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1992 SEC title game

Gotta go with this. The greatest team with arguably the greatest college QB ever. That game would have been madness to see.

For my other homer pick, the original Game of the Century. Nebraska vs. Oklahoma. I guess I just miss that rivalry.

USC vs Alabama 1970 "The Reality Check"

Sam "Bam" & McKay vs Alabama Old ways & Brainwash Fan base as their world came crashing down right in front of them, would have been blissful to watch.

What about the very next year?

Gotta go with a more recent 1, Texas winning the natty vs USC. I was at a bw3's in Fenton mi watching that game and the whole place was loud as hell cheering for either team. Best game I've seen where I didn't care who won

MSU 6-3 win over Bama in 1980

In general, USC/Texas '05. Best game and best individual performance I've seen. ND/FSU '93 would be 2nd. I'm a closet FSU fan.

Homer, LSU/UF '07. Went to the VT game that year(only trip to Tiger Stadium) and got locked up shortly after and missed the UF game. Actually had to plead with the deputies to let us stay up to watch the end of the UF game on TV(lockdown at 11 pm).

I agree about '96 Nebraska with Fraizer. Best team I've seen and Fraizer the best player I've seen not named Randy Moss at Marshall.

93 Iron Bowl. Probably one of the best IBs of my life. Nix to Sanders and Bostic busting it for 70. And the famous Jim Fyfe screaming 11 and 0 11 and 0

Rethinking your question Keith, I wish I could have attended that historic USC vs Alabama game in 1970. As a student at the time, most of us were concerned for the safety of our team, so it wasn't a game many chose to attend.

It was exciting seeing the great Bear Bryant across the Coliseum the following year, even though USC lost.

There is so much written about that game, with so little footage. Imagine being there!

It took two coaches, MsnBama....and of the two, John McKay knew full well the consequences. McKay was from West Virginia, one evening his family found a burning cross on their front yard because his parents had the audacity to invite African Americans into their home. Coach McKay knew full well what was going on in the South.

John McKay also knew that by helping Bear Bryant, the pipeline of African American players out of the deep South would dry up...why would they leave to play in the west coast or the north if they could play at home? Which coach did it regardless of the fact that he knew he and the program would lose these great players? Which coach had the most to GAIN?

I lived in that era, John McKay was our coach, and few of us - except Coach John McKay had any clue what it was like down there, we could not comprehend it.

Bama
93 Sugar Bowl vs Miami
79 Sugar Bowl vs Penn State
85 Iron Bowl

Non Bama
2007(?) Fiesta Bowl Boise-Oklahoma
2005 Rose Bowl

Other Sports
2008 Wings-Pens Game 6
95 World Series Gm 7 Braves-Indians

2003 Fiesta Bowl (the NC game between Ohio State and Miami). A game filled with future NFL talent. A double overtime slugfest which capped a remarkable and unlikely perfect season by Ohio State.

Whoa...that was not what I was saying at all...all of your arguments can be said from this side as well, too little credit given to John McKay, that game could not have happened without him as well. McKay knew both sides very well.

The big powers of the time, Notre Dame, the BIG-10 universities, the other PAC teams, refused to play a segregated team in the deep south, why do you think John McKay agreed to this? Over the protests of his own university and fanbase? You don't think HE took a chance of major consequences, ie., that he was insensitive to racism? That he was uncaring about the safety of his players (our entire backfield and our starting QB were African-American) or threats that our boosters would pull funding?

You have NO idea, I lived that time, I was on campus, and my best friend attended that bastion of liberalism, UCLA, where I would sneak over and attend rallies and listen to numerous speakers from the South, telling us what was happening down there.

Without Coach McKay, and the University of Southern California agreeing to play there, when no other northern or east coast teams would, is why Bear Bryant flew into Los Angeles, hat in hand, to met with Coach McKay. Our assistant coach, Craig Fertig (in the video) during the McKay era, was a favorite on the Trojan Club dinner circuit, and we heard the stories directly from someone who was there. It takes nothing away from Bear Bryant and what he tried to do, I think he loved and cared about football so much, he couldn't care less the color of his players. Why do you think Coach Bryant shook McKay's hand and thanked him for helping his program? No one else was lining up...