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Title: OT Tourney (1st Round) - 1996 vs. 1997
Post by: ELA on July 09, 2020, 02:58:22 PM

1996		1997
Florida	NATIONAL CHAMPION	Michigan/Nebraska
ROSE: #4 Ohio State 20, #2 Arizona State 17 SUGAR: #3 Florida 52, #1 Florida State 20	"NATIONAL TITLE GAME"	ROSE: #1 Michigan 21, #8 Washington State 16 ORANGE: #2 Nebraska 42, #3 Tennessee 17
Ohio State/Northwestern	BIG TEN CHAMPION	Michigan
#4 Ohio State 20, #2 Arizona State 17	ROSE BOWL	#1 Michigan 21, #8 Washington State 16
Danny Wuerffel	HEISMAN WINNER	Charles Woodson

#1 PROGRESSION
1996

• Preseason: Nebraska
• September 21: #17 Arizona State 19, #1 Nebraska 0 (#4 Florida jumped to #1)
• November 30: #2 Florida State 24, #1 Florida 21 (#2 Florida State jumped to #1)
• January 2: #3 Florida 52, #2 Florida State 20 (#2 Alabama jumped to #1)

1997

• Preseason: Penn State
• September 20: #3 Florida 33, #4 Tennessee 20 (#3 Florida jumped to #1)
• October 11: #14 LSU 28, #1 Florida 21 (#2 Penn State jumped to #1)
• October 18: #2 Nebraska 29, Texas Tech 0 (#2 Nebraska jumped to #1)
• November 8: #4 Michigan 34, #2 Penn State 8 (#4 Michigan jumped to #1)

OTHER NOTES
1996

• OT added for all games
• Roughing the snapper was added
• Big XII and Conference USA began play
• Boise State, Central Florida, UAB and Idaho moved up to Division 1-A
• Arizona State beat Nebraska to end the 2nd longest winning streak since 1980, 6 shy of the longest major winning streak since Bud Wilkinson's Oklahoma
• Dre Bly had 11 interceptions, for North Carolina's nation leading defense
• #5 BYU was omitted from the Bowl Alliance
• Florida was the only non-undefeated national champion between 1993 Florida State and 2003 USC

1997

• November 8 featured two matchups of Top 5 teams, as #4 Michigan beat #2 Penn State and #3 Florida State beat #5 North Carolina, however, the story of the day was Nebraska needing a kicked ball to avoid an upset loss to Missouri
• Fred Taylor ran for 162 yards and 4 touchdowns against the nation's top run defense to knock Florida State out of the national title discussion
• Marshall won the MAC Championship in their first season in Division 1-A, thanks to Randy Moss and Chad Pennington
• Charles Woodson became the only primarily defensive player to win the Heisman
• Charles Woo

Title: Re: OT Tourney (1st Round) - 1996 vs. 1997
Post by: ELA on July 09, 2020, 03:01:40 PM

Easy.  Both season have faults.  1997s has unique things we'll never see again (defensive Heisman, split national title), while 1996 just had a QB put up monster numbers in an offense designed to put up monster numbers, who backed into a national title thanks two two upsets, and then beating a team they already lost to.

This post is what I call Gator Bait

Title: Re: OT Tourney (1st Round) - 1996 vs. 1997
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on July 09, 2020, 04:21:15 PM

Well first of all, you could correct 1996 ending with Alabama moving to #1.  That didn't happen.

1996 was great - no split NC, an all-timer of a RB, and the best team on top.  I don't see much of a choice, here.

Title: Re: OT Tourney (1st Round) - 1996 vs. 1997
Post by: FearlessF on July 09, 2020, 04:25:09 PM

no brainer

97

I like splits if the Big Ten is going to hide in the Rose