Addressed mistakes: Accidentally said New Orleans instead of Illinois when mentioning the 2008 Rose Bowl game Said Birmingham instead of Brigham Young Miss pronounced “Vols” Enjoy the rest of the video!
I was literally trying to explain to my lil bro how they used to do shit before the BCS and he couldn’t believe they use to just vote on a National Champion 😂 we came a long way
@@RobbieStacks90 UCLA surrendered almost 700 yards, almost 400 rushing, blew a 10-point lead, lost 2 fumbles and gave up 49 points……but sure, blame the refs…..
CFP has had its controversies. The hunt for a champion had destroyed tradition, it wouldn’t hurt my feelings if they dumped nation champions in favor of keeping tradition
Ok I also think it’s their entitled status and back then they were making money had over fist with the exclusive NBC sports tv deal for home games to be broadcast live at the same time 3:00 p.m. for every year since 1992.
Notre Dame’s average margin of defeat in big bowl games since 1990 is around 20 points. It’s pathetic. They aren’t even covering the spread in these games. Most overrated program of all time
@@RadicallyOptimistic like the Cowboys are in the NFL. It all about the money to them but have a they have lot of tradition and diehards. However it don’t automatically give you the win and it actually motivates the teams even more to beat them in the big games if they make it far enough.
Mike Leach said it best - as long as there’s a committee, it’s not a true playoff. The current CFP is nothing more than an invitational. Expanding the number of teams helps, sure, but it’s just a bigger invitational. Get rid of the committee and the arbitrary/inconsistent selection process. Do what the FCS, D2, and D3 do. Maybe then FBS will have an NCAA-sanctioned playoff (though that may not matter soon, given the NCAA’s irrelevancy)
@@joegreezy no one ever questions NDSU's dynasty run because the FCS playoffs aren't determined by a committee. The NCAA has clear, non-arbitrary rules written out on how playoff teams are selected. These rules don't change year-to-year because there's no committee debating best vs. most deserving team, and changing the rules whenever they feel like it.
@@jerseyhead.u idk which side you stand on but just because a team is more talented should never come into play it should always be most deserving the problem is peoples opinions differ in what makes you the most deserving
Is this what you were working towards? You've never done a video over 20 minutes before. Bud, i just finished the video. This is special, sir. You don't suffer from the pace problem at all. You speak very well. Your editing is a++. I'm a junkie for long form docs. You did a fantastic job here.
Hilariously, I feel like this video isn’t as good as it could be because it took over three months from research, to recording to finding and editing clips. I feel my cadence etc is much better now but at least people are enjoying it😭
@@TRockNFL dude, really? This is excellent work. Do not let a view count fool you on this project if it doesn't hit. I'm assuming the research was a fairly lengthy process. The recording and editing are right up there with some of the channels I watch that only do long form docs. You got it down cold first try. As for cadence, it's a little fast, but that's it man. If that's my only criticism on a debut LFD, then I'm going to say you're gifted. Finally, the sports genre has very few guys that do long form. This was one subject covered end to end, not a compilation. That's unreal. Metaphorically, on your first slam dunk attempt ever, you decide to try a 360, Between the legs, blindfolded and hit it. You really have something here. Take the time. I'd love to see one on the Playoff and how it was arguably less legit than the BCS. You got a permanent sub in me.
Yeah i rly like that he just gets right to the point too is just bam! content. I can't stand when a long form doc just beats and beats and beats arround the bush never adressing the content the vid was about. This one is gold
@@lilbeckham9 This is a myth. The BCS was already on its way out even before the 2011 season ended. And the “logic” was fine: “you have two one-loss teams in the running, which team is better”? The ultimate result proves that the eye test was the best test.
I think Alabama would have demolished Oklahoma State if they played each other in a playoff game. The 2011 Alabama team is the most dominant Alabama team I saw other than 2020. They were loaded with NFL talent
That Boise State-Nevada game, I watched that game as a 14-year-old, that was one of the craziest games I've ever seen. The kicker just kept MISSING for Boise State.
That game lost a lot of its importance when Auburn made its 24 point comeback earlier in the day against Alabama. The Mark Ingram fumble in that game changed the stakes because an Alabama win would have meant that all Boise had to do was win out to play in the national championship game.
@@masterragebaiter see last season we started out shit losing to South Alabama and we ended up in the big 12 championship game somehow cause OU shit the bed against Kansas. Then we played Texas who let’s be honest was going to beat the dogshit out of us and we just couldn’t compete unfortunately. But we did win our bowl game is against the cumstain of college football Texas A&M so hopefully this year we can make the big 12 game and maybe a playoff spot
Glad someone made a vid on this, people worship the BCS like it was the best thing ever, in reality it was extremely limiting and flawed, showing why a playoff is necessary. I just with we didn't get all the other stuff with the 12 team format...
Fr bro. I see ppl saying “bring back the BCS” when some of the BCS decisions were ALOT worse than the CFP. Idk if ppl have amnesia, or if ppl just so stuck in nostalgia, that they just ignore the bs that the bcs had
@@dmdubb3129 100% nostalgia, I was too young then to know much about it, I’m for sure wanting for the conferences back then tho, that alignment was perfect imo
My issue is the same bias that makes the BCS a headache still impact playoffs, such as Florida state getting left out last year inorder to really show everyone that Alabama really didn't deserve the good will hat tip that got them in. Though this gets fixed with a 12 team playoff, the bias is still present when winning a conference championship doesn't ensure a playoff spot. Now, if it's only a Pac-2 getting left out because it's a one game conference season, I can respect that, give them Notre dame criteria to get in. Perfectly, I think every conference with 8 teams gets playoff spots, expands playoffs to 16, and have 6 at large bids, conference champions get home field against any at large, second round gets a re-seed and highest reseeded team gets home, neutral site for semi-finals and championship. I am okay with power big 10 and SEC taking all at large bids, my issue is the concerted effort to prevent a michigan vs Appalachia state circa 2007 but in the playoffs this time. Essentially they only want money schools to play and minimize small market schools to maximize profits instead of crowning a champion like any other level of football does
@@loon1994espn had a part in why the SEC had like a 7 year winning streak until Florida State got its revenge in the last year of the 2 team computer system.
@@loon1994so let me get this straight you still think Alabama didn’t deserve to be there and the FSU team who lost 63-3 to Georgia I mean are you serious? I’m so happy FSU fans got to see their team get shown the door in week 0 😆😆😆 it’s the Alabama invitational every year with the 12 team playoff can’t wait.
The BCS was a complete disaster. This playoff system isn't perfect, but for me, a playoff system is always better than allowing computers eliminate teams.
@@GKAaron11 na the FCS has had a playoff for years and doesn't use computers. The FBS has just been resistant to change because money well that and it was never suppose to have a national championship it was suppose to be you get bowl games and tons of money but no champion.
Somehow, someway, WVU finished 3-0 in BCS bowl games. Also, 13-9 may as well be on my gravestone. That will haunt me until the heat death of the universe. Excellent work on this. This was a great recap of what is was like being in the Big East and now Big 12 through all this weirdness.
The 1993 undefeated year breaks my heart too. The team was so broken hearted i think they didn't give a crap about the bowl game that year. It seems they didn't even try in that game after being snubbed.
Amazing editing and overall quality bro!! This should 100% have more views. I’m a CFB fiend and I’m so happy this was recommended for me. Please don’t stop creating dude. Seriously epic. 🎉
I have been watching college football since I was 10. I am 57 now. I lived through a portion of the Gifting Era and all of the BCS and 4 team playoff eras. While this video was outstanding from the viewpoint of someone who did not live through those eras, it really does not point out the reality of what was going on. The video highlights what the sports media was fueling and wanting people to fight over. Their attacks on the BCS obviously worked and this video is evidence of that. The BCS getting scrapped had more to do with wounded egos amongst the power elite in the BIG 10 and PAC 10 and the BIG 8 more than anything else and of course money but that is a given. Throw in the media constantly attacking the BCS due to it being stripped of its gifting power and what you got what was the creator of this video was talking about ... the "Controversys" where each was manufactured by the media to stir the appropriate fans bases into a frenzy over nothing. Strength of Schedule was unpopular because the OG conferences were weaker than southern football teams and they were being judged as such by the IMPARTIAL computers. The computers simply crunched the numbers and spit out the best teams with zero bias. It rankled the feathers of the OG and the media, with the media looking to destroy the BCS for afore mentioned reasons, they were all too happy to fuel the fire. The break down is as follows: 1925 - 1997 - (known as the Gifting Era) This was the era of West Coast and the westward teams of the BIG 8 along with the BIG 10 bias with an occasional sprinkle of east coast teams and a heavy dose of Independents largely represented by Notre Dame. Sportswriters gifted out National Titles to all their favorites while ignoring southern football. Every once in awhile they would throw the SEC a bone but for the most part it was all the West Coast and the westward teams of the BIG 8 along with the BIG 10 teams that were gifted what was widely known as the "Mythical National Championship" (the MNC). On to the breakdown: During this era the East Coast had 5 teams win the MNC, The BIG 10 had 13 MNC, The west coast (PAC 10) and the westward teams of the BIG 8 had 18 MNC, the SWC had 5 MNC, and Independents had 14 MNC with Notre Dame getting 9 of them. The SEC had 8 MNC with Alabama getting 5 of those. Some years had co-MNC so the numbers are off as far as total years vs MNC Teams. So as you can see the bias wasn't towards the east coast teams but heavily in favor of Notre Dame, The BIG 10, the west coast and westward leaning teams of the BIG 8. There were 73 MNC's gifted out during this era and the SEC only got 8 of them. We always said down here that if there ever came a day where teams actually had to EARN the title as opposed to it being GIFTED to them, that the SEC would rise to prominence. 1998 - 2013 (The BCS Era) - Hallelujah the day had finally come!!! Teams finally had to earn the title on the field of play regardless of what teams were in the title game they had to play for it ... finally. The best part was that computers were the ones deciding what teams were #1 and #2 and playing for a real National Title which removed the human bias and drove the sports media absolutely nuts because their power to control the MNC was gone so naturally the media lambasted the BCS at every turn trying to boot it and gain their power back. What they did not expect was that the result of their attacks would be the formation of a new system called the 4 team Playoff otherwise known as the Playoff Era. Now we have to add the number 4 to this era due to the expansion of the playoffs and a new era, the 12 Team Playoff Era. The BCS Era also exposed a vast gap between the SEC and the rest of the country with the SEC winning 9 of the 15 BCS National Championships including a run of 7 in a row for the SEC in the later years of the BCS. This of course ruffled the feathers of the OG who benefited most from the Gifting Era and they started clamoring for a playoff system where they could get more of their teams involved and have a better shot at winning National Championships. The sports media weren't exactly happy with this prospect because they were hoping to regain their Gifting Power. The push to form the 4 Team Playoff received minimal coverage in the sports media. 2014 - 2023 - The 4 team Playoff Era - The OG elite got their way and a 4 team playoff era was born with a HUGE difference, gone were the impartial computers and they inserted new bias in the form of humans once again, a committee, who would decide which 4 teams got to have a shot at the National Title in the 4 team playoffs. The OG mindset was the more teams they could stuff into the playoffs the better the odds a team from the OG would win the title. The problem was ..... it didi not work out the way they planned. While the BIG 10 did manage to win the first 4 Team Playoff Era title with Ohio State picking up the trophy, the rest was downhill for the OG. The BIG 10 won a whopping 2 of the 10 titles won during the 4 Team Playoff Era. The SEC won 6 of the 10, and the ACC won 2. Needless to say the OG was NOT happy as the SEC dominated this Era as well. This whole thing with having to actually earn the title on the field of play was sucking for the OG. Since the start of the BCS Era the SEC had gained a stranglehold on the world of college football. This was great for the SEC who languished under the lash of the Gifting Era knowing they has a superior product down south because "It Just Means More" was a thing long before it became official. These southern folks live, breath, eat and crap football and it showcased itself during the BCS Era and the 4 team Playoff Era. So with the OG being beside themselves something had to be done .... again. Admittedly, with the SEC dominating college football for so long, this created a lack of parity and thus fans from non-SEC teams started losing interest and hope that their favorite teams would ever win a National Title in this era of earning it on the field. They took to attacking and trying to somehow discredit the accomplishments of the SEC and its teams. This was no good for sure so what could be done to appease the OG's butt hurt feelings and appease the fans as well ..... add more teams to the playoffs of course AND this is also why the conference re-alignments occurred. The [powers that be thought that by convincing Oklahoma and Texas (2 traditionally strong teams) to move to the SEC that it would create more of a struggle for the SEC teams to advance. The divisions were scrapped in the SEC to make this more effective. Texas was given the easiest of SEC schedules this year to ease them into the fire while OU was just plain thrown under the bus. When the SEC powers that be were throwing together the SEC conference schedule for this season, they made the Texas schedule just ridiculously easy as far as the prognostication of what teams were expected to be like a couple years ago when they made these schedules. They threw GA in there to make the schedule look more legit but then gerrymandered where and when that game would be played. They scheduled the game as a Home game for Texas on the F1 Grand Prix weekend .... which traditionally Texas does not play a Home game that weekend because there are a limited number of hotel rooms available for the traveling fan bases. Insert an illegally placed referee (whose son attends Texas and by rule cannot be assigned to officiate this game) which paid off in the form of an horrendously pro-Texas called game including an illegally over-turned PI call via Instant replay via the use of the Jumbotrons AFTER the Texas fans halted game play in a temper tantrum worthy of a spoiled 3 year old but the SEC powers that be were reasonably confident that Texas could beat GA in this game with the odds stacked against them. What they did not figure in is that Texas and OU have been playing in the weaker conference of the BIG 8 and SWC which basically merged and became the BIG 12 for all intents and purposes. When a team gets used to soft competition in their conference and rise to the top of that softer conference, they really lose the grit needed to play tougher teams which showed in the playoff era as OU kept getting bounced over and over. Texas only made it once during the BCS Era. Now those 2 teams have run into the buzz saw that is the SEC. As is evident with the tossing of the Divisions in the SEC, now the power teams play each other a lot more thus the SEC is cannibalizing itself most effectively thus allowing room for other teams to make the playoffs. The SEC powers that be could not foresee that Texas A+M, Vandy and even Kentucky to a degree would be doing this well so far in the season or they might not have put all 3 of the Texas schedule because all 3 were cellar dwellers when the schedules were made and Tennessee was only middling. So here we are at the dawn of the 12 Team Playoff Era and the OG is hoping to make a bigger splash with the odds now stacked against the SEC. Only time will tell.
Most of that is your personal opinion. As a Pac 12 fan they put us against the Big 10 in the Rose Bowl and left us out of the championship picture. What happened in 1996? Florida was gifted a championship and Arizona St was screwed over.
@zeaferjones1404 Uh ya. Thats what I said. East coast biased. And ya. Az State was screwed that yr. Same with BYU that season. They picked Penn St for over BYU for the Fiesta Bowl.
@@zeaferjones1404 While there is some opinion in my post the vast majority is fact. I researched all that information and I lived through those eras. I know what was going on first hand. As far as Florida being gifted a Natty in 96 ... that was during the Bowl Alliance Era (predecessor to the BCS) and at that point humans were still calling the shots. It was not until the BCS came into play that humans were removed from the decision making process.
@@muerkier I'm just saying the Pac 10 got screwed during the human poll era they didn't favor teams on the West unless you are talking about the Big 12. I will say during that era they favored ACC teams and Big 12 teams. However the beginning of the BCS was similar with Miami and Nebraska screwing over Oregon. SEC didn't start getting the East Coast Bias treatment until Tebow's Florida teams but once they did it got ridiculous with a one loss Alabama jumping one loss Oregon in 2012 just cuz.
Great video you really covered everything a video like this is very necessary with the annnoying revisionist history going rn of people claiming this system was better then the current
Thank you man, I won’t lie, I was for a playoff of up to eight teams but I wasn’t against a 12/16 playoff for the sake of devaluing the regular season. But now that I look at it, there will be no more NY6 Bowl opt outs and the home campus playoff games sound amazing. And I find it hard to believe a fluke team will ever make a national championship again, as you’d have to go through three/four of the best teams in three country in a row😳
How does FCS, Division 2, Division 3, NAIA, Junior College, and 3C2A have a much more organized post-season than the FBS is beyond me. If they're really going to do a playoff then they should get rid of the bowl system because you can't do both on a consistent amount of time.
@@G_54-GMG Because those leagues didn’t get millions in bowl game TV rights payouts. FBS tried a playoff vote in 1980 and were told by the networks they would not pay millions for quarterfinal play-in games.
As a Virginia Tech fan/alum, I would have loved to see Michael Vick go out in a BCS Bowl. The 2000 season had so many 1-loss teams (similar to 2008), some such as ours got left out altogether. We did balance it out with our at-large in 2011, though a controversial TD overturning in OT forever leaves a sour taste in my mouth about that one. I think one thing the NY6 process - and now the 12-team CFP - improved upon was giving the at-large spots to the highest-ranked teams (which would have helped us in 2000, or would have helped Boise State and Kansas State in 2011).
Somehow in 2011 NO G5 team made a BCS bowl at all despite 3 teams ranked in the top 15........ yet the Orange bowl literally had #16 Clemson vs #23 West Virginia. This is one of many examples of why NOBODY in the P5 should complain about the G5 making a 12 team playoffs.
As an Oregon fan and Pac 12 fan I now realize the East Coast Bias was worse than I thought. I was actually fooled into thinking Oregon was close to making it in 2001 and Washington was close to making it in 2000 but were screwed over. However it is worse than being screwed over we were an afterthought based on this guys commentary.
@jeffreekoch9298 I actually do think Oregon St was the best team because their only loss was them being cheated at Washington. However Washington did beat Miami, Oregon St. and later a Drew Brees Purdue team. So it is an easy argument to make with Florida St fans but on eye test Oregon St was the best team.
I will never forget that Oregon State vs. Notre Dame game. I have never seen a team get beat down that physically ever. I still compare every physical game to that one.
The BCS was basically the voters who used to decide who the top 2 teams were in the final rankings and, subsequently, who got to play for the natty, attempting to take the heat off of themselves that they were constantly taking by fan bases of non-traditional powers who would get consistently F’d out of their chance to play for the title mostly based on bias, and getting them to shift that heat onto computers who would spit out their final BCS score in terms of points to determine the final top 25 rankings of the season. The problem with that was, the computers were still only one of the elements in determining the final BCS scores, and their only use was calculating strength of schedule and then the final BCS points (scores) for each team factoring in strength of schedule, average position in human polls, etc. There was still the human bias element of involving average team ranking in the human polls as part of the final BCS score. And to add to this, the strength of schedule (computer metric) was programmed with bias, as the SEC is always viewed as being so much better than the other conferences that over 50% of their conference on average would start the season ranked in the top 25 in human polls (even though the majority would go on to prove they weren’t worthy by seasons end) which subsequently always gave the SEC Champs and even the runner up a better strength of schedule metric which was calculated by the computers than the other conference champs. It’s almost like the voters knew it wouldn’t stop the controversy but they felt like maybe it would help alleviate some of the heat they would take by people shifting their complaints towards the BCS system itself instead of directly at them. Perhaps they already felt like the future of college football was a playoff and the BCS was their way to buy them some time until evolution took its course.
I have been watching college football since I was 10. I am 57 now. I lived through a portion of the Gifting Era and all of the BCS and 4 team playoff eras. While this video was outstanding from the viewpoint of someone who did not live through those eras, it really does not point out the reality of what was going on. The video highlights what the sports media was fueling and wanting people to fight over. Their attacks on the BCS obviously worked and this video is evidence of that. The BCS getting scrapped had more to do with wounded egos amongst the power elite in the BIG 10 and PAC 10 and the BIG 8 more than anything else and of course money but that is a given. Throw in the media constantly attacking the BCS due to it being stripped of its gifting power and what you got what was the creator of this video was talking about ... the "Controversys" where each was manufactured by the media to stir the appropriate fans bases into a frenzy over nothing. Strength of Schedule was unpopular because the OG conferences were weaker than southern football teams and they were being judged as such by the IMPARTIAL computers. The computers simply crunched the numbers and spit out the best teams with zero bias. It rankled the feathers of the OG and the media, with the media looking to destroy the BCS for afore mentioned reasons, they were all too happy to fuel the fire. The break down is as follows: 1925 - 1997 - (known as the Gifting Era) This was the era of West Coast and the westward teams of the BIG 8 along with the BIG 10 bias with an occasional sprinkle of east coast teams and a heavy dose of Independents largely represented by Notre Dame. Sportswriters gifted out National Titles to all their favorites while ignoring southern football. Every once in awhile they would throw the SEC a bone but for the most part it was all the West Coast and the westward teams of the BIG 8 along with the BIG 10 teams that were gifted what was widely known as the "Mythical National Championship" (the MNC). On to the breakdown: During this era the East Coast had 5 teams win the MNC, The BIG 10 had 13 MNC, The west coast (PAC 10) and the westward teams of the BIG 8 had 18 MNC, the SWC had 5 MNC, and Independents had 14 MNC with Notre Dame getting 9 of them. The SEC had 8 MNC with Alabama getting 5 of those. Some years had co-MNC so the numbers are off as far as total years vs MNC Teams. So as you can see the bias wasn't towards the east coast teams but heavily in favor of Notre Dame, The BIG 10, the west coast and westward leaning teams of the BIG 8. There were 73 MNC's gifted out during this era and the SEC only got 8 of them. We always said down here that if there ever came a day where teams actually had to EARN the title as opposed to it being GIFTED to them, that the SEC would rise to prominence. 1998 - 2013 (The BCS Era) - Hallelujah the day had finally come!!! Teams finally had to earn the title on the field of play regardless of what teams were in the title game they had to play for it ... finally. The best part was that computers were the ones deciding what teams were #1 and #2 and playing for a real National Title which removed the human bias and drove the sports media absolutely nuts because their power to control the MNC was gone so naturally the media lambasted the BCS at every turn trying to boot it and gain their power back. What they did not expect was that the result of their attacks would be the formation of a new system called the 4 team Playoff otherwise known as the Playoff Era. Now we have to add the number 4 to this era due to the expansion of the playoffs and a new era, the 12 Team Playoff Era. The BCS Era also exposed a vast gap between the SEC and the rest of the country with the SEC winning 9 of the 15 BCS National Championships including a run of 7 in a row for the SEC in the later years of the BCS. This of course ruffled the feathers of the OG who benefited most from the Gifting Era and they started clamoring for a playoff system where they could get more of their teams involved and have a better shot at winning National Championships. The sports media weren't exactly happy with this prospect because they were hoping to regain their Gifting Power. The push to form the 4 Team Playoff received minimal coverage in the sports media. 2014 - 2023 - The 4 team Playoff Era - The OG elite got their way and a 4 team playoff era was born with a HUGE difference, gone were the impartial computers and they inserted new bias in the form of humans once again, a committee, who would decide which 4 teams got to have a shot at the National Title in the 4 team playoffs. The OG mindset was the more teams they could stuff into the playoffs the better the odds a team from the OG would win the title. The problem was ..... it didi not work out the way they planned. While the BIG 10 did manage to win the first 4 Team Playoff Era title with Ohio State picking up the trophy, the rest was downhill for the OG. The BIG 10 won a whopping 2 of the 10 titles won during the 4 Team Playoff Era. The SEC won 6 of the 10, and the ACC won 2. Needless to say the OG was NOT happy as the SEC dominated this Era as well. This whole thing with having to actually earn the title on the field of play was sucking for the OG. Since the start of the BCS Era the SEC had gained a stranglehold on the world of college football. This was great for the SEC who languished under the lash of the Gifting Era knowing they has a superior product down south because "It Just Means More" was a thing long before it became official. These southern folks live, breath, eat and crap football and it showcased itself during the BCS Era and the 4 team Playoff Era. So with the OG being beside themselves something had to be done .... again. Admittedly, with the SEC dominating college football for so long, this created a lack of parity and thus fans from non-SEC teams started losing interest and hope that their favorite teams would ever win a National Title in this era of earning it on the field. They took to attacking and trying to somehow discredit the accomplishments of the SEC and its teams. This was no good for sure so what could be done to appease the OG's butt hurt feelings and appease the fans as well ..... add more teams to the playoffs of course AND this is also why the conference re-alignments occurred. The [powers that be thought that by convincing Oklahoma and Texas (2 traditionally strong teams) to move to the SEC that it would create more of a struggle for the SEC teams to advance. The divisions were scrapped in the SEC to make this more effective. Texas was given the easiest of SEC schedules this year to ease them into the fire while OU was just plain thrown under the bus. When the SEC powers that be were throwing together the SEC conference schedule for this season, they made the Texas schedule just ridiculously easy as far as the prognostication of what teams were expected to be like a couple years ago when they made these schedules. They threw GA in there to make the schedule look more legit but then gerrymandered where and when that game would be played. They scheduled the game as a Home game for Texas on the F1 Grand Prix weekend .... which traditionally Texas does not play a Home game that weekend because there are a limited number of hotel rooms available for the traveling fan bases. Insert an illegally placed referee (whose son attends Texas and by rule cannot be assigned to officiate this game) and they got a payoff ... sort of in the form of a horrendously pro-Texas called game including an illegally over-turned PI call via Instant replay via the use of the Jumbotrons AFTER the Texas fans halted game play in a temper tantrum worthy of a spoiled 3 year old but the SEC powers that be were reasonably confident that Texas could beat GA in this game with the odds stacked against them. OOPS. What they did not figure in is that Texas and OU have been playing in the weaker conference of the BIG 8 and SWC which basically merged and became the BIG 12 for all intents and purposes. When a team gets used to soft competition in their conference and rise to the top of that softer conference, they really lose the grit needed to play tougher teams which showed in the playoff era as OU kept getting bounced over and over. Texas only made it once during the BCS Era. Now those 2 teams have run into the buzz saw that is the SEC. As is evident with the tossing of the Divisions in the SEC, now the power teams play each other a lot more thus the SEC is cannibalizing itself most effectively thus allowing room for other teams to make the playoffs. The SEC powers that be could not foresee that Texas A+M, Vandy and even Kentucky to a degree would be doing this well so far in the season or they might not have put all 3 of the Texas schedule because all 3 were cellar dwellers when the schedules were made and Tennessee was only middling. So here we are at the dawn of the 12 Team Playoff Era and the OG is hoping to make a bigger splash with the odds now stacked against the SEC. Only time will tell.
I don't care how flawed the BCS was, this era in CFB history was the best imho. Every game mattered, athletes didn't skip bowl games, and best college gameday crews! The controversies are what made it exciting to me! As matter of fact the sports popularity during this time skyrocketed! The ABC college football theme music, classic games, goat athletes, and colossal upsets. EAs NCAA Football 2002 - 2006 Goated! I fell in love with college football during this time. It was great growing up as a teenager in the 2000s. Thanks for the trip down memory lane. Your channel deserves more subs!
The end of the BCS was just highlighting the problem at the time, and the problem that Corso said without saying. Networks and these "Experts" calling teams pretenders because they either aren't in a conference that they love, or aren't Blue Bloods. Its all about the ratings for the networks. This is why there literally shouldn't be any debate for the majority of the playoff field. Top 4 seeds should be as they are, power conference winners with a Bye. Then seeds 5-8 should be a combination of G5 and Independent conference winners. Then let the SEC/BIG10 selection committee pick their precious ratings babies for seeds 9-12. If you don't like that process because it's "Unfair" all I can say to you and your school is "Cool, win your Conference so it doesn't matter." There is 0 reason a 2+ Loss non conference winning team should be hosting a playoff game. Having said all of this, the CFB Playoff is the right call, but having a selection committee that is clearly going to have its strings pulled to favor SEC/BIG10 schools is asinine.
I wouldnt call Kansas St cinderellas. They were legit domintate back in the mid '90s - mid '00s . Championship contenders most years. They did get disrespected at times tho. I think too much past memories of their horrible years during the '70s and '80s haunted them. It would be like if Vanderbilt were to all of a sudden become a powerhouse for a decade. The poll voters wouldnt adjust well. Florida State and Miami kinda went through the same thing back in the '80s when they finally broke through as dominate teams. They both stunk for many years during the '60s and '70s.
The BCS sucked. Even worse when they started the BCS National Championship Game and would play at the Rose Bowl but it wasn't even the Rose Bowl Also because the SEC verses everyone else because ESPN and the BCS were in love with the SEC.
@ryanpatrick4920 nil has been on place for not even five years. Drawing any sort of conclusion on such a small sample of games never comes back and bites anyone right?
@ryanpatrick4920 you mean the era in which the sec has won two out of three natties? That sounds like sec dominance at the highest level. Well Texas is the #1 ranked team in the country. And who has a better OOC win than them? Sec dominance will continue by and large. They have the most money and the most resources.
I remember in 2011 Oklahoma state had lost that game against Iowa state. Before that game, Kurt budke (the woman basketball coach)and an assistant coach had passed away. I heard many excuses as to why they had lost that game, but the dumbest one had to be because Kurt had passed away and it affected the players.
I certainly sympathize for Oklahoma State and their tragedy. But ultimately, I agree that this excuse doesn't hold up. OKSt had a 2nd half 17-point lead over Iowa State that they let slip through their fingers - thus putting them at the mercy of the Coaches and Harris Poll voters (a few of whom I believe did play funny games by ranking the Cowboys 5th or 6th).
I'll never forget being an OU student back in '08. We'd run from the stadium after our game to the nearest TV to see the Tech/Texas game. When Crabtree pulled it off, people were jumping up so fast, they knocked so many chairs over in the student union. The BCS was far from an ideal system. But I'll be damned if it didn't give me some great memories.
Pretty easy to look dominate, when you prohibit quality teams from even playing you for a title. Yeah Alabama was a good team, but in NEITHER championship did they play teams with a top 3 offense and wouldnt you know it but teams with that criteria were in contention for playing for a title in both 2009 and 2011. How good is your defense really - if you dont have to play these teams?
@@MattBuild4 Alabama can’t control that. Also it’s easy to say they didn’t play a top 3 offense but you’re ignoring that in 2011 they played one of the best defenses of all time. Do I need to read the 2009 Florida roster off to you? Besides Alabama they were the best team in the country. Alabama beat them. They ended up playing Texas in the Natty and what happened happened. Im sure if Texas won you wouldn’t gripe so much about it. Defense always wins championships and it especially did then. No one truly thinks Alabama wouldn’t have beaten Boise State or needed to to prove themselves😂
@@MattBuild4That makes no sense. The fact that teams had to be top 2 to even make the championship at the time just shows how impressive it was. If they been had a playoff system like the nfl, I guarantee that Alabama would've won more championships. They would've gotten in every year and not many teams would've beaten Bama to be honest.
It was the Michigan snub of a rematch against Ohio state that started the downfall because you started to see the ESPN bias. ESPN for weeks dog Michigan out. The following year they switch
I hated the BCS for what they did to Auburn in 2004. They were snubbed for going undefeated and winning the SEC. What pissed me off the most is that Auburn had more top 15 wins than USC and Oklahoma combined(Who played for the title). That title game should have been USC vs Auburn.
correction, @ 30:46 USC played at FedEX Field in Landover , MD. Esstentially it was a homegame for Va Tech since they had alot of fans int he area... great video btw
That’s rightttt, I remember now seeing highlights of that game and USC was in home jerseys. Thank you for the correction (I’m only 18). When you see that VA tech @ USC on ESPN or PFR you just run with it lol
@davealmighty9638 that's off decades of success thanks to Nick Saban. Ofc youre going to recruit well off the backs of Sabans run. And a lot of those kids Saban had already recruited. We'll have to give Deboer a full recruiting cycle to really judge how he can recruit. He had 2 years to do it at Washington but who is to say that Rome Odunze and Jalen McMillan were even his recruits because they weren't. Deboer is a great coach but the sample size is small considering recruiting. He hasn't been at any big time school long enough to give him credit for a #2 recruiting class. Also, Saban has stuck around and has helped keep those kids at Bama who were about to flip. So, they are #2 because they are Bama. Not because of Deboer. Partly because but mostly because this is Alabama and because of recency (Saban legacy)
like there’s actually no way ur actually trying to argue against ken dorsey, clinton portis willis mcaghee frank gore andre johnson santana moss jeremy shockey joaquin gonzalez brian mckinney vince wilfork jonathon vilma ed reed and sean taylor just to name the players off the top of me head
@@jbertot11 Upsets do happened. Yes a team of legendary Oregon players are going to be the underdog against a team of legendary NFL players. I just think that game would have been competitive while Nebraska was already deflated from getting destroyed by Colorado.
And now it’ll be 16 next year, I’m mostly excited for the fact it’ll be no more opt outs in historic games like the Rose, Sugar, Fiesta and Orange Bowl now
I think this system will bring back some of the glory of the bowls. It definitly sets some of the bowls above the others at least. The Orange Bowl should be more important than the Vegas Bowl.
If in 2011 Alabama and Oklahoma State's resumés were flipped, Alabama would make the Championship Game with no pushback. The Big 12 was statistically the best conference that year and Oklahoma State won it outright.
@@KINGPOOPS I’m not sure how you come up with this. The SEC and B12 met twice on the field and the SEC was 2-0. Not only that, Arkansas - who lost to both LSU and Alabama by 24 points - beat the #2 team in the Big 12, the team that gave OK State a scare by racing out to a 19-0 lead, never trailing, and holding K State’s 33.1 ppg offense to 1/2 that. Throw in OK State needing overtime to beat the Pac-12 reps who got blown out by Oregon (LSU had no problem with Oregon in the opener), and l wonder why folks think this. I’m not sure where this whole “the Big 12 was the best conference” claim is from. What was the best OOC win by the Big 12 that year? Maybe OU beating Florida St? And yes, the SEC was down some but not sure this argument works.
@@Maestrohbill the top 7 teams in Strength of Schedule that year were all Big 12 schools. Only 2 SEC schools (neither of them were Alabama) had a harder schedule than the easiest Big 12 schedule that year.
@@KINGPOOPS I don’t care. SoS IN CONFERENCE is a zero sum game. Furthermore, SoS is the most misused “phantom stat” that exists. OK State lost to Iowa State. Alabama lost to LSU. Those are not equal accomplishments unless you are trying to argue Iowa State was as good as LSU. And there is not one team on Oklahoma State schedule that Alabama would not have beaten. And that is why they were chosen over the Cowboys. SOS matters but it isn’t everything.
@@Maestrohbill If you wanna say SOS isnt everything, whats the argument for Bama being over Boise State? You cant even use SEC superiority for them, seeing as they destroyed the SEC east champ in basically a road game. And any talent or margin comparison is gonna pretty difficult to match with a team who went 50-3 and holds the all time lowest margin of loss. Bama lost to LSU by more points in regulation than BSU lost in 4 years.
Same, eight teams means all NY6 Bowl games are played in the playoff and no NY6 Opt outs. For example Quarter-final: Rose Sugar Cotton Orange Semi-final: Peach Fiesta National Championship: Location TBD (Atlanta) (Miami) (Dallas) (Indy) (Cali)
USC had a 32-11 lead before a late Michigan touchdown with 1:09 to go in the fourth. The result of the game wasn’t in any doubt by time the fourth quarter hit and Michigan only had three points on the board. Using the eye test it was one of the greatest rose bowl performances ever by Dwayne Jarrett, no answer for him all night long.
@TRockNFL It was also 25-11 until 6:52 in the Fourth & USC scored 29 points in the second half not a blowout. The only thing was that the third Quarter USC took control. You need more than dominance in one quarter for it to be a blowout
Ok but if it’s 32-11 with a little less than half to go in the fourth quarter it’s basically a blowout. Michigan stat padded a final touchdown to make the score look better but by eye test you can tell they had no shot at being the victors in that final half 🤣
@TRockNFL Still not a blowout. It was 3-3 at the half and Michigan outscored USC in the Fourth. It's a game that could have gone either way rather than USC being dominant especially since the stat sheets aren't that really different. USC just played a dominant 3rd Quarter.
The 2001 BcS championship spot ultimately came down to Colorado and Washington State not making up their game that was cancelled due to 9/11. Both teams ended the season in the top ten, so a Colorado win would have been enough SOS boost to leap past Nebraska for the spot. A Wazzu win both hurts the Big 12 SOS and gives Oregon an additional boost since they beat the Cougs in OT earlier in the season. It might have even opened up the door for Wazzu to sneak into the game, since their replacement game against Montana State took place on what should have been their bye week prior to the Oregon game. No matter what, Miami would have a different sacrificial lamb.
Actually wrong because it wasn't the game against Washington State, it was their loss to Fresno State that cost them the chance. That's the big one, they also lost to Texas in regular season.
@@sorney98 as it stands now, yes. But Colorado did not actually replace their game against Wazzu with another game since they already had an extra game on the schedule that year. Had they added a win against a Pac-10 contender on the road (as opposed to no game at all), it would have been enough to jump Nebraska in the BcS standings.
@@sorney98 read my original post. If Wazzu wins, Oregon makes the title game, with Wazzu having an outside chance at the game themselves since in this scenario they would have a bye week prior to the Oregon game that they lost in OT.
@@54raynor even had thar game happened one way or other, I don't think either jump. Reason being Nebraska lost on the road. Colorado's lost to Fresno and Oregon's lost to Stanford were at home big reason why Nebraska got the leap over both. Only way Colorado had a shot is had the loss was at Fresno State. And same can be said for Oregon at Stanford.
Addressed mistakes:
Accidentally said New Orleans instead of Illinois when mentioning the 2008 Rose Bowl game
Said Birmingham instead of Brigham Young
Miss pronounced “Vols”
Enjoy the rest of the video!
And couldn’t pronounce tubberville
Either way, well done video!
I think I heard "defecated" instead of "defected". Better pronunciation would make this video even more perfect
Cincinnati's logo was difficult to see
Can u make a video recapping all 10 years of the cfp and what led to its downfall
I was literally trying to explain to my lil bro how they used to do shit before the BCS and he couldn’t believe they use to just vote on a National Champion 😂 we came a long way
Ngl I miss the stupid BCS drama. FSU getting left out of the CFP was a throwback 😂
Bear bryants alabama team won a natty after losing their bowl game back before the bcs
@2009blahblah he also got screwed out of 1966 and 1977 titles.
Who is we?
The team that lost the first BCS Championship won the last BCS Championship. What are the odds.
Florida State shouldn't have even been in the Fiesta Bowl. UCLA got robbed by the refs against Miami.
Ok
@@RobbieStacks90Florida State couldnt even win the Fiesta Bowl. Deserve has nothing to do with it. FSU was givin more than they deserved.
Pretty high since it's only a handful of teams that had a chance to make it to the BCS
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UCLA surrendered almost 700 yards, almost 400 rushing, blew a 10-point lead, lost 2 fumbles and gave up 49 points……but sure, blame the refs…..
for how flawed the bcs was, i can not help but be nostalgic for this era of college football.thank you for the great trip down memory lane
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CFP has had its controversies. The hunt for a champion had destroyed tradition, it wouldn’t hurt my feelings if they dumped nation champions in favor of keeping tradition
Nostalgia glasses
@@shrim1481 At least the BCS didn't destroy tradition
@@harper-leightonscott4566what about the Rose Bowl BIG10 PAC12 tradition. The BCS impacted tradition just as much as the CFP
Notre Dame has been getting exposed in big games since the year I was born and I’m a college graduate😂
Ok I also think it’s their entitled status and back then they were making money had over fist with the exclusive NBC sports tv deal for home games to be broadcast live at the same time 3:00 p.m. for every year since 1992.
Notre Dame’s average margin of defeat in big bowl games since 1990 is around 20 points. It’s pathetic. They aren’t even covering the spread in these games. Most overrated program of all time
@@RadicallyOptimistic like the Cowboys are in the NFL. It all about the money to them but have a they have lot of tradition and diehards. However it don’t automatically give you the win and it actually motivates the teams even more to beat them in the big games if they make it far enough.
If it makes you feel better. Notre Dame hasn’t won a national championship since the year I was born 😂😂😂.
Mike Leach said it best - as long as there’s a committee, it’s not a true playoff. The current CFP is nothing more than an invitational. Expanding the number of teams helps, sure, but it’s just a bigger invitational. Get rid of the committee and the arbitrary/inconsistent selection process. Do what the FCS, D2, and D3 do. Maybe then FBS will have an NCAA-sanctioned playoff (though that may not matter soon, given the NCAA’s irrelevancy)
I agree it’s dumb
@@joegreezy no one ever questions NDSU's dynasty run because the FCS playoffs aren't determined by a committee. The NCAA has clear, non-arbitrary rules written out on how playoff teams are selected. These rules don't change year-to-year because there's no committee debating best vs. most deserving team, and changing the rules whenever they feel like it.
@@jerseyhead.uit like Vince McMahons booking of WWE until he retired.
@@jerseyhead.u idk which side you stand on but just because a team is more talented should never come into play it should always be most deserving the problem is peoples opinions differ in what makes you the most deserving
@@joshdouglas5141 so what do you suggest?
Is this what you were working towards? You've never done a video over 20 minutes before.
Bud, i just finished the video. This is special, sir. You don't suffer from the pace problem at all. You speak very well. Your editing is a++.
I'm a junkie for long form docs. You did a fantastic job here.
Hilariously, I feel like this video isn’t as good as it could be because it took over three months from research, to recording to finding and editing clips. I feel my cadence etc is much better now but at least people are enjoying it😭
@@TRockNFL dude, really? This is excellent work. Do not let a view count fool you on this project if it doesn't hit.
I'm assuming the research was a fairly lengthy process. The recording and editing are right up there with some of the channels I watch that only do long form docs. You got it down cold first try.
As for cadence, it's a little fast, but that's it man. If that's my only criticism on a debut LFD, then I'm going to say you're gifted.
Finally, the sports genre has very few guys that do long form. This was one subject covered end to end, not a compilation. That's unreal. Metaphorically, on your first slam dunk attempt ever, you decide to try a 360, Between the legs, blindfolded and hit it.
You really have something here. Take the time. I'd love to see one on the Playoff and how it was arguably less legit than the BCS.
You got a permanent sub in me.
@@TRockNFLnah bro listened to it driving home from work, your speech and cadence are good great video!
Yeah i rly like that he just gets right to the point too is just bam! content. I can't stand when a long form doc just beats and beats and beats arround the bush never adressing the content the vid was about. This one is gold
This needs to get hot. Excellent work sir. I feel like I'm finding undiscovered gold here.
Thank you🤝
Ndomankung suh absolutely made Texas call him daddy at that game. My god I’ve never seen a more dominant defensive performance
As a Texas fan. You are not wrong dude was a beast.
2011 is why this system crashed and burned, they chose views over logic
Ironic, considering it was the least watched natty of all-time.
Oklahoma state 100% got boned. The resumes weren’t even close
@@SpaceGhost92how, they lost to a Non ranked cyclones...
bama lost 9-6 overtime game in a Game of the Century 😂🤣🤣🤣🤣
#1vs#2 matchup...
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This is a myth. The BCS was already on its way out even before the 2011 season ended.
And the “logic” was fine: “you have two one-loss teams in the running, which team is better”?
The ultimate result proves that the eye test was the best test.
I think Alabama would have demolished Oklahoma State if they played each other in a playoff game. The 2011 Alabama team is the most dominant Alabama team I saw other than 2020. They were loaded with NFL talent
That Boise State-Nevada game, I watched that game as a 14-year-old, that was one of the craziest games I've ever seen. The kicker just kept MISSING for Boise State.
That game lost a lot of its importance when Auburn made its 24 point comeback earlier in the day against Alabama. The Mark Ingram fumble in that game changed the stakes because an Alabama win would have meant that all Boise had to do was win out to play in the national championship game.
FCK you for even bringing that game up.....FCK Nevada too for that matter 😡
As an Oklahoma State Fan just saying the year 2011 brings up bittersweet memories
ah yes, OKstate. Start the season 8-0, shit the bed, completely fall apart. Repeat
@@masterragebaiter see last season we started out shit losing to South Alabama and we ended up in the big 12 championship game somehow cause OU shit the bed against Kansas. Then we played Texas who let’s be honest was going to beat the dogshit out of us and we just couldn’t compete unfortunately. But we did win our bowl game is against the cumstain of college football Texas A&M so hopefully this year we can make the big 12 game and maybe a playoff spot
Love this man, I’m a college football diehard and learned a whole lot. You have something really great
Thank you!
Glad someone made a vid on this, people worship the BCS like it was the best thing ever, in reality it was extremely limiting and flawed, showing why a playoff is necessary. I just with we didn't get all the other stuff with the 12 team format...
Fr bro. I see ppl saying “bring back the BCS” when some of the BCS decisions were ALOT worse than the CFP. Idk if ppl have amnesia, or if ppl just so stuck in nostalgia, that they just ignore the bs that the bcs had
@@dmdubb3129 100% nostalgia, I was too young then to know much about it, I’m for sure wanting for the conferences back then tho, that alignment was perfect imo
My issue is the same bias that makes the BCS a headache still impact playoffs, such as Florida state getting left out last year inorder to really show everyone that Alabama really didn't deserve the good will hat tip that got them in. Though this gets fixed with a 12 team playoff, the bias is still present when winning a conference championship doesn't ensure a playoff spot. Now, if it's only a Pac-2 getting left out because it's a one game conference season, I can respect that, give them Notre dame criteria to get in.
Perfectly, I think every conference with 8 teams gets playoff spots, expands playoffs to 16, and have 6 at large bids, conference champions get home field against any at large, second round gets a re-seed and highest reseeded team gets home, neutral site for semi-finals and championship. I am okay with power big 10 and SEC taking all at large bids, my issue is the concerted effort to prevent a michigan vs Appalachia state circa 2007 but in the playoffs this time. Essentially they only want money schools to play and minimize small market schools to maximize profits instead of crowning a champion like any other level of football does
@@loon1994espn had a part in why the SEC had like a 7 year winning streak until Florida State got its revenge in the last year of the 2 team computer system.
@@loon1994so let me get this straight you still think Alabama didn’t deserve to be there and the FSU team who lost 63-3 to Georgia I mean are you serious? I’m so happy FSU fans got to see their team get shown the door in week 0 😆😆😆 it’s the Alabama invitational every year with the 12 team playoff can’t wait.
The BCS was a complete disaster. This playoff system isn't perfect, but for me, a playoff system is always better than allowing computers eliminate teams.
we really should have the computer with the playoff system
computer polls vs human polls. which one has more legitimately? if polls don't decide conferences, why should they decide a national championship?
Fake news, they are turning cfb into the nfl. Regular season doesn’t matter
Well the computers decided the BIG 12 in 2008, (very controversial)
@@GKAaron11 na the FCS has had a playoff for years and doesn't use computers. The FBS has just been resistant to change because money well that and it was never suppose to have a national championship it was suppose to be you get bowl games and tons of money but no champion.
Somehow, someway, WVU finished 3-0 in BCS bowl games.
Also, 13-9 may as well be on my gravestone. That will haunt me until the heat death of the universe.
Excellent work on this. This was a great recap of what is was like being in the Big East and now Big 12 through all this weirdness.
Thank you!
The 1993 undefeated year breaks my heart too. The team was so broken hearted i think they didn't give a crap about the bowl game that year. It seems they didn't even try in that game after being snubbed.
All of the BCS controversy made my head hurt dawg
Amazing editing and overall quality bro!! This should 100% have more views. I’m a CFB fiend and I’m so happy this was recommended for me. Please don’t stop creating dude. Seriously epic. 🎉
Thank you!
1980s - 2010 East coast biased.
2010 - present. SEC biased.
Glad we have a multiple team playoff system now.
I have been watching college football since I was 10. I am 57 now. I lived through a portion of the Gifting Era and all of the BCS and 4 team playoff eras. While this video was outstanding from the viewpoint of someone who did not live through those eras, it really does not point out the reality of what was going on. The video highlights what the sports media was fueling and wanting people to fight over. Their attacks on the BCS obviously worked and this video is evidence of that. The BCS getting scrapped had more to do with wounded egos amongst the power elite in the BIG 10 and PAC 10 and the BIG 8 more than anything else and of course money but that is a given. Throw in the media constantly attacking the BCS due to it being stripped of its gifting power and what you got what was the creator of this video was talking about ... the "Controversys" where each was manufactured by the media to stir the appropriate fans bases into a frenzy over nothing. Strength of Schedule was unpopular because the OG conferences were weaker than southern football teams and they were being judged as such by the IMPARTIAL computers. The computers simply crunched the numbers and spit out the best teams with zero bias. It rankled the feathers of the OG and the media, with the media looking to destroy the BCS for afore mentioned reasons, they were all too happy to fuel the fire. The break down is as follows:
1925 - 1997 - (known as the Gifting Era) This was the era of West Coast and the westward teams of the BIG 8 along with the BIG 10 bias with an occasional sprinkle of east coast teams and a heavy dose of Independents largely represented by Notre Dame. Sportswriters gifted out National Titles to all their favorites while ignoring southern football. Every once in awhile they would throw the SEC a bone but for the most part it was all the West Coast and the westward teams of the BIG 8 along with the BIG 10 teams that were gifted what was widely known as the "Mythical National Championship" (the MNC). On to the breakdown:
During this era the East Coast had 5 teams win the MNC, The BIG 10 had 13 MNC, The west coast (PAC 10) and the westward teams of the BIG 8 had 18 MNC, the SWC had 5 MNC, and Independents had 14 MNC with Notre Dame getting 9 of them. The SEC had 8 MNC with Alabama getting 5 of those. Some years had co-MNC so the numbers are off as far as total years vs MNC Teams. So as you can see the bias wasn't towards the east coast teams but heavily in favor of Notre Dame, The BIG 10, the west coast and westward leaning teams of the BIG 8. There were 73 MNC's gifted out during this era and the SEC only got 8 of them. We always said down here that if there ever came a day where teams actually had to EARN the title as opposed to it being GIFTED to them, that the SEC would rise to prominence.
1998 - 2013 (The BCS Era) - Hallelujah the day had finally come!!! Teams finally had to earn the title on the field of play regardless of what teams were in the title game they had to play for it ... finally. The best part was that computers were the ones deciding what teams were #1 and #2 and playing for a real National Title which removed the human bias and drove the sports media absolutely nuts because their power to control the MNC was gone so naturally the media lambasted the BCS at every turn trying to boot it and gain their power back. What they did not expect was that the result of their attacks would be the formation of a new system called the 4 team Playoff otherwise known as the Playoff Era. Now we have to add the number 4 to this era due to the expansion of the playoffs and a new era, the 12 Team Playoff Era. The BCS Era also exposed a vast gap between the SEC and the rest of the country with the SEC winning 9 of the 15 BCS National Championships including a run of 7 in a row for the SEC in the later years of the BCS. This of course ruffled the feathers of the OG who benefited most from the Gifting Era and they started clamoring for a playoff system where they could get more of their teams involved and have a better shot at winning National Championships. The sports media weren't exactly happy with this prospect because they were hoping to regain their Gifting Power. The push to form the 4 Team Playoff received minimal coverage in the sports media.
2014 - 2023 - The 4 team Playoff Era - The OG elite got their way and a 4 team playoff era was born with a HUGE difference, gone were the impartial computers and they inserted new bias in the form of humans once again, a committee, who would decide which 4 teams got to have a shot at the National Title in the 4 team playoffs. The OG mindset was the more teams they could stuff into the playoffs the better the odds a team from the OG would win the title. The problem was ..... it didi not work out the way they planned. While the BIG 10 did manage to win the first 4 Team Playoff Era title with Ohio State picking up the trophy, the rest was downhill for the OG. The BIG 10 won a whopping 2 of the 10 titles won during the 4 Team Playoff Era. The SEC won 6 of the 10, and the ACC won 2. Needless to say the OG was NOT happy as the SEC dominated this Era as well. This whole thing with having to actually earn the title on the field of play was sucking for the OG.
Since the start of the BCS Era the SEC had gained a stranglehold on the world of college football. This was great for the SEC who languished under the lash of the Gifting Era knowing they has a superior product down south because "It Just Means More" was a thing long before it became official. These southern folks live, breath, eat and crap football and it showcased itself during the BCS Era and the 4 team Playoff Era. So with the OG being beside themselves something had to be done .... again. Admittedly, with the SEC dominating college football for so long, this created a lack of parity and thus fans from non-SEC teams started losing interest and hope that their favorite teams would ever win a National Title in this era of earning it on the field. They took to attacking and trying to somehow discredit the accomplishments of the SEC and its teams. This was no good for sure so what could be done to appease the OG's butt hurt feelings and appease the fans as well ..... add more teams to the playoffs of course AND this is also why the conference re-alignments occurred.
The [powers that be thought that by convincing Oklahoma and Texas (2 traditionally strong teams) to move to the SEC that it would create more of a struggle for the SEC teams to advance. The divisions were scrapped in the SEC to make this more effective. Texas was given the easiest of SEC schedules this year to ease them into the fire while OU was just plain thrown under the bus. When the SEC powers that be were throwing together the SEC conference schedule for this season, they made the Texas schedule just ridiculously easy as far as the prognostication of what teams were expected to be like a couple years ago when they made these schedules. They threw GA in there to make the schedule look more legit but then gerrymandered where and when that game would be played. They scheduled the game as a Home game for Texas on the F1 Grand Prix weekend .... which traditionally Texas does not play a Home game that weekend because there are a limited number of hotel rooms available for the traveling fan bases. Insert an illegally placed referee (whose son attends Texas and by rule cannot be assigned to officiate this game) which paid off in the form of an horrendously pro-Texas called game including an illegally over-turned PI call via Instant replay via the use of the Jumbotrons AFTER the Texas fans halted game play in a temper tantrum worthy of a spoiled 3 year old but the SEC powers that be were reasonably confident that Texas could beat GA in this game with the odds stacked against them.
What they did not figure in is that Texas and OU have been playing in the weaker conference of the BIG 8 and SWC which basically merged and became the BIG 12 for all intents and purposes. When a team gets used to soft competition in their conference and rise to the top of that softer conference, they really lose the grit needed to play tougher teams which showed in the playoff era as OU kept getting bounced over and over. Texas only made it once during the BCS Era. Now those 2 teams have run into the buzz saw that is the SEC. As is evident with the tossing of the Divisions in the SEC, now the power teams play each other a lot more thus the SEC is cannibalizing itself most effectively thus allowing room for other teams to make the playoffs. The SEC powers that be could not foresee that Texas A+M, Vandy and even Kentucky to a degree would be doing this well so far in the season or they might not have put all 3 of the Texas schedule because all 3 were cellar dwellers when the schedules were made and Tennessee was only middling.
So here we are at the dawn of the 12 Team Playoff Era and the OG is hoping to make a bigger splash with the odds now stacked against the SEC. Only time will tell.
Most of that is your personal opinion. As a Pac 12 fan they put us against the Big 10 in the Rose Bowl and left us out of the championship picture. What happened in 1996? Florida was gifted a championship and Arizona St was screwed over.
@zeaferjones1404 Uh ya. Thats what I said. East coast biased. And ya. Az State was screwed that yr. Same with BYU that season. They picked Penn St for over BYU for the Fiesta Bowl.
@@zeaferjones1404 While there is some opinion in my post the vast majority is fact. I researched all that information and I lived through those eras. I know what was going on first hand. As far as Florida being gifted a Natty in 96 ... that was during the Bowl Alliance Era (predecessor to the BCS) and at that point humans were still calling the shots. It was not until the BCS came into play that humans were removed from the decision making process.
@@muerkier I'm just saying the Pac 10 got screwed during the human poll era they didn't favor teams on the West unless you are talking about the Big 12. I will say during that era they favored ACC teams and Big 12 teams. However the beginning of the BCS was similar with Miami and Nebraska screwing over Oregon. SEC didn't start getting the East Coast Bias treatment until Tebow's Florida teams but once they did it got ridiculous with a one loss Alabama jumping one loss Oregon in 2012 just cuz.
You should do a part 2 of how the 4 team college football playoff came to this years expanded playoff
This was the most entertaining watch I've had in a long time. Thanks for the vid!
13:29 bro said birmingham young💀
It actually was them but I couldn’t find their logo and needed a filler
It's Brigham my guy😂@@TRockNFL
Whaat?😂
@@TRockNFL There is no "Birmingham" Young.
Its Brigham Young
Great video you really covered everything a video like this is very necessary with the annnoying revisionist history going rn of people claiming this system was better then the current
Thank you man, I won’t lie, I was for a playoff of up to eight teams but I wasn’t against a 12/16 playoff for the sake of devaluing the regular season. But now that I look at it, there will be no more NY6 Bowl opt outs and the home campus playoff games sound amazing. And I find it hard to believe a fluke team will ever make a national championship again, as you’d have to go through three/four of the best teams in three country in a row😳
How does FCS, Division 2, Division 3, NAIA, Junior College, and 3C2A have a much more organized post-season than the FBS is beyond me. If they're really going to do a playoff then they should get rid of the bowl system because you can't do both on a consistent amount of time.
Well I like the NY6 bowls rotating among the playoff semis and quarters, imagine CFB without the Rose Bowl Game
because the post season is controlled by the NCAA. this cfp is controlled by money
The NCAA doesn't have a football playoff for FBS teams.
This new playoff is still not sanctioned by the NCAA.
Junior college football does not have a championship playoff.
@@G_54-GMG
Because those leagues didn’t get millions in bowl game TV rights payouts.
FBS tried a playoff vote in 1980 and were told by the networks they would not pay millions for quarterfinal play-in games.
As a person that was too young to remember the years of the BCS, this is honestly a great video to learn from. Thank you
As a Virginia Tech fan/alum, I would have loved to see Michael Vick go out in a BCS Bowl. The 2000 season had so many 1-loss teams (similar to 2008), some such as ours got left out altogether. We did balance it out with our at-large in 2011, though a controversial TD overturning in OT forever leaves a sour taste in my mouth about that one. I think one thing the NY6 process - and now the 12-team CFP - improved upon was giving the at-large spots to the highest-ranked teams (which would have helped us in 2000, or would have helped Boise State and Kansas State in 2011).
Somehow in 2011 NO G5 team made a BCS bowl at all despite 3 teams ranked in the top 15........ yet the Orange bowl literally had #16 Clemson vs #23 West Virginia. This is one of many examples of why NOBODY in the P5 should complain about the G5 making a 12 team playoffs.
more college videos will have your numbers skyrocket.. great content bro keep it up
As an Oregon fan and Pac 12 fan I now realize the East Coast Bias was worse than I thought. I was actually fooled into thinking Oregon was close to making it in 2001 and Washington was close to making it in 2000 but were screwed over. However it is worse than being screwed over we were an afterthought based on this guys commentary.
Dont forget Oregon St in 2000. Wwallooped Norte Dame in the Fiesta Bowl.
I forget but I think Wazzu was kinda screwed over in 1997
@jeffreekoch9298 I actually do think Oregon St was the best team because their only loss was them being cheated at Washington. However Washington did beat Miami, Oregon St. and later a Drew Brees Purdue team. So it is an easy argument to make with Florida St fans but on eye test Oregon St was the best team.
Fire video listened to it while playing CFB25😂
This is what life is all about
@@TRockNFL truthfully,God is good thanks for the video brother
Amen
@@HunchoTooClean Same bro
Rece Davis gets boring after enough games. Need heat like this to stay fresh 🔥
I will never forget that Oregon State vs. Notre Dame game. I have never seen a team get beat down that physically ever. I still compare every physical game to that one.
The BCS was basically the voters who used to decide who the top 2 teams were in the final rankings and, subsequently, who got to play for the natty, attempting to take the heat off of themselves that they were constantly taking by fan bases of non-traditional powers who would get consistently F’d out of their chance to play for the title mostly based on bias, and getting them to shift that heat onto computers who would spit out their final BCS score in terms of points to determine the final top 25 rankings of the season. The problem with that was, the computers were still only one of the elements in determining the final BCS scores, and their only use was calculating strength of schedule and then the final BCS points (scores) for each team factoring in strength of schedule, average position in human polls, etc. There was still the human bias element of involving average team ranking in the human polls as part of the final BCS score. And to add to this, the strength of schedule (computer metric) was programmed with bias, as the SEC is always viewed as being so much better than the other conferences that over 50% of their conference on average would start the season ranked in the top 25 in human polls (even though the majority would go on to prove they weren’t worthy by seasons end) which subsequently always gave the SEC Champs and even the runner up a better strength of schedule metric which was calculated by the computers than the other conference champs. It’s almost like the voters knew it wouldn’t stop the controversy but they felt like maybe it would help alleviate some of the heat they would take by people shifting their complaints towards the BCS system itself instead of directly at them. Perhaps they already felt like the future of college football was a playoff and the BCS was their way to buy them some time until evolution took its course.
2011 BCS Season was the absolutely worst. How did Alabama ranked #2? That was complete bs!
Please tell me how the Boone Pickens Cowpokes deserved to be in New Orleans that year?
Deserves way more views good shit man
Real issue in college is talent disparity the difference between the top 4 and 9-12 is actually insane
In the BCS era that wasnt so much the case.....
This is a fantastic video!! Thanks for the content!!
And thank you!
Wait... Birmingham Young?
Well known for their rivalries with Noter Dame and An Ohio State University
Yeah the founder of the mormon religion in Alabama
What caused the downfall of the BCS?
Common sense.
I have been watching college football since I was 10. I am 57 now. I lived through a portion of the Gifting Era and all of the BCS and 4 team playoff eras. While this video was outstanding from the viewpoint of someone who did not live through those eras, it really does not point out the reality of what was going on. The video highlights what the sports media was fueling and wanting people to fight over. Their attacks on the BCS obviously worked and this video is evidence of that. The BCS getting scrapped had more to do with wounded egos amongst the power elite in the BIG 10 and PAC 10 and the BIG 8 more than anything else and of course money but that is a given. Throw in the media constantly attacking the BCS due to it being stripped of its gifting power and what you got what was the creator of this video was talking about ... the "Controversys" where each was manufactured by the media to stir the appropriate fans bases into a frenzy over nothing. Strength of Schedule was unpopular because the OG conferences were weaker than southern football teams and they were being judged as such by the IMPARTIAL computers. The computers simply crunched the numbers and spit out the best teams with zero bias. It rankled the feathers of the OG and the media, with the media looking to destroy the BCS for afore mentioned reasons, they were all too happy to fuel the fire. The break down is as follows:
1925 - 1997 - (known as the Gifting Era) This was the era of West Coast and the westward teams of the BIG 8 along with the BIG 10 bias with an occasional sprinkle of east coast teams and a heavy dose of Independents largely represented by Notre Dame. Sportswriters gifted out National Titles to all their favorites while ignoring southern football. Every once in awhile they would throw the SEC a bone but for the most part it was all the West Coast and the westward teams of the BIG 8 along with the BIG 10 teams that were gifted what was widely known as the "Mythical National Championship" (the MNC). On to the breakdown:
During this era the East Coast had 5 teams win the MNC, The BIG 10 had 13 MNC, The west coast (PAC 10) and the westward teams of the BIG 8 had 18 MNC, the SWC had 5 MNC, and Independents had 14 MNC with Notre Dame getting 9 of them. The SEC had 8 MNC with Alabama getting 5 of those. Some years had co-MNC so the numbers are off as far as total years vs MNC Teams. So as you can see the bias wasn't towards the east coast teams but heavily in favor of Notre Dame, The BIG 10, the west coast and westward leaning teams of the BIG 8. There were 73 MNC's gifted out during this era and the SEC only got 8 of them. We always said down here that if there ever came a day where teams actually had to EARN the title as opposed to it being GIFTED to them, that the SEC would rise to prominence.
1998 - 2013 (The BCS Era) - Hallelujah the day had finally come!!! Teams finally had to earn the title on the field of play regardless of what teams were in the title game they had to play for it ... finally. The best part was that computers were the ones deciding what teams were #1 and #2 and playing for a real National Title which removed the human bias and drove the sports media absolutely nuts because their power to control the MNC was gone so naturally the media lambasted the BCS at every turn trying to boot it and gain their power back. What they did not expect was that the result of their attacks would be the formation of a new system called the 4 team Playoff otherwise known as the Playoff Era. Now we have to add the number 4 to this era due to the expansion of the playoffs and a new era, the 12 Team Playoff Era. The BCS Era also exposed a vast gap between the SEC and the rest of the country with the SEC winning 9 of the 15 BCS National Championships including a run of 7 in a row for the SEC in the later years of the BCS. This of course ruffled the feathers of the OG who benefited most from the Gifting Era and they started clamoring for a playoff system where they could get more of their teams involved and have a better shot at winning National Championships. The sports media weren't exactly happy with this prospect because they were hoping to regain their Gifting Power. The push to form the 4 Team Playoff received minimal coverage in the sports media.
2014 - 2023 - The 4 team Playoff Era - The OG elite got their way and a 4 team playoff era was born with a HUGE difference, gone were the impartial computers and they inserted new bias in the form of humans once again, a committee, who would decide which 4 teams got to have a shot at the National Title in the 4 team playoffs. The OG mindset was the more teams they could stuff into the playoffs the better the odds a team from the OG would win the title. The problem was ..... it didi not work out the way they planned. While the BIG 10 did manage to win the first 4 Team Playoff Era title with Ohio State picking up the trophy, the rest was downhill for the OG. The BIG 10 won a whopping 2 of the 10 titles won during the 4 Team Playoff Era. The SEC won 6 of the 10, and the ACC won 2. Needless to say the OG was NOT happy as the SEC dominated this Era as well. This whole thing with having to actually earn the title on the field of play was sucking for the OG.
Since the start of the BCS Era the SEC had gained a stranglehold on the world of college football. This was great for the SEC who languished under the lash of the Gifting Era knowing they has a superior product down south because "It Just Means More" was a thing long before it became official. These southern folks live, breath, eat and crap football and it showcased itself during the BCS Era and the 4 team Playoff Era. So with the OG being beside themselves something had to be done .... again. Admittedly, with the SEC dominating college football for so long, this created a lack of parity and thus fans from non-SEC teams started losing interest and hope that their favorite teams would ever win a National Title in this era of earning it on the field. They took to attacking and trying to somehow discredit the accomplishments of the SEC and its teams. This was no good for sure so what could be done to appease the OG's butt hurt feelings and appease the fans as well ..... add more teams to the playoffs of course AND this is also why the conference re-alignments occurred.
The [powers that be thought that by convincing Oklahoma and Texas (2 traditionally strong teams) to move to the SEC that it would create more of a struggle for the SEC teams to advance. The divisions were scrapped in the SEC to make this more effective. Texas was given the easiest of SEC schedules this year to ease them into the fire while OU was just plain thrown under the bus. When the SEC powers that be were throwing together the SEC conference schedule for this season, they made the Texas schedule just ridiculously easy as far as the prognostication of what teams were expected to be like a couple years ago when they made these schedules. They threw GA in there to make the schedule look more legit but then gerrymandered where and when that game would be played. They scheduled the game as a Home game for Texas on the F1 Grand Prix weekend .... which traditionally Texas does not play a Home game that weekend because there are a limited number of hotel rooms available for the traveling fan bases. Insert an illegally placed referee (whose son attends Texas and by rule cannot be assigned to officiate this game) and they got a payoff ... sort of in the form of a horrendously pro-Texas called game including an illegally over-turned PI call via Instant replay via the use of the Jumbotrons AFTER the Texas fans halted game play in a temper tantrum worthy of a spoiled 3 year old but the SEC powers that be were reasonably confident that Texas could beat GA in this game with the odds stacked against them. OOPS.
What they did not figure in is that Texas and OU have been playing in the weaker conference of the BIG 8 and SWC which basically merged and became the BIG 12 for all intents and purposes. When a team gets used to soft competition in their conference and rise to the top of that softer conference, they really lose the grit needed to play tougher teams which showed in the playoff era as OU kept getting bounced over and over. Texas only made it once during the BCS Era. Now those 2 teams have run into the buzz saw that is the SEC. As is evident with the tossing of the Divisions in the SEC, now the power teams play each other a lot more thus the SEC is cannibalizing itself most effectively thus allowing room for other teams to make the playoffs. The SEC powers that be could not foresee that Texas A+M, Vandy and even Kentucky to a degree would be doing this well so far in the season or they might not have put all 3 of the Texas schedule because all 3 were cellar dwellers when the schedules were made and Tennessee was only middling.
So here we are at the dawn of the 12 Team Playoff Era and the OG is hoping to make a bigger splash with the odds now stacked against the SEC. Only time will tell.
I don't care how flawed the BCS was, this era in CFB history was the best imho. Every game mattered, athletes didn't skip bowl games, and best college gameday crews! The controversies are what made it exciting to me! As matter of fact the sports popularity during this time skyrocketed! The ABC college football theme music, classic games, goat athletes, and colossal upsets. EAs NCAA Football 2002 - 2006 Goated! I fell in love with college football during this time. It was great growing up as a teenager in the 2000s. Thanks for the trip down memory lane. Your channel deserves more subs!
"every game mattered" What on earth are you on about...... Theres about 20 examples proving this wasnt the case in the BCS
USC didn't go to the 🌹 Bowl in 02. Because they lost to Washington St in the regular Season, Who they shared the title with
Found a gem with this one 💎
Thank you 🤝
3:00 Look, it's Cade McNown!
Incredible work man. Kudos.
The end of the BCS was just highlighting the problem at the time, and the problem that Corso said without saying. Networks and these "Experts" calling teams pretenders because they either aren't in a conference that they love, or aren't Blue Bloods. Its all about the ratings for the networks. This is why there literally shouldn't be any debate for the majority of the playoff field. Top 4 seeds should be as they are, power conference winners with a Bye. Then seeds 5-8 should be a combination of G5 and Independent conference winners. Then let the SEC/BIG10 selection committee pick their precious ratings babies for seeds 9-12. If you don't like that process because it's "Unfair" all I can say to you and your school is "Cool, win your Conference so it doesn't matter." There is 0 reason a 2+ Loss non conference winning team should be hosting a playoff game.
Having said all of this, the CFB Playoff is the right call, but having a selection committee that is clearly going to have its strings pulled to favor SEC/BIG10 schools is asinine.
I wouldnt call Kansas St cinderellas. They were legit domintate back in the mid '90s - mid '00s . Championship contenders most years.
They did get disrespected at times tho. I think too much past memories of their horrible years during the '70s and '80s haunted them.
It would be like if Vanderbilt were to all of a sudden become a powerhouse for a decade. The poll voters wouldnt adjust well.
Florida State and Miami kinda went through the same thing back in the '80s when they finally broke through as dominate teams. They both stunk for many years during the '60s and '70s.
Computers and algorithms have never and will never work in college football
The BCS sucked.
Even worse when they started the BCS National Championship Game and would play at the Rose Bowl but it wasn't even the Rose Bowl
Also because the SEC verses everyone else because ESPN and the BCS were in love with the SEC.
But the sec more than deserved their place. I really don't get the sec hate when their routinely defeat out of conference opponents when it matters.
@ryanpatrick4920 nil has been on place for not even five years. Drawing any sort of conclusion on such a small sample of games never comes back and bites anyone right?
@ryanpatrick4920 you mean the era in which the sec has won two out of three natties? That sounds like sec dominance at the highest level. Well Texas is the #1 ranked team in the country. And who has a better OOC win than them? Sec dominance will continue by and large. They have the most money and the most resources.
Oregon should have been in the championship in 2001. Washington should have been in the championship in 2000.
Great work my man! Keep it up you got talent for this
Nice editing...USC beats "New Orleans" in the 2008 Rose Bowl.
I showed a pic of Illinois at least
Too long didn't watch: 98-2010 completely east coast bias. 2011-now SEC bias
I did a little mocumentary on this myself. I'm glad someone did this with for effort
Amazing job on this...very thorough and very well paced...I was 30 minutes into it before realizing it was more than an hour long!
Thank you!🤝
I remember in 2011 Oklahoma state had lost that game against Iowa state. Before that game, Kurt budke (the woman basketball coach)and an assistant coach had passed away. I heard many excuses as to why they had lost that game, but the dumbest one had to be because Kurt had passed away and it affected the players.
I certainly sympathize for Oklahoma State and their tragedy. But ultimately, I agree that this excuse doesn't hold up. OKSt had a 2nd half 17-point lead over Iowa State that they let slip through their fingers - thus putting them at the mercy of the Coaches and Harris Poll voters (a few of whom I believe did play funny games by ranking the Cowboys 5th or 6th).
@@topay exactly
I'll never forget being an OU student back in '08. We'd run from the stadium after our game to the nearest TV to see the Tech/Texas game. When Crabtree pulled it off, people were jumping up so fast, they knocked so many chairs over in the student union.
The BCS was far from an ideal system. But I'll be damned if it didn't give me some great memories.
Saban/Alabama was so dominant they had to change college football twice just to give other teams a chance lol
Pretty easy to look dominate, when you prohibit quality teams from even playing you for a title. Yeah Alabama was a good team, but in NEITHER championship did they play teams with a top 3 offense and wouldnt you know it but teams with that criteria were in contention for playing for a title in both 2009 and 2011. How good is your defense really - if you dont have to play these teams?
@@MattBuild4Ohio state better than 😂 Alabama
@@MattBuild4 Alabama can’t control that. Also it’s easy to say they didn’t play a top 3 offense but you’re ignoring that in 2011 they played one of the best defenses of all time. Do I need to read the 2009 Florida roster off to you? Besides Alabama they were the best team in the country. Alabama beat them. They ended up playing Texas in the Natty and what happened happened. Im sure if Texas won you wouldn’t gripe so much about it. Defense always wins championships and it especially did then. No one truly thinks Alabama wouldn’t have beaten Boise State or needed to to prove themselves😂
@@MattBuild4That makes no sense. The fact that teams had to be top 2 to even make the championship at the time just shows how impressive it was. If they been had a playoff system like the nfl, I guarantee that Alabama would've won more championships. They would've gotten in every year and not many teams would've beaten Bama to be honest.
@@Sjsjssjjsjsj-wjdkyk3 championships (OSU) vs 18 championships (Bama) 🤔
53:12 the injury to Colt McCoy set off a chain reaction that created the dynasty of Alabama and the death of the longhorns.
I miss 2000-2013 college football. That shit felt different
None of this would be a problem if OKST made the 2011 Championship…
Yes sir. The pokes got absolutely boned
Don’t blow a 24-7 lead against a mid-level team.
How about don’t lose then tf😂
@@SpaceGhost92 LSU or Bama would've destroyed them
Say what you want but Bama went and made a statement.
It was the Michigan snub of a rematch against Ohio state that started the downfall because you started to see the ESPN bias. ESPN for weeks dog Michigan out. The following year they switch
The pic at 8:25 is from the 1998 Orange Bowl not the 2000 Fiesta Bowl.
Great content thank you this was awesome
This is so nostalgic
I hated the BCS for what they did to Auburn in 2004. They were snubbed for going undefeated and winning the SEC. What pissed me off the most is that Auburn had more top 15 wins than USC and Oklahoma combined(Who played for the title). That title game should have been USC vs Auburn.
Just find your page. This is great!
That’s song in the background distracted me a little 2k11 memories
Informative
Keep it up T Rock
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“A rematch?” That’s funny because we are likely to see 1 or 2 of these this year alone. Maybe even teams playing 3 times.
West Virginia blowing that game to Pitt was insane. I remember watching it like it was yesterday.
I always thought the BCS was trash back in my teens. Seeing it now when I’m in my 30s? Trash, is putting it lightly.
God this was an awful era
Better than this trashfire playoff era. About to get worse with 12 team playoffs.....
correction, @ 30:46 USC played at FedEX Field in Landover , MD. Esstentially it was a homegame for Va Tech since they had alot of fans int he area... great video btw
That’s rightttt, I remember now seeing highlights of that game and USC was in home jerseys. Thank you for the correction (I’m only 18). When you see that VA tech @ USC on ESPN or PFR you just run with it lol
@@TRockNFL You did a great job with the video, im truly impressed, this channel is going to blow up 👍
Thank you🤝
If BCS still existed today, it would’ve been worse since everything is going to be essentially decided by AI at this point.
glad we finally settled that 2003 issue on the field, Fight On!
Incredible game too
Utah. That's the answer.
People complain about Bama getting into the playoffs every year. Now, with a 12 team playoff, Alabama will be in every playoff.
Well that’s not guaranteed anymore. They lost that Nick Saben recruiting.
But now they have to earn their title instead of computers deciding
@@brucechmiel7964 they had the #2 recruiting class in the first year with Deboer. Try again kid.
Surprised you can type with both hands full of Tide dick.
@davealmighty9638 that's off decades of success thanks to Nick Saban. Ofc youre going to recruit well off the backs of Sabans run. And a lot of those kids Saban had already recruited. We'll have to give Deboer a full recruiting cycle to really judge how he can recruit. He had 2 years to do it at Washington but who is to say that Rome Odunze and Jalen McMillan were even his recruits because they weren't. Deboer is a great coach but the sample size is small considering recruiting. He hasn't been at any big time school long enough to give him credit for a #2 recruiting class. Also, Saban has stuck around and has helped keep those kids at Bama who were about to flip. So, they are #2 because they are Bama. Not because of Deboer. Partly because but mostly because this is Alabama and because of recency (Saban legacy)
Very informative video and well put together. It's tough to watch your videos sometimes though, you need to slow down when talking
I’ll take it
I FW the videos my guy keep that shit going new subscriber , 250k subs this year watch 💯✊🏾
Maybe not this year but hopefully by Christmas 2026😭
@@TRockNFL Nah brotha Combined with EANCAA25 everyone is ready for this season and i’m watching you 💯✊🏾
I miss the best. But prefer the playoff commity doing the rankings
that 2k11 soundtrack 🔥
as a cane fan, we got robbed in 2002, ref definitely had a parlay on the game and rigged it
Maybe if you guys had the courage to play the 2nd best team the year before you guys would have been used to tough competition.
@ my brother that 01’ canes team would’ve beat anybody that year and they would beat any all time cfb team so…
like there’s actually no way ur actually trying to argue against ken dorsey, clinton portis willis mcaghee frank gore andre johnson santana moss jeremy shockey joaquin gonzalez brian mckinney vince wilfork jonathon vilma ed reed and sean taylor just to name the players off the top of me head
@@jbertot11 Upsets do happened. Yes a team of legendary Oregon players are going to be the underdog against a team of legendary NFL players. I just think that game would have been competitive while Nebraska was already deflated from getting destroyed by Colorado.
NCAA owes K-State is what I’m hearing
You could not spell ‘Complete Bullshit’ without BCS
Then 4 teams wasn't enough and now we have 12. A true playoff. A legit Bowl Series, that's thankfully not called the BCS. (Bias Computer System).
And now it’ll be 16 next year, I’m mostly excited for the fact it’ll be no more opt outs in historic games like the Rose, Sugar, Fiesta and Orange Bowl now
@@TRockNFL16 teams in 2025? You sure about that?
@@TRockNFL2026 at the earliest for 16 teams
My fault
I think this system will bring back some of the glory of the bowls. It definitly sets some of the bowls above the others at least. The Orange Bowl should be more important than the Vegas Bowl.
Great Work bro..
Thank you
We'll never get a perfect system for college on rankings. I hope the playoffs will work out better but we'll have to see when it actually happens.
If in 2011 Alabama and Oklahoma State's resumés were flipped, Alabama would make the Championship Game with no pushback. The Big 12 was statistically the best conference that year and Oklahoma State won it outright.
@@KINGPOOPS
I’m not sure how you come up with this. The SEC and B12 met twice on the field and the SEC was 2-0. Not only that, Arkansas - who lost to both LSU and Alabama by 24 points - beat the #2 team in the Big 12, the team that gave OK State a scare by racing out to a 19-0 lead, never trailing, and holding K State’s 33.1 ppg offense to 1/2 that. Throw in OK State needing overtime to beat the Pac-12 reps who got blown out by Oregon (LSU had no problem with Oregon in the opener), and l wonder why folks think this.
I’m not sure where this whole “the Big 12 was the best conference” claim is from.
What was the best OOC win by the Big 12 that year? Maybe OU beating Florida St? And yes, the SEC was down some but not sure this argument works.
@@Maestrohbill the top 7 teams in Strength of Schedule that year were all Big 12 schools. Only 2 SEC schools (neither of them were Alabama) had a harder schedule than the easiest Big 12 schedule that year.
@@KINGPOOPS
I don’t care. SoS IN CONFERENCE is a zero sum game.
Furthermore, SoS is the most misused “phantom stat” that exists.
OK State lost to Iowa State.
Alabama lost to LSU.
Those are not equal accomplishments unless you are trying to argue Iowa State was as good as LSU.
And there is not one team on Oklahoma State schedule that Alabama would not have beaten.
And that is why they were chosen over the Cowboys. SOS matters but it isn’t everything.
@@Maestrohbill If you wanna say SOS isnt everything, whats the argument for Bama being over Boise State? You cant even use SEC superiority for them, seeing as they destroyed the SEC east champ in basically a road game.
And any talent or margin comparison is gonna pretty difficult to match with a team who went 50-3 and holds the all time lowest margin of loss. Bama lost to LSU by more points in regulation than BSU lost in 4 years.
The beauty of college football before the BCS... every regular season game was practically a playoff game with regards to the national championship
Thank God for the playoffs! I’m with Obama tho just make it 8 teams
Same, eight teams means all NY6 Bowl games are played in the playoff and no NY6 Opt outs.
For example
Quarter-final:
Rose
Sugar
Cotton
Orange
Semi-final:
Peach
Fiesta
National Championship: Location TBD (Atlanta) (Miami) (Dallas) (Indy) (Cali)
BCS > CFP Committee. But 1v2 < 1-4 < 1-12. If the BCS had a reasonable playoff it would have been the best thing.
absolutely not
Agreed
@@MattBuild4 what? You hate when your feelings are proven wrong by numbers or what? Lmao
33:13 "Voter defection" and "voter defecation" are VERY different things.
Make a video about 4 team playoff
Amazing video bro, the history of college football is not talked about enough
Thank you!
Good video
Never forget the 1 second added back in the Big 12 championship came from an illegal review.
Do a follow up on how awful the 4 team playoff was.
How the hell could you be ranked 20 & be 8-4 & be in contention for the National Championship
Also 32-18 isn't a blowout it's only by two touchdowns u need at least 3 score lead to be a blowout
USC had a 32-11 lead before a late Michigan touchdown with 1:09 to go in the fourth. The result of the game wasn’t in any doubt by time the fourth quarter hit and Michigan only had three points on the board. Using the eye test it was one of the greatest rose bowl performances ever by Dwayne Jarrett, no answer for him all night long.
@TRockNFL It was also 25-11 until 6:52 in the Fourth & USC scored 29 points in the second half not a blowout. The only thing was that the third Quarter USC took control. You need more than dominance in one quarter for it to be a blowout
Ok but if it’s 32-11 with a little less than half to go in the fourth quarter it’s basically a blowout. Michigan stat padded a final touchdown to make the score look better but by eye test you can tell they had no shot at being the victors in that final half 🤣
@TRockNFL Still not a blowout. It was 3-3 at the half and Michigan outscored USC in the Fourth. It's a game that could have gone either way rather than USC being dominant especially since the stat sheets aren't that really different. USC just played a dominant 3rd Quarter.
The 2001 BcS championship spot ultimately came down to Colorado and Washington State not making up their game that was cancelled due to 9/11.
Both teams ended the season in the top ten, so a Colorado win would have been enough SOS boost to leap past Nebraska for the spot. A Wazzu win both hurts the Big 12 SOS and gives Oregon an additional boost since they beat the Cougs in OT earlier in the season. It might have even opened up the door for Wazzu to sneak into the game, since their replacement game against Montana State took place on what should have been their bye week prior to the Oregon game.
No matter what, Miami would have a different sacrificial lamb.
Actually wrong because it wasn't the game against Washington State, it was their loss to Fresno State that cost them the chance. That's the big one, they also lost to Texas in regular season.
@@sorney98 as it stands now, yes. But Colorado did not actually replace their game against Wazzu with another game since they already had an extra game on the schedule that year. Had they added a win against a Pac-10 contender on the road (as opposed to no game at all), it would have been enough to jump Nebraska in the BcS standings.
@54raynor who's to say Wazzu would of beaten them, Colorado wasn't that good to start out the year.
@@sorney98 read my original post. If Wazzu wins, Oregon makes the title game, with Wazzu having an outside chance at the game themselves since in this scenario they would have a bye week prior to the Oregon game that they lost in OT.
@@54raynor even had thar game happened one way or other, I don't think either jump. Reason being Nebraska lost on the road. Colorado's lost to Fresno and Oregon's lost to Stanford were at home big reason why Nebraska got the leap over both. Only way Colorado had a shot is had the loss was at Fresno State. And same can be said for Oregon at Stanford.
Finally, I could never understand those bawls
I loved the BCS but I really loved the old bowl system before the BCS
As an okst student at the time 2011 still gets me hot
Great video though btw
Thank you, and I really wish y’all got a shot in 2011, would’ve avoided one of the least competitive national championships ever
@TRockNFL for sure that was championship was pretty disappointing
@@jaridatkinson4907almost as disappointing as losing to Iowa state that year
@@Rainock-qz5le ill never recover from that game bro