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Title: OT Tourney (Final 4) - 2007 vs. 2013
Post by: ELA on July 30, 2020, 11:34:13 AM

2007		2013
LSU	NATIONAL CHAMPION	Florida State
#2 LSU 38, #1 Ohio State 24	NATIONAL TITLE GAME	#1 Florida State 34, #2 Auburn 31
Ohio State	BIG TEN CHAMPION	Michigan State
#7 USC 49, #13 Illinois 17	ROSE BOWL	#4 Michigan State 24, #5 Stanford 20
Tim Tebow	HEISMAN WINNER	Jameis Winston

#1 PROGRESSION
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)

2013

• Preseason: Alabama
• November 30: #4 Auburn 34, #1 Alabama 28 (#2 Florida State jumped to #1)

OTHER NOTES
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

2013

• Hawaii re-adopted Rainbow Warriors nickname, which had been dropped in 2000
• Final year of the BCS
• Targeting penalties now include an ejection
• Big East sold naming rights to the basketball conference, but re-branded AAC retained BCS auto-bid for final season
• WAC stopped sponsoring football
• Michigan-Notre Dame set a new NCAA attendance record with over 115,000
• Urban Meyer's 24 game unbeaten streak to start his Ohio State career, ended against Michigan State in the Big Ten Championship Game
• Kick Six Game
• Mack Brown retired...for a while