re: Why is a 41-38 regarded as the best game ever played?

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I think everyone knows that game was the de facto national championship that year once it was known Notre Dame would be the opponent.

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Listening to ESPN in the lead up to that game you would have thought the opposite was true. There were quite a few talking heads who truly believed Notre Dame was the better team. Then it turned out to be one of the most lopsided national championship games in the history of college football.