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Why is a 41-38 regarded as the best game ever played?
Posted on 5/29/14 at 3:23 am
Posted on 5/29/14 at 3:23 am
Both teams amassed 550 plus yards and a game that both defenses showed up for the first quarter then shite the bed. Why are offensive shoot outs so exciting for people? It would seem you'd want a game where offense defense and special teams all have a decent game sorta like a 28-24 game or a 34-28 game (no shots fired, it really was a good game) shite, the 21-17 Alabama game or the LSU-Clemson game were exciting despite not being high scoring. I just don't get it at all. This Big-12/PAC-12 offensive mentality kills me.
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Posted on 5/29/14 at 3:25 am to UnAnon
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I just don't get it at all.
Because you've been watching a Les Miles coached offense for the last decade.
Posted on 5/29/14 at 3:33 am to UnAnon
Dude.
National Championship.
Two Heisman winners and a runner up.
USC vs. Texas
Rose Bowl in Pasadena
Both teams undefeated.
Last second win by the greatest QB to ever play the game. (College)
tDecline starts for USC soon after.
National Championship.
Two Heisman winners and a runner up.
USC vs. Texas
Rose Bowl in Pasadena
Both teams undefeated.
Last second win by the greatest QB to ever play the game. (College)
tDecline starts for USC soon after.
This post was edited on 5/29/14 at 3:35 am
Posted on 5/29/14 at 4:20 am to UnAnon
Given the stage, the stakes, and the talent on the field, you can't ask for a better game.
Sure "better" games have been played, but none at that stage with that spotlight.
Sure "better" games have been played, but none at that stage with that spotlight.
Posted on 5/29/14 at 7:24 am to UnAnon
As an Alabama fan, the 9-6 game in 2011 was the most intense game I have ever sat through. The way the defenses were playing you knew the first offense to make a big mistake would lose (Maze interception). I love defensive struggles because one big play by the offense can win it. You sit on pins during every snap wondering if this is the "one play". The high scoring games you don't care if the other team scores because you know you are fixing to answer when you get the ball back.
Posted on 5/29/14 at 7:25 am to UnAnon
Not once, anywhere, in your title or post, did you tell us what fricking game you're talking about.
Quit trying to be some "ooooh I'm gonna be cryptic and make people guess and figure it out" shitehead and just tell us the game.
Quit trying to be some "ooooh I'm gonna be cryptic and make people guess and figure it out" shitehead and just tell us the game.
Posted on 5/29/14 at 8:53 am to UnAnon
9-6... GOAT!
Posted on 5/29/14 at 8:55 am to UnAnon
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Why is a 41-38 regarded as the best game ever played?
It's no 3-2, but it was a damn good game.
Posted on 5/29/14 at 8:57 am to UnAnon
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sorta like a 28-24 game or a 34-28 game
How about a 27-24 game?
Posted on 5/29/14 at 9:05 am to UnAnon
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Why is a 41-38 regarded as the best game ever played?
As soon as I saw that score and "best game ever played",......this was the game that came to mind.
EPIC IN MIAMI
Posted on 5/29/14 at 11:05 am to UnAnon
Because you have idiots running ESPN and promoting it as such.
A great game must have plays made on both sides by both the offense and defense, if greatest game were only considered by high scores the the 59-57 win by TAMU over Louisiana directional ( whoever it was ) was better.
IMOH, the best game I ever saw was Auburn vs. Bama in 85.
As for the truly best 2 teams playing on the field I would go with Bama 9 LSU 6, but it can't be the best game because both defense dominated, which is why the USC vs. Texas game cant be the best game either, the offenses dominated.
A great game must have plays made on both sides by both the offense and defense, if greatest game were only considered by high scores the the 59-57 win by TAMU over Louisiana directional ( whoever it was ) was better.
IMOH, the best game I ever saw was Auburn vs. Bama in 85.
As for the truly best 2 teams playing on the field I would go with Bama 9 LSU 6, but it can't be the best game because both defense dominated, which is why the USC vs. Texas game cant be the best game either, the offenses dominated.
Posted on 5/29/14 at 11:51 am to UnAnon
Because the best game ever played ended 34-28 last year.
Posted on 5/29/14 at 11:53 am to UnAnon
Did you even watch the game?
Incredible back and forth affair. Big plays by some of the best college players of the BCS era. Big names all over the place. Horns looked dead in the 4th, it took a heroic effort from the best college QB of the era, and a HUGE 4th down stop, to win that game.
USC's offense averaged 7.49 yards per play, the best of the BCS era, and Texas also averaged 7.07 yards per play.
There were two heisman winners ON THE SAME TEAM. Plus a Heisman runner up on the other. USC had won the two previous national titles and had not lost a game in more than 2 years!
Incredible back and forth affair. Big plays by some of the best college players of the BCS era. Big names all over the place. Horns looked dead in the 4th, it took a heroic effort from the best college QB of the era, and a HUGE 4th down stop, to win that game.
USC's offense averaged 7.49 yards per play, the best of the BCS era, and Texas also averaged 7.07 yards per play.
There were two heisman winners ON THE SAME TEAM. Plus a Heisman runner up on the other. USC had won the two previous national titles and had not lost a game in more than 2 years!
Posted on 5/29/14 at 12:03 pm to UnAnon
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This post was edited on 5/29/14 at 12:04 pm
Posted on 5/29/14 at 12:03 pm to UnAnon
Agree, OP. Good point.
This has nothing to do with Bama or auburn, so God knows why this thread is yet ANOTHER shitfest about our two schools. The point is that great defense is just as much a part of the game, and with that recognition it is hard to call 41-38 the greatest game of all time.
This has nothing to do with Bama or auburn, so God knows why this thread is yet ANOTHER shitfest about our two schools. The point is that great defense is just as much a part of the game, and with that recognition it is hard to call 41-38 the greatest game of all time.
Posted on 5/29/14 at 2:37 pm to UnAnon
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Both teams amassed 550 plus yards and a game that both defenses showed up for the first quarter then shite the bed. Why are offensive shoot outs so exciting for people? It would seem you'd want a game where offense defense and special teams all have a decent game sorta like a 28-24 game or a 34-28 game (no shots fired, it really was a good game) shite, the 21-17 Alabama game or the LSU-Clemson game were exciting despite not being high scoring. I just don't get it at all. This Big-12/PAC-12 offensive mentality kills me.
Pretty much because it was a great football game that saw the unbeatable USC juggernaut fall in the last second in a game that went back and forth all day long.
It may not have been definitely the best game ever played, but for the average viewer, it was some real good entertainment.
You can respect a good defensive slugfest, but at the end of the day your run of the mill fan is going to prefer some offense to running up the middle three times and punting.
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