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Title: OT Tourney (1st Round) - 1988 vs. 1989
Post by: ELA on July 01, 2020, 01:02:34 PM

19881989
Notre DameNATIONAL CHAMPIONMiami
FIESTA: #1 Notre Dame 34, #3 West Virginia 21"NATIONAL TITLE GAME'ORANGE: #4 Notre Dame 21, #1 Colorado 6
SUGAR: #2 Miami 33, #7 Alabama 25
MichiganBIG TEN CHAMPIONMichigan
#11 Michigan 22, #5 USC 14ROSE BOWL#12 USC 17, #3 Michigan 10
Barry SandersHEISMAN WINNERAndre Ware


#1 PROGRESSION
1988


1989



OTHER NOTES
1988


1989



Title: Re: OT Tourney (1st Round) - 1988 vs. 1989
Post by: MaximumSam on July 01, 2020, 01:10:01 PM
Gotta go with the Irish champeens
Title: Re: OT Tourney (1st Round) - 1988 vs. 1989
Post by: ELA on July 01, 2020, 01:13:13 PM
I just like the antiquated idea of Miami winning their bowl game, and needing to root for the Irish to knock of Colorado to open the door for them.
Title: Re: OT Tourney (1st Round) - 1988 vs. 1989
Post by: 847badgerfan on July 01, 2020, 01:16:33 PM
Quote from: ELA on July 01, 2020, 01:13:13 PM
I just like the antiquated idea of Miami winning their bowl game, and needing to root for the Irish to knock of Colorado to open the door for them.
This.
Title: Re: OT Tourney (1st Round) - 1988 vs. 1989
Post by: FearlessF on July 01, 2020, 01:20:00 PM
1988 in a landslide, for me

Barry Sanders


1989 out because, the Canes won something, Buffs ranked #1
Title: Re: OT Tourney (1st Round) - 1988 vs. 1989
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on July 01, 2020, 02:40:24 PM
I can't vote on this one.  I have no specific memories of these seasons, so I'll start with the next one.
Title: Re: OT Tourney (1st Round) - 1988 vs. 1989
Post by: Kris60 on July 01, 2020, 04:44:52 PM
What are we voting on exactly?
Title: Re: OT Tourney (1st Round) - 1988 vs. 1989
Post by: Kris60 on July 01, 2020, 04:54:14 PM
Just read the other thread. For selfish reasons I voted 88. Probably the best team in WVU history.  The Miami/ND game sticks out for me that season, too. Epic game.
Title: Re: OT Tourney (1st Round) - 1988 vs. 1989
Post by: Cincydawg on July 01, 2020, 05:04:27 PM
Quote from: Kris60 on July 01, 2020, 04:44:52 PM
What are we voting on exactly?
1988 or 1989.


My twins were born in 1988, so I took that year.
Title: Re: OT Tourney (1st Round) - 1988 vs. 1989
Post by: Brutus Buckeye on July 01, 2020, 05:09:31 PM
Which season we liked best? 

Well both seasons appear, at least on the surface, to have been rather horrendous, as they each featured the Wolverines winning the Big Ten Title. So I'll take the year that they went onto lose the RB over the year that they won it. 

1989
Title: Re: OT Tourney (1st Round) - 1988 vs. 1989
Post by: ELA on July 01, 2020, 05:15:31 PM
Quote from: Kris60 on July 01, 2020, 04:44:52 PM
What are we voting on exactly?
For purposes of the OT Tourney (dating back to 2008) I have purposely never set a criteria.  If it meant a ton to you because your team did well...or it was the last game you went to with your dad before he died...or it was your senior year in the student section, or whatever.  There is no criteria.  I just set it as best college football season.  That can mean something different to everyone.
Title: Re: OT Tourney (1st Round) - 1988 vs. 1989
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on July 02, 2020, 12:15:27 AM
Quote from: Kris60 on July 01, 2020, 04:54:14 PM
Just read the other thread. For selfish reasons I voted 88. Probably the best team in WVU history.  The Miami/ND game sticks out for me that season, too. Epic game.
See, I remember liking Major Harris, but that's all I remember - not his actual playing. 

That's a helluva "what if" for a program - the best team in its history and their best player gets hurt on like the 3rd play of the bowl game for a potential national championship. 

Like when Colt McCoy got hurt vs Bama...but if Texas had the history of Texas Tech and it was their one shot.  Ugh.
Title: Re: OT Tourney (1st Round) - 1988 vs. 1989
Post by: MarqHusker on July 02, 2020, 01:05:04 AM
I thought Switzer left after 88 season, their listless performance vs Clemson in the Citrus Bowl.

89 had a better collection of games imo, even if 1988 clearly had better elite teams and the best single game of the two seasons.   This is not easy, but I too went with the old bowl scenarios playing out as the more interesting season to me.