re: how does one play make you the best player in cfb?

Best player in 05 blee dat

I support what he's saying... KeKe Mingo made a far more impressive play against clemson in the backfield which also caused a fumble and knocked the player out the game, but it will never get the credit that hit got. If you dont know the play Im talking about go watch it... Mingo makes a far more athletic and professional play with the same result.
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IMO what made the hit in the bowl game versus Michigan so big was how it was set up by the events that preceded it. Michigan had just been awarded a first down off of a fake punt play that was clear for all TV viewers in the nation was NOT a first down. It was played on a 4th down, and the ball would've been USC's on loss of downs.

The bowl game was one of perhaps 2 that was being watched by the nation at the time. People who have no connection to either South Carolina or Michigan was watching this game.

When the first down call was made and the ball was clearly BEHIND the first down marker, CFB Nation BLEW UP. You could check all the major college sports forums and msg boards at the time: if they had a game thread going, posts poured in about how USC was getting cheated. If there were no game threads, then there were a proliferation of new threads started talking about it. Even dedicated Clemson boards were all lighting up, talking about USC being wronged. While the call was being reviewed in real time, EVERYONE was talking about USC getting screwed.

And then the next play happens. The internet was still buzzing about the "screw-job" of the 1st down call when Clowney obliterates Smith, forces the fumble, and recovers it for USC.

It was like, Divine Intervention. It was like, Justice From Up Above. The fact that the UM helmet goes flying out of any operating video camera's range at the game adds to the graphic impact. But surely the set up of the 1st down call preceding "The Hit" played a HUGE role in it being "The Hit"....

Have to agree. That LSU play was weak sauce in comparison.

That is the hardest hit I've ever seen. It was Ben rattling. Hell it hurt me and I was on he other side of a flat screen.

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I love having this many rivals though

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its a nice hit but the guy helment came off because of his dreads, not because of the force of clowneys hit.. you guys keep calling him a freak, like i said in the nfl there is about 40 freaks that play his position.

mingo best play was vs oregon running down lamicheal james from the opposite side of the line of scrimmage for a 2 yd lost.. that trumps that b.s. hit by clowney.

clowney best play to me was his missed tackle vs LSU's jc copeland. copeland ran twoards the sideline bounced off clowneys tackle revesed his field only to get caught on the other side of the field by clowney who had fallen down. this play trumps that b.s. hit vs michgan

A troll says what?

As an earlier poster said, JD Clowney should armdick punch you...

its the second play... and like I said it may not have been as big of a hit but thats because it was a more athletic play with all his momentum moving forward yet he somehow moves sideways like five yards to make the hit and cause the fumble.... it was a bad angle in that highlight but if u watch a replay of the game they show some impressive replays from a different angle. It's pure athleticism vs just a big unblocked hit where the rb ran straight at clowney... any football player can deliver that blow but very few can make the tackle Mingo did... idiots