Greatest games of the college football playoff ERA

[fossilfiction]

That's probably the last game Tennessee had a come back win in that I was looking for flags for about five minutes after the field goal went through. The boys had a history with recent coaches of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.

 

[GAVol]

I went to several of the games that year and had tickets to the NC game but couldn't go due to work. It was a great season - no doubt. "Why?" you ask?

Here's why....

The SEC was incredibly down that year - no Saban at Ala. No Meyers at UF. No one special at LSU, Auburn, Ole Miss, South Carolina, or GA. UT beat UF on a missed chip-shot field goal by UF. UT beat Syracuse on a mysterious pass interference call on Cuse. UT (ranked #1 playing at home) beat Arky (ranked top 10) on the most unbelievable, lucky, play for UT in UT history. UT beat FSU who started a 3RD STRING QB due to injuries. UT "out-talented" nearly every team they played that year.

Glad UT won a NC no doubt. The only games which were nail biters were UF and Arky - both "W"s were gifts to UT from the football gods.

That's why.

A little revisionist… Though I did enjoy the logic of “no Meyer at Florida”.

 

[Ned Ray McWorkher]

I don’t blame people for loving the 85 team. It was like the 2022 team in that it felt like a breakout after a long period of suffering, beat Bama, won a major bowl against a big name program. But I don’t understand how some treat the only national champion they will ever see as an afterthought.

The 1998 SEC & National Title can't be an afterthought. They're the last one's that we've won. Any time that you think about Tennessee winning anything, it's gotta be your first thought. After thinking about a bunch of damned losses.

 

[PowerT83]

Figured they would have rated UGA/Bama "Tua" for the title as #1. That's high praise.

I must be high too it's 2:43......

I'm watching 1997 Georgia vs Tennessee and that was a 10-2 Georgia team we throttled. I'd like to see a repeat of that in about 2 months

 

[Frozevol]

It really was. That entire 98 season was magic. beating Florida in OT and the Stumble Fumble was the single wildest play I've ever experienced. It was a team of Destiny

The game with Syracuse to open the season was also a great game. We clearly had the more talented team but Syracuse played lights out and moved the ball well against one of our best defenses of all time. We got a bit of help from the zebras, that doesn’t normally happen for us.