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"Old School" is the College Football FanHouse's irregular look back at the rich history of college football, usually through the medium of embeddable flash video. Check out the Old School archive for more famous plays and infamous hair.

Old School usually consists highlight clips of relatively recent games, but thanks to the University of Georgia's media archive department the entire 1947 Sugar Bowl is now online and streaming:




That, obviously, is not the entire game. Hoo-boy, those would be some pissed of guys in hats if it was. This is the entire game. If you dig the era when "football" was defiantly pronounced as two words, coaches regarded the forrward pass as deadly poison, and guys like Georgia's Charley Trippi played quarterback, receiver, running back, punt returner, kick returner, linebacker, and punter, this is your jam, man.

Georgia would beat North Carolina 20-10, finishing a perfect 10-0 but losing out on the national title to Notre Dame. Georgia's official site takes a distinctly non-'Bama tack when discussing the potential screwjob, highlighting the team but setting Georgia's two "consensus" national champions apart.

"Old School" is the College Football FanHouse's irregular look back at the rich history of college football, usually through the medium of embeddable flash video. Check out the Old School archive for more famous plays and infamous hair.

It's hard to imagine how dominant Nebraska was in 1996. The gold standard for excellence this millennium, USC, has won a couple national titles but has only one undefeated season in the Carroll era. Even when they were obviously the best team, they weren't flat unbeatable.

Nebraska was. After a crushing 18-16 defeat against Florida State in the 1994 Orange Bowl (about which more here), the Huskers went on the warpath. 1994: 13-0, national champions, no team within two scores save Miami in the bowl game. 1995: 12-0, national champions, no team closer than 14 points. Obliterated Florida 62-14 in the bowl game. They opened the 1996 season by hammering Michigan State and Oklahoma State by a combined score of 114-31. Nebraska was never going to lose again.

Enter Arizona State. Enter Derrick Rodgers. Exit streak.



(via EDSBS.)

"Old School" is the College Football FanHouse's irregular look back at the rich history of college football, usually through the medium of embeddable flash video. Check out the Old School archive for more famous plays and infamous hair.

Step back in time with me, college football fans, to an earlier era. Here we have the Seminoles of Florida State taking on the Florida Gators in 1973.



This is pre-Ben Hill Griffin stadium stuff, so that's just Florida Field. Note that the Swamp is highly recognizable. Back then the stadium was painted blue rather than orange but "This is... Gator Country!" is still scribed on those trademark vertical walls rising out of the east and west stands. The press box was a tad smaller back then, too, as you might notice.

Florida's mascot was in a woeful state in those days. "Albert E. Gator" looked like an inflatable green jalapeno with teeth and a tail.

As for the game itself? Florida routed the Seminoles 49-0. For the rivalry, it was an era which favored the Gators, who won 9 straight from 1968-1976. Today, Florida leads the overall series, 30-19-2, but FSU is 17-15-1 against the Gators under Bobby Bowden.

"Old School" is the College Football FanHouse's irregular look back at the rich history of college football, usually through the medium of embeddable flash video. Check out the Old School archive for more famous plays and infamous hair.

The 1994 Orange Bowl was a classic between Florida State and Nebraska -- and yes, envisioning those schools as long-ago national powers does make me feel old, thank you for asking -- that came down to the final second, twice. Nebraska took a 16-15 lead on a 27-yard field goal with 1:16 left; Florida State made it 18-16 just 55 seconds later.

A 15-yard celebration penalty ensued. Florida State is kicking off from the 20 with 21 seconds left in the game. Those 21 seconds take nearly ten minutes, with the final second occupying the vast bulk of those minutes as the referees accidentally let the final second tick off and the teams flood the field, thinking the game over. It is not:




...all that, and he missed. Favorite moment is ABC cutting to a sideline camera just in time for that camera to get told to get off the damn field.

Florida State won the national title. Eventually.

"Old School" is the College Football FanHouse's irregular look back at the rich history of college football, usually through the medium of embeddable flash video. Check out the Old School archive for more famous plays and infamous hair.

It's 1982 in Georgia, and the most popular things are Herschel Walker, the colors red and black, and porny mustaches. But don't take it from me, take it from this assortment of Herschel Walker, suited dudes, horrifying clown-women, and spaced-out students:



Behold the dignity of fandom!

PORNY MUSTACHE GUY: What does it ["Bulldog Fever"] do for you?
HERSCHEL WALKER: For me? It doesn't do anything.

Woooo!

"Old School" is the College Football FanHouse's irregular look back at the rich history of college football, usually through the medium of embeddable flash video. Check out the Old School archive for more famous plays and infamous hair.

The Tide entered 1967 with enormous expectations after an undefeated1966 season that ended in outrage and disappointment. Ken Stabler returned; Alabama was outraged after Bryant's bid for a third straight national title ended in controversy. Voters awarded it to Notre Dame despite Ara Parseghian playing for a tie in the 1966 "Game of the Century" (of the year) against Michigan State. Cue the first stirrings of SEC paranoia.

Anyway, the stakes were high. Alabama fell flat with a devastating tie against a Florida State team that opened its season with a 20-point loss to Houston. Bear was a picture of composure in the aftermath:



No, the defense did not play particularly well. 'Bama would end up 8-2-1, though they would claim a national championship anyway.*

*(Ha. Not true. Yet. Check back next year.)

Old School" is the College Football FanHouse's irregular look back at the rich history of college football, usually through the medium of embeddable flash video. Check out the Old School archive for more famous plays and infamous hair.

One of the biggest wins over Pitt in Mountaineer history. Probably a lot like this years game will be remembered by Pitt fans. Badump-bah! The Voice of the Mountaineers, Jack Fleming narrates and at the 1:44 mark you can see that there used to be a lot more guns at Old Mountaineer Field. And hats off for getting Yes to do the sound track. That #33 for Pitt is some guy named Dorsett.



Besides being against a Pitt team that was ranked and had one of the best running backs in the history of college football, this game is most remembered for the dramatic ending that seems story book for the home team and nightmarish for the visitors as Bill McKenzie kicked the winning field goal as time expired. Not some of Fleming's best work, at least until they cut in to his live play-by-play. I guess they didn't want to step on Rick Wakeman's toes while he wowed us with those funky keyboards.

"Old School" is the College Football FanHouse's irregular look back at the rich history of college football, usually through the medium of embeddable flash video. Check out the Old School archive for more famous plays and infamous hair.

Penn State used to be good kids, real good. And back in the day they had this guy named Shane Conlan who spent a lot of time getting his hair just right and killing fools who dared oppose him:



Conlan would be the eighth pick of the 1987 NFL draft and go on to be a three-time Pro Bowler, playing on three of the Bills' four Super Bowl losers in the early '90s. He had better luck at Penn State: the Nittany Lions won the 1986 national championship.

"Old School" is the College Football FanHouse's irregular look back at the rich history of college football, usually through the medium of embeddable flash video. Check out the Old School archive for more famous plays and infamous hair.

Right, right, done the Anthony Carter thing before, but this clip combines so many awesome things that you're just going to have to watch it. Amongst the things you are going to behold:

• A set from a late-70s coaches show, complete with Music of Ultimate Funk.
• A play that was immediately ruled illegal after its execution.
• A seriously pissed off you guys Lee Corso.
• The most stunning finish in Michigan history... well, the most stunning positive finish, anyway.
• One announcer who loses his mind and starts rambling about football Valhalla.

Ready, set, go:



The banned play was the audacious clock-stopping lateral that landed in the hands of a red-clad madman. Said red-clad madman was one Lee Corso, then Indiana's coach. Bob Ufer is the man who hasn't been as happy in all his cotton-pickin' 59 years; he also once described Ohio Stadium as "Ten thousand alumni and seventy-four thousand druck drivers". You'll occasionally see "Honk if U-fer Meeeechigan" bumper stickers around the state 27 years after his death.

Michigan went to 7-1 with the victory and would crush Wisconsin 54-0 the next week, but lost its final three games to finish 8-4. Anthony Carter would go on to be pretty good.

"Old School" is the College Football FanHouse's irregular look back at the rich history of college football, usually through the medium of embeddable flash video. Check out the Old School archive for more famous plays and infamous hair.

There is a man who posts video after video of Michigan games past on youtube; his name is WolverineHistorian and he is an internet hero to the Wolverine diaspora. He's found a piece of newsreel footage from way, way back in the day: the dedication game at Michigan Stadium, a 21-0 win over Ohio State in 1927, eighty years ago. Enjoy.



Henry Tappan Hall hasn't been so excited in a century! Also he is no longer alive.

"Old School" is the College Football FanHouse's irregular look back at the rich history of college football, usually through the medium of embeddable flash video. Check out the Old School archive for more famous plays and infamous hair.



Whuddup with Old School on game day? FanHouse doesn't normally go retro on football Saturdays, but in this case it's appropo. LSU takes on Auburn today in the Bayou, and this is a game which has been a defensive struggle more often than not.

Last year Auburn won 7-3 after a controversial pass interference no-call.

In 2005, John Vaughn's foot cost the Teagles the game; five misses, including a chance to win late and then tie in overtime, sealed Auburn's fate.

In 2004, Auburn beat LSU 10-9, went undefeated, and found themselves on the outside looking in as Oklahoma embarrassed the BCS.

You get the picture: more often than not, defense makes the difference in this series. It's no different here we look back to 1994. In what perhaps might be considered good tidings for the Teagles, you see what LSU fans call the "Disaster on the Plains" as Auburn surmounted a 23-9 deficit in the 4th quarter to win the game... with their defense scoring all of their comeback points.

Enjoy.

P.S. Sorry about the music.

"Old School" is the College Football FanHouse's irregular look back at the rich history of college football, usually through the medium of embeddable flash video. Check out the Old School archive for more famous plays and infamous hair.

I've always felt that this one play sums up everything anyone needs to know about Vanderbilt football. It's former Commie punter Bill Marinangel pulling a fast one on Alabama and peeling off an 81-yard fake punt run for a touchdown in 1996 (also made Old-School worthy by the antiquated espn2 logo and bottom line scoreboard that takes up like 1/3 of the screen):



Okay, so cool play, but what makes it so inherently "Vanderbilt"? First, it gave the 'Dores false hope of beating Alabama (a team they regularly scare but rarely beat) before losing the game 36-26. Also, it's a very intelligent play -- Marinangel took advantage of what Bama gave him -- and you expect intelligence out of Vandy players if nothing else.

But more than anything is the fact that this play still stands as the longest run from scrimmage in Vanderbilt history. That's right, Vandy's greatest run didn't even come from a running back; it came from the punter. And nothing quite says "Show Your Gold!" like spending Saturday hoping the punter will do something to amaze you.

"Old School" is the College Football FanHouse's irregular look back at the rich history of college football, usually through the medium of embeddable flash video. Check out the Old School archive for more famous plays and infamous hair.

Not to pile on Florida fans who can only be thinking about dastardly Auburn, the only school to beat the Gators over the past two years, but this just popped up on YouTube. So don't blame me. To set the stage: Emmitt Smith -- who you may have heard of -- is in his junior year at Florida; he plans on leaving for the draft after the year ends. Leading 7-3 late in the fourth quarter, Florida forces Auburn into fourth and long; the Tigers convert. They score a touchdown with 12 seconds left and win.

But Emmitt won't leave the field:



I like Smith 1000 times more than I did ten minutes ago. (Not that I disliked him; prior to this I was a football agnostic.) Would anyone ever do this after an NFL game? Hell no. The kicker is that this game was at Auburn and he's just leaving himself out there to be jeered and mocked. 100 cocktails to you, sir.

"Old School" is the College Football FanHouse's irregular look back at the rich history of college football, usually through the medium of embeddable flash video. Check out the Old School archive for more famous plays and infamous hair.

Michigan's #1 is perhaps the most famous number tradition in college football. Braylon Edwards, David Terrell, and Derrick Alexander all wore it en route to All-American status. But before them came the original #1, the guy who convinced Bo Schembechler that throwing the ball was not necessarily pure evil: Anthony Carter. In the 1981 Rose Bowl, Michigan played Washington:



Love that tearaway jersey. Very boy band, that. Michigan (shockingly) would win this particular Rose Bowl 23-6, one of only two victories for Bo in Pasedena. Carter would go on to star in the USFL and NFL; the #1 would become a traditional number for terrifying wide receivers to wear at Michigan and, eventually, around the country.

"Old School" is the College Football FanHouse's irregular look back at the rich history of college football, usually through the medium of embeddable flash video. Check out the Old School archive for more famous plays and infamous hair.

The Outback Bowl. The name alone doesn't conjure memories of grandeur and tradition; the Rose Bowl it's not. But it's been host to some knock down, drag out SEC vs. Big 10 battles over the years.

In 1990, Auburn faced Ohio State in the standard #2 SEC vs. #2 Big 10 matchup. It was all Ohio State early. The Bucks' Carlos Snow dove in for a 1-yard TD, which the Tigers answered with a field goal. After Greg Frey threw a 9-yard touchdown pass to Brian Stablein, the Buckeyes found themselves up 14-3 with momentum sliding decidedly in their direction.

To this day, Auburn fans remember what happened next as "The Hit". It has been recalled by many as one of the biggest hits ever seen in college football. Observe:

That's Ohio State safety Zack Dumas jacking up poor Stacy Danley, who really wanted nothing more than to catch a pass out of the backfield for a few measly yards in the flat. After the jump: what happened next.