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Title: OT Tourney (1st Round) - 2012 vs. 2013
Post by: ELA on July 08, 2020, 02:34:59 PM

2012		2013
Alabama	NATIONAL CHAMPION	Florida State
#2 Alabama 42, #1 Notre Dame 14	NATIONAL TITLE GAME	#1 Florida State 34, #2 Auburn 31
Wisconsin	BIG TEN CHAMPION	Michigan State
#6 Stanford 20, Wisconsin 14	ROSE BOWL	#4 Michigan State 24, #5 Stanford 20
Johnny Manziel	HEISMAN WINNER	Jameis Winston

#1 PROGRESSION
2012

• Preseason: USC
• September 3: #2 Alabama 41, #8 Michigan 14 (#2 Alabama jumped to #1)
• November 10: #15 Texas A&M 29, #1 Alabama 24 (#2 Oregon jumped to #1)
• November 17: #14 Stanford 17, #1 Oregon 14 (OT) (#3 Notre Dame jumped to #1)
• January 7: #2 Alabama 42, #1 Notre Dame 14 (#2 Alabama jumped to #1)

2013

• Preseason: Alabama
• November 30: #4 Auburn 34, #1 Alabama 28 (#2 Florida State jumped to #1)

OTHER NOTES
2012

• Kickoffs moved up to the 35, touchbacks moved out to the 25
• SEC expanded to 14 teams
• Montee Ball broke the FBS career touchdowns record
• Chris Ault and Mike Price retired
• Ohio State was undefeated, but ineligible for the postseason; as was Penn State, allowing 6 loss Wisconsin to play for, and win, the Big Ten Championship
• Alabama became the first unanimous back to back national champion since Nebraska 94-95

2013

• Hawaii re-adopted Rainbow Warriors nickname, which had been dropped in 2000
• Final year of the BCS
• Targeting penalties now included an ejection
• Big East sold naming rights to the basketball conference, but re-branded AAC retained BCS auto-bid for final season
• WAC stopped sponsoring football
• Michigan-Notre Dame set a new NCAA attendance record with over 115,000
• Urban Meyer's 24 game unbeaten streak to start his Ohio State career, ended against Michigan State in the Big Ten Championship Game
• Kick Six Game
• Mack Brown retired...for a while

Title: Re: OT Tourney (1st Round) - 2012 vs. 2013
Post by: ELA on July 08, 2020, 02:36:14 PM

Slightly homer, slightly not, going with 2013.  2012 you had a Big Ten Title Game featuring a third place team, played in an empty building; followed by the slaughter of Notre Dame in the national title game.

2013 had great games in both respects, plus the Kick Six game.

Title: Re: OT Tourney (1st Round) - 2012 vs. 2013
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on July 08, 2020, 03:40:03 PM

2012, Muschamp's only good year in Gainesville.

2012's final BCS standings had 6 SEC teams in the top 10.  I assume you all loved that.