Category: Greatest Teams

Tom, Dan and Ryan recap the semifinal games of the College Football Playoff and then preview the 2018 College Football National Championship Game.

This podcast also includes the final game in our Greatest Teams of Our Lifetime bracket, a matchup between 1995 Nebraska and 2008 Florida. Find out who was chosen as the best college football team of our life.

The show ends with Dan’s lessons from the 2017-18 bowl season, and then Tom and Ryan reflect on the first Buffalo Bills playoff appearance in 18 years.

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Tom, Dan and Ryan break down the second of two semifinal games in our Greatest Teams of Our Lifetime bracket. 2008 Florida, led by Tim Tebow and coached by Urban Meyer, take on 2009 Alabama with Greg McElroy and Mark Ingram, coached by Nick Saban.

Listen to find out which teams wins this hypothetical match-up and moves on to face 1995 Nebraska in the finals.

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Tom, Dan and Ryan break down the first of two semifinal games in our Greatest Teams of Our Lifetime bracket. 1995 Nebraska and Tommie Frazier square off against 2001 Miami and Ken Dorsey.

Listen to find out which teams wins this hypothetical match-up and moves on to the finals.

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From 2017

During the 2017 season, we took some time at the end of each show to debate the greatest college football team of the past 25 years. We started with a 16-team bracket, and each week, the last segment of our podcast was dedicated to one of these hypothetical match-ups, with the winner advancing. Visit the podcasts page and start with the 2017 season preview episode to listen from the beginning.

Listen to our breakdowns of the final four matchups:

• 1995 Nebraska vs. 2001 Miami
• 2008 Florida vs. 2009 Alabama
• The final matchup, 1995 Nebraska vs. 2008 Florida, was part of our 2017 National Championship Game preview show.

Update 2023

Since we created this bracket, there have been several teams that are worthy of inclusion.

• The 2018 Clemson team, led by freshman Trevor Lawrence, is arguably better than the 2016 Clemson team and would be a top 12 seed in a current bracket.
• The 2019 LSU team, featuring Joe Burrow, Ja’Marr Chase and Justin Jefferson, would absolutely be a top 4 seed and is arguably the best college football team of all time.
• The 2020 Alabama team, featuring Mac Jones and a loaded WR room, is difficult to judge since they played in a COVID season, but would potentially make our current list of top 16 teams.
• The 2021 and 2022 Georgia teams are both worthy of inclusion. As we did with the USC 03-05, Alabama 11/12, and Nebraska 93-95 dynasties, we’d pick one of these teams (slight edge to the undefeated 2022 team) and seed them in the top 6.

A revised bracket for 2023 would probably featuring the following teams as the top 4 seeds in some order: 2001 Miami, 1995 Nebraska, 2008 Florida, 2019 LSU