There was also 1995, the year that gave us the worst Thanksgiving game in the history of bad Thanksgiving games--and the last tie in CFB history: Wisconsin 3, Illinois 3. Another moment I was happy to be doing something that precluded watching a Badger game.
And Badge, ND at USC--and you complaining about ND in any way possible--is proof that college football hasn't lost all of its traditions, at least not yet. :-)
This year, the University of Second Choice has a real opportunity to screw up the Irish season--even more than NIU did.
Cal-UCLA was never a real rivalry. UCLA's only real rival is USC.
I like Wisconsin/Minnesota as an end-of-the-season rivalry game, but I can't for the life of me figure out why Wisconsin is -2. I'm not a betting man, but if I were, I would put some money on the Goophs.