The first year of the BCS proved to be among the wildest in college football history.
The wildest part of it all?
Kansas State, which a few years earlier had considered shuttering its football program, was just minutes away from playing in the national championship.
Going into the final weekend of the 1998 season, Tennessee, UCLA and K-State were all undefeated, generating a massive controversy in the debut year of the BCS.
The Wildcats were ranked No. 1 in the coaches' poll. But because of the computers, they needed help.
Instead, that moment set the stage for an inexplicable finish in St.