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Title: OT Tourney (Sweet 16) - 2005 vs. 2007
Post by: ELA on July 24, 2020, 04:19:04 PM

2005		2007
Texas	NATIONAL CHAMPION	LSU
ROSE: #2 Texas 41, #1 USC 38	NATIONAL TITLE GAME	#2 LSU 38, #1 Ohio State 24
Penn State/Ohio State	BIG TEN CHAMPION	Ohio State
#2 Texas 41, #1 USC 38	ROSE BOWL	#7 USC 49, #13 Illinois 17
Reggie Bush	HEISMAN WINNER	Tim Tebow

#1 PROGRESSION
2005

• Preseason: USC
• January 4: #2 Texas 41, #1 USC 38 (#2 Texas jumped to #1)

2007

• Preseason: USC
• September 29: #1 USC 27, Washington 24 (#2 LSU jumped to #1)
• October 13: #17 Kentucky 43, #1 LSU 37 (3OT) (#3 Ohio State jumped to #1)
• November 10: Illinois 28, #1 Ohio State 21 (#2 LSU jumped to #1)
• November 23: Arkansas 50, #1 LSU 48 (3OT) (#3 Missouri jumped to #1)
• December 1: #9 Oklahoma 38, #1 Missouri 17 (#3 Ohio State jumped to #1)
• January 7: #2 LSU 38, #1 Ohio State 24 (#2 LSU jumped to #1)

OTHER NOTES
2005

• 18 schools switched conferences, due to Boston College becoming the third school to jump from the Big East to ACC, resulting in the Big East poaching three schools from Conference USA
• Barry Alvarez and Bill Snyder retired following the season
• Texas claimed first national title since winning 3 in 8 years from 1963-1970
• Reggie Bush's Heisman was later stripped for NCAA violations

2007

• Timing rules implemented in 2006 were removed
• North Texas and Navy set the record for points in a quarter and in a regulation game, on November 10, scoring 63 2nd quarter points, giving North Texas a 49-45 halftime lead, before losing 74-62
• There were 59 times where a ranked team lost to a lower ranked team, including a record 13 upsets of top 5 teams by unranked teams, the first upset of a ranked team by an FCS team (Appalachian State over Michigan), the #2 team losing on 7 of 9 consecutive weeks (6 of the 7 to unranked teams), and the top 2 teams losing on the same weekend three different times, after not happening at all in over a decade
• Colt Brennan set the FBS record for passing TDs and total TDs
• Only 2nd time in BCS era that there was no undefeated team, with Kansas being the only 1 loss BCS conference team, and LSU being the first 2 loss team to be recognized by the AP or Coaches as a national champ since 1960 Minnesota (with 1990 Colorado at 10-1-1 being the most recent team with two non-wins)
• Sonny Lubick and Lloyd Carr retired after the season

Title: Re: OT Tourney (Sweet 16) - 2005 vs. 2007
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on July 24, 2020, 06:29:45 PM

2007....for Kansas.