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Topic: 2022 OT Tourney - The Best Banner-less Teams

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ELA

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2022 OT Tourney - The Best Banner-less Teams
« on: June 30, 2022, 12:24:45 PM »
I'll keep this one as the discussion thread.

Teams that didn't win a conference or national title

One bracket for 70s/80s; one for 90s; one for 00s; one for 10s to present

Used a combination of rankings to come up with it.  Obviously the 70s and 80s teams have the advantage of a lot more independent teams, that couldn't win a conference title
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Re: 2022 OT Tourney - The Best Banner-less Teams
« Reply #1 on: June 30, 2022, 10:27:50 PM »
1973 was best of the Husker bannerless team of the 70's

Overall Record: 9-2-1
Conference Record: 4-2-1 , Tied 2nd place Big Eight
Final Rankings: AP #7

lost by one point in Mizzori to #12 Tiggers
Tied Okie St. in stillwater
lost to #3 Oklahoma in Norman

beat #10 UCLA, #14 NC State, #18 Kansas, #17 Colorado and #8 Texas in the Cotton bowl
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Re: 2022 OT Tourney - The Best Banner-less Teams
« Reply #2 on: June 30, 2022, 10:45:56 PM »
Quote from: FearlessF on June 30, 2022, 10:27:50 PM
1973 was best of the Husker bannerless team of the 70's

Overall Record: 9-2-1
Conference Record: 4-2-1 , Tied 2nd place Big Eight
Final Rankings: AP #7

lost by one point in Mizzori to #12 Tiggers
Tied Okie St. in stillwater
lost to #3 Oklahoma in Norman

beat #10 UCLA, #14 NC State, #18 Kansas, #17 Colorado and #8 Texas in the Cotton bowl
Oddly, the 80s dominated the 70s in the metrics I used.  And in retrospect, I should have made the '70s and '80s each their own bracket, because of how much the independen ts factored in
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Re: 2022 OT Tourney - The Best Banner-less Teams
« Reply #3 on: June 30, 2022, 10:47:57 PM »
I would have to completely reset the brackets, but I almost wonder if the more interesting conversation is the best 3+ loss teams
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Re: 2022 OT Tourney - The Best Banner-less Teams
« Reply #4 on: June 30, 2022, 11:07:07 PM »
my favorite 3 loss team - 1981 Nebraska - my freshman year

upset by Hayden's Rose Bowl hawks 7-10 in Iowa City to start the season
lost to #3 Penn St in Lincoln by 6
Lost to MNC Clemson by 7 in the Orange bowl

beat #19 Florida St 34-14, #19 Mizzou 6-0 in Columbia

undefeated in the Big 8 and therefore a banner
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Re: 2022 OT Tourney - The Best Banner-less Teams
« Reply #5 on: July 01, 2022, 03:50:44 PM »
For UW, I'd say 2006 and 2017.
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Re: 2022 OT Tourney - The Best Banner-less Teams
« Reply #6 on: July 01, 2022, 04:06:57 PM »
1992 Dawgs lost by 3 to Tenn and 2 to Florida, beat Ohio State by 7, 10-2.  

2007 lost badly at Tenn and then to USCe in two really weird games, finished 11-2, hammered Hawaii in bowl game, finished #2 in AP.

That started the rumbling that Richt's teams would lose one game a year to a nobody.



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