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Title: OT Tourney (1st Round) - 2010 vs. 2011
Post by: ELA on July 10, 2020, 11:20:40 AM

2010		2011
Auburn	NATIONAL CHAMPION	Alabama
#1 Auburn 22, #2 Oregon 19	NATIONAL TITLE GAME	#2 Alabama 21, #1 LSU 0
Wisconsin/Michigan State	BIG TEN CHAMPION	Wisconsin
#3 TCU 21, #5 Wisconsin 19	ROSE BOWL	#5 Oregon 45, #10 Wisconsin 38
Cam Newton	HEISMAN WINNER	Robert Griffin III

#1 PROGRESSION
2010

• Preseason: Alabama
• October 9: #19 South Carolina 35, #1 Alabama 21 (#2 Ohio State jumped to #1)
• October 16: #18 Wisconsin 31, #1 Ohio State 18 (#2 Oregon jumped to #1)
• December 4: #2 Auburn 56, #18 South Carolina 17 (#2 Auburn jumped to #1)

2011

• Preseason: Oklahoma
• September 24: #2 LSU 47, #16 West Virginia 21 (#2 LSU jumped to #1)
• January 9: #2 Alabama 21, #1 LSU 0 (#2 Alabama jumped to #1)

OTHER NOTES
2010

• Banned wedge blocking on kickoffs
• James Madison beat #13 Virginia Tech, for the 2nd ever win by an FCS school over a ranked FBS team
• USC was ineligible for a bowl, due to NCAA violations

2011

• Added clock run-off due to certain penalties in the final minute
• Major re-alignment began, with Nebraska joining the Big Ten; Colorado and Utah joining the Pac 12; BYU going independent; the ACC announcing Pitt and Syracuse would join; the SEC announcing that Texas A&M and Missouri would join; and the Big XII announcing West Virginia would join
• Texas and ESPN launched the Longhorn Network
• Ohio State, Penn State, North Carolina and Miami all faced NCAA penalties
• On October 22, multiple NCAA records were tied or broken (coaching wins by Penn State's Joe Paterno; total offense by Houston's Case Keenum; career wins by a starting QB by Boise State's Kellen Moore; and consecutive completions by East Carolina's Dominique Davis)
• Keenum later set career passing yards, passing touchdowns and completions records
• Kentucky beat Tennessee 10-7, to end the FBS' longest losing streak against an opponent at 26
• Joe Paterno, Jim Tressell and Bobby Petrino were fired; Howard Schnellenberger retired

Title: Re: OT Tourney (1st Round) - 2010 vs. 2011
Post by: ELA on July 10, 2020, 11:20:51 AM

2011 was trash

Title: Re: OT Tourney (1st Round) - 2010 vs. 2011
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on July 10, 2020, 06:07:58 PM

Yeah, I've got to vote against the realignment season.

Title: Re: OT Tourney (1st Round) - 2010 vs. 2011
Post by: MaximumSam on July 11, 2020, 06:55:34 AM

Tattogate, the mess at Penn State, and the stupidest national title game.  2011 can die in a fire.