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Topic: Most Surprising 'Rogue Wave' Out-of-Nowhere Season?

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847badgerfan

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Re: Most Surprising 'Rogue Wave' Out-of-Nowhere Season?
« Reply #28 on: December 27, 2022, 04:50:02 PM »
Quote from: OrangeAfroMan on December 27, 2022, 04:36:39 PM
They'd have been 'stuck' playing the RB, plus WV was undefeated and ranked 3rd before the bowls, behind the 1-loss titans FSU and ND.
Hell, I bet an undefeated Wisconsin team would have been ranked behind undefeated, on-probation Auburn. 
Doubtful, but it wouldn't matter, would it?

It's still Tuesday.
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Re: Most Surprising 'Rogue Wave' Out-of-Nowhere Season?
« Reply #29 on: December 27, 2022, 04:50:10 PM »
Yeah, the pollsters didn't love ties.  Ask 9-0-3 1992 Michigan 
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Re: Most Surprising 'Rogue Wave' Out-of-Nowhere Season?
« Reply #30 on: December 27, 2022, 05:24:37 PM »
Quote from: ELA on December 27, 2022, 04:50:10 PM
Yeah, the pollsters didn't love ties.  Ask 9-0-3 1992 Michigan
Funny thing is, if you're the lower-ranked team in a tie, the pollsters move you right up.  Lose by 1 point?  They drop you down.  
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Re: Most Surprising 'Rogue Wave' Out-of-Nowhere Season?
« Reply #31 on: December 28, 2022, 12:31:01 AM »
 Who could forget '90 when each end of the MNC sharing was full of ties.

I would have loved to see the teaser odds on CU for a  MNC that year, after starting the season 1-1-1, with a 5th down yet to come.
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Re: Most Surprising 'Rogue Wave' Out-of-Nowhere Season?
« Reply #32 on: December 28, 2022, 02:15:00 AM »
Tennessee went 8-2-2 that same year.
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Re: Most Surprising 'Rogue Wave' Out-of-Nowhere Season?
« Reply #33 on: December 28, 2022, 05:12:31 PM »
Oddly enough, the Clemson 1981 NC followed some mediocre to decent seasons slightly better than UGA did in 1980.





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Re: Most Surprising 'Rogue Wave' Out-of-Nowhere Season?
« Reply #34 on: December 28, 2022, 07:08:28 PM »
I've had the discussion with a couple Huskers that played in that 82 Orange bowl vs Clemson.

they weren't impressed with Clemson

QB Turner Gill was injured and didn't play - backup QB had a tough night - 5 for 15 passing 38 yards

probably should have run Roger Craig & Mike Rozier a few more times

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Re: Most Surprising 'Rogue Wave' Out-of-Nowhere Season?
« Reply #35 on: December 28, 2022, 08:47:17 PM »
With that backfield - ya think
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Re: Most Surprising 'Rogue Wave' Out-of-Nowhere Season?
« Reply #36 on: December 28, 2022, 11:31:31 PM »
Rozier threw a TD pass in that game
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Re: Most Surprising 'Rogue Wave' Out-of-Nowhere Season?
« Reply #37 on: December 29, 2022, 02:14:43 AM »
That Clemson team was #1 in scoring defense.  They picked off a ton of passes, so if you didn't really pass much, that wasn't an issue.
Michael Dean Perry (Browns) and the Fridge made for a tough DL.  Jeff Davis was their team MVP at LB.
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A good summary of that team was that they beat ho-hum Tulane 13-5.  The next week, they beat #4 UGA 13-3.  That was basically the bulk of their season:  only score some, allow even less. 
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You could say they only played 2 ranked teams before the OB vs Nebraska, and only scored 23 points combined (both wins, obviously), and you'd be right.  Maybe Pitt would have whipped them.  Maybe SMU could have run on them.  Maybe Texas would have shut them out.
But their win over UGA was enough to check the box of 'could they beat an elite team?'.  The Dawgs wound up ranked 2nd before the bowls.  
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Re: Most Surprising 'Rogue Wave' Out-of-Nowhere Season?
« Reply #38 on: December 29, 2022, 07:37:12 AM »
UGA had a bad day with fumbles that day.
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