"These presentations are like VH1's 'Pop Up Video' and 'I Love the '80s' meets college football," said Jim Claussen, FSN South vice president/promotions and creative services, and the coordinating producer for COLLEGE FLASH CLASSICS.
The new CFC games include, throughout each show, on-screen comments from key figures involved in the actual games themselves. Current NFL standouts who played in these games, coaches who were on the sidelines, and sports writers and radio/television commentators who worked them, share their insight into the games' significance and their impact on the South's great rivalries.
Among the previously aired CFC games earning reprisals for this summer are Maryland at Miami in 1984, which marked the greatest comeback in NCAA Division I-A football history, after the Terrapins fought from a 31-0 halftime deficit to win a wild shootout with the host Hurricanes; and, LSU at Auburn in 1994, where the visiting Tigers squandered a 24-9 lead and fell victim to five, fourth quarter interceptions in dropping a 30-26 game that extended Auburn's 14-game winning streak.
LSU's "Bluegrass Miracle" at Kentucky in the '02 season gets the ball rolling for the collection of new CFC games. Included within these classics are interviews with such notables as former LSU coach Nick Saban, quarterback Marcus Randall, and wide receiver Michael Clayton; Florida tight end Ben Troupe and linebacker Channing Crowder; Clemson head coach Tommy Bowden, offensive line coach Brad Scott and quarterback Charlie Whitehurst; Wake Forest wide receiver Jason Anderson; and Kentucky quarterback Shane Boyd.
FSN South SOUTHERN SPORTS REPORT anchor Bob Fiscella hosts the CFC series and introduces each game.
New COLLEGE FLASH CLASSICS for 2005 (SEC Only)
LSU 33, Kentucky 30 - With celebratory Wildcat fans already pouring onto the field, LSU quarterback Marcus Randall connects with Devery Henderson for a last-second, 75-yard, game-winning touchdown bomb to stun the Bluegrass faithful in this 2002 game at Lexington, Ky.
Mississippi State 38, Florida 31 - First-year Bulldog head coach Sylvester Croom, whose squad had been beaten by I-AA Maine earlier in the season, needs a big-time SEC win and gets it against Florida. Jerious Norwood reaches paydirt for MSU in the game's final quarter, ensuring the victory in this 2004 game at Starkville, Miss.
Florida 24, Kentucky 21 - Trailing by 18 points in the fourth quarter, Gator freshman quarterback Chris Leak marches Florida back into the game, and Johnny Lamar's interception late in the fourth quarter sets up the Gators' final score in this 2003 matchup in Lexington, Ky.
Ole Miss 45, Vanderbilt 38 - Vanderbilt running backs Norval McKenzie and Kwane Doster each bullies his way for 101 yards in this 2002 game in Oxford, Miss., and a late Rebel touchdown staves off the Commodores' furious, fourth quarter rally - their biggest final stanza explosion since 1990.
South Carolina 37, Alabama 36 - Gamecock tight end Rod Trafford's first catch of the season ends up being the game's final touchdown, propelling South Carolina to the program's first win over Alabama, in this 2001 game in Columbia, S.C.
Tennessee 37, Kentucky 31 - Despite trailing 31-22 late in the contest, Tennessee rallies, with running back Gerald Riggs bolting in for a 12-yard touchdown to clinch his team's win with 38 seconds left in this 2004 game in Knoxville, Tenn. The Vols' 606 yards of total offense is their best mark since 1997.