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Topic: OT Tourney (1st Round) - 1988 vs. 1989

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ELA

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OT Tourney (1st Round) - 1988 vs. 1989
« on: July 01, 2020, 01:02:34 PM »

19881989
Notre DameNATIONAL CHAMPIONMiami
FIESTA: #1 Notre Dame 34, #3 West Virginia 21"NATIONAL TITLE GAME'ORANGE: #4 Notre Dame 21, #1 Colorado 6
SUGAR: #2 Miami 33, #7 Alabama 25
MichiganBIG TEN CHAMPIONMichigan
#11 Michigan 22, #5 USC 14ROSE BOWL#12 USC 17, #3 Michigan 10
Barry SandersHEISMAN WINNERAndre Ware


#1 PROGRESSION
1988

  • Preseason: Florida State
  • September 3: #6 Miami 31, #1 Florida State 0 (#6 Miami jumped to #1)
  • October 15: #4 Notre Dame 31, #1 Miami 30 (#2 UCLA jumped to #1)
  • October 29: Washington State 34, #1 UCLA 30 (#2 Notre Dame jumped to #1)

1989

  • Preseason: Michigan
  • August 31: #2 Notre Dame 36, Virginia 13 (#2 Notre Dame jumped to #1)
  • November 25: #7 Miami 27, #1 Notre Dame 10 (#2 Colorado jumped to #1)
  • January 1: #4 Notre Dame 21, #1 Colorado 6 (#2 Miami 


OTHER NOTES
1988

  • Defensive returns on 2 pt conversions became legal
  • Rocket Ismail and Deion Sanders were electric returners
  • 4 of the final top 5 were independents

1989

  • Bo Schembechler retired and Barry Switzer "retired" after the season
  • Florida hired Steve Spurrier
  • Florida State started 0-2, and fell out of the poll on September 12, re-entering on September 26, and winning 10 in a row.  From the start of 1987 through November 2001, these were the only two weeks the Seminoles weren't ranked
  • Notre Dame-NBC contract signed


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Re: OT Tourney (1st Round) - 1988 vs. 1989
« Reply #1 on: July 01, 2020, 01:10:01 PM »
Gotta go with the Irish champeens
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Re: OT Tourney (1st Round) - 1988 vs. 1989
« Reply #2 on: July 01, 2020, 01:13:13 PM »
I just like the antiquated idea of Miami winning their bowl game, and needing to root for the Irish to knock of Colorado to open the door for them.
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Re: OT Tourney (1st Round) - 1988 vs. 1989
« Reply #3 on: July 01, 2020, 01:16:33 PM »
Quote from: ELA on July 01, 2020, 01:13:13 PM
I just like the antiquated idea of Miami winning their bowl game, and needing to root for the Irish to knock of Colorado to open the door for them.
This.
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Re: OT Tourney (1st Round) - 1988 vs. 1989
« Reply #4 on: July 01, 2020, 01:20:00 PM »
1988 in a landslide, for me

Barry Sanders


1989 out because, the Canes won something, Buffs ranked #1
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Re: OT Tourney (1st Round) - 1988 vs. 1989
« Reply #5 on: July 01, 2020, 02:40:24 PM »
I can't vote on this one.  I have no specific memories of these seasons, so I'll start with the next one.
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Re: OT Tourney (1st Round) - 1988 vs. 1989
« Reply #6 on: July 01, 2020, 04:44:52 PM »
What are we voting on exactly?
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Re: OT Tourney (1st Round) - 1988 vs. 1989
« Reply #7 on: July 01, 2020, 04:54:14 PM »
Just read the other thread. For selfish reasons I voted 88. Probably the best team in WVU history.  The Miami/ND game sticks out for me that season, too. Epic game.
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Re: OT Tourney (1st Round) - 1988 vs. 1989
« Reply #8 on: July 01, 2020, 05:04:27 PM »
Quote from: Kris60 on July 01, 2020, 04:44:52 PM
What are we voting on exactly?
1988 or 1989.


My twins were born in 1988, so I took that year.
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Re: OT Tourney (1st Round) - 1988 vs. 1989
« Reply #9 on: July 01, 2020, 05:09:31 PM »
Which season we liked best? 

Well both seasons appear, at least on the surface, to have been rather horrendous, as they each featured the Wolverines winning the Big Ten Title. So I'll take the year that they went onto lose the RB over the year that they won it. 

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Re: OT Tourney (1st Round) - 1988 vs. 1989
« Reply #10 on: July 01, 2020, 05:15:31 PM »
Quote from: Kris60 on July 01, 2020, 04:44:52 PM
What are we voting on exactly?
For purposes of the OT Tourney (dating back to 2008) I have purposely never set a criteria.  If it meant a ton to you because your team did well...or it was the last game you went to with your dad before he died...or it was your senior year in the student section, or whatever.  There is no criteria.  I just set it as best college football season.  That can mean something different to everyone.
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Re: OT Tourney (1st Round) - 1988 vs. 1989
« Reply #11 on: July 02, 2020, 12:15:27 AM »
Quote from: Kris60 on July 01, 2020, 04:54:14 PM
Just read the other thread. For selfish reasons I voted 88. Probably the best team in WVU history.  The Miami/ND game sticks out for me that season, too. Epic game.
See, I remember liking Major Harris, but that's all I remember - not his actual playing. 

That's a helluva "what if" for a program - the best team in its history and their best player gets hurt on like the 3rd play of the bowl game for a potential national championship. 

Like when Colt McCoy got hurt vs Bama...but if Texas had the history of Texas Tech and it was their one shot.  Ugh.
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Re: OT Tourney (1st Round) - 1988 vs. 1989
« Reply #12 on: July 02, 2020, 01:05:04 AM »
I thought Switzer left after 88 season, their listless performance vs Clemson in the Citrus Bowl.

89 had a better collection of games imo, even if 1988 clearly had better elite teams and the best single game of the two seasons.   This is not easy, but I too went with the old bowl scenarios playing out as the more interesting season to me.
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