Arizona St. had the National Title all but in their pocket. This heartbreaking loss made the Sugar Bowl a de facto National Championship game between Florida and FSU. Florida destroyed FSU 52-20 winning its 3rd National Championship.
Then Vermeil got the head coaching with the St. Louis Rams...& what did they do? Beat Tennessee Titans 23-17 in Super Bowl XXXIV, & made Vermeil the oldest head coach in NFL history to win the Super Bowl...at that time. And who was the QB for the Rams in that amazing game? Some grocery clerk from a small town in Iowa named...Kurt Warner.
@@peterdoucet7974 You are awesome. You are an expert in the history of the NFL Dick Vermeil is a legend. Kurt Warner is the best player in the history of American football who was totally ignored by the NFL draft
32:30...one of the enduring plays in the history of college football. Snake Plummer evading that ferocious Buckeye blitz, turning a sack for most college QBs in to what seemed for a moment to be a possible national championship winning touchdown (I knew Florida was beating Florida State in the Sugar Bowl). Musberger's call and Vermeil's fan like whoop as he scored...I'll never forget it. Unfortunately for people who love underdogs like myself, Joe Germaine picked the one time in his underwhelming career to actually show up in a big time moment.
Thanks for sharing. I was at that game and being an ASU alum it was a tough pill to swallow. Both teams had some amazing NFL talent, especially OSU. Great game!!
As a Sun Devil who was there, thank you for this video. I watched it hoping the end would be different to no avail. 😢😢. And in a sick twist of fate, my son’s HS football coach ended up being Joe Germaine.
Such a classic! Your channel is awesome! Would love to see more 1996 or 1997 Ohio State games, if you have any. Stanley Jackson and David Boston were both so fun to watch.
As far as I'm concerned, this was the true national championship game this year. Those were the best two teams in the country that year. This was the best Arizona State team of all time, completely hammered Nebraska. Ohio State's 1996 squad may be the best one-loss team of all time. Their best game was dismantling a dynamite Penn State team piece by piece (a Penn State team that some years would've won the national title), but had a bad half against Michigan. They shut out four teams and only allowed more than 17 points once.
If the Buckeyes had taken care of business against Michigan like they should have, this would've been the national championship game between the last two undefeated teams in college football. I would think that ASU would've been a virtual lock for the title with a win in this game. I'm an Ohio State fan but they only had themselves to blame for not winning the title in '96. They should've beaten Michigan handily and they choked.
@@harryhighland591 It's honestly amazing how many times from 1988-2003 OSU choked against Michigan. Outside of 2002, the only wins against Michigan in that stretch came when the national title wasn't on the table (1994, 1998, 2001). Then in 2004, the fortunes reverse and since then it's been 15-1.
@@AltoonaYourPiano To be fair not all of those losses were chokes by OSU. In some of those years, particularly early in Cooper's tenure, Michigan simply had better teams. But 1996 sticks out because the game was in the Horseshoe, Ohio State was a 17-point favorite and Michigan was only 6-4 and had just lost to a bad Purdue team. No way the Bucks should've lost that game esp given the stakes.
Crazy watching the score, time displays from the 90s or lack-there-of. I watched an interesting video that dug into the evolution of how fans experience the tv broadcast of football and they said up until the 2000s or so you had to just know what was going on, insinuating that you were invested in the game. There's literally NO CLOCK, DOWN or YTG display at all until the downs reset-minus the end of the game. I don't remember it being this lacking in that department in 1997! My lacking memory initially disagreed with the video until a few things like this remind you. Also THIS specific year made me SUN DEVILS fan. Im from South Carolina (unfortunately) and am a true and faithful (unfortunately) a Gamecock, but ya know, being a kid you have to have a few other teams you like. And ASU was my jam with fucking Jake "the Snake" Plummer and JR Redmond. As well as the BEAST GANGSTER AS DE #94 who fucking BLOCKED the SHIT outta those damn field goals 30:25 AND and did this during the season as well . Also that Hall of Fame CFB catch 11:07. and literally almost snagged another one hander AGAIN at 18:15. FUCK OSU but Big Props to KATZ Staple LB in College Football in the late 90s and great hit at 10:40. And the late, the great, head coach of the sun devils went on to have a great comedy career including SNL the great Phil Hartman. ASU got robbed from that EPIC ass FG block, then pitch back by the same GANGSTER!
Dude that was a forward lateral by easily a full yard lol. This game also wasn't that close as ASU's first touchdown is CLEARLY bounced up into his chest by the ground. But go off homie 🙄
Or we can discuss Ricky Boyer not actually catching the first touchdown of the game for ASU. Replay would have wiped that, unless it was the OSU Clemson review team……
To the snake eye it's gambling The I formation it's two up and go and short route and run that's all to think about who's on first and Second who's second catch this asking who's the pitcher I don't know but everybody know who's the catcher is in and out everyday it is gambling period it's a mortal sin like prostitution
the game that finally taught me that Arizona sports teams will always, eventually, let you down
I was there...coolest buckeye game I ever attended. The final 4 minutes were loud and wild! Go bucks!
Proud member of Buckeye Nation here, I live in Mesa AZ which is Sun Devil territory. They’re fans still hate us because of this game 😂😂😂
Haha. Yep!!! 😂😂
4:55 Wow -- I didn't know Pat Tillman played in this game. RIP
35:40 Vermeil provides my favorite line of football analysis ever: "Those officials ought to donate their checks to charity."
This was his last game as a TV commentator - you could hear in the passion in his voice that he was ready to get back to coaching.
Vermeil is bar none the best color commentator we ever had for college football. Also refreshing to hear commentators willing to call out the refs.
Arizona St. had the National Title all but in their pocket. This heartbreaking loss made the Sugar Bowl a de facto National Championship game between Florida and FSU. Florida destroyed FSU 52-20 winning its 3rd National Championship.
@@user-em1dw3ft6m That was Florida’s first national championship.
Mike Vrabel, Luke Fickell, Andy Katzenmoyer, Shawn Springs, David Boston, Orlando Pace. My Lord.
Joe Germaine was an underrated OSU qb
The final game for one of the best college football announcer duos of the 90s- Brent Musburger and Dick Vermeil
Then Vermeil got the head coaching with the St. Louis Rams...& what did they do? Beat Tennessee Titans 23-17 in Super Bowl XXXIV, & made Vermeil the oldest head coach in NFL history to win the Super Bowl...at that time.
And who was the QB for the Rams in that amazing game? Some grocery clerk from a small town in Iowa named...Kurt Warner.
@@peterdoucet7974
You are awesome.
You are an expert in the history of the NFL
Dick Vermeil is a legend.
Kurt Warner is the best player in the history of American football who was totally ignored by the NFL draft
Also you know who Vermeil’s first draft pick with the Rams was? Orlando Pace
that game made the sugar bowl the day after that game for all of the marbles
32:30...one of the enduring plays in the history of college football. Snake Plummer evading that ferocious Buckeye blitz, turning a sack for most college QBs in to what seemed for a moment to be a possible national championship winning touchdown (I knew Florida was beating Florida State in the Sugar Bowl). Musberger's call and Vermeil's fan like whoop as he scored...I'll never forget it. Unfortunately for people who love underdogs like myself, Joe Germaine picked the one time in his underwhelming career to actually show up in a big time moment.
You had better go back and check on that. Underwhelming???
Thanks for sharing. I was at that game and being an ASU alum it was a tough pill to swallow. Both teams had some amazing NFL talent, especially OSU. Great game!!
As a Sun Devil who was there, thank you for this video. I watched it hoping the end would be different to no avail. 😢😢. And in a sick twist of fate, my son’s HS football coach ended up being Joe Germaine.
Such a classic! Your channel is awesome! Would love to see more 1996 or 1997 Ohio State games, if you have any. Stanley Jackson and David Boston were both so fun to watch.
David Boston is doing dumbbell curls right now
Can we discuss how shitty the FG kickers were during the entirety of John Coopers tenure?
As far as I'm concerned, this was the true national championship game this year. Those were the best two teams in the country that year. This was the best Arizona State team of all time, completely hammered Nebraska. Ohio State's 1996 squad may be the best one-loss team of all time. Their best game was dismantling a dynamite Penn State team piece by piece (a Penn State team that some years would've won the national title), but had a bad half against Michigan. They shut out four teams and only allowed more than 17 points once.
If the Buckeyes had taken care of business against Michigan like they should have, this would've been the national championship game between the last two undefeated teams in college football. I would think that ASU would've been a virtual lock for the title with a win in this game. I'm an Ohio State fan but they only had themselves to blame for not winning the title in '96. They should've beaten Michigan handily and they choked.
@@harryhighland591 It's honestly amazing how many times from 1988-2003 OSU choked against Michigan. Outside of 2002, the only wins against Michigan in that stretch came when the national title wasn't on the table (1994, 1998, 2001). Then in 2004, the fortunes reverse and since then it's been 15-1.
@@AltoonaYourPiano To be fair not all of those losses were chokes by OSU. In some of those years, particularly early in Cooper's tenure, Michigan simply had better teams. But 1996 sticks out because the game was in the Horseshoe, Ohio State was a 17-point favorite and Michigan was only 6-4 and had just lost to a bad Purdue team. No way the Bucks should've lost that game esp given the stakes.
You’re crazy as hell… Florida and Florida state would have blown both of these teams out in their own stadiums.
Stop writing crap.
In 1996 FSU and UF was better teams than Ohio St.
Don't let your buckeye fanaticism make you write crap.
This is the first memory I have of football.. iconic
Such a courageous performance
Crazy watching the score, time displays from the 90s or lack-there-of. I watched an interesting video that dug into the evolution of how fans experience the tv broadcast of football and they said up until the 2000s or so you had to just know what was going on, insinuating that you were invested in the game. There's literally NO CLOCK, DOWN or YTG display at all until the downs reset-minus the end of the game. I don't remember it being this lacking in that department in 1997! My lacking memory initially disagreed with the video until a few things like this remind you. Also THIS specific year made me SUN DEVILS fan. Im from South Carolina (unfortunately) and am a true and faithful (unfortunately) a Gamecock, but ya know, being a kid you have to have a few other teams you like. And ASU was my jam with fucking Jake "the Snake" Plummer and JR Redmond. As well as the BEAST GANGSTER AS DE #94 who fucking BLOCKED the SHIT outta those damn field goals 30:25 AND and did this during the season as well . Also that Hall of Fame CFB catch 11:07. and literally almost snagged another one hander AGAIN at 18:15. FUCK OSU but Big Props to KATZ Staple LB in College Football in the late 90s and great hit at 10:40. And the late, the great, head coach of the sun devils went on to have a great comedy career including SNL the great Phil Hartman.
ASU got robbed from that EPIC ass FG block, then pitch back by the same GANGSTER!
Dude that was a forward lateral by easily a full yard lol. This game also wasn't that close as ASU's first touchdown is CLEARLY bounced up into his chest by the ground. But go off homie 🙄
Never seen officiating like this game. Probably why they started reviewing the plays.
2003 Florida/fsu played a big part in that too. Worst officiating ever.
Ohio State's Last New Year's Day Bowl Game in Pasadena until January 2010.
#2 arizona state not playing for the bcs national championship
The BCS did not start until the following year.
I think that game was the Natty. This BCS crap stunk from the start!
@@richardpavlik5585 no it was 2 years later. Because had it been the following season, Nebraska would of played Michigan.
Yes after the 97 season the BCS was created
OSU did it 23 years is along wait but the big ten decade was the 90s
do you have 1994 UF uga
ASU gifted the game to OSU with two silly penalties at the end of that game.
Or their CB just let our receiver burn him and rather take a PI than to let up a td lol
Or we can discuss Ricky Boyer not actually catching the first touchdown of the game for ASU. Replay would have wiped that, unless it was the OSU Clemson review team……
To the snake eye it's gambling The I formation it's two up and go and short route and run that's all to think about who's on first and Second who's second catch this asking who's the pitcher I don't know but everybody know who's the catcher is in and out everyday it is gambling period it's a mortal sin like prostitution
20-10 lol
This was a great game. 🌹 Both teams had great players.