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Topic: Which non-helmet school will be the next to make their CFP debut?

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Brutus Buckeye

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Re: Which non-helmet school will be the next to make their CFP debut?
« Reply #28 on: January 27, 2020, 04:23:14 PM »
How da Hell is Texas a helmet if the Florida trio isn't? They had a few good seasons in the 60s and 70s, Vince Young, and not much else.
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Re: Which non-helmet school will be the next to make their CFP debut?
« Reply #29 on: January 27, 2020, 06:42:31 PM »
...and this is what I wanted this to not turn into
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Re: Which non-helmet school will be the next to make their CFP debut?
« Reply #30 on: January 27, 2020, 06:44:26 PM »
There's the overall wins and win% leads.  But more than that, it's really the fact that Texas had seasons of zero or one loss spread out over the decades.  From the teens to the 30s, a lot in the 40s, great in the early 60s, NC in '69, strong again in the 70s and early 80s, then again in the oughts.
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Florida had jack squat until Spurrier, really.  '69 was a strong year, QB Spurrier's '66, and the mid-80s (when we cheated)...but Florida didn't really win anything important.
Same with Miami and FSU.  The Canes were ranked here and there for a couple of consecutive years a few times over the decades, but no sustained success.  No decades of truly mattering.  FSU might have well not existed pre-1977. 
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Then you get the Noles going on the road, taking all comers.  Then the Miami NC.  Then FSU finishing in the top 5 every year AND more Miami NCs.  Then Florida winning NCs 3x in 12 years. 
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The big 3 in FL packed 80 years of greatness into about 30 years (11 NCs in 30 yrs) altogether.  And while Texas was going 9-1 off and on since 1910, the big 3 in FL were busy going 5-5 or 3-8 or 7-4...or not existing yet.
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Re: Which non-helmet school will be the next to make their CFP debut?
« Reply #31 on: January 27, 2020, 06:45:05 PM »
Quote from: ELA on January 27, 2020, 06:42:31 PM
...and this is what I wanted this to not turn into
We can discuss this, it'll be okay.  :57:
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« Reply #32 on: January 27, 2020, 07:53:09 PM »
Quote from: OrangeAfroMan on January 27, 2020, 06:45:05 PM
We can discuss this, it'll be okay.  :57:
That's fine.  But it's a 100% different question, that we don't need to rehash
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Re: Which non-helmet school will be the next to make their CFP debut?
« Reply #33 on: January 27, 2020, 08:02:15 PM »
My bad. Just wondering.
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« Reply #34 on: January 27, 2020, 08:05:35 PM »
Quote from: Brutus Buckeye on January 27, 2020, 08:02:15 PM
My bad. Just wondering.
How did you find my reply?
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« Reply #35 on: January 27, 2020, 10:25:14 PM »
Well done.
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Re: Which non-helmet school will be the next to make their CFP debut?
« Reply #36 on: January 28, 2020, 04:43:29 AM »
Florida will be interesting next year.  UNC may be fun to watch.  Where did Purdue go?

I suppose every year a group of lesser teams excel, but it may not be a trend.

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« Reply #37 on: January 28, 2020, 09:26:03 AM »
Purdue could be the 10 win wonder from the West as the Gophers were this season

were  did Northwestern go last season?
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Re: Which non-helmet school will be the next to make their CFP debut?
« Reply #38 on: January 28, 2020, 10:14:25 AM »
Was Purdue actually good? Or did they just have their usual good game vs the Buckeyes, and squeak into a bowl game?
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Re: Which non-helmet school will be the next to make their CFP debut?
« Reply #39 on: January 28, 2020, 10:19:06 AM »
Quote from: Brutus Buckeye on January 28, 2020, 10:14:25 AM
Was Purdue actually good? Or did they just have their usual good game vs the Buckeyes, and squeak into a bowl game?
Rocky Lomardi career stats

vs. Purdue in 2018: 26-46 (56.5%), 318 yds (6.91 ypa), 2 TD, 0 INT
vs. everyone else: 49-129 (38.0%), 494 yds, (3.83 ypa) 1 TD, 5 INT
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Re: Which non-helmet school will be the next to make their CFP debut?
« Reply #40 on: January 28, 2020, 11:12:47 AM »
Quote from: Brutus Buckeye on January 28, 2020, 10:14:25 AM
Was Purdue actually good? Or did they just have their usual good game vs the Buckeyes, and squeak into a bowl game?
they beat Boston College, Ohio St. and Iowa.  All ranked teams at the time.
Also took the Badgers to triple OT
finished 5-4 in conference

I'd say they were good
lost to Northwestern by 4, Eastern Michigan by 1, and Mizzou by 3 early in the season
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Re: Which non-helmet school will be the next to make their CFP debut?
« Reply #41 on: January 28, 2020, 11:34:00 AM »
I mean they were competitive. No argument there. But it's not as though they were on the doorstep of the CFB Playoffs.

Wisconsin and Penn St have been on the doorstep. But the Boilers? I dunno.
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