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Title: OT Tourney (1st Round) - 2018 vs. 2019
Post by: ELA on July 02, 2020, 03:50:17 PM

2018		2019
Alabama	NATIONAL CHAMPION	LSU
#2 Clemson 44, #1 Alabama 16	NATIONAL TITLE GAME	#1 LSU 42, #3 Clemson 25
Ohio State	BIG TEN CHAMPION	Ohio State
#6 Ohio State 28, #9 Washington 23	ROSE BOWL	#6 Oregon 28, #8 Wisconsin 26
Kyler Murray	HEISMAN WINNER	Joe Burrow

#1 PROGRESSION
2018

• Preseason: Alabama
• January 7: #2 Clemson 44, #1 Alabama 16 (#2 Clemson jumped to #1)

2019

• Preseason: Clemson
• September 28: #2 Alabama jumped to #1, following #1 Clemson's narrow win over North Carolina
• October 26: #2 LSU 23, #9 Auburn 20 (#2 LSU jumped to #1)

OTHER NOTES
2018

• Idaho dropped to FCS
• First Responder Bowl was the first bowl game ever cancelled due to weather
• Allowed fair catches anywhere inside the 25 yard line on kickoffs to be touchbacks
• Allowed players to play 4 games for any reason and maintain redshirt
• Bill Snyder (again), Urban Meyer (again) and Mark Richt retired following the season

2019

• Celebrated the 150th anniversary of college football
• Mark Dantonio retired after season

Title: Re: OT Tourney (1st Round) - 2018 vs. 2019
Post by: ELA on July 02, 2020, 03:50:43 PM

2018 was one of the most boring seasons of college football ever, 2019 is an easy call for me.

Title: Re: OT Tourney (1st Round) - 2018 vs. 2019
Post by: FearlessF on July 02, 2020, 04:32:03 PM

agreed

Title: Re: OT Tourney (1st Round) - 2018 vs. 2019
Post by: GopherRock on July 02, 2020, 11:21:21 PM

Easy call. 

Title: Re: OT Tourney (1st Round) - 2018 vs. 2019
Post by: ELA on July 02, 2020, 11:37:37 PM

All three CFP games were garbage.  The only exciting big game I remember is the SEC Championship.  OSU knocking UM out of the CFP may have seemed like a bigger deal if not for the fact that I can never buy OSU in the role of underdog