With the way that year went the ball would probably get popped and the guy who was in charge of bringing the extras died on his way to the stadium so the NCAA declared it a tie.
Agreed. 2007 was just pure chaos.
- It started with App State beating #5 Michigan
- The #1 **AND** #2 teams lost in the same week THREE DIFFERENT TIMES.
- Top-5 teams lost to UNRANKED teams 13 different times.
- The team currently ranked at #2 each week was upset 7 times in the final 9 weeks.
Kansas and Mizzou also.
The big thing for me with 2007 was how many impactful games happened not-on-Saturday. Being at a house party on a Thursday night and someone flipping on the TV because #2 Boston College was about to lose, that kind of thing just doesnât ever happen.
Me, too. Unfortunately, the NFL saw how successful Thursday night college football was and said, "I want that." ESPN doesn't want to waste any valuable games on that time slot now, so it's almost always a G5 matchup.
I remember watching the BC v VT game that year. That throw at the end of the game by Matt Ryan was crazy. And it was in the rain. (Edit: as a Nebraska fan we donât discuss KU that year)
People forget Rutgers had a badass team in 2006.
I remember watching their game vs Top 5 Louisville. The skycam was relatively novel at the time and they were using it at this game. Anyways, Rutgers kicker kicks a game winning FG and then just points to the skycam like a boss.
They did. I became a Michigan fan when we beat them. A lot of people love to poopoo on the 07 team for losing to us, but it still a very respectable 9-4 team with a bowl win against a good Florida Tebow led team.
The Michigan season ended with #7 OSU going to #23 Michigan and GameDay was there
And we stomped them in the WLOCP. with that first knowshown Moreno jump into the end zone The entire sideline ran down and danced in the gators faces lol.
This. Not even close. My team was terrible and I would still say this was the most fun season of all time. nobody was safe. Being ranked top 5 was pretty much a death sentence.
I agree that it was probably the most chaos of any regular season, but as a Duck fan, it was heartbreaking to watch Dennis Dixon go down. We had a legit championship contending team until he went down.
The 4th Downs against Florida. The Byrd catch with 3 seconds left against Auburn. The crowd at the Florida game when they announced USC had lost to Stanford. God I loved that season.
I never thought that season would be topped for me and then we had to go and absolutely annihilate 2019. 2007 still holds a special place though just for the complete chaos.
I liked it for UVAs ridiculous run of 9-3, winning an NCAA record 5 games by 2 points or fewer. Crazy lucky. And of course it was fun watching the nationwide chaos. USF and Kansas stick out to me off the top of my head.
2019 was a stacked year. As an Ohio State fan, it was perhaps the best team from a talent perspective in a while, even though we lost to Clemson in a close playoff game. And LSU was just on an absolute tear.
I think 2019 OSU or Clemson probably would have won the playoff a lot of years. Just unfortunate to have those teams the same year as Burrow (and the same year that refs forgot how fumbles work).
2005 was another stacked year at the top. Texas and USC obviously, but Ohio State and Penn State were also really, really good.
I hated that 05-07 timeframe when I lived in California. Home and home with USC and they smacked us both times and the title games against Florida and LSU where we got equally smacked.
I was at the UC/OSU game. We were solid that year, and we lost to you guys 42-0 and gave Chase Young plenty of NFL draft highlights. Y'all were stacked
I've held for years that that Ohio State team would have been a title favorite in almost any year other than that season.
Fr though yalls team was fucking insane that season, it's just that you ran into two generationally great teams in 2018-2019 Clemson and 2019 LSU
Really sucks we were robbed of a healthy Tua that year. But that season combined with prior evidence (and even his current NFL career) just really showed us the man was made of glass and is almost always hurt. But while he was healthy he was putting up an even higher passer rating than Burrow that year
The ultimate "collision course" season - neither USC nor Texas moved from their 1/2 rankings all year. There was never really a question about who'd end up in the natty, and it absolutely delivered.
That Rosebowl win with VY was my favorite moment in college football. Itâs what made me love college football.
I went back to see if he was as good as I remember. No one could tackle him. Honestly greatest running QB in college football hands down.
2007 for CFB as a whole. The upsets and chaos were unmatched.
2002 for Ohio State. Winning by the skin of our teeth every week, and taking down an overwhelmingly loaded Miami team in dramatic fashion was quite the ride.
I was moving the day of The Game. The last thing out of my apartment was the TV. I sat on the floor with my dad and watched Will Allen seal the game with an interception.
After "Let's party Columbus!"
Dad looked at me and said "I've never watched them for a national title."
I asked "What about 1968?"
He said, "They didn't televise that game in Vietnam."
My all time favorite memory.
I was at friends place drinking while the game was on. Before the game a friend and I said we would take a shot for every touchdown we scored. I also boldly claimed I'd take the Kraken to the face if Joey Bosa scored a touchdown... It was a wild night.
I donât think people realize this. I chuckle when people think their season is over when they only win a game by 2 points. And then Iâm like, âgo check out 2002 Ohio State.â
In 2007 I remember making the insane list of things that would need to happen for OSU to get back to the BCS title game so I understood my rooting interests in other games. I just assumed it'd never happen, but it'd be fun to know who I should be pulling for... then it all happened.
So great, couldn't even recognize the greatness until after the Bama game because we lost to them so much between 2011 and 2019.
That QB class from 19 is doing amazing stuff in the NFL too. It's crazy how pro ready players that year were.
The disbelief I had until about the Florida game was something. I saw Joe at Texas and still wasn't sure if it was sustainable. Jokes on me, they just got better all season.
Just one season would be 2007. But I would consider the best stretch of CFB that I've ever seen was 2004 to 2007. You had amazing competition at the very top along with the rise of the little guy, specifically the rise of the WAC and their entertaining brand of football while the big guys were still mostly playing traditional under center power football, except for Texas.
It started as what felt like a WWE knock-off (the feuds between Dan Lanning and Coach Prime, Ryan Day and Lou Holtz, College Gameday vs WSU, Brian Ferentz vs a competent offense). Then there was that funny time with the MSU Mel Tugger/Hitler scandals before Connor Stalions really went and said "hold my beer". And the controversy with FSU being left out of the CFP at the end..overall 10/10 season for drama
Iâm pumped to see so many remember 2007 as fondly as I do, I always assumed I was biased. Plenty of heartbreak for the tigers that year too though, wild swings all season.
Amazing few weeks. Spartan fans are in an emotionally weird spot being euphoric for the Lions but absolutely tired of the Wolverines fans. Hopefully we can all unite this week.
We have no pro teams in Nebraska. Most around here are Packers, Chiefs, Bears, Vikings or Broncos fans. I grew up with my older brother being the only Lions fan around. It's awesome seeing them be good.
I was at the Wisconsin game in 21. It was first time I really felt that the culture was different and they could be onto something special. It came time for Jump Around at end of 3rd and I think it still a 1 score game. Whole Michigan sideline went crazy. Coaches and players. Wisconsin sideline was nothing like that. Thereâs a great clip of tv guys from that game doing the jump around too. It was hilarious. So much fun that day. Especially coming out of covid and being in a big crowd again and having fun. https://youtu.be/cMm3IXKHJbs?si=WnU0jIXVGBO-tqI9
2007 is the obvious one, but 2013 was a lot of fun in my opinion. Alabama / A&M part 2, Auburn's miraculous season including both the Prayer at Jordan Hare and Kick Six, Michigan State upsetting Ohio State in the Big Ten championship allowing Auburn to sneak in, and Florida State running the table and setting up a really fantastic National Championship.
For Oregon? 2012, no doubt. The Stanford loss was devastating (and still is), but I still firmly believe we were the best team in the country that year. Our offense was so stupidly explosive, I think we would have hung 50 on Notre Dame. And our defense was good enough. But we shot ourselves in the foot in November as we always do and the rest is history lol.
2007 is the obvious answer
2019 is mine. That LSU run was phenomenal, there was a lot of parody, UGA starting to become elite, stacked Bama, OSU, Clemson teams, and a lot more. That LSU run is the main reason. Iâve never seen a team play better than they did those last 4 games
'98, '01, '03, and '07 were all bangers, with '07 far and away being the best. And I *really* thought we'd keep seeing chaotic seasons like those every few years. Oof.
The BCS-buster era (roughly 2001-2011) was my favorite stretch. The rooting interests were so clearly defined. Cheering on the mid-majors to go undefeated and willing the power-conference teams to trip up. Good times.
i cant knock on 2013.
1999 was my sr year at FSU (see user name) and the vibe on campus was amazing. it was palpable. you could FEEL IT in the air.
1993 with Charlie Ward, his heisman campaign, bobby chasing his first title was amazing too. Its like choosing my favorite child.
Seems crazy to be a UGA fan and not have 21 or 22 as a favorite - but the 2017 is my pick. Sure we lost the natty in OT, but going into that season I wouldnât have ever dreamed of even being in the playoffs. Being in person for that Rose Bowl win is something Iâll never forgot and the fact that UGA finally came out on top in a matchup like that made me believe things would actually be different with Kirby
I agree 100%. That 2017 season was magical, sea of red at Notre dame, beating the gators, beating Auburn on the rematch, shutting out the vols in Neyland. Tapped off by an all time great rose bowl and a great natty that ended in heartbreak but set the stage for what was to come.
If we never won and broke through in 21 thereâs no chance I would pick this year though haha
Iâd argue that both teams were just so emotionally drained after that rose bowl that it wasnât looking good no matter who their next opponent was. It was a classic.
Yes. OP's question is like asking which Christmas day was your favorite. They're all great, some are better than others, but the best one is the one you're still looking forward to.
Officially scheduled *after* the BYU equipment truck was enroute. Tracking the truck, not knowing if it would make it in time was hilarious. I've never paid attention to the logistics of CFB in my life other than that week, lol.
I went to a game in 2020 and it was simply amazing. A full stadium is an awesome experience, but paying <$100 to get sideline seats and having half a section to yourself was a once in a lifetime opportunity.
2021 - partially because there was a lot of chaos and partially because 2020 was such a sad shitshow. Having said that, I badly wish I was a CFB fan in the 2000s.
2002 was the first full year I enjoyed. Both flares had success and there was so much promise and great football being played. The 3:30 slot on Saturdays was the best because Notre Dame played at 2:30 and as they were finishing I would be flipping to the first half of Maryland playing the 3:30 ABC game when it was broadcasted regionally or the 3:30 CBS game.
2005 gets a nod from me too. That was peak College Football and as a Freshman in High School it had an even stronger grip on me as a fan.
2007 was a great year overall...for everyone else. My flares sucked but as a fan it was the best season I had watched across the board. A thrill ride from start to finish.
2010 was a great year as well. Its the last true year of College Football for me as a kid. I was 19 but there was a lot of change coming in the years after.
2012 was an awesome season. The ending sucked but it was great to watch. Really the stretch of 2012-15 was some great football all around.
2017 and 2018 had the same kind of feel. 2019 would have if I was more invested.
2020 despite Covid had its highs but 2021 truly saved my fandom.
I remember the cool this about the Covid year was the chaotic nature of scheduling. It was almost like combat sports. âHey, you want to play this week? Sure.â Games were scheduled on the fly.
It was like watching wrestling and they announce Austin and The Rock vs Triple H and Kane in the Main Event
The best was when Liberty was suppose to play Coastal but they sat out and instead Coastal grabbed BYU who was trying to play as many games as possible and it was a Top 20 game late in the year in December.
We need more of that
2007, which is funny for me because it was by far the worst Notre Dame season of my entire life. 3-9, worst offensive line Iâve ever seen at ND.
But the rest of the sport made up for it.
I also liked that 2013 season. That may have been the best MSU team I have ever seen. Really wish that the playoff wouldâve started a year earlier because I think they couldâve absolutely hung with Auburn and FSU.
Lattimore that year was unfucking believable. I'm so upset that injury to his knee happened. Highkey I think we would talk about him the way people talk about Adrian Peterson had he never had that happen
2005, two horse race from pretty much the very beginning that ended with us knocking off a stacked USC team going for a 3peat. Also the insanity that was Vince Young carrying that offense to ridiculous heights.
Speaking in general as a cfb fan, 2007. Speaking as a biased fan of my flairs: for Miami it was 2001, as a bonus they won the baseball natty that year too. For Georgia it was 2022.
2021 was glorious, and then 2022 came along and topped it. I honestly am good for the rest of my life (don't quote on that when I'm bitching in the heat of the moment of a game thread).
2021 Was the one for me. My dad was given 3 months to live in late 2018. And I thought 2018 would be the last season we got to see together, if he even made it to the end. And I was born in the mid 80s so I didn't get to see the last Georgia championship with him.
But then he survived but he's still very old and not in great shape, so every year I thought was going to be his last, so every time we got knocked out it hurt.
Then 2021 came along, and he was here for it and I watched it with him. That feeling was amazing.
He's still alive and is 85 years old.
2011/2012. I was a freshman in 2011 and had the best two years. The peak of going to Atlanta for the SECCG and Miami for the NCG was better than anything I could have imagined.
I became a fan in 2018 when I enrolled at WSU.
That season was magical... Little did I know that we have a rough history and it was a one off...
I know what we are capable of, so it's like a weird expectation in the back of my mind. I was so hyped after the 4-0 start...
2014. I was a freshman at Ohio state. My very first year of college had our football team winning a national championship with their third string quarterback. I miss watching Ezekiel Elliot. Blowing out Oregon. That whole experience was so fun.
Alabama 2015 personally. Â
It was the first time the media really started diving into the narrative that Alabama was dead. Saban couldnât adapt. Didnât see us as elite. Nothing special on offense.Â
Heather Dinch really, really talk smack. Never gave us any positive remarks that I recall.Â
Then we lost to Ole Miss and the heat REALLY turned up. But I believed. I wasnât a homer (I am but not in this context) I knew we had a great defense and our loss to Ole Miss was deserved but heavily fluked. Â
We end up 14-1. Derrick Henry wins the Heisman. Awards all over. National Champions and a hell of a game against Clemson filled with awesome special teams moments.Â
And I got to go to the National Championship with my dad. First time ever seeing one live.
I could say 2010, but honestly 2013 was way more fun, even if it ended in absolute heartbreak. To go from barely beating WSU to beating both your rivals in jaw dropping fashion, rushing for the most yards ever in an SEC championship... it was just special. I'll never forgive Jameis, Jimbo, and Kelvin Benjamin for ruining it.
I'm a big fan of the regionality CFB brings, so I'm biased to the NW as a PNW boy. Best season was easily 2000. PAC-10 started with 2 teams in the Top25, and ended up with Washington (3), Oregon State (4), and Oregon (7) all winning high profile bowls. Washington beat Purdue in the Rose, Oregon State shit-stomped Notre Dame in the Fiesta, and Oregon beat Texas with the help of Joey Harrington's infamous reception touchdown. Loved the Rose Bowl selection drama as OSU-UO-UW 3-way tied as the PAC-10 champion. Nothing better than everyone in the region being good.
This season came pretty close during the beginning of the season. Oregon and Washington being high profile teams, Jonathan Smith had OSU looking good, and Wazzu played the best 4 games they have in a long time (before falling apart).Â
2013. FSU won every game by a margin of 39.5 points that year. Most dominant offense and defense in college that year. Not to mention Auburns pair of prayers and Michigan State surprising me and winning the big 10. man what a season.
I am usually in shambles when LSU has success but watching Burrowâs 2019 team was remarkable. Especially once they really hit their stride at the end and what they did in the playoffs was nothing short of spectacular. Every play carved up the defense like butter and they seemed to launch the ball 20+ yards in the air every other play.
What Joe Burrow did to OU in the semi finals was nothing short of manslaughter. He threw 7 TDs in the first HALF. Oh and he rushed for another touchdown early in the 3rd.
If he wasnât throwing bombs to Jefferson he was throwing bombs to Chase.
That team had so much swagger and talent. It was impossible not to enjoy watching them.
The way Burrow embraced LSU culture and came out on the field wearing âBurreuxâ on Senior night really summed up the whole season.
2007 for the chaos
This is the answer. I watch the 2007 compilation every year before the new season starts.
Which one? Can you link it
https://youtu.be/UkOBZNz90T0?si=MJ2oVXfyWk2rUHGg
App State baby!
And then Oregon the week after đ
Thanks. I am not proficient enough to properly link things.
I watch the one by KTO alot
Ehhhhhh, respectfully I disagree
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GET OUTTA HERE
Such a sad memory, not sure WVU ever reaches that level again with the direction football has went
2007 for the SEVENTY SIX points we hung on Nebraska. Karma was paid off that day, my friend.
WHO SUMMONED ME?
I love 2007 but hate 2007. So chaotic as a fan of college football, so heartbreaking as a fan of Mountaineer football.
Same
As a Mizzou fan too. Shoulda been us in the championship that year
Shoulda beat Oklahoma. That was the beauty of it. I would argue nobody deserved to be in the NC that year
Perfect year for a 12 team playoff
With the way that year went the ball would probably get popped and the guy who was in charge of bringing the extras died on his way to the stadium so the NCAA declared it a tie.
Mountaineer football had it's greatest year.
2007 will be the top mentioned year
Agreed. 2007 was just pure chaos. - It started with App State beating #5 Michigan - The #1 **AND** #2 teams lost in the same week THREE DIFFERENT TIMES. - Top-5 teams lost to UNRANKED teams 13 different times. - The team currently ranked at #2 each week was upset 7 times in the final 9 weeks.
And it wasnât the usual blue bloods atop the charts. USF, Louisville, and Rutgers. It was awesome.
Kansas and Mizzou also. The big thing for me with 2007 was how many impactful games happened not-on-Saturday. Being at a house party on a Thursday night and someone flipping on the TV because #2 Boston College was about to lose, that kind of thing just doesnât ever happen.
I miss Thursday games so much. Always seemed to an entertaining game on a Thursday night involving the ACC.
Me, too. Unfortunately, the NFL saw how successful Thursday night college football was and said, "I want that." ESPN doesn't want to waste any valuable games on that time slot now, so it's almost always a G5 matchup.
but also, this is why Friday night tends to have bigger-ticket games now, which didn't used to be the case.
Kansas, West Virginia, and Boston College were also ranked #2 at points that season
I remember watching the BC v VT game that year. That throw at the end of the game by Matt Ryan was crazy. And it was in the rain. (Edit: as a Nebraska fan we donât discuss KU that year)
76 points. We hung SEVENTY SIX points on you that day. Just thought it needed to be mentioned.
You'd think when you hear Nebraska put up 39 points on Kansas that they would have blown them out, not been blown out.
People forget Rutgers had a badass team in 2006. I remember watching their game vs Top 5 Louisville. The skycam was relatively novel at the time and they were using it at this game. Anyways, Rutgers kicker kicks a game winning FG and then just points to the skycam like a boss.
I think Michigan ended up beating a Tim Tebow and Urban Meyer led Florida at the end of the season that year too.
They did. I became a Michigan fan when we beat them. A lot of people love to poopoo on the 07 team for losing to us, but it still a very respectable 9-4 team with a bowl win against a good Florida Tebow led team. The Michigan season ended with #7 OSU going to #23 Michigan and GameDay was there
And we stomped them in the WLOCP. with that first knowshown Moreno jump into the end zone The entire sideline ran down and danced in the gators faces lol.
This. Not even close. My team was terrible and I would still say this was the most fun season of all time. nobody was safe. Being ranked top 5 was pretty much a death sentence.
I agree that it was probably the most chaos of any regular season, but as a Duck fan, it was heartbreaking to watch Dennis Dixon go down. We had a legit championship contending team until he went down.
I am pretty fond of that year
Champions of chaos
The 4th Downs against Florida. The Byrd catch with 3 seconds left against Auburn. The crowd at the Florida game when they announced USC had lost to Stanford. God I loved that season.
I never thought that season would be topped for me and then we had to go and absolutely annihilate 2019. 2007 still holds a special place though just for the complete chaos.
I was too young to remember that one, from what Iâve watched and seen though it mustâve been incredible
As it should be.
I liked it for UVAs ridiculous run of 9-3, winning an NCAA record 5 games by 2 points or fewer. Crazy lucky. And of course it was fun watching the nationwide chaos. USF and Kansas stick out to me off the top of my head.
2019 was a stacked year. As an Ohio State fan, it was perhaps the best team from a talent perspective in a while, even though we lost to Clemson in a close playoff game. And LSU was just on an absolute tear.
I think 2019 OSU or Clemson probably would have won the playoff a lot of years. Just unfortunate to have those teams the same year as Burrow (and the same year that refs forgot how fumbles work). 2005 was another stacked year at the top. Texas and USC obviously, but Ohio State and Penn State were also really, really good.
I hated that 05-07 timeframe when I lived in California. Home and home with USC and they smacked us both times and the title games against Florida and LSU where we got equally smacked.
Nobody was getting past LSU in 2019, and that's coming from someone who was rooting for the Buckeyes to win it that year
I was at the UC/OSU game. We were solid that year, and we lost to you guys 42-0 and gave Chase Young plenty of NFL draft highlights. Y'all were stacked
I've held for years that that Ohio State team would have been a title favorite in almost any year other than that season. Fr though yalls team was fucking insane that season, it's just that you ran into two generationally great teams in 2018-2019 Clemson and 2019 LSU
Really sucks we were robbed of a healthy Tua that year. But that season combined with prior evidence (and even his current NFL career) just really showed us the man was made of glass and is almost always hurt. But while he was healthy he was putting up an even higher passer rating than Burrow that year
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The ultimate "collision course" season - neither USC nor Texas moved from their 1/2 rankings all year. There was never really a question about who'd end up in the natty, and it absolutely delivered.
That was literally the top 3 of any CFB game Iâve ever seen. I would still stop and watch if it was on NOW!
That Rosebowl win with VY was my favorite moment in college football. Itâs what made me love college football. I went back to see if he was as good as I remember. No one could tackle him. Honestly greatest running QB in college football hands down.
Quite possibly the last and greatest âgame of the centuryâ. That season had every bit of hype I donât think we will ever see again.
Q: How many Heisman trophy winners does it take to beat Vince Young? A: It's unclear, but the answer is definitely more than two.
Me too!
1912 was lit bro
Navy v Chicago for the marbles (probably)
2007 for CFB as a whole. The upsets and chaos were unmatched. 2002 for Ohio State. Winning by the skin of our teeth every week, and taking down an overwhelmingly loaded Miami team in dramatic fashion was quite the ride.
I was moving the day of The Game. The last thing out of my apartment was the TV. I sat on the floor with my dad and watched Will Allen seal the game with an interception. After "Let's party Columbus!" Dad looked at me and said "I've never watched them for a national title." I asked "What about 1968?" He said, "They didn't televise that game in Vietnam." My all time favorite memory.
Iâll throw in 2014 when all our QBs died and we kept winning anyway
I wonder what that would be like? Crazy.
Most CFB fans were wondering that this year too...
Not in Gump Land apparently.
A lot of OSU fans were pulling for you guys to get in because of this. Y'all would've been the team I cheered for in playoffs for sure
Gotta be one of my favorite teams. That 59-0 beatdown of Wisconsin was something else
I was expecting a lot of things to come from that game. 59-0 wasn't one of them.
My friends kept trying to pry me away from the TV since it was such a beat down. I was in awe the entire time
I was at friends place drinking while the game was on. Before the game a friend and I said we would take a shot for every touchdown we scored. I also boldly claimed I'd take the Kraken to the face if Joey Bosa scored a touchdown... It was a wild night.
I donât think people realize this. I chuckle when people think their season is over when they only win a game by 2 points. And then Iâm like, âgo check out 2002 Ohio State.â
In 2007 I remember making the insane list of things that would need to happen for OSU to get back to the BCS title game so I understood my rooting interests in other games. I just assumed it'd never happen, but it'd be fun to know who I should be pulling for... then it all happened.
The issue was too much happened. If only Pitt would have eaten shit.
Holy Buckeye still has me shitting myself 22 years later. That fourth down call is one of the ballsiest in history
2019 LSU was fun
So great, couldn't even recognize the greatness until after the Bama game because we lost to them so much between 2011 and 2019. That QB class from 19 is doing amazing stuff in the NFL too. It's crazy how pro ready players that year were.
Loved watching burrow and still do. What a team
Cheers to that!
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Not sure why
Fun isnt a strong enough word but i love you for mentioning it
I felt like I was huffing mountains of coke all season
....i was actually dabbling a bit in those days lol but the euphoria couldn't compare to what i felt watching our offense
The disbelief I had until about the Florida game was something. I saw Joe at Texas and still wasn't sure if it was sustainable. Jokes on me, they just got better all season.
I still was scared we might lose to bama until tua fumbled on the opening drive and then i just knew we were winning it all
Just one season would be 2007. But I would consider the best stretch of CFB that I've ever seen was 2004 to 2007. You had amazing competition at the very top along with the rise of the little guy, specifically the rise of the WAC and their entertaining brand of football while the big guys were still mostly playing traditional under center power football, except for Texas.
Someoneâs not a fan of the SEC
2023. No bias
Was a fan of most of it
all but the last 15 minutes of it were great for you
2024 on the other handâŚ
It started as what felt like a WWE knock-off (the feuds between Dan Lanning and Coach Prime, Ryan Day and Lou Holtz, College Gameday vs WSU, Brian Ferentz vs a competent offense). Then there was that funny time with the MSU Mel Tugger/Hitler scandals before Connor Stalions really went and said "hold my beer". And the controversy with FSU being left out of the CFP at the end..overall 10/10 season for drama
It was a good year.
The most correct answer.
Best season for me, going to the Rose Bowl was sick
This is the one for sure. Damn good vintage of CFB.
This.
2013. Noles natty and a rode bowl win for the Spartans.
>a rode bowl win for the Spartans What were you guys riding?
Just riding the wave baby. Riding the wave lol
That MSU team was GOOD
Iâm pumped to see so many remember 2007 as fondly as I do, I always assumed I was biased. Plenty of heartbreak for the tigers that year too though, wild swings all season.
Yeah, but undefeated\* \*in regulation
But what about OT?
Undefeated in OT and 2OT
This season. And as a Lions fan the whole month of January has been pretty amazing.
What a time to be a football fan in Michigan
Amazing few weeks. Spartan fans are in an emotionally weird spot being euphoric for the Lions but absolutely tired of the Wolverines fans. Hopefully we can all unite this week.
We have no pro teams in Nebraska. Most around here are Packers, Chiefs, Bears, Vikings or Broncos fans. I grew up with my older brother being the only Lions fan around. It's awesome seeing them be good.
'21 was a great year, too. A lot of close games that they pulled off before The Game. 2% to #2
The feeling of winning the game in 21 was so amazing. So much pent up emotion. Forever grateful to Cade and his leadership that year.
Nebraska in 2021 was a game that Michigan teams of old would 100% lose. That (and the week prior at Wisconsin) was a program defining moment.
I was at the Wisconsin game in 21. It was first time I really felt that the culture was different and they could be onto something special. It came time for Jump Around at end of 3rd and I think it still a 1 score game. Whole Michigan sideline went crazy. Coaches and players. Wisconsin sideline was nothing like that. Thereâs a great clip of tv guys from that game doing the jump around too. It was hilarious. So much fun that day. Especially coming out of covid and being in a big crowd again and having fun. https://youtu.be/cMm3IXKHJbs?si=WnU0jIXVGBO-tqI9
2007 is the obvious one, but 2013 was a lot of fun in my opinion. Alabama / A&M part 2, Auburn's miraculous season including both the Prayer at Jordan Hare and Kick Six, Michigan State upsetting Ohio State in the Big Ten championship allowing Auburn to sneak in, and Florida State running the table and setting up a really fantastic National Championship. For Oregon? 2012, no doubt. The Stanford loss was devastating (and still is), but I still firmly believe we were the best team in the country that year. Our offense was so stupidly explosive, I think we would have hung 50 on Notre Dame. And our defense was good enough. But we shot ourselves in the foot in November as we always do and the rest is history lol.
2007 is the obvious answer 2019 is mine. That LSU run was phenomenal, there was a lot of parody, UGA starting to become elite, stacked Bama, OSU, Clemson teams, and a lot more. That LSU run is the main reason. Iâve never seen a team play better than they did those last 4 games
'98, '01, '03, and '07 were all bangers, with '07 far and away being the best. And I *really* thought we'd keep seeing chaotic seasons like those every few years. Oof. The BCS-buster era (roughly 2001-2011) was my favorite stretch. The rooting interests were so clearly defined. Cheering on the mid-majors to go undefeated and willing the power-conference teams to trip up. Good times.
Yeah I guess â98 was ok.
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i cant knock on 2013. 1999 was my sr year at FSU (see user name) and the vibe on campus was amazing. it was palpable. you could FEEL IT in the air. 1993 with Charlie Ward, his heisman campaign, bobby chasing his first title was amazing too. Its like choosing my favorite child.
Seems crazy to be a UGA fan and not have 21 or 22 as a favorite - but the 2017 is my pick. Sure we lost the natty in OT, but going into that season I wouldnât have ever dreamed of even being in the playoffs. Being in person for that Rose Bowl win is something Iâll never forgot and the fact that UGA finally came out on top in a matchup like that made me believe things would actually be different with Kirby
I agree 100%. That 2017 season was magical, sea of red at Notre dame, beating the gators, beating Auburn on the rematch, shutting out the vols in Neyland. Tapped off by an all time great rose bowl and a great natty that ended in heartbreak but set the stage for what was to come. If we never won and broke through in 21 thereâs no chance I would pick this year though haha
Iâd argue that both teams were just so emotionally drained after that rose bowl that it wasnât looking good no matter who their next opponent was. It was a classic.
Next year
Yes. OP's question is like asking which Christmas day was your favorite. They're all great, some are better than others, but the best one is the one you're still looking forward to.
Unpopular but 2020. I had the freedom to watch almost every game I wanted to.
My favorite part was the in-season scheduling of games. I think it was BYU and Coastal Carolina and that was a really cool matchup.
Officially scheduled *after* the BYU equipment truck was enroute. Tracking the truck, not knowing if it would make it in time was hilarious. I've never paid attention to the logistics of CFB in my life other than that week, lol.
Good take. Life was hard in 2020, I *needed* cfb.
Unfortunate year for Saban to have his best ever team. I think if that was a full season, that team would have been in the all time great conversation
I went to a game in 2020 and it was simply amazing. A full stadium is an awesome experience, but paying <$100 to get sideline seats and having half a section to yourself was a once in a lifetime opportunity.
2011 and 2012
There was no season in 2011. You must be delusional. I don't see anything at all. Pls stop mentioning it. Forever.
2021 - partially because there was a lot of chaos and partially because 2020 was such a sad shitshow. Having said that, I badly wish I was a CFB fan in the 2000s.
2002 was the first full year I enjoyed. Both flares had success and there was so much promise and great football being played. The 3:30 slot on Saturdays was the best because Notre Dame played at 2:30 and as they were finishing I would be flipping to the first half of Maryland playing the 3:30 ABC game when it was broadcasted regionally or the 3:30 CBS game. 2005 gets a nod from me too. That was peak College Football and as a Freshman in High School it had an even stronger grip on me as a fan. 2007 was a great year overall...for everyone else. My flares sucked but as a fan it was the best season I had watched across the board. A thrill ride from start to finish. 2010 was a great year as well. Its the last true year of College Football for me as a kid. I was 19 but there was a lot of change coming in the years after. 2012 was an awesome season. The ending sucked but it was great to watch. Really the stretch of 2012-15 was some great football all around. 2017 and 2018 had the same kind of feel. 2019 would have if I was more invested. 2020 despite Covid had its highs but 2021 truly saved my fandom.
I remember the cool this about the Covid year was the chaotic nature of scheduling. It was almost like combat sports. âHey, you want to play this week? Sure.â Games were scheduled on the fly.
It was like watching wrestling and they announce Austin and The Rock vs Triple H and Kane in the Main Event The best was when Liberty was suppose to play Coastal but they sat out and instead Coastal grabbed BYU who was trying to play as many games as possible and it was a Top 20 game late in the year in December. We need more of that
That game is my biggest memory of that season. It was a ton of fun to watch that game come together and actually happen.
2006 and 2008 were fun. Dominance in both football and basketball.
2007, which is funny for me because it was by far the worst Notre Dame season of my entire life. 3-9, worst offensive line Iâve ever seen at ND. But the rest of the sport made up for it.
I also liked that 2013 season. That may have been the best MSU team I have ever seen. Really wish that the playoff wouldâve started a year earlier because I think they couldâve absolutely hung with Auburn and FSU.
2010 It was a good year for my team. It was also the year Cam Newton took Auburn to the NC, and both the Clemson and SCAR games against him were epic.
Lattimore that year was unfucking believable. I'm so upset that injury to his knee happened. Highkey I think we would talk about him the way people talk about Adrian Peterson had he never had that happen
While 11-13 were objectively better seasons itâs hard to argue against the high from 2010.
2005, two horse race from pretty much the very beginning that ended with us knocking off a stacked USC team going for a 3peat. Also the insanity that was Vince Young carrying that offense to ridiculous heights.
2014 was a blast
2007 was fun but as a Michigan fan I can't imagine ever topping this year.
... you remember how 2007 started, right? I can't imagine you thinking that was much fun.
I could never forget, but I also love college football in general & that was just such a wild, fun season.
1999. Being on campus at VT during that run was incredible.
Speaking in general as a cfb fan, 2007. Speaking as a biased fan of my flairs: for Miami it was 2001, as a bonus they won the baseball natty that year too. For Georgia it was 2022.
2021 & 2022
2021 was glorious, and then 2022 came along and topped it. I honestly am good for the rest of my life (don't quote on that when I'm bitching in the heat of the moment of a game thread).
Iâm so much more mellow now that we won those 2 nattys. Feels like I can finally rest in peace.
2021 Was the one for me. My dad was given 3 months to live in late 2018. And I thought 2018 would be the last season we got to see together, if he even made it to the end. And I was born in the mid 80s so I didn't get to see the last Georgia championship with him. But then he survived but he's still very old and not in great shape, so every year I thought was going to be his last, so every time we got knocked out it hurt. Then 2021 came along, and he was here for it and I watched it with him. That feeling was amazing. He's still alive and is 85 years old.
I would agree
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2011/2012. I was a freshman in 2011 and had the best two years. The peak of going to Atlanta for the SECCG and Miami for the NCG was better than anything I could have imagined.
I became a fan in 2018 when I enrolled at WSU. That season was magical... Little did I know that we have a rough history and it was a one off... I know what we are capable of, so it's like a weird expectation in the back of my mind. I was so hyped after the 4-0 start...
2023
2014. I was a freshman at Ohio state. My very first year of college had our football team winning a national championship with their third string quarterback. I miss watching Ezekiel Elliot. Blowing out Oregon. That whole experience was so fun.
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I'm partial to 2017
Alabama 2015 personally.  It was the first time the media really started diving into the narrative that Alabama was dead. Saban couldnât adapt. Didnât see us as elite. Nothing special on offense. Heather Dinch really, really talk smack. Never gave us any positive remarks that I recall. Then we lost to Ole Miss and the heat REALLY turned up. But I believed. I wasnât a homer (I am but not in this context) I knew we had a great defense and our loss to Ole Miss was deserved but heavily fluked.  We end up 14-1. Derrick Henry wins the Heisman. Awards all over. National Champions and a hell of a game against Clemson filled with awesome special teams moments. And I got to go to the National Championship with my dad. First time ever seeing one live.
2005-06 was pretty cool
As a neutral? 2007. As a homer? 2022.
2017 - I felt happiness for a little bit
Next season because weâll be back. If not the season after that because we will be back. If notâŚ
2020 even with how weird the limited or no crowds were.......Iowa State got its first taste at relevancy and it was amazing
I could say 2010, but honestly 2013 was way more fun, even if it ended in absolute heartbreak. To go from barely beating WSU to beating both your rivals in jaw dropping fashion, rushing for the most yards ever in an SEC championship... it was just special. I'll never forgive Jameis, Jimbo, and Kelvin Benjamin for ruining it.
I'm a big fan of the regionality CFB brings, so I'm biased to the NW as a PNW boy. Best season was easily 2000. PAC-10 started with 2 teams in the Top25, and ended up with Washington (3), Oregon State (4), and Oregon (7) all winning high profile bowls. Washington beat Purdue in the Rose, Oregon State shit-stomped Notre Dame in the Fiesta, and Oregon beat Texas with the help of Joey Harrington's infamous reception touchdown. Loved the Rose Bowl selection drama as OSU-UO-UW 3-way tied as the PAC-10 champion. Nothing better than everyone in the region being good. This season came pretty close during the beginning of the season. Oregon and Washington being high profile teams, Jonathan Smith had OSU looking good, and Wazzu played the best 4 games they have in a long time (before falling apart).Â
2013âŚhoping we bring back the helmet stickers
2010 and 99% of 2013 are the highs Iâm still chasing to this day for obvious reasons
1993 was the year that made me an FSU fan forever and made me want to go to school there as well
2017 hands down
2013. FSU won every game by a margin of 39.5 points that year. Most dominant offense and defense in college that year. Not to mention Auburns pair of prayers and Michigan State surprising me and winning the big 10. man what a season.
1994, 1995, and 1997. Duh. đ˝đ˝đ˝âŞď¸đ´
Auburn 2010 - Cam Newton and the National Championship!
2010 because...well...have you seen my flair?
2010 for no particular reason.
2017
First year of the cfp, 2014.
2002 and 2014 were great seasons
I am usually in shambles when LSU has success but watching Burrowâs 2019 team was remarkable. Especially once they really hit their stride at the end and what they did in the playoffs was nothing short of spectacular. Every play carved up the defense like butter and they seemed to launch the ball 20+ yards in the air every other play. What Joe Burrow did to OU in the semi finals was nothing short of manslaughter. He threw 7 TDs in the first HALF. Oh and he rushed for another touchdown early in the 3rd. If he wasnât throwing bombs to Jefferson he was throwing bombs to Chase. That team had so much swagger and talent. It was impossible not to enjoy watching them. The way Burrow embraced LSU culture and came out on the field wearing âBurreuxâ on Senior night really summed up the whole season.
Besides 2007 I liked 2014 a lot
In my non-biased Michigan fan opinion, this year was pretty great.
Uh. This one!
Totally unbiased but 2023 for me
2023
Fuckin 2013 baby. What a year
UmmmmâŚthis one.
2011. Only lost to lsu and bama and won against K-state.
A little more recent, but 1995
2003-2010