Product Details

• Actors: Artist Not Provided
• Directors: Texas Football
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Team Marketing
• DVD Release Date: February 28, 2006
• Run Time: 90 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000E5RBE4
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #81,851 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

With the national title down to a final play, fourth down and 5 yards to go, Vince Young scrambled untouched for an 8-yard touchdown with 19 seconds left and the No. 2 Longhorns stunned No. 1 Southern California 41-38 in the Rose Bowl. "Do whatever it takes," Young said. Young did it all -- rushing 19 times for 200 yards and 3 TD, and completing 30 of 40 passes for 267 yards, and was named the Rose Bowl MVP for the second straight year.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Picture quality is awful!, April 10, 2006

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D. A. Wight "dawight" (houston, tx) - See all my reviews
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After waiting 5+ weeks for this dvd after I ordered it, and 3+ months after the game itself, I am saddened to report that the picture quality on this dvd horrible. I bought this dvd because I failed to record the game on my dvr (through user error). I assumed that an officially licensed dvd of the game would be better quality than I could have recorded, but I was wrong. I can record and burn dvds of better quality than this on my dvr. The picture on this dvd looks like VHS. This is, by far, the worst dvd picture I have ever seen. Shame on ABC/ESPN for ever licensing this bootleg-quality product.
This is the greatest game of the year, and one of the greatest of all time. It deserves better. If there is another dvd available, buy it instead of this one. If you can get a copy from a friend who recorded it on his dvr at home, get that one instead of this. Whatever you do, DO NOT BUY THIS DVD!

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Great game, but disappointed in DVD quality, March 27, 2006

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raleighhorn (Raleigh, NC) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The 2006 Rose Bowl National Championship (DVD)

I got this as soon as I could from Amazon, but I'm disappointed to report that this was a poor recording of the 2006 Rose Bowl game.

First of all, it's in 4:3 fullscreen standard definition, which was hugely disappointing since I originally saw it in beautiful HD. I can't believe ABC couldn't spend enough to record this in widescreen.

Even worse, it's a flaky standard definition recording. There are several instances of snow and blurry patches in the playback.

Overall, I'm hugely disappointed that the game didn't get the first class DVD treatment it deserved.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Game, Poorly Presented...., March 30, 2006

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Low-Ranking Reviewer "tell it like it is" (US of A) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The 2006 Rose Bowl National Championship (DVD)

This is one of the greatest games that i missed, 3 quarters anyway. I only saw the 4th qtr and wished i had seen the entire game. Now i can see this entertainingly high-scoring, last-minute affair with many future NFL stars on this dvd. As a previous reviewer stated though, the video/image quality is somewhat poor(the audio isn't great either). During some replays or image transitions, you can see some pixellated images. The closer you are to the screen, the more noticeable the flaws will be of course and overall it's definitely not up to quality dvd standards. Having said that, it still is watchable and the visuals are usually good enough for the most part as the color is vivid and if you watch it in its natural 4:3 mode, it looks really good and sharp at times. (note: i was watching the dvd on a 52" rca hdtv-compatible big-screen and a philips 60" hd-built in tv. it looks better if you view it in fullscreen mode, but i like to watch it in panoramic/16:9 view on my big-screen, which unfortunately stretches the images a little and hence the extra pixellation).

As for the content, it delivers in this area.
* A handful of brief featurettes concerning the University of Texas football team, with an emphasis on Vince Young.
* The game in its entirety, including a pre-game bit with Will Ferrel/USC vs Matt McCounaghy(sp)/Texas.
* AND GET THIS...two condensed, bonus highlights of the great game between Texas and Ohio State, and the blowout between Texas and OU! I was not expecting this and was pleasantly surprised they were on there(esp the classic with THE Ohio State). (note: these highlights have terrible bootleg-looking image quality, but still watchable)

This is how i would rate this release:
5 stars, if you loved the game or love college football, you've got to have it in your collection.
5 stars, if you're a Texas fan. A national championship you won, plus bonus features including 2 other game highlights.
3 stars, if you loved the game or the Texas Longhorns and demand only the best picture quality available because of it. This dvd will let you down in that case.

Personally, i thought the game was great enough to offset the the not-so-great image quality(which is still very watchable imo and comparable to other releases of this type). Overall, highly recommended; but i do wish they would do a better job putting these dvd's together concerning quality control.