A History of the National Championship Game | Part 2: The BCS

[@jdawg1712]

I forgot how hard the championship intros went. They make the CFP championship intros look soulless.

[@Chelseagrinkittycat]

Those early 2000s intro were so good, and so were the logos, intro videos and what not for all sports.

[@cynoflads]

The BCS was a system of pure tomfoolery that was peak college football tomfoolery

[@samuwu9103]

Peak college football in general tbh every week felt like life or death for your team, once your team was in the top five it had you praying for the other teams downfall like a masterclass hater 🤣

[@stout8807]

@@samuwu9103it definitely made the regular season great to watch. Give it time, I can see the new 12 team playoff eventually taking away from it

[@icetredotnet6473]

Good times…good times 😂😂

[@WastelandWanderer1216]

Well at least with the new 12 Team Playoff system a lot of other schools that actually did well will have a chance at the Natty.

[@jordandennis6794]

Better than the College Football Playoff

[@ethangieseler9966]

Dude you’re the best at telling this story. I’m now 20 years old and started watching college football in the 2013-2014 season. About 3 years ago I fell in love with the sport when I got NCAA 14 and it’s my favorite sport by far and you doing something like this, telling the story of the sport is really truly my favorite thing on KZbin.

[@Lottoboi100]

I can't wait till the new EA Sports College Football game this summer 2024

[@scottallen8499]

Great walk down memory lane, I loved this era of college football…. But yeah, 90% of the NCG’s were so disappointing.

[@matthewrobinson3231]

As a florida state fan born in 2001 who didn’t realize we kinda didn’t deserve 3 trips to the natty from 99-01, I’m a bit less mad about being snubbed this year😂

[@martinrosario4018]

You’re reasonable lol that fanbase forgets they benefited from teams getting screwed of a chance at a natty too, surprised they didn’t scream for the bcs to come back

[@matthewrobinson3231]

@@martinrosario4018 oh if BCS was still around it woulda been Michigan vs FSU no question 😂Washington who?😂

[@scottyclayton2501]

@matthewrobinson323 I actually did the math (AP substituting in for Harris but otherwise all the polls still run). The top 5 would be 1 Michigan, 2 Washington, 3 Alabama, 4 Florida State, and 5 Texas. Wild that Texas would be out of the top 4.

[@MattBuild4]

Just want to point some absolutely ridiculous stuff in 2010...... Not only was 2010 TCU snubbed of a title game, they became the first team in NCAA history to not make a championship game despite an undefeated season and originally outranking BOTH teams that would make the national title over them. This team got jumped out of their title. Now you might think oh well Oregon beat #9 Stanford by 21 and Auburn beat #10 Alabama. Except these ARE NOT THE WEEKS that Oregon and Auburn jumped TCU..... Oregon jumped TCU in Week 4, when they beat Arizona State (who went 6-6) by 11. That same week TCU beat SMU 41-14. Auburn jumped TCU in Week 8, when they beat FCS Chatanooga (notice FCS TEAM) by 38. That same week TCU beat #6 Utah 47-7. Thats not a misprint - Auburn beating a FCS team was considered more valuable than a Top 6 road win by 40 points. Like are you kidding me???? Tell me the sport is corrupt af without telling me the sport is corrupt af....

[@Red_5478]

My guy, thanks for adding that in here. Wish I had the ability to touch on TCU Boise State and others more but these comments will help add more info that I couldn’t. Thank you for watching!

[@MattBuild4]

@@Red_5478 Appreciate the comment. Also Im glad you brought up the stuff about the legal trials, because this is rarely ever talked about by media when discussing the BCS. They love to make it seem like everyone was only upset because the SEC was dominating when that really doesnt track historically and completely ignores the fact that the league was getting sued.

[@kevinbond8966]

Oregon or Auburn would have absolutely crushed them.

[@MattBuild4]

@@kevinbond8966 With what? Oregon and Auburn had terrible defenses going up against an ALL PRO NFL QB, NFL RB, TE and WR. Offensively Oregon is a nice show and they had some fast talent, but its not that difficult to figure out. Auburn you had Cam, but not a lot of other talent. TCU had 6 NFL draft picks on defense, led by a hall of fame DC, and literally revolutionized the 4-2-5 defense in college. TCU held 3 top 10 offenses to their lowest points scored in any game of their entire season and outscored them 113-33. Believe it or not but theres a reason TCU ranked #1 in the country in defense in BACK to BACK seasons....... I mean ffs the 2nd best G5 team of 2010, literally beat that Oregon team in back to back seasons 63-16....

[@TheBlackScatPack]

2007 was my favorite season ever and then cherry on top that LSU won the championship. This video is well put together.

[@305ayeee]

For only having 20ish vids, they’re probably some of the best CFB videos on this site. I just found your channel and I’m hooked😂

[@Red_5478]

Hell yea!

[@Michael-sb8jf]

What drove me crazy about the BCS was the recency bias of the polls and selection committee of the 4 BCS bowl sites. And this is coming from a Kansas fan. I saw my school get into a BCS bowl in 2007 simply because they lost earlier to Missouri thsn missouri lost to Oklahoma. Meaning the Missouri loss was more fresh in the minds of the powers that decided the fates of the 10 teams playing on the bcs bowls.

[@KingOfRealZeal]

Well done! The K-State stuff in the early years of the BCS was some childhood trauma for myself. 98 hurts.

[@ackbarfan5556]

Sorry, I missed the livestream with other stuff but so glad this thing is finally finished... well worth the wait.

[@devinlong7478]

I had several U$C friends who were at that legendary Rose Bowl against Texas. They all have said that Vince Young was virtually a god in that game.

[@ackbarfan5556]

18:57 Don't recall Drew Carey ever saying anything like that. XD "Yep, just like the plot to a Hentai, the ranks don't matter."

[@Red_5478]

XD

[@samuwu9103]

As a Ducks fan it’s a relief that we no longer have to look to the AI God that is the BCS to judge wether or not we belong in a worthwhile post season, we just lose to Washington to keep us in check now

[@GrahamBellerby]

Im a lifelong Oregon fan, and I'm STILL fucking MAD at the BCS about 2001-02. Thank you for sharing in my frustration for at least a moment here.

[@JamesZilla808]

That “Congress + retirement home” burn… You, sir… you made me spit out my coffee. Well said!

[@dawsondudark]

Us Sooner fans were ecstatic about the 2000 natty 😂 but I could see why everyone else was upset. The Sooners put on a defensive CLINIC that game. With middle linebacker Torrence Marshall earning Orange Bowl mvp honors 🤣 ain’t that some shit?!

[@hbond23]

These videos keep getting better. Can't wait for the CFP video!!!

[@mdavis27]

Watching this video, I’m so glad that the 4 team playoff model made sure that no undefeated conference champion was left out of contention because their conference was viewed as inferior ever again!

[@jerseyhead.u]

Correction: undefeated Power 5 conference champion 🙃

[@kevinbond8966]

Are you being serious?

[@shawnmack11]

Oh yeah because FSU wasn’t on the other side from ‘99-‘01. Go gators, clown.

[@SharpRazor500]

I will always be curious to see what would have happened if the 2012 Ohio State 12-0 team would have played that undefeated Norte Dame team

[@danieljackett4193]

2012... Alabama and Notre Dame had 1 common opponent -Michigan- and the Score of the National Championship Game was within 1 point of what both teams scored while beating Michigan

[@dancolonna6590]

Seems like Michigan lives in your head rent free…

[@danieljackett4193]

@@dancolonna6590 well, since I'm a Michigan fan...

[@JJWestmoreland84]

The problem all fans should have with these systems is they all have their own, built in way to keep out teams from non-power conferences. Even the playoff system that starts in 2024-25

[@ronaldneal387]

Thank you for the video It shows how the bowl series screwed over mid major schools still after the whole debacle Great job

[@MrChocolateGiddyup]

You did an amazing job! KZbin showed no less than 60 commercials through it though...

[@scottyclayton2501]

I find it funny that as a Boise State fan I have been fiasco bowled in NCAA 14 soooooo many times. I played in the Rose Bowl against FIU

[@thomasb.smithjr.8401]

I'm old school. Conferences. Conference champion. New Year's bowl tie-ins. Let the pollsters select the national champion, even if its' split. Gives multiple schools and their fans bragging rights and something to argue about. Makes bowl game mean something. Also allows for cinderellas and upstarts to emerge. New system (still bad). Delusional to think any scenario can ever truly crown one school champion out of the 130 + that play in the FBS. Now money drives everything. Conferences wrecked. Regionalism and traditional rivalries nearly gone. Kids can change schools at will. Bowls simply glorified play-off games. 😢

[@AlecSCRAM]

I’m still super proud of my Auburn tigers and their amazing 2011 championship even though they couldn’t take care of business in 2014. Also this is an amazing video!!!

[@ajnboilerup]

To be fair. The 1998 Alamo Bowl had Purdue, with QB Drew Brees, beat #3 Kansas State 37-34.

[@jacobybryant9002]

That intro to the 2014 natty is badass!

[@edgarcarter4712]

Just found your channel. I've watched both of these videos multiple times. Hope part 3 the 4 team playoff is close. Keep it up

[@bigjon9188]

The first 2 national championship games I remember watching live were the last 2, I remember going with my grandfather over to one of friends man cave and liveing at haff daring the noter DAME game. I do remember the comeback the next year and I couldn't wait for the 4 team, because the next year, we won it all.

[@Kurzov]

Red - a smaller video idea. Also something I'm curious of - A video on the history of overtime periods in CFB. When did they start doing the "one drive each team per OT" system? (which I personally wish NFL would adopt)

[@PHXNKVHXLIC]

That’s the worst overtime system in all American sports. It should be who scores first and that’s it. Tell you defense to do better if you don’t get the ball first.

[@fuckcensorship69]

@@PHXNKVHXLIC nah, who scores first is the dumbest of all OT rules

[@fuckcensorship69]

That Overtime format existed in high school football before it was adopted by college football in 1994 (I think)

[@PHXNKVHXLIC]

@@fuckcensorship69 how?

[@fuckcensorship69]

@@PHXNKVHXLIC how what? The college OT gives both teams a chance. In the NFL, it could essentially be decided by the coin toss if both teams dont have good defenses.

[@ZeusAmun-pt9dc]

I love the Texas vs USC game it was amazing to watch live

[@Bill_the_Redneck]

Thank you for all the incredible work. Amazing video

[@tylerlochte]

Great video man can’t wait for part 3

[@gboy1114]

I love what you're doing here man. I was pretty young when fsu and auburn played the last championship. I was raised a husker, but only got into the whole of college football the season the playoffs started. Thanks for the great video and maybe a recap on the 4 team playoff system?

[@willthethrill2001]

This video makes me realize how important playoffs are because this system was horrible and the expanded playoff makes more games meaningful

[@fuckcensorship69]

Or the expanded playoff makes games LESS meaningful

[@willthethrill2001]

@@fuckcensorship69 how we literally have every draft eligible player skipping bowl games that aren’t the playoffs if there’s more playoff games than fewer guys sit out. Also it means teams with 1 or 2 losses still have a chance to make it so there games down the stretch mean more

[@fuckcensorship69]

@@willthethrill2001 yeah, but now the regular season games mean more. The playoff weakens the regular season, and the meaning of a lot of rivalry games

[@willthethrill2001]

@@fuckcensorship69 rival games will always mean a lot and there’s an opportunity for rematches now and it doesn’t weaken the regular season because now more teams are fighting for spots. Plus it reduces the chances for situations like FSU this season

[@fuckcensorship69]

@@willthethrill2001 rivalry games will still mean as much when the loser knows they're probably getting a rematch? You're going to see a coach strategize this and sit all his starters for a conference championship game. Then everyone will cry like they do about bowl gmes

[@jerseyhead.u]

Watching this for like the 80th time. Need some cliff notes on Miami-OSU for, uh, let’s just call it research purposes

[@JRoutz2012]

The BCS sucked but I do miss it I miss the days when bowl games mattered and players didn’t opt out because they didn’t make the playoffs. I don’t hate the playoffs I think they’re great but they destroyed bowl games which used to be fun.

[@Red_5478]

From what I remember opt outs didn’t become a problem until a LB for Notre Dame got really hurt in a bowl game back in 2017 or something. Then it exploded as players looking to enter the draft didn’t want to potentially fall out of the first round. It was always happening here and there during the BCS but it’s a massive problem now

[@Lottoboi100]

I love college football 🏈🏈🏈 University of Miami Hurricanes fan 🙌🙌🙌

[@darc5394]

Need to see your video on the 4 team playoff era before the new system starts this fall!

[@evandropdhimoff2252]

10/10 analysis and recap💯

[@Chafe3]

Great video with one slight critique: I know the calendar years of the bowl games are technically correct, but I feel like most people associate games like the “2002 national championship” with Miami vs Ohio state instead of Oklahoma VS fsu as an example.

[@Red_5478]

Kinda like how Michigan won the 2023 National Championship, but the numbers 2024 were litteraly all over the field in Houston back in January. I feel the same way, but the records and the books dont really care about that unfortunately so, yea it was confusing to write at times lol. I just forced myself to think 2002-03 the whole time.

[@Dagoat09010]

Couldn’t wait for this to drop

[@insertcolorherehawk3761]

You know what really made 2012 annoying with the decision Even with the schedule ND had, they'd probably get in ahead of other undefeated teams because they had wins over the following The (weaker) Big 12 Champion (Oklahoma) The PAC-12 Champion (Stanford) With wins over an undisputed power champion and a weaker co-champion, it's hard to keep them out, never mind that 8-5 Wisconsin won the Big Ten due to *reasons*, and the other contenders lost too many games in the final stretch

[@jaridatkinson4907]

BCS system was so frustrating

[@DogWarrior1010]

I'm only 19 minutes into the Video & MAN My Wildcats went through SHIT!!!! The BCS should be renamed to BS

[@supersasukemaniac]

Remember, according to the NCAA they don't actually run the FBS. They still claim that to this day.

[@fiercecamaross]

CAN'T WAIT! Thanks for all your work!

[@templarofikaru4032]

Are you going to do a video on the CFP era? You’re videos are 🔥

[@Red_5478]

Just announced part 3 in my community posts

[@Grafknar]

The BCS was a mistake, for one simple reason: it opened the door to the stupidity we have now by letting people think the postseason was ever what mattered in college football. Holy crap just have one more game when you have split champions. The End.

[@austinhull1951]

Even the playoff system now isn't a real playoff system, it's an Invitational with no serious requirements to get in, it still excludes the group of 5 teams but sprinkles the false hope of making it in

[@Simbaforlife]

And given the current state of college football it’s gonna be hard for G5 teams to even compete. IMO the G5 should have their own playoff maybe 6 or 8 teams.

[@Mike-r6y4x]

Unpopular opinion but if Tyrone prothro doesn’t get his leg broken, Alabama is playing in the national championship in 2005 instead of Texas. They were just slightly behind them at number 3 when he went down so no doubt they would have jumped them.

[@carlmcking4311]

Dude it's all about money and popularity during the BCS era.

[@AA712Beam]

Cant wait for the 4 team playoff video

[@Landonio]

WHOOOOOAA NELLY!

[@oVoxxy]

Can you do a history of march madness ? That would be lit asf and great great video btw loved it

[@martinwhiteii6971]

Wait, people wouldn’t vote for LSU if they beat Alabama? When they could be an undefeated conference champion? That doesn’t add up.

[@huntertrum3658]

Yeah that didn't make sense to me either. Maybe he said it in reverse? Which, still doesn't make sense, because no voters didn't vote for Bama once they won.

[@supersasukemaniac]

No he said that right. The Alabama AD was on the BCS selection committee and was being petty.

[@jerseyhead.u]

Question is: would a Michigan-OSU rematch in 2006 have been the catalyst to an earlier exit for the BCS? Bama-LSU would not happen for another half decade. Something to think about

[@Red_5478]

Shit….thats a good question

[@PHXNKVHXLIC]

Moral of the story: people will always complain no matter what. We are about to let 12 teams get a chance to win a championship which is stupid. What is the motivation to win your conference championship? What’s the motivation to go undefeated when you can lose 1-3 games and still have a shot. People will want 24 teams by 2030, just wait. They should just go back to 2 teams and that’s it. It would make bowl games more useful as well

[@MattBuild4]

What was the motivation to win a conference championship in the BCS or CFP? Nebraska and Oklahoma got ANNHILIATED in their conference championship games and still made a title game in the BCS..... Alabama didnt even win their division and made the BCS. 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, and 2022 non-conference champions made the CFP. What was the motivation to go undefeated in the BCS or CFP? 17 teams went undefeated in the BCS and never made a title game. 5 of these are by Boise State in 8 years and they never once made it. 7 teams in the CFP went undefeated and never made a title game.

[@stout8807]

FCS has a 24 team playoff, and look how many different teams have they crowned in the 2010’s? 3 or 4

[@Michael-sb8jf]

🎻

[@adventureswithreggie]

Conference champions get an auto bid genius

[@Gallalad1]

The way the new system is proposed if you aren’t winning one of the P4 you’re gonna struggle. 4 of the 12 spots are reserved for them. You actually have a real reason to want to win your conference.

[@davidheilman1928]

Auburn RB forward progress was stopped. He was down!

[@thewynnmorris]

Love the video! Very well done. While the BCS wasn't perfect, it was still much better than previous attempts at having the best teams play each other for a championship. The only other aspect of the video that is objectively wrong is all the harping on mid-majors being deserving to play. Boise St had one of the great wins against a pretty meh OU team. Hawaii got stomped. Utah beat a Bama team that caved after losing the SEC championship. Mid-majors are better off forming their own league.

[@MattBuild4]

You wanna play the game huh, ok then: - 2004 Utah - Yeah they destroyed a garbage Big East Champ, but what the heck are you gonna claim that this team isnt deserving of a shot? Scheduled their entire OOC vs P5 teams whom they destroyed 173-74. They never trailed in a single quarter and their closest game of the season was a 17 point win. They were also led the #1 NFL Draft Pick, who would go onto start in 14 seasons in the NFL including 4 years of All Pro honors. - 2005 TCU: No real contest. The teams that made the BCS title were the only undefeated teams, super simple. Though #9 TCU getting shafted from any major bowl is bonkers considering they literally made the ruling in 2004 that the highest ranked G5 champ would make a bowl game if they were in the Top 15. Would love to know the reason other than $$ as to why #9 TCU with LT was ineligible but #11 WVU and #22 FSU could play in these bowls? - 2006 Boise State. Its always amazing to me how people act like Boise State was a magical comeback and david vs Golliath. Meanwhile in reality BSU hardcore CHOKED that game. They led by as much as 18 in that game and led in all by 98 seconds of that entire game. Clearly most people only watched OT the last minute of the 4th quarter of that game. Also the whole David vs Golliath argument was an expert media ploy, but it was kinda total bs for that season. 2006 was Boise State's 3rd undefeated season in 5 years, they ranked #1 in the country in offense and previously beat other Top 25 teams - notably they ANNHILIATED #20 Oregon State 42-14, yeah the same team that beat #4 USC that same year. So the idea that this team was so scrub coming into that game - total bs....... - 2007 Hawaii: No real contest. June Jones Hawaii - hey its worth a shot, but no they werent great. At the same time though you have realistically 4 teams that could 100% claim a title this season not named LSU.

[@MattBuild4]

And now we begin the golden era of the G5 also known as the BCS completely forgets the plot era... - 2008: "Utah beat a Bama team that caved after losing the SEC championship" First of all, take a long hard look at Alabama's schedule. WTF did Bama do to possibly be deserving of a Top 10 rank the entire season? What a joke. The teams they beat went a combined 71-74 on the season.... Really thats a Top 4 team - are you serious? And then the audacity that your gonna sit there and claim not that Utah was good, but that Bama just didnt try. Are you kidding me? Utah BEAT 4 TOP 25 TEAMS coming into the bowl...... aka DOUBLE what Bama beat that entire season. Utah came into that game with a Top 10 win over TCU. Alabama's best victory the entire season was against #16 Georgia. No Alabama get beat straight up by a team that was 100% deserving to make it. - 2009: Ok, so why do you go ahead and explain without using the word money as why UT played Alabama instead of TCU...... Good luck....... - TCU beat more ranked teams than UT - TCU beat higher ranked teams than UT - TCU beat ranked teams by a larger margin than UT - TCU average a larger margin of victory on the season than UT - TCU had a statistically higher SOS than UT - The "mid-major" MWC went 4-2 vs the B12 in OOC - TCU had a statistically better offense than UT - TCU had the #1 defense in the country So pray tell what bs are you looking at to imagine UT is clearly better than TCU? Oh and while were at it, perhaps you could also explain how in the seven layer of heck Cincinatti and Florida got ranked above Boise State. - Boise State who went BACK TO BACK UNDEFEATED - Boise State who beat a higher ranked team than ANYONE Florida or UC beat all season (neither UF nor UC beat a single Top 10 the entire season, while Boise State beat PAC Champ #7 Oregon in OOC). - Boise State who beat ranked opponents by a larger margin than ANYONE UF or UC beat. - Boise State had the #1 offense in the country - Boise State had a statistically better defense than UC. - Not to mention the fact that Boise State had two common opponents with UC, whom they beat 103-24 vs UC's 65-48 The only possible way you can put UC in front of Boise State is claiming that beat #15 Pitt and #16 WVU by a combined 4 points is magically more impressive than beating #7 Oregon by 18, because you beat two ranked teams. But if its the #of ranked wins that matters then A. wtf did TCU get ranked behind UT and B wtf did UF get ranked ahead of BSU when both teams played 1 ranked opponent and last time I checked #7 Oregon is higher than #17 LSU.

[@MattBuild4]

- 2010: There is so much wrong with this season, I cannot wait to hear you explain how the G5 wouldnt be good enough...... First of all - 1st week ranking - Boise State is #3 and TCU is #4. Oregon is #7 and Auburn is #21. Second of all - Boise State enters this season on a 25 game win streak. TCU enters the season on a 14 game regular season win streak. Third of all - you may have noticed that BSU nor TCU played in the title game, but whats very very odd is how both BSU and TCU got jumped in the ranking BEFORE they ever lost....... Oregon jumped TCU in week 4, when Oregon beat ASU (who would go 6-6) 42-31. TCU beat SMU (who would go 7-7) 42-24. Would you care to explain the logic here? Oregon jumped Boise State in week 5, when Oregon beat #9 Stanford 52-31. Lets remember this game for later, but in the meantime, I would love explanation as to how in the world Oregon is considered obviously better than a team that DESTROYED OREGON IN BACK TO BACK SEASONS immediately before 2010, in which this team had not lost a game since 2007. Uhhhhh wtf are you going off of to completely discount past history? Not to mention the fact that Boise State still had MORE 1st place votes than Oregon despite the lower ranking and Boise State beat Toledo that same week 57-14..... Imagine dropping in the ranking when you beat a team by 43 points. Auburn jumped both TCU and Boise State in Week 8, when they beat FCS Chatanooga 62-24. That same week Boise State won their 33rd consecutive game beating #18 Hawaii 52-7..... Again imagine dropping in the ranking when you beat a Top 20 team by 45 points..... But then theres TCU..... TCU beat #6 Utah 47-7 ON THE ROAD that week. HOW BLOODY F&CK ARE YOU GONNA JUSTIFY THAT ABSOLUTE NONSENSE????!!!! HOW THE ACTUAL F&CK is an FCS win more valuable than a Top 10 road win, much less a 40 POINT TOP 10 ROAD WIN???!!! THAT IS TOTAL BS..... HOW THE ACTUAL F&CK is it that Oregon jumps Boise State and TCU when they beat a Top 10 Stanford by 21 at home, but beating a Top 10 Utah on the road by 40 gets you dropped in the rankings........ THAT IS NOT EVEN DEBATABLE - this season is corrupt af..... Show me the playoff teams the last decade even in the same solar system as the resumes as 2010 Boise State and TCU? 2010 TCU - 13-0 MWC Champ (back to back undefeated; 34-2 in 3 years) - Beat 5 Top 25 Teams - #4 Wisconsin (B10 Champ), #8 Utah, #14 Oklahoma State, #21 Air Force, #24 Oregon State - Averaged a 29.5 margin of victory vs Top 25 teams - Ranked #4 in total offense, #1 in total defense, #2 in margin of victory - Scored 60+ in 20% of games; Scored 40+ in 85% of games - Allowed sub 10ppg - Shutout 4 teams 164-0 - Did not allow a TD in 50% of games - Averaged a 31.4 margin of victory per game 2010 Boise State - 12-1 WAC Champ (35-1 in 3 years) - Beat 4 Top 25 teams - #8 Utah, #13 Virginia Tech (ACC Champ), #18 Hawaii, #24 Oregon State - Averaged a 28.6 margin of victory vs Top 25 teams - Played 5 Top 25 teams (lost at #11 Nevada in OT 31-34) - Ranked #2 in total offense, #2 in total defense, #1 in margin of victory - Scored 50+ in 55% of games, Scored 40+ in 95% of games - Shutout 3 teams 161-0 - Allowed 12.4ppg - Averaged a 36.7 margin of victory And if 2010 TCU's title snub wasnt eggregious enough, 2010 #7 Boise State magically didnt even make a BCS bowl somehow. Instead #12 Arkansas, #13 VT and unranked Uconn made it over them. Boise State averaged a larger margin of victory over 4 Top 25 teams than UConn averaged scoring points per game (28.6 vs 20.2)..... That was a war crime against the sport.

[@ffr8186]

BCS could’ve solved a lot of their problems if they just selected the top two teams after bowl season. Obviously this year, you would’ve had a #1 Michigan vs #2 Washington Rose Bowl instead of National Championship. However, most years it wouldn’t work out that way and another data point would’ve solved a good bit of controversy.

[@ffr8186]

Like this year, you would’ve got…. #1 Michigan vs #2 Washington (Rose) #3 Texas vs Ohio State/Oregon/Liberty (Fiesta) #4 Alabama vs Ohio State/Oregon/Liberty (Sugar) #5 Florida State vs #6 Georgia (Orange) After this, then you select your National Championship game with your top two teams. This all depends on if you go with a 6-2 or 5-3 format. I’d prefer the 5-3 but understand legally a 6-2 format would be probably because of legally needing to allow a G5 team in.

[@americanswan]

Where's part three? The four team playoff stunk too. 😂

[@TheCrawdaddy029]

I have some straight up mamdella effect. I swear it was Tennessee that shared a championship with Michigan in 97 yet every video I watch on the subject says it was Nebraska.

[@randytwidwell7418]

Sorry to disappoint but Nebraska kicked the dog Sh. Out of Payton Manning and Tenn that year remains undefeated while Tom Brady barely and ugly beat Wash. ST. SPLIT Natl. Title

[@TheCrawdaddy029]

@randytwidwell7418 that's not my only mandella effect around football recently. For the past 16 years I believed Indianapolis was the team that went 16-0 yet everything I look up and every video I see on it in the past week says the patriots went 16-0

[@randytwidwell7418]

@TheCrawdaddy029 You Believed wrong.

[@fablez]

where’s part 3?

[@serblakemeyer8561]

12 teams is to much they should have done a four team playoff in the 80’s. Maybe 6 is the right number?

[@alexquirk561]

Can you do a sportsball for college football this fall? Would watch

[@Red_5478]

Perhaps…

[@Kurzov]

the BCS was peak funny

[@takewhatugive9495]

And we’ve seen how tcu and Cincinnati have done in the playoffs 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@jackinblack19]

You gotta be unemployed, can’t wait to watch

[@dcrispix]

Does the 2003 NC Trophy say “Circuit City” on it?

[@Big10vlogs-l4m]

This is so good

[@Karabiner792]

44:03 No.... NOOOO

[@icetredotnet6473]

1:06:30 Mark Emmert puts Ketchup on his steak.

[@kizitokatende412]

When are u doing the CFP era

[@Chelseagrinkittycat]

We should return to the polls giving us a champ because think about it… Actually no because that’s fucking re… ridiculous.

[@Red_5478]

About sent in the damn Crusade on your ass Lmao.

[@Cj-es5lr]

college in the us is 18+ btw

[@martinwhiteii6971]

What other scandals were there in 2011 besides Penn State? I get you not touching Sandusky because I probably wouldn’t either. At least there’s a place where people actually like Bill O’Brien.

[@MattBuild4]

tatoo scandal with ohio state

[@Gallalad1]

I’m not American and spent the last couple years watching CFB just to see if I’d like it. And yeah, some of it is fun to watch but between how hilariously corrupt the playoff system seems to be and the fact that ads are somehow even worse than the NFL I’ve given up on it. Especially with last year.

[@ajnboilerup]

The BCS was an example of why you need human beings determining opportunities and not computers. #EyeTest

[@MattBuild4]

I dont think we watched the same videos......

[@ajnboilerup]

@@MattBuild4 🤨

[@MattBuild4]

@@ajnboilerup Seems you missed: 1. Human polls such as coaches and AP added since the start of the BCS 2. The AP poll literally pulling themselves out of the ranking because of voter manipulation in selection of games 3. Additional human polls being added 4. Human Polls getting more weight following the 2001 selection and still leading to problems 5. Human polls making the difference in selection of seasons which created contreversy (06, 11) Not to mention what eyes are you using in your eye test? This is an entirely subjective and theoretical measurement.

[@ajnboilerup]

@MattBuild4 Your being over-sensitive.🤦‍♂️. My words included determining 4 teams in a playoff. The eye test can be subjective, but it had a committee of some of the best college football minds who have gotten it right. The BCS was STILL combining the polls WITH stats. 2003 season was a great example of BCS using stats instead of polls. USC vs LSU should've happened. Florida State would've made the playoff if their starting QB would've not gotten injured and would've blown out Louisville if he played. Alabama proved to be rightfully in the playoff by going to overtime with Michigan. If you comment again on me, theirs no point. Other than you being too politically correct sensitive. ESPN's Kirk Kirbstreit makes great point of the eyetest. Lastly, the playoff has gotten it right on the 4 best teams in general was by biggest point. So don't be a dictator on what I meant while twisting my words.

[@ajnboilerup]

@MattBuild4 My comments weren't supposed to drag the way you're making it. Don be an attention-getter.

[@Cj-es5lr]

how can you say its weird to watch these people play because of their age yet support football a club who can cap 16-18 year old

[@n0lack]

Miami got screwed in 2000

[@whisperdeer3]

So salty about 2011

[@kevinbond8966]

Boise State beat Oklahoma who didnt even wanna be there. Its really not that impressive.

[@jaymccormack6875]

I think I may have watched this before, but I’ll say like everyone else bs was bs for most part but I don’t think even with a playoff with 12 teams your going to get a perfect system if this one. That said I’ve heard you contradict your self about mid majors a few times and strength of schedule. BCs was flawed but not as bad as it seems but when it broke it broke. I will say OU the year they lost conference to ks and still got in they probably should have rested started because even with starters they sucked. But I believe it was cursed from KS. They got fucked a lot by bcs and this was there way of winning a championship and not being able to compete in one. Ou team was great that year crazy good. Talked about then maybe being and all time team and it probably is a top 10 all team. But k state has bad juju on Ou. Something the computers can’t know and that brings me back to another issue about early and late seasons losses. That is perception and not a valid point really. So yes computers can’t figure that out but it’s a stupid argument because it really doesn’t hold value . A lose is a lose at end of the day. Fans and media (most of all coaches) place little hints to tell us otherwise. But anyway, I feel same as you but it’s not as bad like national championship was given out before the bowl game or when tv was available to see teams to vote on them. Anyway, like your rant I probably say something similar. But I don’t think 12 team playoff is going to work because you don’t have enough mid majors able to make it and still you’re going to have questions with majors. I think you got too make reg season a playoff for conferences and take top 2 from each and if there is a 3 way tie or really good team at 3 make birth for them. Then figure out playoff system idk tho. Probably bs too? There is going teams left out. It’s never fair. But it does make you love to hate it and that makes you crazy and crazy sells.

[@Sonicbergs]

That isn't roy kramer

[@MsCarfire]

You need to a break now

[@ezioauditore23]

BCS or as my father always called it bull crappy shit

[@allabouthewaves4354]

The 2012 SEC Championship was the Natty that year.

[@markjackson6431]

1:05:24

[@thewynnmorris]

Lots of BCS bashing, but they ended up getting the two best teams against each other more often times than not, especially after the championship was removed from bowl tie-ins.

[@MattBuild4]

i dont think we watched the same videos......

[@thewynnmorris]

@@MattBuild4 clearly 🤣

[@Annunaki2012return]

To be fair that 04 Oklahoma team was dominate all year, they was blowing everyone out.

[@MattBuild4]

Blowing out? They beat Bowling Green by 16, Texas Tech by 15, Kansas State by 10, Oklahoma State by 3, and Texas A&M by 7. You clearly dont know what blowing out means.... Compare this to the top ranked mid-major (you seem to think could never compete): 2004 MWC Champ Utah beat Texas A&M by 20, Arizona by 17, UNC by 30, Colorado by 32 and Pitt by 28. That Arizona game was Utah's CLOSEST WIN the entire season......

[@Annunaki2012return]

⁠@@MattBuild4The 03 Oklahoma team that would of been in the 04 national championship, that this video made it sound like it was such a travesty that they got in the natty. Anyone with basic knowledge would of figured that out but judging by your comments you don’t have that.

[@MattBuild4]

@@Annunaki2012return Wow - thats an even worse argument. Silly me for assuming you meant the team that actually went undefeated. Im pretty sure anyone with basic knowledge would realize when you lose your conference title game by 28 points to an 11-3 team you sure as sh!t SHOULD NOT BE WITHIN A MILLION MILES of the title game!

[@lamarallen4474]

Love your videos, but this video definitely shows you didn’t watch CFB at these times. Saying TCH desvered it over Oregon or Auburn is crazy but saying Bama in 2011 didn’t deserve to get in is even more stupid.

[@Red_5478]

I did get detached breifly from the BCS games because of the stupidity, but i still watched the regular season during this time you described. My opinion is the BCS was fucked from the start so regardless of who you have in there, it was going to be a god damn mess regardless.

[@Annunaki2012return]

To think that those mid major teams during the BCS deserve to be in the natty is ridiculous, and you use that as like it’s some big BCS controversy.

[@MattBuild4]

How is it ridiculous? Id argue its more insane that you think no mid-major ever deserved to make a natty. Like you might want to look some of these teams, cuz right now take is looney toons af......

[@Annunaki2012return]

@@MattBuild4 how many games did they win 2? can they get up for one game and beat a P5 team that is in a consultation bowl game? Yes, but Do you think Bama was hyped to play Utah after losing to Florida in the SEC Championship that knocked them out of the natty. But to think that those Boise, TCU, or Utah teams could play a P5 schedule all year and still be undefeated is looney tunes. Depth is real especially in college football.

[@MattBuild4]

@@Annunaki2012return 17 teams went undefeated in the BCS era - 15 of them where mid-majors. So more 12+ wins. "Can they get up for one game and beat a P5 team that is in a consultation Bowl game"? - 2004 Utah's entire OOC schedule was against the P5 - howd that go? Oh thats right they beat them 168-34..... - 2010 TCU beat 4 P5 teams 158-57 - that includes 1 Top 15 team and 1 Top 4 team - 2006-2011 Boise State went undefeated vs the P5 - 11-0. They beat the B12 Champ, PAC Champx2, ACC Champ and SEC East Champ...... only one of these games was in a bowl...... "Do you think Bama was hyped to play Utah after losing to Florida in the SEC Championship that knocked them out of the natty. " I dont care, how about this - try explaining why Alabama was even a good team in 2008? Do you know who their best win was against? #14 Ole Miss by 4. Really thats a Top 3 team in the country? Bama was overrated trash. 70% of their schedule were against teams who ended the season with losing records...... "But to think that those Boise, TCU, or Utah teams could play a P5 schedule all year and still be undefeated is looney tunes." And yet TCU and Utah have nearly done it multiple times..... "Depth is real especially in college football." Yeah and you dont even consider the fact that these teams were loaded with NFL talent and more than they have arguably ever had. You act like oh well 2023 is a perfect illustration as to why Utah could never have been good in the P5. Ok, why dont you go ahead and tell me in the last decade who on Utah's roster is on the level of Alex Smith? Yeah 12 year NFL starter 3 time pro Bowler Alex Smith....... You act like 2022 TCU is proof that TCU was always trash...... Yet such an argument would be comparing Max Dugan to ANDY DALTON...... and 4 NFL draft picks to 12 NFL draft picks...... You act like 2021 Cincinatti is proof that Boise State wasnt special..... yet its been 13 years since Kellen Moore went to the NFL and NOBODY has come close to 50-3 over 4 years..... Moore era Boise was loaded af with 14 future NFL draft picks (and that doesnt even include Kellen Moore who was a FA).

[@Annunaki2012return]

@@MattBuild4 those Boise, TCU, and Utah teams would have 4-5 loses playing in a P5 conference, if you don’t think that idk don’t know what to tell you. That’s just the facts. You almost prove my point, you say these teams have a handful of wins against power 5. Yes I said that too when you only have 1-3 games against top competition it’s east to get up for and win, when the other 9-10 games of these season are against Colorado State. You are naming a handful of players that made the NFL as an argument to why these teams could of competed, top P5 schools have NFL talent on the bench.

[@MattBuild4]

@@Annunaki2012return "You almost prove my point, you say these teams have a handful of wins against power 5. Yes I said that too when you only have 1-3 games against top competition it’s east to get up for and win, when the other 9-10 games of these season are against Colorado State. " Congratulations genius you just described your 2003 almighty Oklahoma team dude....

[@jordandennis6794]

BCS was awesome. College Football Playoff is complete garbage

[@insertcolorherehawk3761]

The BCS *sucked* because it had only two teams, TCU and Auburn could attest to that

[@nateg4582]

@Red5478 as a fellow buckeye O-H

[@Red_5478]

-IO!!

[@bigpapifresh]

this was an absolutely beautiful video, a work of art. 🥲