ESPN - 100 games that explain college football in 2026

This is a really fun read if you're interested in the sport and its history. The Tigers are mentioned 4 times:

*The 2019 Championship win over Clemson is listed in the "Innovations" section

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The offensive innovations of the previous 20 years -- wider splits, more passing, the run-pass options that came into vogue in the mid-2010s -- all came together in 2019 to produce one of the best offenses we've ever seen. Joe Burrow threw for 5,671 yards and 60 touchdowns -- absolutely preposterous numbers -- and LSU topped 40 points in 12 of 15 games, rolling to a demonstrative national title. Against defending champion Clemson in the title game, Burrow threw for 463 yards and five scores.

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* the 2003 championship win against Oklahoma in the "Bowls, for Better or Worse" section

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In the BCS' sixth year ... we got another split national title. USC, the AP's top-ranked team, finished third in the BCS standings, won the Rose Bowl and remained No. 1 while LSU claimed a share of the title by beating OU in the BCS' title game. As it turned out, the BCS' biggest issue was getting to pick only two teams. It took another decade to rectify that.

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*The 2012 Championship game against Bama that we'd all like to forget is also mentioned in the "Bowls, for Better or Worse" section (along with the Iowa State upset of Oklahoma State)

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The two games that broke the camel's back. The drumbeat for a playoff had already grown deafening by 2011, but when Iowa State upset unbeaten Oklahoma State late in the season -- thanks in part to a field goal Oklahoma State missed by a millimeter, if at all -- Alabama ended up landing the No. 2 spot and getting a rematch against unbeaten LSU after a classic 9-6 Tigers win in November. The title game was a 60-minute sleeper hold in the Tide's favor, and the poor TV ratings that resulted from it convinced the final holdouts that a four-team playoff was a pretty good idea.

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*the Bluegrass Miracle is in the "Classic Endings" section

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Or a Hail Mary catch-and-run after a premature Gatorade bath.

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Quite a few video clips and brief summaries of each game. Again, a fun way to get psyched for the season. Enjoy.....

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