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Title: OT Tourney (Sweet 16) - 1997 vs. 1999
Post by: ELA on July 21, 2020, 05:29:19 PM

ROSE: #1 Michigan 21, #8 Washington State 16

ORANGE: #2 Nebraska 42, #3 Tennessee 17

1997		1999
Michigan/Nebraska	NATIONAL CHAMPION	Florida State
ROSE: #1 Michigan 21, #8 Washington State 16 ORANGE: #2 Nebraska 42, #3 Tennessee 17	NATIONAL TITLE GAME	SUGAR: #1 Florida State 46, #2 Virginia Tech 29
Michigan	BIG TEN CHAMPION	Wisconsin
#1 Michigan 21, #8 Washington State 16	ROSE BOWL	#4 Wisconsin 17, #22 Stanford 9
Charles Woodson	HEISMAN WINNER	Ron Dayne

#1 PROGRESSION
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)

1999

• Preseason: Florida State

OTHER NOTES
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

1999

• Added "Kansas State" rule to give any BCS top 4 team an automatic bid
• Penalties behind the line of scrimmage were now assessed from the spot of the foul, intentional grounding became a pure spot foul, and 12 man huddles were banned
• Eight WAC schools broke away to form the Mountain West
• Freshman Michael Vick revolutionized the quarterback position, and got Virginia Tech to the national title game
• Marshall followed Tulane in being an undefeated non-BCS conference champ left out
• Florida State became the first wire to wire national champion

Title: Re: OT Tourney (Sweet 16) - 1997 vs. 1999
Post by: ELA on July 21, 2020, 05:29:41 PM

'99 shouldn't have even gotten through the 1st round

Title: Re: OT Tourney (Sweet 16) - 1997 vs. 1999
Post by: FearlessF on July 21, 2020, 05:31:14 PM

99 had a Husker win vs the Horns in San Antonio - that's GREAT

Title: Re: OT Tourney (Sweet 16) - 1997 vs. 1999
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on July 21, 2020, 08:51:58 PM

1997 - Manning's Folly

Title: Re: OT Tourney (Sweet 16) - 1997 vs. 1999
Post by: MarqHusker on July 21, 2020, 10:00:05 PM

Senior yr of college > being a broke working stiff.

1997, winner!

Title: Re: OT Tourney (Sweet 16) - 1997 vs. 1999
Post by: FearlessF on July 21, 2020, 10:02:42 PM

Quote from: OrangeAfroMan on July 21, 2020, 08:51:58 PM

1997 - Manning's Folly

1998 Orange Bowl - Overshadowed in the offense’s effort was a defense that held UT quarterback Peyton Manning to a season-low 134 yards in the air.

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Title: Re: OT Tourney (Sweet 16) - 1997 vs. 1999
Post by: MarqHusker on July 21, 2020, 10:09:05 PM

Tee Martin did march down the field for a late TD in garbage time.   Tenn had some really nice rosters of talent those late 90s squads.

Title: Re: OT Tourney (Sweet 16) - 1997 vs. 1999
Post by: FearlessF on July 21, 2020, 10:11:33 PM

and Tee won something the following season.  Of course he didn't have to go through the Blackshirts

Title: Re: OT Tourney (Sweet 16) - 1997 vs. 1999
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on July 21, 2020, 10:20:12 PM

Quote from: MarqHusker on July 21, 2020, 10:09:05 PM

Tee Martin did march down the field for a late TD in garbage time.  Tenn had some really nice rosters of talent those late 90s squads.

Manning held Fulmer hostage with his talent, forcing a run-first, lean on the defense roster to be pass-happy.  The moment he left campus, the roster could do what it was built to do...and did.

Title: Re: OT Tourney (Sweet 16) - 1997 vs. 1999
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on July 21, 2020, 10:26:54 PM

Quote from: FearlessF on July 21, 2020, 10:02:42 PM

1998 Orange Bowl - Overshadowed in the offense’s effort was a defense that held UT quarterback Peyton Manning to a season-low 134 yards in the air

Without Wuerffel and 2 first-round WRs, Florida beat Manning.  He threw for a lot of yards, but had 2 INTs (including a pick-6) and they couldn't run the ball.
2nd half rushing: 
Vols:  -1
Fred Taylor:  131

Title: Re: OT Tourney (Sweet 16) - 1997 vs. 1999
Post by: FearlessF on July 21, 2020, 10:42:18 PM

Quote from: OrangeAfroMan on July 21, 2020, 10:20:12 PM

Manning held Fulmer hostage with his talent, forcing a run-first, lean on the defense roster to be pass-happy.  The moment he left campus, the roster could do what it was built to do...and did.

more Jamal Lewis??
14 for 90 vs the blackshirts wasn't bad, just wasn't moving the chains


did he play vs the Gators?

Title: Re: OT Tourney (Sweet 16) - 1997 vs. 1999
Post by: MarqHusker on July 21, 2020, 11:54:11 PM

Jamal spurned Nebraska on crooning trail iirc.

Title: Re: OT Tourney (Sweet 16) - 1997 vs. 1999
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on July 22, 2020, 02:09:44 AM

Quote from: FearlessF on July 21, 2020, 10:42:18 PM

more Jamal Lewis??
14 for 90 vs the blackshirts wasn't bad, just wasn't moving the chains


did he play vs the Gators?

He played, but their leading rusher was Mark Levine, with 4 carries and 23 yards.  Doesn't matter much when you get down 14-0 in the first and 26-7 early in the 2nd half.  Their OL was so overmatched.  

Title: Re: OT Tourney (Sweet 16) - 1997 vs. 1999
Post by: 847badgerfan on July 22, 2020, 09:49:55 AM

I love Wisconsin Rose Bowl wins, but 1997 takes it here, by a mile.