michigan is State's biggest rival but the team that just lost the national championship is Michigan's greatest rival. Michigan v the that team is called 'The Game'. Go Blue!
College football isn't my top sport or anything, but honestly that "kick six" game at the 5:00 mark of this video - the whole game - might be the greatest game of any sport I've ever seen. I remember having that feeling at the time. It was incredibly close, well played, and dramatic throughout the whole thing. And it ends on one of the all time plays in history. So as crazy as the play was, that whole game being what it was made it that much more special.
Make sure to check the top corners of the video. Both of the Alabama vs Clemson games are national championship games. Also when you see SEC in the top right, you know it’s gonna be a show.
Oh, Michigan/Michigan state is a huge in-state rivalry. Usually, in the last week of the regular season, all the rival teams play each other. It's what you would call a Darby day in your style of football--a Liverpool/Chelsea, or ManU vs. Man City situation, If you will. This weekend, you get Auburn/Alabama, Michigan/Michigan State, Kansas/Kansas State, Washington/Washington State, UC Berkley vs. Stanford, and many others.
The last week of game play is riverly week but the game of michigan wolverines is vs the ohio State buckeyes it's been that way for decades. Michigan wolverines and michigan state is not much of a riverly. If you ask any buckeye who the riverl is they would say the team up north (michigan wolverines). That riverly has costed coaches at both schools job if they lose to many against the opposite team.
Yes Michigan-Michigan State is a great and bitter rivalry and that play, while not the prettiest, is to me the most miraculous and epic of all. The one who scored, Jalen Watts-Jackson, broke his hip at the end of the play.
What’s amazing is that 4th and 18 play against Georgia was the week before the kick 6 return against alabama. That 2013 auburn team was 500/1 odds to win the Championship
4:20. That play is known as a Kick Six. My wife and I drove back from Michigan to Chicago when most of that game was going on. We lived in downtown Chicago where parking is hard to find. She proposed to me "If you're willing to carry all of the luggage up to the apartment, I'll find a parking space for the car." I agreed and carried all of the luggage up and flipped the TV on literally like a minute before the play happened. Its one of those things I'll always have ingrained in my memory.
(I'm a bama fan, just for context) I was 11 on that day, we watched what seemed like an all day endeavor. I sat back with a smirk before the play happened and when he missed i looked back and said to my dad "well time for overtime" and then everyone started screaming when I looked back he was on the 80 it felt so slow back then. Thing was more emotion and trash talking had gone into that iron bowl then any since I was so young I just started crying when it ended (the entirety of my family are auburn fan btw)
A missed field goal attempt being returned at all is extremely rare. A missed field goal attempt being returned 109 yards for a winner in a tie game in the iron bowl (Alabama vs Auburn. Both teams are in Alabama, it's the premier league equivalent of a derby) with no time on the clock is beyond crazy
I’m a huge Clemson fan the first Clemson one was the national championship and it was in 2016 and was Clemsons first championship since 1981 the second Clemson one against Louisville the tackle made on that play one Clemson the game
Beesley, you're absolutely correct when you say that Michigan and Michigan State must be a huge rivalry. It's monstrous, and has been for decades, as it is for every game across the country involving 2 schools from the same state. Also, we have a lot of cities and towns here that confound us with their pronunciations, aside from those outside the country, such as yourself. That said, Louisville is pronounced LOU-ee-ville, reflecting its French roots, by most of the country, but the locals say LOU-uh-vull, with the 'vull' rhyming with 'full', reflecting the fact that it's in the South.
Oh and that Clemson Alabama game where they scored with 1 second left was the National Championship game of the 2016 season. Essentially the Super bowl of college football
To the roar of the stands after the miracle play, add the shouts and screams of the fans at home watching the game on tv. On Saturdays in nice weather, we can hear the neighbors from all around us, including the farmer and his friends out in the barn. If I’m.not watching the game, I can keep up by hearing which houses cheer and which ones groan.
That Clemson-Alabama clip was the 2016-2017 season National Championship. Clemson had lost by a narrow margin to Alabama in the championship the year before, and this was their revenge game. Renfrow caught the game-winning pass to take home the trophy.
I'm not a fan of either team, but the officiating crew and replay crew were suspended because they missed several illegal blocks and at least two times where Miami players with the ball were down by contact during that play and they were not called and the on field crew and replay officials in the booth missed it, but even to the average fan, it was obvious that the play should have been whistled dead several times and the game ended and Duke should have won the game. Duke got for sure robbed and Miami got away with one.
Yo the alabama-auburn game where he missed the field goal that game is probably the best Miracle play of all time. There was so much on that game and it probably the biggest rivalry in college football. Im an Auburn fan and I was watching that game at an Alabama fans house. It was amazing.
Alabama vs Auburn is a very insane rivalry. An Alabama fan literally straight up murdered this beloved grove of trees on Auburn’s campus. That’s how crazy that rivalry is between Alabama and Auburn.
@@mikebarnes7441 wait... what? it’s a game? Harvey Updike drove spikes filled with powerful herbicides into the ground next to 100+ year old oak trees, which killed the trees. Say whatever you want about my choice of words. But to kill any living thing, be it plant, animal, or whatever... over a sports rivalry? That’s really effed up. That kinda pushes a “rivalry” to a very different place.
@@samparker5488 I know. But lumping Alabama fans together with murderers is a bit dramatic. Especially putting it out there like that to someone who is sorta just learning more about the sport and the traditions of American Football, that's just not right in my opinion.
For the clemson-louisville game, the reason it was so significant that he was stopped short is because it was 4th down, meaning louisville lost control of the ball and had to go on defense, meaning they lost the game. If he had made a first down, there was a very good chance that they could've scored a touchdown and won.
If I was there, or on a xoom call, I could have described the setting of some of these games. That long kick return on the missed field goal in the Alabama game, that's a rivalry game with those teams, it's called The Iron Bowl. Alabama was a juggernaut that year. They were headed toward winning the National Championship. But Auburn pulled off the big upset. It sent shock waves through the college sports world. I happened to see maybe half of those games. It would have been fun to set the stage of some of those games for you.
I lived in Florida when that pass against Tennessee, and when he made that catch the whole city was so hyped and its funny cause we just beat them last weekend in Florida. 🐊🐊🐊
My favorite college team (Duke, the one that got lateraled on by Miami) only have a football capacity of 40,000. Most of the time, they don't even have 20,000 people. It is still so loud there sometimes. Home field advantage is legit. Also, the lateral play was supposed to be blown dead (as one of the players was tackled with the ball). It wasn't a touchdown, but the refs called it one anyway. All of the refs from that game got suspended for a week.
I have no love for either team(I watch B1G), but I was furious at that call. That play should've been blown dead well before the end. What a shit show of refereeing.
Missed an obvious block in the back near the end, too. I mean I get letting the play continue in case he wasn't down, but you gotta get it right in review.
Love the content my guy!! College football has a lot more emotion involved and the atmosphere is insane. There’s rivalries such as USC vs UCLA or Auburn vs Alabama, very similar to a game like Manchester United and City. NFL is great but college is pure electric with guys who have nothing to lose and put everything into this sport.
The tennessee georgia hail mary was even crazier because they seemed to seal the game with a 60yd TD bomb or something like that. With 11 seconds left and then we did that at their homefield 😂🧡
-Michigan St vs Michigan is the state of Michigan's rivaly. -Alabama vs Clemson was for the Nation Championship and Alabama were ranked #1. -Alabama vs Auburn is the rivaly game for these state of Alabama teams, called the Iron Bowl. Also in this game, the winner would go to the SEC Championship Game and then play for the National Title. -Some of these are unranked teams beating ranked teams.
In college football, you would ideally go a whole season without a loss. It's pretty rare that the National Championship team loses a game in the season. It can happen, and does, but it isn't ideal for a National Championship.
As a Michigan State alum, I can confirm that Michigan and Michigan State are huge rivals. To put it into European soccer terms, think Manchester United and Manchester City. Man United's archrival is always going to be Liverpool, but they and Man City hated each other even before City became good. That's basically the dynamic between Michigan, Ohio State, and Michigan State. And yes, we've had a fair number of miracles in our history. There was another spectacular one against Michigan in 2001, well before the era covered in the original video. Michigan State was down by four at the end of the game, but had the ball close to Michigan's end zone. Time was about to run out, but Michigan State was able to stop the clock with one second--according to Michigan fans, a very long second--left on the clock. Michigan State then threw a touchdown to win. It was a thrilling victory for Michigan State fans, but to this day Michigan supporters insist the clock should have expired and the game ended before that last play.
No need to apologize Beesley, we know what you meant, and I don't think you pause too much. Some UA-camrs do pause too much, but to me you are just fine. Great reactions btw.
The Auburn plays are two different games. Back to back weeks. The Kick Six has to be the Greatest play in CFB history. Bama going for 3peat, Auburn coming off 3-9 season. SEC West on the line. Insane
There are 10 conferences in the top level division 1 college FB. Each conferences has its own Commissioner, referees, TV deals, league championships . They are essentially 10 NFL leagues under 1 umbrella that play for 1 national champion. So the rivalry between conferences are as big as the conferences rivalries. As much as it would kills you if your conference rivalry was playing in the national championship against a team from another conferences you would probably want your conference mate to win . This gives your conference/your team status .
that play that you said you needed context for: it was the national championship game and alabama was the favorite. and for that last second touchdown to happen was insane. clemson one this game on the last second.
Here is some background behind these moments. Sorry if it's too long. 1. TCU kept its dream season alive with that play, and Patrick Mahomes and Texas Tech almost pulled off one of the greatest upsets in CFB history. 2. BYU delivered quite the victory to open off the 2016 season against Nebraska. 3. BYU would deliver another Hail Mary miracle against in state rival Boise State 1 week later. 4. North Carolina State had a chance to pull off the upset of the year vs soon to be champion Cemson, but choked and would end up losing in overtime keeping Clemson's championship season going. 5. The Deep South's oldest rivalry between Georgia and Auburn had many special moments in the past, but the 2013 "Prayer at Jordan-Hare" as we Auburn fans call it was without a doubt the most special of them all. (I was at that game too. War Eagle) 6. 2 weeks after Auburn's miracle Hail Mary against Georgia, they would have one more miracle to pull off against their arch nemesis Alabama. Alabama and Auburn or the Iron Bowl is arguably the greatest rivalry in CFB history. Bama was #1 and Auburn was #4. Whoever won this game would play for the conference championship, and more than likely the national championship. This moment will forever be remembered as the Kick Six. 7. Alabama and Georgia were playing in the National Championship in 2017. When Bama's first QB was taken out, future star Tua Tagovailoa would step on to the scene and seal the deal with a pass to future Hesiman Trophy winner, Devonte Smith. 8. This was a great moment, but it shouldn't have happened. Further replay showed at 7:04 the runner was down and the game should've ended right then and there. 9. All he had to do was punt the ball, but the spartans won the game and would eventually go to the CFB playoff. 10. The one catch that I think is better than Odell's. 11. Georgia Tech would spoil Florida State's playoff dreams by upsetting the unbeaten Seminoles in spectacular fashion. 12. Penn State would send Ohio State's playoff chances up in flames after this great moment. 13. Tennessee kept a pulse on their dream season by heaving it to the end zone hoping for a miracle, he got it. 14. Michigan State sent Wisconsin packing after a miracle tipped Hail Mary to end it. 15. The small school of Central Michigan pulls off a huge upset by beating Oklahoma State in spectacular fashion. 16. Florida kept its winning streak against Tennessee alive after a shot to the end zone and drowning the Vols in the swamp. 17. Clemson would give the Tide another big game losing by 1 second in the National Championship game. 18. Virginia Tech put in a last ditch effort to beat the top 15 Cornhuskers. 19. Louisville's playoff hopes would be dashed by 1 yard against Clemson. 20. An underrated and heart breaking Choke for the longhorns. 21. Texas silences the haters by beating top 10 ranked Notre Dame. 21. Michigan State punches their ticket to the Playoff by barley beating Iowa in their conference championship. 22. Sony Michel sends Georgia to the National Championship in Overtime against Oklahoma.
That Michigan-Michigan state game was terrible. As a Michigan fan, I could not believe that happened. Also yea it’s a pretty huge rivalry. The only bigger one is us and Ohio state
Context for the Alabama-Auburn Game (unofficially referred to as the Iron Bowl) where Auburn ran the attempted field goal back for a touchdown. Auburn is Alabama's greatest rivalry (They are the two dominant programs in Alabama). It is traditionally the final game of the season. In 2013 Alabama was ranked #1 and Auburn #4 in the country at the time of the game. The upset cost Alabama the opportunity to play for the championship and earned Auburn the opportunity. I was at the game that day in Jordon -Hare Stadium. Unfortunately I am an Alabama Fan
One of my last good memories w my dad is watching that iron bowl live when Chris Davis returned it 110 yards. and nick saban face lmaoooo!you know Alabama’s practice was hell the next week!
Jus glad my Spartans of mich st made it 3 times, they coulda made it more, they are also the most frustrating team to root for, were like a big club that isn’t that big that wins something once a decade, we’re like west ham with some trophies
Context for College football - the teams are all ranked each week by the league, 1-25 and then ~100 unranked teams. You can usually see the ranking next to the teams name. A lot of these were either big games between top teams, underdogs beaten top teams, or big regional rivalries (Michigan vs Michigan State, Alabama vs Auburn, and more) which really charges the atmosphere. At the end of the year the top 4 teams get to compete for the championship, so if you are in the top 4 and lose to a team you're not supposed to, a lot of times your chances of making the championship are over.
This man said Michigan state like they’re Michigan’s biggest rival
@@nolimitprof Yeah I know lol. As an Ohio State fan, I’m kinda insulted lmao
man really brought up rivalries and didn’t day michigan ohio state but instead said michigan michigan atare
Bruh Ohio State vs Michigan is probably the greatest rivalry in College football and the Iron bowl, Florida vs Georgia, and the Oklahoma vs Texas are great but I truly believe Ohio state and Michigan the greatest of all time
But bruh, you didn't even mention Ohio State and Michigan bruh, and bruh, nobody else has mentioned that you didn't mention them bruh. Bruh
I love how perfect his amount of knowledge is where he knows what’s going on but dosnt know the moments. It’s fucking perfect.
Do you think this guy can make soccer interesting?
@@trumphatesyou Probably.
Context for various clips (some are reasonably self-explanatory):
2:15 - The two BYU games were back-to-back weeks to start the 2015 season. Winning on a Hail Mary is rare. Doing it twice in a row is incredible.
3:15 - Due to the way college football's top-level championship works (130 or so teams divided into 10 conferences, 12 games plus conference championship games, only four teams qualify for the playoff, although there are a few dozen additional postseason "bowl games" of various prestige), even one loss can end your chance. Clemson won this game in overtime and went on to win the 2016 season title, but a loss might well have knocked them out of the playoff entirely.
3:30 - This was in the final year before the playoff - only two teams qualified directly to the championship game at the time. The two Auburn games here were two weeks apart, knocked Alabama (the presumptive favorite and Auburn's biggest rival) out of the title race, and managed to vault Auburn into the title game after Ohio State (another contender) lost the next week.
6:24 - This is the 2017 season title game. (The regular season ends in December, but a number of the postseason games continue into the first week of January and the title game is generally played on the second Monday of January, which is why you see the "2018" logo on the field - it's the 2018 championship game but for the 2017 season.)
7:55 - I'm a Michigan State fan, and Michigan is our biggest rivalry game by far (although they consider Ohio State their biggest rival; the best comparison I can draw in the Premier League is Michigan = Liverpool, MSU = Everton, OSU = Manchester United: Everton's the local rival, but the ManUtd games often decide the title, or at least did for long enough to make it a big rivalry). Watching this one as it happened left me absolutely speechless for an hour or two. It also led to MSU reaching the playoff that season, although the less said about what happened in the playoff, the better.
9:43 - This play ended up deciding the Big Ten (the major conference in the Upper Midwest) title. Penn State and Ohio State both finished 8-1 in conference, and Penn State had the tiebreaker for the division title due to this win (head-to-head record is the first tiebreaker in most American sports).
10:53 - I was in the stands for this game. The video review took a good five minutes to decide that it was a touchdown. The ball hit a defender's helmet, bounced back, and was caught outside the end zone, but the receiver managed to twist the ball over the goal line - barely - as he got tackled. We ended up playing against Wisconsin again in the Big Ten title game that season and lost a game that was nearly as wild. And yes, MSU has had a knack for crazy finishes, both good and bad, in recent years.
11:40 - Dirty secret about this game is that the miracle play shouldn't have been allowed to happen at all, but did due to a referee error. Oklahoma State, on the previous play, was penalized for intentional grounding (which includes loss of down; since it was fourth down, that meant a turnover). Generally, the game cannot end on an accepted penalty, so they gave Central Michigan one play despite the clock reading :00. But penalties that include loss of down are an exception to that rule, so the game should have been over.
12:50 - This is the 2016 season title game. And by going for the touchdown here, Clemson risked running out the clock and not having time to kick a field goal to force overtime (although the clock would stop if the pass was incomplete, so the risk wasn't that high as long as they threw quickly and made sure the pass reached the end zone).
14:36 - This was also the 2016 season and another close escape for the eventual champion Clemson. Louisville might themselves have been title contenders (they were ranked #3 at this point in the season) if they had managed to win.
16:01 - This was the 2015 Big Ten title game (same year as the MSU-Michigan ending), winner goes to the national playoff. Both offenses had been shut down virtually the entire game. What this clip doesn't show is the drive leading up to the touchdown. Most of the time, when a team scores a touchdown, it takes about 8 or 9 plays to get to the end zone. Sometimes it happens much quicker (Iowa's lone touchdown in the game was an 85-yard pass), sometimes a bit slower. 14 or 15 plays is a long drive. This drive took 22 plays and nine minutes of clock time.
Love that! Really appreciate it and will check it out after work!
The Clemson Alabama game was the championship game for the whole country
"the whole country" lol
So in other words the national championship game.
Around here, the Army/Navy game is treated like that. They are rarely compelling games unfortunately.
Buck Fama!!!
@@mikebarnes7441 Sounds more impressive the way he said it.
@@tigerstalons5118 Kiss the rings.
Huge Michigan State fan here. That botched punt to beat Michigan had me jumping up and down and screaming at the TV. We never let an opportunity pass to remind Michigan of it either...
As a Georgia tech fan, I feel like I can sympathize with MSU as being the secondary team in the state. I always cheer for you guys against UM. what a great game that was. And the week after Georgia tech beat FSU on the blocked FG return. Same ESPN announcer on the call too!
I bleed green too, and I didn't see that play live. Their punter had been so good all day, I was sure we were done, and I didn't want to see the end - turned off the TV. My brother never let's me live that down.
@@pdoylemi MSU fan here
Lmaoooo
Ohio State VS Michigan
And
Alabama VS Auburn
Are the biggest rivalries in all of sport! Love the video!
Awesome cheers for the insight mate!
Eh, one is a rivalry, one is a perineal beat down lmao. Go Bucks!
Texas A&M and LSU is a giant one
@@DanielLopez-dy1ul who ?
@@tannercroft5024 watch your mouth. Oh how i hate..
That Alabama Auburn miracle was insane.
Yeah mental mate!
@@TheBeesleys99 If you want a backstory to the kick six (Alabama Auburn) you should watch the rewinder by Secret Base
@@TheBeesleys99 auburn and Alabama are also huge rivals in the same state where there are no pro teams. Also the auburn miracle against Georgia the clip before was in the same season just 14 days before.
Alabama fan, here, and still sick at that play.
@@bannonstanks auburn fan here :)
I like that you actually look at the context of the games like the time down and yardage, time, and teams playing. It helps you realize how crazy these are.
4:13 The Iron Bowl the darby between Bama & Auburn. 'Answered Prayer'. I think I requested you take a look at "The Kick Six, Auburn’s Iron Bowl miracle vs. Alabama, deserves a deep rewind". It will explain the depth of this play and how it shook the US.
Potentially mate... apologies if I forgot! Will 100% check it out though!
3:19 Auburn v Georgia. The states Alabama & Georgia are rivals in all things. This play was called 'The Prayer From Jordan Hare'
Oh wow thanks for the context mate!
There are so many more college teams than pros, and so many more games, that something amazing happens every week.
American football has actually gained a lot of traction outside the US due to the NFl international series and such. It's great to see a non-American get excited about the game we love in the states.
I don't think you should apologize for stopping the film . You ask good questions and your assessments of the field action are spot on. People are asking for you reactions and you are doing it. Also your enthusiasm is refreshing.
I truly wish I could take you to a game. 95,000 people over half are drunk it is quite an experience
6:22 That moment when the Alabama Crimson Tide won the National Championship in college football in 2018 was some kinda miracle. The game was in overtime and Georgia was so close to clenching a championship title. Tua Tagovailoa (Alabama's quarterback at the time) threw an awesome pass to Devonta Smith during the second down and 28 yards. That miracle throw is an unofficial day we celebrate here in Alabama, February 26 to devote to that spectacular play that night in Atlanta, Georgia.
As a Georgia fan (Georgia is an above average team every year) I’ve seen my team lose in the wildest ways imaginable. I’ve literally seen it all.
It’s even better when an unranked team beats a ranked team
Unless your the ranked team getting beat.
As an Alabama fan, that "Kick Six" play absolutely gutted me. But, as you say, it's all fair play. It was an amazing play, and even as a fan of the opposing team, I have to admit that. An amazing moment for Auburn fans.
Anyone remember the Bluegrass Miracle? LSU vs Kentucky
12:58 yeah that’s a huge game in fact it’s the national championship which well is the championship in college football
Oh wow! Thanks for the context mate!
@@TheBeesleys99 so was 6:32
@@TheBeesleys99 6:23 was also to win the National Championship. Alabama had their backup QB during that play as well.
The two Auburn games were REALLY crazy because they were two weeks apart.
12:48 clemson beat alabama in the final seconds, that was the national championship aka the biggest game in college
Oh wow amazing! Thank you!
Beesley the one around 6:30 where alabam beat georgia in OT was the national championship from the year before
i was wrong i think it was the year after i didnt realize it was watson in that video and not lawrence at qb
Considering you said you are new to the sport, you seem to have a solid grasp on it so far! I love watching these plays every once in a while. Too many people do not understand how emotional sports can be but you get it, man. Go Hawks! (University of Iowa)
A lot of the time if it looks like it needs more context it’s because it was a massive underdog or a huge rivalry
Love that play to beat the Dukies. The U!
The Miami-Duke referees missed 10 calls on that play and they got suspended
@@chandlerwilliams3599 Sour grapes. 😂
I've watched quite a few of your videos and I particularly love this one as I was a part of the Michigan-Michigan State game because I was running camera 1 for ESPN that day. It was a classic and one of my all-time favorites in all my years of covering sports. If you listen to Sean McDonough's live call, our play-by-play announcer, his voice actually cracks on the runback for the Michigan State touchdown.
This actual punt-attempt was being covered with camera 2. Most football games be it college or the NFL, traditionally use 4 cameras for actual live game coverage. There are many more cameras, usually around field level, being used for close-ups and isolation replays to show even more angles.
Main coverage cameras are 1, 2, and 3, and are positioned usually in or on top of the press box where we can see the whole field from up high. Camera 1 is usually positioned looking down at around the left 20 yard line, camera 2 at the 50 yard line in the middle or close to it, and camera 3 is similar to camera 1 except that it is looking down on the right 20 yard line. This is done so the director can slide the actual play-by-play or game camera coverage from 1, 2, or 3, depending on where the line of scrimmage originated,. This is done instead of covering all of the action from a single camera positioned at the 50 yard line.
Whichever camera is the "game camera", the other 2 cameras then go into ISO coverage. The 2 ISO cams are "isolated" into digital recorders for immediate playback after the play is over. We usually have an ISO sheet that we follow if we are not the game camera. That can change though as the game progresses. The ISO camera is specifically looking for maybe a wide-receiver or tight-end and how he got free from the defense and if there was pass interference. We could also be on "Pit" coverage which would be shooting just the offensive and defensive lines at the line of scrimmage We are looking at how the offensive line's blocking made some time, or didn't, for the quarterback to make a pass and not be pressured to pass the ball faster than he wanted to. Also how the offensive line's blocking freed up some space for the running back or quarterback, to get through to advance the ball down the field and how the defensive line coverage stopped the advancement. These ISOs consistently change during the game and we could be looking at a specific player like a linebacker, or be shooting the far side coach to record their reaction to a play that just occured. Usually that happens on a field goal attempt which is also where camera 4 comes in.
Camera 4 is positioned up high usually on a platform at one of the ends of the stadium. This is to see the ball go through the uprights of the goalpost when a field goal is attempted or just for the extra point after a touchdown is scored. When camera 4 isn't covering a field goal or extra point attempt, that camera then follows the ball wherever it is at on the field. It is always ISO'd for playback after the play is finished providing another angle of how the play worked or didn't work. Notice on the Auburn/Alabama final play winning touchdown with the failed field goal attempt, how CBS director Steve Milton stayed on the end-zone camera (4) all the way from the attempt to the catch in the endzone and then the winning 104 yard runback for a touchdown. You got to see the Alabama players scrambling to try and tackle him along with the Auburn players blocking that freed him up. Bottom line is that "miracle" winning play occurs, it is a wonderful thing for TV, and for the fans in the stands.
“If you lose this, it’s a disaster”
You know not the disaster of Duke football! 🤣🤣😂🤣😂😂
A great video reaction! I love that you are really getting into college football and appreciate their talent and athleticism.
That third Michigan State highlight was also the final play of the Big Ten Championship game - and the winner was going to the national championship playoff - huge moment in a HUGE game.
As a Bama fan, you just watched around 20% of their losses in the last 11 years and their still painful. But 6 championships over that time has been wonderful. I still have never seen the end of the Kick 6 play. I turned off the tv when he got to the 10 yard line. Roll Tide
You watching this is exactly like me watching soccer, especially after the Euros. I’m a graduate of Florida and have watched college football my entire life. Absolutely love the video!
I was watching the Alabama-Auburn game... and rooting for Auburn. Such an amazing play.
Incredible play!
So a little side note on that mich michigan st moment the guy who ran in the touchdown. Wound up breaking his collarbone when everyone started tackling him in the endzone. Also that moment with central mich beating oklahoma state is a major upset. Central is like a middle level school and ok state is a higher level school . But there was a bigger upset than that find Appalachian st vs michigan
dang I remember recommending this video to you a while ago! glad you enjoyed it man :)
Sorry bro your comment didnt come up when searching my comments! Really appreciate it mate great suggestion!
The kick 6 and the Prayer at Jordan Hare are the name of the two Auburn plays. By far two of the biggest moments in college football history.
13:00 that was the national championship game. It gave Clemson (a tiny school in a town of less then 10,000 people in upstate South Carolina) their first national championship since 1981. It would be the equivalent of a 90th minute winner in the champions league final .
Also just for general knowledge the elite teams in college football recently have been Alabama, Clemson, Ohio state, Oklahoma, Georgia, And LSU
Also the player who caught that pass was named hunter renfrow. He went into college as a walk on (a player without a scholarship) and he was mistaken for a water boy by his teammates at his first practice. He went on to be drafted into the NFL and now plays for the raiders
Wow! Amazing stories and amazing insight. Moments like this is why sport is so special! Appreciate it mate!
I wouldn't exactly call the school tiny with a student body population of 23,000.
@@willrobinson4976 A tiny area, and that population doesn't compare to the other elite schools that they compete against
@@ngalifianakis6893 I get that I'm from the same state. I know there are much bigger schools, but lots of well known schools are much smaller than Clemson, and Clemson is not an elite school. Only thing I'm saying is that the student population is not tiny, I didn't disagree with the rest of your comment.
Yes I’m from South Carolina
The Clemson-Alabama game was for the National Championship. As a Clemson Sc native I was at that game. Like you was talking, High's and lows
I love the goosebumps I get with these types of videos!
Clemson win over Alabama was their first National Championship since 1981 and came after Alabama had beat Clemson in the National Championship game the year before. Clemson went on to trounce Alabama in the 2019 National Championship game.
Hunter Renfro who caught the pass was a walk on and made the team from the practice squad. They said he was too small and too slow for major college football. He is beloved by all Clemson fans and was drafted by the LA now Los Vegas Raiders as an after thought. Last year he was 2nd on the Raiders in Receiving.
I hope this helps.
(PS: My ex is an Alabama Grad and I bleed Clemson Orange, so I LOVED this).
I’ll add a little bit of context for the Clemson vs Louisville play. As some people have told you, teams are ranked and this is a game between the 3rd best team and the 5th best team which is a very big game. On top of that, the quarterbacks in this game were the 2 best quarterbacks in college football that year and both have become very good NFL quarterbacks. So this game carried a lot of weight which is why the play was included
Yes, the Michigan, Michigan State, game is a huge rivalry, in both football & basketball. This game was Played at Michigan Stadium in front of 111,740 spectators. The University of Michigan stadium is considered the largest stadium for college football in the country, Michigan has a record for having at least 100,000 fans in attendance for every game dating back to 1975, Michigan does not give any respect to Michigan State, and calls them little brother, I am a huge Michigan fan and this was devastating
Kick Six will always give me goosebumps.
To people who don’t know, the little number next to the team names is there ranking. The top 25 teams in the country are ranked and if they have no number they are unranked. So it makes it amazing when an unranked team beats a highly ranked team
I remember watching that Auburn vs Alabama game live and my dad and I (who are not fans of either team btw) both gradually got up from our seats and starting yelling at the television... it's a moment I'll never forget...
Also Alabama vs Auburn is called the Iron Bowl... they are both colleges in the state of Alabama
i’d argue that the auburn-alabama rivalry is the biggest in college football. the story of auburn’s 2013 season is great, there are a lot of documentaries/videos about that season and the rivalry.
No man. Michigan/OSU is by far the biggest
@@BlueDebut facts. go bucks
❌ichigan/OSU is #1. Bama/burn number 2 for sure
OU/Texas and Michigan/OSU are way bigger
@@BlueDebut how is it by far the biggest when it's not even a rivalry....you call Michigan winning 1 time in the last 16 years a rivalry? Bama and auburn have crazy games as to osu dominating Michigan....Bama and auburn are the biggest
7:49 Yes, Michigan and State are rivals. Michigan is State's biggest rival but the team that just lost the national championship is Michigan's greatest rival. Michigan v the that team is called 'The Game'. Go Blue!
College football isn't my top sport or anything, but honestly that "kick six" game at the 5:00 mark of this video - the whole game - might be the greatest game of any sport I've ever seen. I remember having that feeling at the time. It was incredibly close, well played, and dramatic throughout the whole thing. And it ends on one of the all time plays in history. So as crazy as the play was, that whole game being what it was made it that much more special.
Make sure to check the top corners of the video. Both of the Alabama vs Clemson games are national championship games. Also when you see SEC in the top right, you know it’s gonna be a show.
Oh, Michigan/Michigan state is a huge in-state rivalry. Usually, in the last week of the regular season, all the rival teams play each other. It's what you would call a Darby day in your style of football--a Liverpool/Chelsea, or ManU vs. Man City situation, If you will. This weekend, you get Auburn/Alabama, Michigan/Michigan State, Kansas/Kansas State, Washington/Washington State, UC Berkley vs. Stanford, and many others.
What a mistake in such a huge rivalry! Appreciate the interaction and comparison mate!
The last week of game play is riverly week but the game of michigan wolverines is vs the ohio State buckeyes it's been that way for decades. Michigan wolverines and michigan state is not much of a riverly. If you ask any buckeye who the riverl is they would say the team up north (michigan wolverines). That riverly has costed coaches at both schools job if they lose to many against the opposite team.
florida vs florida state georgia tech vs georgia
The Auburn-Alabama finish is the American football equivalent of the Leicester City-Watford promotion playoff finish from 2013.
This man needs to see a live game with a full crowd in person
Yes Michigan-Michigan State is a great and bitter rivalry and that play, while not the prettiest, is to me the most miraculous and epic of all. The one who scored, Jalen Watts-Jackson, broke his hip at the end of the play.
5:12 That is what we call "Going coast to coast" (Running from one end zone to the other).
What’s amazing is that 4th and 18 play against Georgia was the week before the kick 6 return against alabama. That 2013 auburn team was 500/1 odds to win the Championship
4:20. That play is known as a Kick Six. My wife and I drove back from Michigan to Chicago when most of that game was going on. We lived in downtown Chicago where parking is hard to find. She proposed to me "If you're willing to carry all of the luggage up to the apartment, I'll find a parking space for the car." I agreed and carried all of the luggage up and flipped the TV on literally like a minute before the play happened. Its one of those things I'll always have ingrained in my memory.
Wow awesome story and im glad you just maneged to get it on!
(I'm a bama fan, just for context) I was 11 on that day, we watched what seemed like an all day endeavor. I sat back with a smirk before the play happened and when he missed i looked back and said to my dad "well time for overtime" and then everyone started screaming when I looked back he was on the 80 it felt so slow back then. Thing was more emotion and trash talking had gone into that iron bowl then any since I was so young I just started crying when it ended (the entirety of my family are auburn fan btw)
A missed field goal attempt being returned at all is extremely rare. A missed field goal attempt being returned 109 yards for a winner in a tie game in the iron bowl (Alabama vs Auburn. Both teams are in Alabama, it's the premier league equivalent of a derby) with no time on the clock is beyond crazy
I’m a huge Clemson fan the first Clemson one was the national championship and it was in 2016 and was Clemsons first championship since 1981 the second Clemson one against Louisville the tackle made on that play one Clemson the game
Beesley, you're absolutely correct when you say that Michigan and Michigan State must be a huge rivalry. It's monstrous, and has been for decades, as it is for every game across the country involving 2 schools from the same state.
Also, we have a lot of cities and towns here that confound us with their pronunciations, aside from those outside the country, such as yourself. That said, Louisville is pronounced LOU-ee-ville, reflecting its French roots, by most of the country, but the locals say LOU-uh-vull, with the 'vull' rhyming with 'full', reflecting the fact that it's in the South.
Oh and that Clemson Alabama game where they scored with 1 second left was the National Championship game of the 2016 season. Essentially the Super bowl of college football
To the roar of the stands after the miracle play, add the shouts and screams of the fans at home watching the game on tv. On Saturdays in nice weather, we can hear the neighbors from all around us, including the farmer and his friends out in the barn. If I’m.not watching the game, I can keep up by hearing which houses cheer and which ones groan.
That Clemson-Alabama clip was the 2016-2017 season National Championship. Clemson had lost by a narrow margin to Alabama in the championship the year before, and this was their revenge game. Renfrow caught the game-winning pass to take home the trophy.
My husband is a huge Miami fan. We screamed so loud during that Duke game we lost our voices for about 2 days. It was incredible to watch.
I'm not a fan of either team, but the officiating crew and replay crew were suspended because they missed several illegal blocks and at least two times where Miami players with the ball were down by contact during that play and they were not called and the on field crew and replay officials in the booth missed it, but even to the average fan, it was obvious that the play should have been whistled dead several times and the game ended and Duke should have won the game. Duke got for sure robbed and Miami got away with one.
I just found your channel, and I have to say I absolutely LOVE it
BSU...Tostitos Fiesta Bowl. Greatest college game ending of all time :)
Yo the alabama-auburn game where he missed the field goal that game is probably the best Miracle play of all time. There was so much on that game and it probably the biggest rivalry in college football. Im an Auburn fan and I was watching that game at an Alabama fans house. It was amazing.
Alabama vs Auburn is a very insane rivalry. An Alabama fan literally straight up murdered this beloved grove of trees on Auburn’s campus. That’s how crazy that rivalry is between Alabama and Auburn.
Lol murdered a tree. You're making it sound more serious than it. It's a game
@@mikebarnes7441 wait... what? it’s a game? Harvey Updike drove spikes filled with powerful herbicides into the ground next to 100+ year old oak trees, which killed the trees. Say whatever you want about my choice of words. But to kill any living thing, be it plant, animal, or whatever... over a sports rivalry? That’s really effed up. That kinda pushes a “rivalry” to a very different place.
@@mikebarnes7441 that actually did happen though
@@samparker5488 I know. But lumping Alabama fans together with murderers is a bit dramatic. Especially putting it out there like that to someone who is sorta just learning more about the sport and the traditions of American Football, that's just not right in my opinion.
@@mikebarnes7441 ah makes more sense, I agree
U deserve more subs my guy, great vid!
Cant even tell you how jealous I am that you are seeing this for the first time... goosebumps
Amazing video ❤️
Thanks babe ❤❤
For the clemson-louisville game, the reason it was so significant that he was stopped short is because it was 4th down, meaning louisville lost control of the ball and had to go on defense, meaning they lost the game. If he had made a first down, there was a very good chance that they could've scored a touchdown and won.
2 back to back "Hail Mary" passes to the endzone were by BYU in the same season. Home team usually wears dark shirts (called "jerseys").
If I was there, or on a xoom call, I could have described the setting of some of these games. That long kick return on the missed field goal in the Alabama game, that's a rivalry game with those teams, it's called The Iron Bowl. Alabama was a juggernaut that year. They were headed toward winning the National Championship. But Auburn pulled off the big upset. It sent shock waves through the college sports world. I happened to see maybe half of those games. It would have been fun to set the stage of some of those games for you.
I lived in Florida when that pass against Tennessee, and when he made that catch the whole city was so hyped and its funny cause we just beat them last weekend in Florida. 🐊🐊🐊
My favorite college team (Duke, the one that got lateraled on by Miami) only have a football capacity of 40,000. Most of the time, they don't even have 20,000 people. It is still so loud there sometimes. Home field advantage is legit. Also, the lateral play was supposed to be blown dead (as one of the players was tackled with the ball). It wasn't a touchdown, but the refs called it one anyway. All of the refs from that game got suspended for a week.
I have no love for either team(I watch B1G), but I was furious at that call. That play should've been blown dead well before the end. What a shit show of refereeing.
Missed an obvious block in the back near the end, too. I mean I get letting the play continue in case he wasn't down, but you gotta get it right in review.
I've seen this video before, truly some amazing finishes to these games
Yep insane mate!
Love the content my guy!! College football has a lot more emotion involved and the atmosphere is insane. There’s rivalries such as USC vs UCLA or Auburn vs Alabama, very similar to a game like Manchester United and City. NFL is great but college is pure electric with guys who have nothing to lose and put everything into this sport.
Louise-ville XD
Good video man.
The tennessee georgia hail mary was even crazier because they seemed to seal the game with a 60yd TD bomb or something like that. With 11 seconds left and then we did that at their homefield 😂🧡
How has that worked out for tennessee.
Very nice video mate
Appreciate it mate!
This guy actually kinda understands American football I’m impressed
The back-to-back BYU Hail Marys the second and third clip happened in back-to-back weeks as well
-Michigan St vs Michigan is the state of Michigan's rivaly.
-Alabama vs Clemson was for the Nation Championship and Alabama were ranked #1.
-Alabama vs Auburn is the rivaly game for these state of Alabama teams, called the Iron Bowl. Also in this game, the winner would go to the SEC Championship Game and then play for the National Title.
-Some of these are unranked teams beating ranked teams.
Hey man, it's impressive how many of the factors you've learned to consider. You are obviously very intuitive. Well done...
In college football, you would ideally go a whole season without a loss. It's pretty rare that the National Championship team loses a game in the season. It can happen, and does, but it isn't ideal for a National Championship.
Just found u boutta binge ur whole channel next week lmao
Legend ahah appreciate that mate!
As a Michigan State alum, I can confirm that Michigan and Michigan State are huge rivals. To put it into European soccer terms, think Manchester United and Manchester City. Man United's archrival is always going to be Liverpool, but they and Man City hated each other even before City became good. That's basically the dynamic between Michigan, Ohio State, and Michigan State.
And yes, we've had a fair number of miracles in our history. There was another spectacular one against Michigan in 2001, well before the era covered in the original video. Michigan State was down by four at the end of the game, but had the ball close to Michigan's end zone. Time was about to run out, but Michigan State was able to stop the clock with one second--according to Michigan fans, a very long second--left on the clock. Michigan State then threw a touchdown to win. It was a thrilling victory for Michigan State fans, but to this day Michigan supporters insist the clock should have expired and the game ended before that last play.
I love that he has no idea he paused it on the most iconic scene from that Michigan punt
No need to apologize Beesley, we know what you meant, and I don't think you pause too much. Some UA-camrs do pause too much, but to me you are just fine. Great reactions btw.
Appreciate it mate! :D
The Auburn plays are two different games. Back to back weeks. The Kick Six has to be the Greatest play in CFB history. Bama going for 3peat, Auburn coming off 3-9 season. SEC West on the line. Insane
There are 10 conferences in the top level division 1 college FB. Each conferences has its own Commissioner, referees, TV deals, league championships .
They are essentially 10 NFL leagues under 1 umbrella that play for 1 national champion. So the rivalry between conferences are as big as the conferences rivalries.
As much as it would kills you if your conference rivalry was playing in the national championship against a team from another conferences you would probably want your conference mate to win . This gives your conference/your team status .
that play that you said you needed context for: it was the national championship game and alabama was the favorite. and for that last second touchdown to happen was insane. clemson one this game on the last second.
Awesome cheers for that! Mental finish!
I have seen several amazing college football plays in person!
Info: Louisville and Louisiana were named after King Louis of France. Both were part of the French colony here. Pronunciation would be: Lou-ie.
Here is some background behind these moments. Sorry if it's too long.
1. TCU kept its dream season alive with that play, and Patrick Mahomes and Texas Tech almost pulled off one of the greatest upsets in CFB history.
2. BYU delivered quite the victory to open off the 2016 season against Nebraska.
3. BYU would deliver another Hail Mary miracle against in state rival Boise State 1 week later.
4. North Carolina State had a chance to pull off the upset of the year vs soon to be champion Cemson, but choked and would end up losing in overtime keeping Clemson's championship season going.
5. The Deep South's oldest rivalry between Georgia and Auburn had many special moments in the past, but the 2013 "Prayer at Jordan-Hare" as we Auburn fans call it was without a doubt the most special of them all. (I was at that game too. War Eagle)
6. 2 weeks after Auburn's miracle Hail Mary against Georgia, they would have one more miracle to pull off against their arch nemesis Alabama. Alabama and Auburn or the Iron Bowl is arguably the greatest rivalry in CFB history. Bama was #1 and Auburn was #4. Whoever won this game would play for the conference championship, and more than likely the national championship. This moment will forever be remembered as the Kick Six.
7. Alabama and Georgia were playing in the National Championship in 2017. When Bama's first QB was taken out, future star Tua Tagovailoa would step on to the scene and seal the deal with a pass to future Hesiman Trophy winner, Devonte Smith.
8. This was a great moment, but it shouldn't have happened. Further replay showed at 7:04 the runner was down and the game should've ended right then and there.
9. All he had to do was punt the ball, but the spartans won the game and would eventually go to the CFB playoff.
10. The one catch that I think is better than Odell's.
11. Georgia Tech would spoil Florida State's playoff dreams by upsetting the unbeaten Seminoles in spectacular fashion.
12. Penn State would send Ohio State's playoff chances up in flames after this great moment.
13. Tennessee kept a pulse on their dream season by heaving it to the end zone hoping for a miracle, he got it.
14. Michigan State sent Wisconsin packing after a miracle tipped Hail Mary to end it.
15. The small school of Central Michigan pulls off a huge upset by beating Oklahoma State in spectacular fashion.
16. Florida kept its winning streak against Tennessee alive after a shot to the end zone and drowning the Vols in the swamp.
17. Clemson would give the Tide another big game losing by 1 second in the National Championship game.
18. Virginia Tech put in a last ditch effort to beat the top 15 Cornhuskers.
19. Louisville's playoff hopes would be dashed by 1 yard against Clemson.
20. An underrated and heart breaking Choke for the longhorns.
21. Texas silences the haters by beating top 10 ranked Notre Dame.
21. Michigan State punches their ticket to the Playoff by barley beating Iowa in their conference championship.
22. Sony Michel sends Georgia to the National Championship in Overtime against Oklahoma.
Not too long! Really appreciate the insight and will read it all after work mate!
The seemingly unremarkable pass at 13:13 between Alabama and Clemson was the last play of the National Championship game.
That Michigan-Michigan state game was terrible. As a Michigan fan, I could not believe that happened. Also yea it’s a pretty huge rivalry. The only bigger one is us and Ohio state
Great job for just starting. College football rocks!
Context for the Alabama-Auburn Game (unofficially referred to as the Iron Bowl) where Auburn ran the attempted field goal back for a touchdown.
Auburn is Alabama's greatest rivalry (They are the two dominant programs in Alabama). It is traditionally the final game of the season. In 2013 Alabama was ranked #1 and Auburn #4 in the country at the time of the game. The upset cost Alabama the opportunity to play for the championship and earned Auburn the opportunity.
I was at the game that day in Jordon -Hare Stadium. Unfortunately I am an Alabama Fan
One of my last good memories w my dad is watching that iron bowl live when Chris Davis returned it 110 yards. and nick saban face lmaoooo!you know Alabama’s practice was hell the next week!
4:30. Intra-state rivalry between Auburn and Alabama. Auburn was involved in the previous clip as well. Same season--2013.
Jus glad my Spartans of mich st made it 3 times, they coulda made it more, they are also the most frustrating team to root for, were like a big club that isn’t that big that wins something once a decade, we’re like west ham with some trophies
love seeing that Michigan State win over Michigan. I can watch that over and over. Great rivalry.