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Title: OT Tourney (1st Round) - 2008 vs. 2009
Post by: ELA on July 12, 2020, 03:00:06 PM

2008		2009
Florida	NATIONAL CHAMPION	Alabama
#1 Florida 24, #2 Oklahoma 14	NATIONAL TITLE GAME	#1 Alabama 37, #2 Texas 21
Ohio State/Wisconsin/Michigan	BIG TEN CHAMPION	Ohio State
#5 USC 38, #8 Penn State 24	ROSE BOWL	#8 Ohio State 26, #7 Oregon 17
Sam Bradford	HEISMAN WINNER	Mark Ingram Jr.

#1 PROGRESSION
2008

Preseason: Georgia
August 31: #2 USC 52, Virginia 7 (#2 USC jumped to #1)
September 27: Oregon State 27, #1 USC 21 (#2 Oklahoma jumped to #1)
October 11: #5 Texas 45, #1 Oklahoma 35 (#5 Texas jumped to #1)
November 1: #6 Texas Tech 39, #1 Texas 33 (#2 Alabama jumped to #1)
December 6: #2 Florida 31, #1 Alabama 20 (#2 Florida jumped to #1)

2009

OTHER NOTES
2008

40 second standard play clock added
Removed 5 yard incidental facemask
Dabo Sweeney took over as Clemson interim coach mid-season, for Tommy Bowden
Heisman (Sam Bradford), Walter Camp (Colt McCoy) and Maxwell (Tim Tebow) Awards were won by 3 different players
Utah beat Alabama in the Sugar Bowl, to finish as the lone undefeated team, but were only awarded the national title by Anderson & Hester
Mike Belotti and Joe Tiller retired

2009

First time in Heisman history that two prior winners both played in a season (Sam Bradford and Tim Tebow)
Minnesota moved back outside, with the opening of TCF Bank Stadium
First time since 1983 there were no co-conference champions
Western Michigan's Brandon West set the FBS record for all-purpose yards, and Central Michigan's Dan LeFevour set the record for all purpose touchdowns
Bobby Bowden and Rich Brooks retired, Pete Carroll left for the NFL. Urban Meyer temporarily retired

Title: Re: OT Tourney (1st Round) - 2008 vs. 2009
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on July 12, 2020, 03:05:04 PM

Timmy winning vs Timmy crying

If you're especially anti-Bama, 2009 marks the beginning of the juggernaut.