1993 #1 Florida State @ #2 Notre Dame No Huddle

1993 Florida State Seminoles @ Notre Dame Fighting Irish

[@JRFrancisco20088]

Called in sick at work to stay home and watch this game. The next week I actually got sick. No regrets though. Great game.

[@mjfm4]

This game is the reason college ESPN GameDay exists!

[@vkmoon623]

This is one of the reasons I love Notre Dame football since I've been a kid! This is one of the best games ever!

[@marquisbrown9264]

One of the best College Football games ever I remembered this game like yesterday

[@damianjohnny6475]

You probably dont give a shit but if you guys are bored like me atm you can stream all of the latest series on instaflixxer. Been streaming with my brother these days :)

[@ahmirmason471]

@Damian Johnny Definitely, I've been watching on InstaFlixxer for months myself :D

[@pharoahmclean1104]

Yes, I remember this game too. We, the Irish, beat Florida State in a tough-fought game. Only to lose the following week and kill our Championship hopes.

[@Manny______]

The real champions that won this game didn’t get the title

[@docbrightside784]

I always feel bitter sweet when I look back at this. A week later they lost to Boston College (a very good team btw) and costs themselves a chance at a title. They’ve never been the same since.

[@ericdaniel323]

They should have been #1 anyway. It was just Bobby's turn.

[@GentlemanJack295]

@@ericdaniel323 No they shouldn't have with such a bad loss to BC. Sorry no cigar.

[@ericdaniel323]

@@GentlemanJack295 we've already had this conversation in another comment thread. Agree to disagree.

[@Maal7432]

Facts.

[@donnix1192]

@@GentlemanJack295 They were the best team in the country in 1993, they deserved a chance to at least play for the national championship. This FSU title will always have asterisk next to it, that is a fact, not debatable.

[@michaelparker6240]

I was 8 yrs old and cried after this game..charlie ward was a god in my house

[@cliffordbrown6538]

I feel you. Loved FSU

[@007ndc]

The Game of the Century

[@markcarter7974]

Those Lou Holtz teams sure could run the football.

[@cliffordbrown6538]

I loved Florida state as a kid. I was 9 and this game was heartbreaking.

[@TalkMyShiit]

Yes, I was a teen and I was dejected after this loss.

[@mp6697]

This still hurts me til this day.. We should have been undefeated that year!

[@kbrewski1]

I was there with 3 of my HS buddies. The first ever on campus ESPN College GameDay show. We got 4 tix to the game about 2 hours before kickoff. Yes, we were getting anxious. The only game I can say was better and more intense than this Game of the Century #1 vs #2 match-up that I attended in person was the 1988 Catholics vs Convicts game I was also at, #1 Miami at #4 ND. That game was just bonkers and deafening from start to finish. But this was a similar atmosphere and darn close. We ran on the field afterwards, just a crazy scene. The euphoria of a victory like that by your alma mater is hard to put into words. NO ONE IN THE MEDIA gave the Irish a chance even though ND was also 9-0 and #2 and at home. The media was calling the Criminoles "maybe the greatest team ever assembled". They wanted "good ol boy" Bobby to win his 1st NC so bad. Which is why the media jerryrigged the rankings pitifully for the Bowl Alliance NC game, ranking 1 loss FSU ahead of 1 loss ND to face # 1 Neb, even though ND HAD CLEARLY PROVEN THEY WERE THE BETTER TEAM IN THE GAME OF THE CENTURY!! What a fraud that was. Deprived ND and Lou of his 2nd NC in 6 years. Lou was never quite the same after that travesty. Thank God the game video will forever remind us who the best team in college football was in 1993.

[@rezac0806]

Damn, Charlie Jones could sure call a game.

[@chrispeterson4463]

Florida State was historically good this year. I was a Notre Dame fan and I have zero problems with FSU finally securing a national title even with this loss.

[@user-td6zl7oh7h]

I was in the 4th grade i remember i still remember crying and running out of the house the next week after the Boston College games im 40 years old now and still remember that day

[@bobbymccarthy2174]

Yep,loved this game and remember it like it was yesterday too.the big shoulder pads and of yesteryear lol.

[@30over3]

Irish deserved at least, AT LEAST a share of the National Championship.

[@chefbrad73]

I will never forget this game. This was when I finally realized ( icing on the cake) that the voters were biased and we needed a playoff to determine a TRUE national champion.

[@christophershannon8734]

Explain. I wasn't alive yet. Were they for Notre Dame heavily?

[@chefbrad73]

@@christophershannon8734 notre dame beat fsu plus several highly ranked teams. Fsu still was rated higher and played for the national title while nd went undefeated and did not play for the national title

[@aintgoingoutlikewillielump76]

Notre Dame lost the next week to Boston college that's why they didn't play for the national title

[@brandonul708]

Bradley Arthur How could you be so wrong? Notre Dame lost the next week to a significantly worse Boston college team. Hence why they didn’t make it

[@lukemccardle2379]

Notre Dame vs Nebraska would've been epic!

[@davidashbaugh7366]

A missed int that resulted in a TD made this score look closer that it was. Cost ND the title. Totally dominated the game.

[@brianwanbaugh7485]

Boy, FSU really liked to shove ND players after they were well into the endzone. Did they do that against every team or just ones that were better than them?

[@ND-9]

I thought I was the only one to notice that. I think FSU thought we were below them. They really got in they’re feelings whenever ND made a play.

[@kbrewski1]

Yep, they did that crap on every single ND TD, which is really lame.

[@30over3]

The first ever College Game Day

[@user-td6zl7oh7h]

After rewatching this game nobody talks about #97 Bryant Young he was all over Ward in this game ND never had to blitz because Young was winning on almost every play i think that was the key of the game

[@stooch66]

An ass-whooping’ that didn’t show up in the score. The Irish trucked them all day.

[@kbrewski1]

Exactly. Leads of 21-7, 31-17 with about 3 min left. FSU got the lucky tipped pass TD in the end zone to make the score look closer than it really was. The ND O line just plowed over FSU's vaunted D, and our RB shredded them.

[@tmarsh0307]

On that last play, FSU only had one receiver in the end zone. Not a good call for that final play of the game.

[@etchosts8162]

Both slot receivers went in the flat? What was that

[@youtubepro9201]

I agree bad play what play you prefer ?

[@tmarsh0307]

@@youtubepro9201 I'm not certain, but all receivers needed to be in or near the end zone.

[@youtubepro9201]

@@tmarsh0307 I'm a Florida State fan since 1988 That was a bad play call should have been a Charlie Ward roll out to run

[@tmarsh0307]

@@youtubepro9201 Yeah, and it needed to be a roll out to his right. Trying to throw across your body when you roll left is not good for that situation.

[@erinmsomers]

I still have this game on an old vhs tape...

[@patreisinger]

Good coaching to have Wooden knock the ball down instead of going for the pick.

[@akumawani]

and one week later- boston college shows america why the glass slipper didnt fit

[@animeaestheticvibe3996]

Don't matter. ND should have been champions NOT FSU

[@jeffmooney5884]

O.J. Simpson was the sideline reporter for NBC on this day

[@stevec7770]

Had to work and came home for lunch to see the Irish win!

[@abaker2921]

Such weird gatherings the human race used to have

[@kristianacevedo8193]

ND hasn't recovered since BC Game. FSU did well with the Natty in 93, 99, 2013. ND just hasn't gotten over the hump since the hangover of this game.

[@KT72273]

I definitely remember the following week's game more! A ton of my college friends were Irish fans and when that BC field goal cleared the uprights, well pandemonium would put it mildly!

[@mikeynicholas3234]

Was there with my dad awesome weekend !! Went on the field after the win walked up through the tunnel glorious!

[@Agentdad10FTAC]

it was my freshman yr in college and im from fl,but always been a nd fan. i bet half my team that nd would win. needless to say i got pizza for a month free

[@vincentgirardi401]

Did charlie jones do all the ND games this year? I dont remember him calling ND...thought it went right from Enberg/Walsh to Tom Hammond

[@walterlv01]

From 1992 to 1997 the games were generally split between Tom Hammond and Charlie Jones (often depending on the location of the NFL game each would call the next day) with Don Criqui doing a few as well. In 98 and 99 after NBC dropped the NFL Enberg did them all and Hammond took over full time in 2000 after Enberg left to go to CBS.

[@vincentgirardi401]

@@walterlv01 thank you! interesting.

[@danskjurgenheimer8578]

afsu got their fucking ass kicked all day esecially on the line . both o line and d line were controlled by ND. Granted this was in ND and cold and game may have been different in talhassee. FSU was a flashy team and Ward a great athlete, but ND dominated them and exploited their style of play. FSU defense looks like it was built to defend Miami pro style passing offense, not run heavy power and fb options

[@kbrewski1]

It wasn't even cold. 59 degrees at kickoff. I was there. It easily could have been 15 degrees and snow. The mauling would have been even worse.

[@Lashes4Ashes]

Is Steelbuck and ND and OSU guy too?

[@jokerhaha5123]

Not sure why anyone on the FSU side couldn’t see that check down pass to Warrick Dunn was literally there all day. They used it once and scored. Just seems so obvious

[@yaniktydetmer4153]

Real champ 4 ever

[@PENS68]

I was only 4 when this game took place, but I remember one of the old NCAA College Football games they had classic finishes where you had to recreate history by playing out the scenario and this game in 93 between Notre Dame and Florida State was on there. If I am correct, was this not the first time ESPN's college game day went on the road for a game?

[@kbrewski1]

It was in fact the first ever on campus College GameDay. I was at the GameDay show and the game.

[@briandavey1139]

How many late hits did you count?

[@patoconnor9600]

I remember the talk before this game that F$U might be the "greatest, most talented team in the history of college football" ... lol It really wasn't even that close of a game.

[@esta7763]

I dunno. You take out the second quarter of this game, and FSU actually out played Notre Dame.

[@MrBEJAK]

@@esta7763 Then they lose the following week to Boston College

[@raz1739]

Yet ND chocked a week later lmao

[@malcolmgardner708]

Florida state is my favorite college football team but notre dame is my team 2

[@lloydkline1518]

❤notre dame fight song;; very sad about Florida state coach Bobby bowden;, great college football coach; legendary

[@chefbrad73]

How did shit brick ward win the Heisman?

[@tonyprath9167]

The last great Notre Dame team

[@joshuawilliams641]

Charlie Ward's 1993 Heisman Trophy Winning Season. And second ACC title. On their way to the "93 Ncaa National Title. Oh yeah!!!

[@jamiefredrickson2560]

FSU was given a Pity party title with BS calls and you know it

[@stephenarato5391]

Notre dame was the better team outside of a fluke bobble. ND dominated

[@bundeswehr7676]

@@stephenarato5391 ...Notre Dame laid an egg against Boston College the very next week....

[@jamesaldrich2425]

@@stephenarato5391 tell that to Boston College the week after when the Irish lost to them...🤣

[@vincentgirardi401]

Charlie ward and kevin knox...go knicks

[@cloudlounger6903]

GOOOOOO I R I S H ! ! ! !

[@schumi9xwdc]

Cheapahot U.

[@BHTheKid5]

14:05 The two play calls and execution thereof ... I would've needed a new headset and play sheet. Holy mercy those were bad.

[@seminole17910]

I really think Bobby Bowden thought he was playing the 1991 Michigan team all over again with some of this ridiculous play calling. Some of these trick plays worked brilliantly against UM in 1991 when they put up 51 in the Big House. I just don't understand calling that play when you are inside your own 20. Just plain stupid. FSU deserved to lose this game. ND outplayed them that day.

[@jamiefredrickson2560]

They lost then got a back door to the Title Game where they needed BS calls to beat Nebraska. They were not Champions

[@dannyellis8094]

We proudly wave that 93 banner! ND shouldn’t have lost to BC

[@jeremymorris2981]

I wonder what voters used as evidence that FSU was just a little bit better than Notre Dame that season. Two teams, same record, one beat the other...and the team that lost is ranked one spot ahead of the team that won?

[@ericdaniel323]

The exact opposite argument from '89. ND had a better record than Miami (12-1 vs 11-1) against a harder schedule (7 wins over top-20 teams) and were #1 all year with 23 straight wins, but Miami won the head-to-head so they finished #1. In '93, both teams were 11-1 and ND won the head-to-head, but FSU basically got a mulligan. FSU only fell to #2 after losing to ND, but ND fell all the way to #4 after losing to a top 15 BC team a week later.

[@GentlemanJack295]

@@ericdaniel323 Here is the thinking. ND MUCH better than BC therefore FSU doesn't fall as much when they lose to them. BC much worse than ND and so ND falls more after losing AT HOME to a much worse team. See, it's simple. FSU had a good loss and ND had a bad one.

[@ericdaniel323]

@@GentlemanJack295 I busted you for hypotheticals in another comment, but here's one. Say #1 Alabama and #2 FSU play in the Sugar Bowl. Alabama is 12-0 and FSU is 11-1 with a fluke loss to an 8-4 UNC. Using the "better loss" rule, Alabama finishes #1 even if they lose. That's absurd in my opinion.

[@GentlemanJack295]

Eric Daniel It’s not a hypothetical it’s fact. The one loss ND had was worse than the one FSU had. Head to head in regular season doesn’t and shouldn’t always rule. The problem with your hypo is that it is end of year AND neutral field which matters. That’s why losing AT HOME is a worse loss than on the road. I busted that one.

[@ericdaniel323]

@@GentlemanJack295 you're adding a lot of provisos now. We will have to agree to disagree. I think Miami should get credit for '89 and ND for '93. Using your reasoning, ND should get '89 and FSU '93. That's one more for FSU and one less for Miami, which I guess should be a win-win in your opinion. Pollsters saw it differently in both cases, but they had a huge love affair with Miami. As an aside, that '89 ND-Miami game at the Orange Bowl is the only time I've feared for my personal safety at an athletic event. I'm glad they tore that dump down. They should have torn the whole rotten program down with it.

[@seminole17910]

14:05. One of the dumbest play calls in FSU football history. They tried to get too cute in this game. They thought this was the 1991 Michigan game all over again and it wasn't. They underestimated Notre Dame's speed and athleticism. Hubris at it's finest. I know Bobby Bowden was the river boat gambler but this was not the time and place for reckless play calls like this one. My other major gripe is how do you not give Warrick Dunn more touches???? He was the best player on FSU's offense besides Ward. Multiple times Ward just ignores him with green grass in front of him. He's only one of the greatest players in FSU history. Don't give him the ball or anything. ND played a better game and deserved to win that day. I wanted the rematch so badly that year in the Orange Bowl. That would have been a great year for the 4 team playoff. I would have loved to see ND and Nebraska play in the Semi-Final.

[@kbrewski1]

ND deserved to play in the NC game vs Nebraska. The media felt sorry for "good ol Bobby" and jerryrigged the rankings because they thought he deserved that 1st NC. When you have 2 teams with the same record, 1st tiebreaker is ALWAYS HEAD TO HEAD (See 1989, Miami vs ND). The Irish proved they were the better football team up and down the field. To put FSU in OVER ND for the NC game means you'd have to pretend the Game of the Century wasn't even played. Absurd and ridiculous and a travesty for this 1993 squad and Lou.

[@animeaestheticvibe3996]

@@kbrewski1totally agree. I’m glad you used the 89 Miami game as reference. ND should have won the NC either way because they did beat their bowl opponent ( Texas a m). In 89 they beat #1 Colorado but because of the head to head loss to Miami I understand why they didn’t win the NC. But ND deserved the 1993 title

[@seminole17910]

35:40. Kills me every time. Devin Bush. Pick up the ball and run with it!!!!!! I will always wonder what would have happened if he picks up that ball there. Ugh!!!!

[@Robotron2084psn]

@14:05 wut?

[@skyportalmusic7178]

Jesus Loves You

[@nickrockxu2113]

I hate FSU but I was a fan of Tamarack Vanover. Go Cane's.

[@patoconnor9600]

Lol, bahbby bahden shoulda written a guide entitled "How to Get Your @$$ Handed to You in a Big Game" after this one: Step #1: Make sure your team fully drinks up all the hype being written about them Step #2: Be sure to mock your equally good if not better opponent before the game Step #3: ....

[@Photograph1974]

And the outcome of this game never really mattered in the end. Notre Dame would go on to lose to Boston College, while Charlie Ward would win the Heisman Trophy and Florida State would beat Nebraska in the Orange Bowl to win the national championship.

[@kbrewski1]

Because ND got shafted by the media manipulating the rankings for "good ol Bobby" who they felt sorry for.

[@samu-eljackson4211]

@14:18 id Ward set his feet that was a TD.

[@gaijinfishing]

I've noticed that SteelBuck here only really posts FSU losses. Must suck to have to live vicariously through other teams since OSU has never done it.

[@steelbuck6777]

Brilliant reply considering i've posted more FSU wins than losses, including those over Ohio State. Might want to look around a bit before making such a silly statement. As a matter of fact, i've always liked Florida State, Miami on the other hand...

[@martinrosario4018]

@@steelbuck6777wow you hate Miami lol im disappointed

[@olivernorth1993]

As a Charlie Ward fan I was devastated! Not Lou Holtz and the Irish upsetting my boys with Kevin McDougal as the starter!! Kevin McDougal??!!! Really?!! So glad Boston College beat ND the next week and we were on our way to a National Championship!!!! Charlie....21-2 as a starter. Miami and ND were the only schools that beat him and the Seminoles over those 2 yrs.

[@kbrewski1]

McDougal was the better QB that day. Ward was throwing the ball all over the place. A travesty that the Irish got shafted by the pro Bobby media after the Irish clearly proved they were the better team by pulverizing FSU all afternoon. The tiebreaker was HEAD TO HEAD, and the media ignored this game as if it was never played. Absurd and ridiculous.

[@nateinindy3460]

Ward was so grossly overrated. This was a decent win, for ND, but I absolutely expected it. Becton was an animal, and

[@scottjessup5034]

FSU won the National Championship that year.

[@kbrewski1]

Yet they were clearly only the 2nd best team as proven on the football field, despite the poll manipulations.

[@averagejoe9249]

Boston college blasted Notre Dame a week later. It was amazing

[@kbrewski1]

Blasted? It was 41-39 on a lucky last second FG phlegmwad. And that was after ND had come back from 38-17 to take a 39-38 lead.

[@ecshredder]

Damn still sucks

[@whataboutrob442]

Notre Dame fans don't worry, football isn't the same anymore, so it doesn't really matter if you aren't that good.

[@schumi9xwdc]

Shouldn’t have lost to BC, and I’m a big ND fan.

[@lynnerose7891]

ND has one of the 5 best records in the nation over the last five years. Hush.

[@allengreene9954]

@@lynnerose7891. But sadly no National Titles🤦🏿🤦🏿🤦🏿🤦🏿

[@kbrewski1]

Who's your alma mater Phlegmwad? North Junction Juco?

[@Will_Flynn]

3/4" Cleats and FSU rolls. No need for river boat gambler plays.

[@stonecold7919]

Noacher Dom got lucky.

[@TheJasonJackson84]

Notre Dame... always attempted to intimidate opponents pre-game, but of course as a Catholic school they were always justified