The Best College Football Team of All Time

There has been a lot of talk this year as to whether or not the 2005 USC Trojans were the best college football team ever. I guess last night's game went a long way in answering that question for us. Of course, USC should still be considered among college football's greatest dynasties because they won back-to-back national championships in '04 and '05, at least according to the AP and the NY Times. And, I know I believe everything the media has to say, especially if it's from the New York Times, although, I seem to remember LSU winning the BCS game in 2004 and USC playing in the third-place game that year. I wonder how that works out…?

What I don't understand is why this question keeps coming up. I thought everybody knew that the 1995 National Championship winning Cornhuskers were the best team ever. Jeff Sagarin says so, end of story. That team was amazing on both sides of the ball, and their season culminated with a 62-24 win over #2 Florida in the Fiesta Bowl.

ESPN spent a lot of airtime this season discussing how different historical teams would have fared against one another. Here?s my analysis of the ?95 Huskers versus a number of different opponents:

?95 NU 63
?05 USC 28
*Comments: USC?s defense is at least 1 point worse than Florida?s in ?95, probably more. Also, the ?95 Blackshirts make the ?05 Longhorn defense look like the Red Hat Society in terms of speed, strenght, and swagger. USC scores at least 10 fewer points on the 'Shirts than the 'Horns. Leinart leaves the game in the third quarter after Jared Tomich collapses his facemask so severely that it actually breaks Matty Boy?s nose.

?95 NU 87
?05 TX 21
*Comments: NU scores 12 TDs and a field goal after a drive stalls due to a phantom holding penalty against Adam Treu. Vince Young scores two on the ground and one in the air. No field goals for TX, obviously, since their kicker sucks.

?95 NU 14
?86 Chicago Bears 13
*Comments: NU gets touchdowns from Frazier on an option keeper and Tyrone Williams on an INT off of Jim McMahon which he promptly takes back to the house. Bears offense struggles all night, and Walter Payton tells reporters after the game that he hasn?t seen a defense this relentless in his entire career. The Bears kick two field goals in the first half, and then pull within one point on a TD by The Fridge late in the 4th quarter. Unfortunately, the 2 point conversion is not an option in the NFL at this time, and the Bears lose by one.

?95 NU: 0
?Eternal God of the Universe: Infinity
*Comments: The only entity in the history of the Earth who could possibly beat that ?95 team would be the Sovereign God of the universe. He is God, after all, which puts the Cornhuskers at a significant disadvantage.

My friend Dan Dittman raises an interesting point, though. Can God create a football team so powerful that he can't beat it? Interesting question, Dan. Well done.