Talk:Game of the Century (college football)
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[edit] More than one Game of the (20th) Century in the article
This article covers multiple notable games of the 20th century.
- Games of the century? --Jingofetts 19:30, 28 December 2005 (UTC)
- how can there be SIX games called the Game of the Century? Four of them are in a 6 year span! Kingturtle 00:36, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] USC vs. Texas (and other games of the 21st century)
That wasn't considered a game of the century before, and it wasn't after, by any coach or other professional. It was a good game, no doubt, and it did have a 1 ranked and 2 ranked team against each other, but it wasn't thought as a game of the century. If that qualifies, then the 2003 Fiesta Bowl and the Catholics vs. Convicts game should be.
- I would certainly nominate the 2006 Rose Bowl with USC vs Texas as a candidate for the first 21st century game of the century. It featured two Heisman winners vs the runner up. The teams were ranked #1 and #2 all year. It was at the Rose Bowl, with the greatest pageantry of all the postseason bowl games. And it all came down to a 4th down make or break play by Lendale White of USC. Obviously there is a lot of football left to be played in the 21st century. However, this is one rare time when all sports pundits seemed to be in agreement about the best two teams playing at the end of the season. One point might be that Games of the Century do not seem to occur in bowl games. Group29 21:09, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] 1987 Fiesta Bowl: #1 Miami vs. #2 Penn State
This was billed by NBC as the true Game Of The Century and remains to this day the highest-rated televised game in the history of college football. --BroadSt Bully 00:49, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Georgia Tech vs Cumberland College???
where is it?
[edit] Georgia Tech-Cumberland? Is that a joke?
The most lopsided game in history does not belong with all the rest. It's an interesting game for other reasons, but it's completely out of place here. Funnyhat 00:53, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] 1935: Ohio State - Notre Dame
I'm pretty sure this one was billed as a "GOtC" back in the day, shouldn't someone add it to the list?
[edit] Split this article?
The games should be covered by separate articles; in fact, some already are. Suggest we split the content of each section into a page (if it isn't already on one) then leave this page as a disambig page linking to those. See the Snow Bowl (disambiguation) as an example. Rmarquet 01:22, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
- This article is long, so... Each game should be split into a seperate article and Game of the Century (college football) should serve as a disambiguation page. Thoughts? —Disavian (talk/contribs) 03:40, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
- Makes sense to me. How would each game be titled? like USC Trojans vs. UCLA Bruins 1967 (college football)? Group29 21:11, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
- Added 1967 USC vs. UCLA football game as a separate article. Group29 18:20, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
- Makes sense to me. How would each game be titled? like USC Trojans vs. UCLA Bruins 1967 (college football)? Group29 21:11, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] 1966: Michigan State vs Notre Dame
Definitely belongs in this list, as it was constantly being referred to as such by the media and others from weeks before the game up through the rest of the decade. It's historically noteworthy also for how it ended - with the ball on their 30 in the final minutes, Notre Dame made no attempt to break a 10-10 tie.70.123.216.219 02:11, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
Agree. It was deleted with no discussion whatsoever along with 1946 Army vs. Notre Dame by an anonymous user. Also, the article basically referes to games of the 20th century. Group29 21:09, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
Rectified, using much of the 1966 Notre Dame vs. Michigan State football game article as a basis. It belongs on this list based on its significance at the time, an era before the BCS and widespread intersectional play when #1 vs #2 matchups only came around once every 10-20 years. Agree that the Army-ND game should be restored as well. Doubt whether the Cumberland-GA Tech game belongs here - maybe moved to a "Slaughter of the Century" article (heh, heh)? - it certainly was not an anticipated contest by any means.70.123.216.219 00:18, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] OSU - Michigan 2006
The whole media called this game another "Game of the Century" (although for the 21st century, I suppose). I think it should be included in this article. --RNJBOND 01:26, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
Correction: Michigan fans tried to get people to call it the "Game of the Century," but we knew better.
[edit] removed 2006 USC UCLA
It has never been referred to as "game of the century" although if constructed as a separate article would be under category of Notable Upsets in college football. Group29 18:20, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
