Great game, but I believe #1 USC vs #2 UT 2005 Championship game cannot be dismissed in a conversation of the best game in the history of college football. The winning streaks on the line, the Heisman trophy back story, the trash talking, the media coverage, the come from behind win..... am I right?!
Unfortunately, I have to agree. I've only seen that game one time, as I was rooting hard for USC to win that. But from what I remember, I can't help but recall it being an epic game. Certainly UT's best game ever, no doubt.
While everyone remembers the ending of this game, most have forgotten what a great game it was from beginning to end. Leading up to the game all the talk was whether Boise State could even keep up with Oklahoma. From the opening drive, Boise State stood toe to toe with Oklahoma and had the lead for most of the game until just before these highlights began. Hands down the greatest football game of all time.
Watched this game with my Dad who has since passed on. He actually called a Boise State win before the game. I have watched football since 1967 and this is definitely the greatest game I have ever seen without question.
+Joshua Day Yup, same here. I was sitting around at the relatives place on New Years, flipping channels looking for something to watch. Okay, here is the Fiesta Bowl about to start. Out comes Boise State. I grew up in the Northwest, I was like "What? How is Boise State in the Fiesta Bowl? Aren't they in the Big Sky Conference? This should be interesting." I was glued to it for the whole game. A classic game, made me a Bronco fan.
The annoyance ptsd of this game is relived as an OU fan living in Oklahoma. I was only 13 at the time but yelled at tv, it was bullshit lol. OU always chokes at the end of every season on every big game since 2000. We have as many heiseman winners as Alabama but can’t do that
Some of the most creative and gutsiest play calling in bowl history. I had no dog in this fight but what a perfect ending. A freaking Statue of Liberty play to get 2 points and win it and then a marriage proposal?? WT actual F?! Amazing.
Me too. I’ve never been that into football but I can still remember how this made us all feel in Boise. I was in elementary school back then, am now going to college at BSU and so proud!
I remember waking my 14 year old son to watch the overtime with me. Wife comes down stairs after we woke her up from yelling at us to get turn the tv off since it was a school night for my son after Boise St. won. Greatest football game ever.
I love how he threw the game ball. Then realized what he did, and tried to retrieve it. lol.. This is one of the greatest games I've watched in my life, and I didn't even have a "dog in the fight".
Miami vs OSU(2002) Florida vs OSU, Utah State vs Alabama, Alabama vs Auburn (2010, 2013) Alabama vs Oklahoma, Nebraska vs Miami (1983) Texas Tech vs Texas (2008), OSU vs Alabama, OSU vs Oregon and finally this game. What these games taught me is that the underdog always bite the hardest no matter what.
This still gives me goosebumps! I cant believe it's been 11 years! I still remember hugging my brother after he scored the winning 2 point conversion. Gosh what a game!
A game that is immortalized in college football history - and Oklahoma Sooner infamy. It should’ve changed the face of college football, but even though we have a so-called “playoff”, the little guys like Boise State and Central Florida are still shut out even after undefeated seasons. Doesn’t seem right.
It became a business. Over time, the NCAA realized this is how you make the money... watching only the big systems destroying small boys. One day, it's gonna get punched in the face when URI beats a ranked opponent.
Well, Cinncy got the chance this last year, ranked 4th and undefeated. And Bama kicked the crap out of them. It’s easy to play cupcake teams all year long and win them all. Another entirely to go up against actual championship caliber teams. Remember undefeated Hawaii whining about not getting a fair ranking in 2007? Georgia destroyed them in the bowl game.
+GrandeRed Mine 1.Alabama vs Auburn 2013 it hurt bad 2.Michigan state vs Michigan 2015 3.Stanford vs Cal 1982 4.Boise state vs Oklahoma 5.Texas vs USC 2006
Alabama vs Auburn 2013 Iron Bowl. Alabama vs Clemson 2016 CFP National Championship. Alabama vs Clemson 2017 CFP National Championship. Alabama vs Georgia 2018 CFP National Championship. Georgia vs Oklahoma 2018 Rose Bowl. USC vs Penn State 2016 Rose Bowl. Texas vs USC 2005 BCS National Championship. Alabama vs Auburn 2011 Iron Bowl. Ohio State vs Michigan 2015 The Game. UCLA vs Texas A&M 2017. Oklahoma State vs Iowa State 2011. There are many more I can name but I’m not gonna bother. This was a very good game and it’s in the Top 50 games of all time but the BEST? Hell no!
I imagine those announcers has so much fun with that game. They sure didn't have to make small talk in the 4th quarter waiting for it to end, that's for sure!
Boodaviking Boo u must be joking the 2011-2012 season what make the playoffs bc Oklahoma State should have been in the national championship game over Alabama so since Alabama won then Oklahoma State actually WIN.
@@benl9325 Yep it's still broken. "Playoffs" should include the divisional winners of every conference, regardless of rankings or prestige. Why don't they just copy what the nfl does? Makes no sense to do otherwise. To he'll with who can fill up a larger stadium, I want the best each year to play each other.
Jared Zabransky is from my home town, he and my nephew were good friends, I help coach when he was a kid, my nephew died and at his funeral Jared took his jersey from the Honolulu bowl and put it on the table where my nephews ashes sat. He picked up his ashes and put them on the jersey. He then said “ I got you bro “. He’s such a great kid.
Don't know who gave this thumbs down except maybe some OK idiots - this is easily a top five bowl game, if not the best. Not a fan of either of these schools and I will never forget where I was when I watched it or talking about it for weeks after. Spectacular game!
I'm forever proud my school knocked down the door, and punched the Sooners/media in the mouth for the rest of the landscape to follow.. Go Orange! Go big blue! Fight! Fight! B-S-U!
The announcers were rooting for BSU themselves tho lol. Everyone wants to see the big program knocked off. I think a lot of media felt the same as normal people; that BSU didn’t stand s chance, but that’s why the games are played and during the game everyone but OU fans wanted this upset. Even as a lifelong fan of OU, I can look back and feel happy for this team and what they accomplished.
This was at a time where I had the luxury (no wife or kids) to watch almost every bowl game and i remember I had plans when this game aired. I'm so upset I did not get to see this live. Such a fun football game with an incredible improbable ending
Michigan and Michigan St game made it one of the best game because a mistake was made. this game is the best game ever because it shows an underdog beating a big team with trick plays in the last moments.
4:44 well we got our playoffs.... yet the undefeated non power conference teams still dont get a shot at the title... what did we accomplish.... I guess its a step but still not perfect.
Whether we remember it or not, this set in motion the College Playoff we now have. Never again could you argue a smaller program couldn’t hang with the blue bloods.
Keep this in mind as Chris Petersen, now coach of the Washington Huskies, goes in as a heavy underdog against Alabama. Will he pull from his bag of tricks again? Can he give Alabama a game? How can you NOT watch them play???
It's funny that they use this as the exam of why there needed to be a playoff. And then you had Hawaii, northern Illinois, ucf, and after all that the solution is they still don't let small schools into the playoff.
Exhibit A of why a playoff has been needed forever. It still needs to be expanded beyond 4 teams (there's what, 10 conferences and 128 teams?), but it's way better than strictly 1 vs. 2. Personally, I think 16 is reasonable. 10 conference champions with 6 wild cards.
Nearly ten years later? "The Russian (BCS system) is cut! The Russian IS CUT!!" That's what this game means to college football history. Greatest game of all time indeed, in combined gameplay and meaning.
I love at 0:40 those 4 naive OU "fan girls" after that hook-and-lateral score by Boise State acting like *it's fine, we're OU and we'll win this in overtime*. They acted like because their OU they're entitled to win this game. Nothing made me happier than all the looks on all those self-entitled OU fan faces after it all went horribly wrong for them in overtime. Shows just how spoiled of brats Sooners' fans are, they think national titles and bowl game victories are their entitlements for being OU!
Many people in the Sooner state would say that "a great season for OU isn't measured with a Big XII title or Bowl Game victory, but rather with a national title." The Sooners are ranked 3rd, only behind Alabama and Notre Dame for the most National titles. Since their last title in 2000, OU played in four other title games (from 2000-2010). The Sooners have more 11+ win seasons (22 seasons) than any other school. They also are tied with having more 10+ wins (36 seasons) tied with Alabama. Oklahoma has won 45 Conference titles, 154 All-Americans and 5 Heisman Trophy winners. What gives OU a bad reputation are some of their fans on various message boards are bad sports, lacking sportsmanship, and won't give other teams credit. I wouldn't go as far as labeling OU fans as self-entitled, because there a lot of OU fans that would admit to saying that the AP polls over rank the Sooner team. For instance, this year I would say that we were just an average team, having lost to Houston and Ohio State. I would've rather seen OU play Florida State in a bowl game to measure how much better they were at the end of the season. After all, the Big XII had a dismal conference this year, in my opinion. Boise State was up for the challenge, plus since Chris Peterson took over this program they were an awesome team. Just look at the Washington team he took over in 2014. Two years after he took over the program, he led them to the College Playoffs. And in an era in college football, where a lot of head coaching positions is like a revolving door, OU coach Bob Stoops has been the head coach since 1999 (17 seasons).
This is yet another reason I can't stand Oklahoma University and it's cocky AF fans! They act every year as if a winning a National Title is an entitlement and also act as if a season is a failure if they don't win all the marbles! Oh, plus if you live in OK and want to watch a Sooners' home game not televised on FOX, NBC, ABC, CBS, or ESPN you have to order it on Pay-Per-View (or pay a cover at a local bar if they'll PPV it). The icing on the OU hatred for me came very recently when they kept Joe Mixon on the team after he assaulted a woman and the tape was just released! I'm sorry, but OU is a trash university for condoning a culture of assaulting women! Boomer Losers!
Mike Ellington Boise State won, who cares about the past. This game is going down in history as one of the best games ever played, and OU lost. Deal with it.
Oh please, Oklahoma was nothing until 1946. What happened? They purchased all these great players returning from World War II. The entire program was built on fraud. But then again, your team's nickname is in honor of land rush cheaters.
FlynnRider4 excuse me? Bennie Owen, OU's coach in the 1920s and one of the pioneers of the game was nothing? What're you smoking? If calling ourselves the sooners triggers you so much do you have the same complaints of teams that call themselves the outlaws, devil's, raiders, pirates, etc?
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Watching the last 2 minutes of regulation and overtime of this game never gets old. Quite possibly the best game in the history of college football.
Great game, but I believe #1 USC vs #2 UT 2005 Championship game cannot be dismissed in a conversation of the best game in the history of college football. The winning streaks on the line, the Heisman trophy back story, the trash talking, the media coverage, the come from behind win..... am I right?!
+Bryant Richardi I won a ton of money on that game. I was going nuts the last few minutes lol. Vince Young!
Unfortunately, I have to agree. I've only seen that game one time, as I was rooting hard for USC to win that. But from what I remember, I can't help but recall it being an epic game. Certainly UT's best game ever, no doubt.
for sure!
Zaky ... 2nd best.
Best was the 2017 Rose Bowl. SC vs PSU.
Fight on!!!
this needs to be a 30 for 30
Yea I'm hoping so. That would be a great 30 for 30. Hopefully next year because I don't think it's on the slate this season.
Give it 10 more years. They waited 20 years for a few other stories. Like the Huskers or the Canes
not all the u part 2 was only about 13 years after their 2002 season
i so agree
Fuck ESPN 😁
Even 10 years later, this was the best football game I ever watched. David slaying Goliath.
still the greatest football Ive ever seen. even disney couldnt top this. Chris Peterson needs a 15 passenger van just so his balls can ride with him
While everyone remembers the ending of this game, most have forgotten what a great game it was from beginning to end. Leading up to the game all the talk was whether Boise State could even keep up with Oklahoma. From the opening drive, Boise State stood toe to toe with Oklahoma and had the lead for most of the game until just before these highlights began. Hands down the greatest football game of all time.
Everyone remembers this game, but no one remembers the season that led up to it.
Watched this game with my Dad who has since passed on. He actually called a Boise State win before the game. I have watched football since 1967 and this is definitely the greatest game I have ever seen without question.
I still cant believe what I was watching when I saw this live. Definitely up there for the best football game ever played. The whole game was amazing.
+Joshua Day Yup, same here. I was sitting around at the relatives place on New Years, flipping channels looking for something to watch. Okay, here is the Fiesta Bowl about to start. Out comes Boise State. I grew up in the Northwest, I was like "What? How is Boise State in the Fiesta Bowl? Aren't they in the Big Sky Conference? This should be interesting." I was glued to it for the whole game. A classic game, made me a Bronco fan.
The annoyance ptsd of this game is relived as an OU fan living in Oklahoma. I was only 13 at the time but yelled at tv, it was bullshit lol.
OU always chokes at the end of every season on every big game since 2000. We have as many heiseman winners as Alabama but can’t do that
Best play call ever. And the execution was flawless. What a beautiful play!
Some of the most creative and gutsiest play calling in bowl history. I had no dog in this fight but what a perfect ending. A freaking Statue of Liberty play to get 2 points and win it and then a marriage proposal?? WT actual F?! Amazing.
Almost ten years ago now?
Time flies.
that was and still is the best bowl game i think i've ever seen
10 years ago now
Indeed.. It's up there with the 2006 BCS Championship game between #1 USC vs #2 Texas.
That game was very very good but this was better IMO.
As an Idahoan I hope they make a movie out of this one day just like the movie Hoosiers.
Josh Waldorf this is late as hell but as a Hoosier I have considered this the greatest bowl game ever. Idaho and Boise State truly deserve it.
Me too. I’ve never been that into football but I can still remember how this made us all feel in Boise. I was in elementary school back then, am now going to college at BSU and so proud!
@@sierramay5934 Good for you sir.
J W and Napolian Dynamite not a true story but was filmed in Idaho 😂
I remember waking my 14 year old son to watch the overtime with me. Wife comes down stairs after we woke her up from yelling at us to get turn the tv off since it was a school night for my son after Boise St. won. Greatest football game ever.
I love how he threw the game ball. Then realized what he did, and tried to retrieve it. lol.. This is one of the greatest games I've watched in my life, and I didn't even have a "dog in the fight".
dang that's an even better twist. thanks for the info
I remember watching this live. Craziest game I've ever seen.
Not only was this the best college football game I ever saw but it is the best football game I ever saw. And that's from a 40yr Dallas Cowboy fan.
Stephen Norbury wait until Dallas wins the super bowl 51 haha
As a longhorns fan... nothing makes me more happier than seeing the fans reactions 😈
the greatest college football game I've ever seen. throw in the proposal... the things movies are made of
Yes, it screamed for a playoff and we got BCS 2.0.
I don't see the goddamn fear factor, it's not like the smaller schools are stumping everyone by 50. It's just bullshit.
wow just wow moments like these make you love football.
What a finish, man. What a fuckin' finish.
My favorite college ending - along with when Vince Young won his last bowl game for Texas.
Stephen Doty Texas fan = OU hater. Makes sense lol
vince who?
@@dethray1000 reread it, silly; no mystery.
Been watching football since the 60's and this game is the best I ever saw.
As an OSU fan, this is in my top 5 favorite games ever
Buckeyes, Cowboys, Beavers
Miami vs OSU(2002) Florida vs OSU, Utah State vs Alabama, Alabama vs Auburn (2010, 2013) Alabama vs Oklahoma, Nebraska vs Miami (1983) Texas Tech vs Texas (2008), OSU vs Alabama, OSU vs Oregon and finally this game. What these games taught me is that the underdog always bite the hardest no matter what.
That was Utah that smacked Alabama, not Utah State.
This still gives me goosebumps! I cant believe it's been 11 years! I still remember hugging my brother after he scored the winning 2 point conversion. Gosh what a game!
A game that is immortalized in college football history - and Oklahoma Sooner infamy. It should’ve changed the face of college football, but even though we have a so-called “playoff”, the little guys like Boise State and Central Florida are still shut out even after undefeated seasons. Doesn’t seem right.
Its not really a sport, its more of a business
It became a business. Over time, the NCAA realized this is how you make the money... watching only the big systems destroying small boys. One day, it's gonna get punched in the face when URI beats a ranked opponent.
Well, Cinncy got the chance this last year, ranked 4th and undefeated. And Bama kicked the crap out of them. It’s easy to play cupcake teams all year long and win them all. Another entirely to go up against actual championship caliber teams. Remember undefeated Hawaii whining about not getting a fair ranking in 2007? Georgia destroyed them in the bowl game.
@@anb740 the didn't get beat any worse than Michigan got beat by Georgia.
man i remember watchin this with my dad, best game i've ever watched
As a Sooners fan, I watched it. It still hurts. Peterson was an animal. It was the beginning of Big game Bob.
best college football game of all time.
also, college football uniforms were so much simpler back then. I like it
I gotta go with Usc vs Texas 2006 then in second Alabama vs Auburn 2013, then this game but all three are very very close
+jjcoolboyify I agree with this
+GrandeRed Mine 1.Alabama vs Auburn 2013 it hurt bad 2.Michigan state vs Michigan 2015 3.Stanford vs Cal 1982 4.Boise state vs Oklahoma 5.Texas vs USC 2006
+Jango Fett D3X add in FSU vs Auburn in the Championship.
Alabama vs Auburn 2013 Iron Bowl. Alabama vs Clemson 2016 CFP National Championship. Alabama vs Clemson 2017 CFP National Championship. Alabama vs Georgia 2018 CFP National Championship. Georgia vs Oklahoma 2018 Rose Bowl. USC vs Penn State 2016 Rose Bowl. Texas vs USC 2005 BCS National Championship. Alabama vs Auburn 2011 Iron Bowl. Ohio State vs Michigan 2015 The Game. UCLA vs Texas A&M 2017. Oklahoma State vs Iowa State 2011. There are many more I can name but I’m not gonna bother. This was a very good game and it’s in the Top 50 games of all time but the BEST? Hell no!
I imagine those announcers has so much fun with that game. They sure didn't have to make small talk in the 4th quarter waiting for it to end, that's for sure!
The look on Bob Stoops face when Boise St tied it up in regulation was priceless…like what just happen? 🤣😂🤣
helped make the playoff system
Boodaviking Boo u must be joking the 2011-2012 season what make the playoffs bc Oklahoma State should have been in the national championship game over Alabama so since Alabama won then Oklahoma State actually WIN.
Trent Brown Oklahoma State list to an unranked Iowa State team while Alabama lost to a #1 ranked LSU team by a field goal
and yet the teams like Boise State still have no shot at a title. Look at UCF, undefeated 2 years in a row and not even a chance to play for a title.
@@benl9325 Yep it's still broken. "Playoffs" should include the divisional winners of every conference, regardless of rankings or prestige. Why don't they just copy what the nfl does? Makes no sense to do otherwise. To he'll with who can fill up a larger stadium, I want the best each year to play each other.
@@groowanderer best option is do away with conference champs and go 8 team playoffa
One of the greatest games I ever watched. Couldn't leave my little TV to go to my big TV, just too much craziness.
They pulled everything from the bottom of the bag to pull out the win it was like something out of a movie.
Jared Zabransky is from my home town, he and my nephew were good friends, I help coach when he was a kid, my nephew died and at his funeral Jared took his jersey from the Honolulu bowl and put it on the table where my nephews ashes sat. He picked up his ashes and put them on the jersey. He then said “ I got you bro “. He’s such a great kid.
This was the best college football game of all time and I was there
No you weren’t Darrell Mustache
Don't know who gave this thumbs down except maybe some OK idiots - this is easily a top five bowl game, if not the best. Not a fan of either of these schools and I will never forget where I was when I watched it or talking about it for weeks after. Spectacular game!
+plumlogan The only game I ever purchased from Amazon (back when you had to buy it). IMO the greatest college football game ever.
The only better game would be Texas vs USC back in I think 05
+renufus11 That was a great game with bigger implications, but for pure shock and enjoyment, I'd still go with this one
I'm forever proud my school knocked down the door, and punched the Sooners/media in the mouth for the rest of the landscape to follow.. Go Orange! Go big blue! Fight! Fight! B-S-U!
Yeah
The announcers were rooting for BSU themselves tho lol. Everyone wants to see the big program knocked off. I think a lot of media felt the same as normal people; that BSU didn’t stand s chance, but that’s why the games are played and during the game everyone but OU fans wanted this upset. Even as a lifelong fan of OU, I can look back and feel happy for this team and what they accomplished.
Arguably the greatest game of all time.
I'll never forget watching this game with my dad
Bro that throw on 4th by the receiver is so underrated bc that's not an easy throw and he hit it perfectly
I get goosebumps watching this!
Back when bowl games mattered 😩
that last play was too cleannn!
This was at a time where I had the luxury (no wife or kids) to watch almost every bowl game and i remember I had plans when this game aired. I'm so upset I did not get to see this live. Such a fun football game with an incredible improbable ending
Over a decade later and I still get chills. I remember my dad red in the face because he lost his goddamn mind yelling at the top of his lungs. lol
I've seen many amazing games, but there are only a few I'll never forget. This was one of them.
Michigan and Michigan St game made it one of the best game because a mistake was made. this game is the best game ever because it shows an underdog beating a big team with trick plays in the last moments.
I remember watching this in 6th grade and thinking, man that's the coolest stuff I've ever seen
4:44 well we got our playoffs.... yet the undefeated non power conference teams still dont get a shot at the title... what did we accomplish.... I guess its a step but still not perfect.
Too much money involved. pay to play just like the clinton foundation.
So true
The balls on that coach...especially at the end..."fuck that, we're winning this now"
As an Alabama fan, that was a hell of a game!
Back to back trick plays to win the game, Some balls there on the play calling.
Little did these announcers know that a 4 team playoff would be the same old same old
It's definitely the greatest game ever. Those boys put everything they on the line had to beat the Sooners.
One of the greatest trick plays
Thom Brennaman is such a great announcer.
From a Bronco fan,Best Game,Ever!
2019 and I still come back to watch this
all the games i ever played in,hi school,college we were supposed to win and did--and would have been fun as heck to be in this game for boise
And this is how college playoffs started.
I can't remember how many times I asked myself "Did that just happen" watching this game.
Never tire of watching ou be beaten by anybody!
Whether we remember it or not, this set in motion the College Playoff we now have. Never again could you argue a smaller program couldn’t hang with the blue bloods.
That lateral was run to ABSOLUTE perfection.
Still makes me well up after all these years, still never been a better game even since.
Keep this in mind as Chris Petersen, now coach of the Washington Huskies, goes in as a heavy underdog against Alabama. Will he pull from his bag of tricks again? Can he give Alabama a game? How can you NOT watch them play???
Greatest football game, ever.
BEST Bowl game EVER, a G5 squad handles a Power 5 in spectacular fashion. Shout out to BYU the last National Champion from a Group of Five ;-)
I bleed blue and orange. Go Boise!!!
to the day that I die .. I'll never forget this game ..
Stoops retired today. Bet this game still haunts him.
Every time they cut to Stoops he looks absolutely terrified
Oh boy this one hurt like hell. 55-19 against USC had nothing on this. Us OU fans have been through some heartbreaking losses the last 18 years 😒
I still feel real regret over going to bed for this.
Still the best game I ever saw.
"When you're Cinderella, you eventually have to stop slugging with the big guy"
Kinda lost your metaphor there
Forever classic
It's funny that they use this as the exam of why there needed to be a playoff. And then you had Hawaii, northern Illinois, ucf, and after all that the solution is they still don't let small schools into the playoff.
Best game ever..parents were there
The BEST football game EVER .
Skip still hurting from this 😂
Still gives me chills
Instant classic
And this is the coach getting 14 against Bama........
Announcers in 2006: This is why we need a playoff
Fans in the present day: Be careful what you wish for
10 years. I never thought 10 years ago I would go to school a Boise
I STILL GET CHILLS..
Watch the last play at 1/4 speed. The execution was outstanding!
perchance the greatest game i've ever seen.
this must be the best game ever for the sooner fans
"I've seen it all now" Well, until overtime
I had free tickets to this game and chose not to go thinking it would be one sided.
Stoops was a great coach, but had some problems in bowl games. This had to hurt.
Even more amazing against Adrian Peterson
Of all the bowl games I've watched in 35+ years, this is the one which sticks out the most. And, I'm not a fan of either team.
Best ever!
Exhibit A of why a playoff has been needed forever. It still needs to be expanded beyond 4 teams (there's what, 10 conferences and 128 teams?), but it's way better than strictly 1 vs. 2. Personally, I think 16 is reasonable. 10 conference champions with 6 wild cards.
Nearly ten years later? "The Russian (BCS system) is cut! The Russian IS CUT!!" That's what this game means to college football history.
Greatest game of all time indeed, in combined gameplay and meaning.
I love at 0:40 those 4 naive OU "fan girls" after that hook-and-lateral score by Boise State acting like *it's fine, we're OU and we'll win this in overtime*. They acted like because their OU they're entitled to win this game. Nothing made me happier than all the looks on all those self-entitled OU fan faces after it all went horribly wrong for them in overtime. Shows just how spoiled of brats Sooners' fans are, they think national titles and bowl game victories are their entitlements for being OU!
Many people in the Sooner state would say that "a great season for OU isn't measured with a Big XII title or Bowl Game victory, but rather with a national title." The Sooners are ranked 3rd, only behind Alabama and Notre Dame for the most National titles. Since their last title in 2000, OU played in four other title games (from 2000-2010). The Sooners have more 11+ win seasons (22 seasons) than any other school. They also are tied with having more 10+ wins (36 seasons) tied with Alabama. Oklahoma has won 45 Conference titles, 154 All-Americans and 5 Heisman Trophy winners. What gives OU a bad reputation are some of their fans on various message boards are bad sports, lacking sportsmanship, and won't give other teams credit. I wouldn't go as far as labeling OU fans as self-entitled, because there a lot of OU fans that would admit to saying that the AP polls over rank the Sooner team. For instance, this year I would say that we were just an average team, having lost to Houston and Ohio State. I would've rather seen OU play Florida State in a bowl game to measure how much better they were at the end of the season. After all, the Big XII had a dismal conference this year, in my opinion. Boise State was up for the challenge, plus since Chris Peterson took over this program they were an awesome team. Just look at the Washington team he took over in 2014. Two years after he took over the program, he led them to the College Playoffs. And in an era in college football, where a lot of head coaching positions is like a revolving door, OU coach Bob Stoops has been the head coach since 1999 (17 seasons).
This is yet another reason I can't stand Oklahoma University and it's cocky AF fans! They act every year as if a winning a National Title is an entitlement and also act as if a season is a failure if they don't win all the marbles! Oh, plus if you live in OK and want to watch a Sooners' home game not televised on FOX, NBC, ABC, CBS, or ESPN you have to order it on Pay-Per-View (or pay a cover at a local bar if they'll PPV it). The icing on the OU hatred for me came very recently when they kept Joe Mixon on the team after he assaulted a woman and the tape was just released! I'm sorry, but OU is a trash university for condoning a culture of assaulting women! Boomer Losers!
Mike Ellington Boise State won, who cares about the past. This game is going down in history as one of the best games ever played, and OU lost. Deal with it.
Oh please, Oklahoma was nothing until 1946. What happened? They purchased all these great players returning from World War II. The entire program was built on fraud. But then again, your team's nickname is in honor of land rush cheaters.
FlynnRider4 excuse me? Bennie Owen, OU's coach in the 1920s and one of the pioneers of the game was nothing? What're you smoking?
If calling ourselves the sooners triggers you so much do you have the same complaints of teams that call themselves the outlaws, devil's, raiders, pirates, etc?