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Brutus Buckeye

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Re: Vote - What if? 1992 CFP
« Reply #56 on: January 17, 2019, 09:39:31 AM »
You should do every year except 1997.
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Re: Vote - What if? 1992 CFP
« Reply #57 on: January 17, 2019, 09:46:40 AM »
Quote from: Brutus Buckeye on January 16, 2019, 06:40:55 PM
The 97 one will be epic on this board.
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« Reply #58 on: January 17, 2019, 09:58:14 AM »
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Re: Vote - What if? 1992 CFP
« Reply #59 on: January 17, 2019, 03:20:17 PM »
The problem with 97 Michigan playing 97 Nebraska is that UM had an elite pass defense and telling Nebraska it shouldn't pass is like telling a gourmet chef he can't use bologna.
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Re: Vote - What if? 1992 CFP
« Reply #60 on: January 17, 2019, 03:24:44 PM »
Quote from: OrangeAfroMan on January 17, 2019, 03:20:17 PM
The problem with 97 Michigan playing 97 Nebraska is that UM had an elite pass defense and telling Nebraska it shouldn't pass is like telling a gourmet chef he can't use bologna.
With the other problem being Florida State was probably better than both of them, but had to play a road game far tougher than either of those teams did, and lost by 3 on a TD in the final 2 minutes.
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Re: Vote - What if? 1992 CFP
« Reply #61 on: January 17, 2019, 04:30:31 PM »
There are some real good ones coming up: 93, 94, 96, 97, and 98 all have some interesting story lines among the top 4. 95 and 99 look pretty straight forward...
It's no wonder people were clambering for a better way to name champions than the polls.
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Re: Vote - What if? 1992 CFP
« Reply #62 on: January 17, 2019, 05:33:18 PM »
Quote from: ELA on January 17, 2019, 03:24:44 PM
With the other problem being Florida State was probably better than both of them, but had to play a road game far tougher than either of those teams did, and lost by 3 on a TD in the final 2 minutes.
Nope, if it's one thing these brilliant voters have taught us, it's that when you lose, you're automatically worse than anyone that hasn't lost.  Duh.



I've gone back and watched the final drive of FSU's loss in the Swamp that year, and funniest part is McDonough's voice breaking a number of times.  Janikowski was one of the first to mock the chomp, and to have it thrown back in his face was sweet.  Ruining FSU's nattie was the very next best thing to winning one of our own.  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nMz5bpvOZs
Vid is 10 min, but the first 3 is all you need to watch.
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Re: Vote - What if? 1992 CFP
« Reply #63 on: January 17, 2019, 05:35:36 PM »
That's the way it is though. Remember 2002? I'll take it to my grave that USC would have pounded either Miami or OSU by the end of that season. We'll never know, obviously, but man. They were rocking.
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« Reply #64 on: January 17, 2019, 05:41:23 PM »
For me, that's an argument against a playoff - teams gelling or getting hot...inherently makes the games in September matter less.  That's wrong.
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« Reply #65 on: January 17, 2019, 05:45:11 PM »
Well in 02 OSU beat Wazzou 25-7, and Wazzou beat USCw in OT. In October. 

So by the transitive property OSU'd've beaten USC by at least a hundred thousand million points. 
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« Reply #66 on: January 17, 2019, 05:48:56 PM »
The whole, who's best vs. who had the best season is an intriguing question.

But 2002 USC? #5 in AP and Coaches poll to close the regular season. They probably don't get a chance because Iowa and Georgia come first. Unless you think the committee takes the 2-loss Pac-10 runner up (Wazzu won the Pac-10 with the same conference record and the head-to-head victory) over the 1-loss Big Ten runner up.

USC had a much better resume as far as ranked teams. Iowa played (and beat) two, including winning at #12 Penn State in OT, and throttling #8 Michigan in Ann Arbor (by 25); the Hawkeyes lost to unranked Iowa State (at home). USC lost at #25 K-State (by one score) and at #17 Wazzu (in OT), but beat #18 Colorado (at Colorado, by 37), #23 Oregon State (22-0), #22 Washington (by 20), at #14 Oregon (by 11), at #25 UCLA (by 31), and #7 Notre Dame (by 31).
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Re: Vote - What if? 1992 CFP
« Reply #67 on: January 17, 2019, 05:50:07 PM »
Quote from: OrangeAfroMan on January 17, 2019, 05:41:23 PM
For me, that's an argument against a playoff - teams gelling or getting hot...inherently makes the games in September matter less.  That's wrong.
Agreed. It's more fun to discuss or argue about it. Here I am, 16+ years later, still talking about it. Think I'm gonna talk about Clempsup in 16 years? F no.
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Re: Vote - What if? 1992 CFP
« Reply #68 on: January 17, 2019, 05:52:22 PM »
Well Georgia fans wouldn't shut up about how "hot" they were at the end of 2002.....well maybe you should've beaten lowly, unranked Florida, huh?  
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Re: Vote - What if? 1992 CFP
« Reply #69 on: January 17, 2019, 05:53:29 PM »
Quote from: SFBadger96 on January 17, 2019, 05:48:56 PM
The whole, who's best vs. who had the best season is an intriguing question.

But 2002 USC? #5 in AP and Coaches poll to close the regular season. They probably don't get a chance because Iowa and Georgia come first. Unless you think the committee takes the 2-loss Pac-10 champion over the 1-loss Big Ten runner up. Interesting question.
To me there isn't any doubt they'd take USC over Iowa that year. USC played exactly one team with a losing record. Iowa lost to a .500 team and played 5 with losing records.
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