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Topic: P5 Teams that have Never Played

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utee94

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Re: P5 Teams that have Never Played
« Reply #42 on: June 29, 2019, 03:05:49 AM »
Quote from: 847badgerfan on June 28, 2019, 11:50:31 AM
ISU attracting an OOC opponent like OSU to Ames would be great for ISU and ISU only. Same if they got USC or Bama or any other OOC helmet to come there. It would be a boon.

Ya think Texas or OU would ever venture into the beehive in Iowa City? Not a chance. It would hurt ISU.

I luv ya badge but this is an odd take and reeks of SECSECSEC-type defensiveness.  Pretty sure you know that, though. :)

Texas just completed a home-and-home against Maryland-- much to our dismay, sadly of course. Given your reasoning it might not have sat well with WVU, but in reality i doubt they cared at all.  And I can assure you it wasn't for the sake of bolstering recruiting in the area.  Arguably it was for a "proximity" game to  a relatively large alumni area, but it certainly wasn't a strategic "win" for the program. 

And I can also assure you the LHN has absolutely nothing to do with Texas' OOC scheduling.  But of course you know that, too.
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Re: P5 Teams that have Never Played
« Reply #43 on: June 29, 2019, 07:49:21 AM »
the H & H between the Horns and Terps was obviously a big win for the Terps and a poor outcome for the Horns

the Horns must have been desperate with no better options
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Re: P5 Teams that have Never Played
« Reply #44 on: June 29, 2019, 08:35:29 AM »
Well they didn't have the 'Skers to smack around anymore,left them little options :victory:
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Re: P5 Teams that have Never Played
« Reply #45 on: June 29, 2019, 08:35:35 AM »
I wonder what the most prominent P5 teams never to have played is today.  UGA has not played UDubb in the dog fight of the decade.

I'm guessing FSU might be involved.  Has Ohio State ever played Florida?  Oh.
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Re: P5 Teams that have Never Played
« Reply #46 on: June 29, 2019, 08:44:15 AM »
Yup we've almost had as much luck against the Gators as the Dawgs have :040:
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Re: P5 Teams that have Never Played
« Reply #47 on: June 29, 2019, 08:55:47 AM »
Ha.  If we think of FSU as a semi blue blood, I'm guessing they have not played major teams, like Oklahoma (we know that).  ND might have missed somebody somewhere.

If Clemson is a quasi-blue blood, they have missed some folks also, like OU.
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Re: P5 Teams that have Never Played
« Reply #48 on: June 29, 2019, 09:15:10 AM »
Quote from: MrNubbz on June 29, 2019, 08:35:29 AM
Well they didn't have the 'Skers to smack around anymore,left them little options :victory:
that's for real


not much talk in Lincoln about a series with the Lorns
and the Horns certainly weren't going into the beehive or the cheese haven for a beating
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Re: P5 Teams that have Never Played
« Reply #49 on: June 29, 2019, 09:41:16 AM »
I miss the big UNL-CU games of the early-mid 90s, I wish they played every year.  For me (and my age group, probably), that was a bigger game than UNL-OU.  If the Huskers are looking for an annual OOC rival, why not the Buffs?
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Florida has never played CU, but has them scheduled in the future.  Aside from them, the Gators haven't played Wisconsin, Minnesota, Stanford, TCU, ASU, Purdue, or Arizona.  None of those is particularly sexy, aside from the potential of playing @ Madison in November one year and inviting the Badgers down to the Swamp in early September. 


I'm wary of playing @ Boulder, as most of the Florida boys having never lived above sea level.
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Re: P5 Teams that have Never Played
« Reply #50 on: June 29, 2019, 09:54:24 AM »
Colorado really fell off hard.  I can recall when UDubb was bad.  I think the head coach is important.

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Re: P5 Teams that have Never Played
« Reply #51 on: June 29, 2019, 10:23:12 AM »
You don't say.


Those early-mid 90s CU teams may only have been good because OU was in a real downturn, itself.  
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Re: P5 Teams that have Never Played
« Reply #52 on: June 29, 2019, 10:29:30 AM »
Quote from: OrangeAfroMan on June 29, 2019, 10:23:12 AM
You don't say.


Those early-mid 90s CU teams may only have been good because OU was in a real downturn, itself. 

It's like when Florida-FSU-Miami can only produce one good team a year ....




I'm kidding.
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Re: P5 Teams that have Never Played
« Reply #53 on: June 29, 2019, 10:46:45 AM »
Ha.  Now you're making me want to look up the best final finish with all 3 involved.  

Going back since 1991:
there seems to be a cap at all 3 teams in the top 7, accomplished three times:  1991, 1994, and 2000.  Wow.
The worst that I found was 2004, where the top of the trio was ranked 14th (Miami).  Yeeeash.

3 teams from the same state in the top 7 is nuts, to do it 3x in 10 years is stupid.  




Something I haven't heard, that just occurred to me - the ascension of Alabama may have really hindered (is hindering) FSU.  They're relatively close together, and I know FSU won it all in 2013, but they haven't been the same since Bama started mattering again.  


Separately, I wonder if that FSU-Auburn championship game was the closest, geographically, of all-time.  Anyone?
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Re: P5 Teams that have Never Played
« Reply #54 on: June 29, 2019, 11:00:13 AM »
I suspect FSU-Auburn would be hard to surpass for proximity.  Obviously, UGA-Tech would, but nope.  Is Florida closer to FSU than Auburn?

USC-UCLA might be the closest P5 teams in the country - ????

I'm likely forgetting two teams in the same city.

No, UNC and Duke are about 6 miles apart.
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Re: P5 Teams that have Never Played
« Reply #55 on: June 29, 2019, 11:01:42 AM »
What are the closest P5 teams not in the same conference?  USCe-Clemson?  FSU-Auburn?  UGA-Tech?  About 65 miles.

Miami-Washington on the other side?
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