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Title: OT Tourney (1st Round) - 1994 vs. 1995
Post by: ELA on July 07, 2020, 02:50:31 PM

19941995
NebraskaNATIONAL CHAMPIONNebraska
ORANGE: #1 Nebraska 24, #3 Miami 17"NATIONAL TITLE GAME"FIESTA: #1 Nebraska 62, #2 Florida 24
Penn StateBIG TEN CHAMPIONNorthwestern
#2 Penn State 38, #12 Oregon 20ROSE BOWL#17 USC 41, #3 Northwestern 32
Rashaan SalaamHEISMAN WINNEREddie George

#1 PROGRESSION
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Title: Re: OT Tourney (1st Round) - 1994 vs. 1995
Post by: 847badgerfan on July 07, 2020, 04:10:40 PM
Have to go 1994 here.
Title: Re: OT Tourney (1st Round) - 1994 vs. 1995
Post by: Entropy on July 07, 2020, 04:27:35 PM
I went 1994.  That season has a special place in my heart.  
Title: Re: OT Tourney (1st Round) - 1994 vs. 1995
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on July 07, 2020, 04:51:25 PM
I don't particularly like either of these seasons, lol.
Title: Re: OT Tourney (1st Round) - 1994 vs. 1995
Post by: ELA on July 07, 2020, 06:13:33 PM
Not sure why, aside from the season ending upset of OSU, it's not like UM did anything special, but I've always loved the 1995 season.
Title: Re: OT Tourney (1st Round) - 1994 vs. 1995
Post by: MarqHusker on July 07, 2020, 06:35:11 PM
Tough one.  I think 94 had more memorable games, but 95 was a banner year for the Big 8.  Watching Nebraska in person 11 times in person during that 95 season was pretty special.  95 also gave us the final tie. UW-ILL 3-3.

My brother collected, twice, on a bet that the winner of the Pacific at Nebraska game would win the MNC.
Title: Re: OT Tourney (1st Round) - 1994 vs. 1995
Post by: FearlessF on July 07, 2020, 10:56:56 PM
Quote from: Entropy on July 07, 2020, 04:27:35 PM
I went 1994.  That season has a special place in my heart. 
yup
Title: Re: OT Tourney (1st Round) - 1994 vs. 1995
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on July 07, 2020, 11:40:59 PM
95 has Northwestern going to the RB going for it.  That was special.  

Gotta love in 94, scoring 70 points, and moving down from 1st to 2nd.  Brilliant.
Title: Re: OT Tourney (1st Round) - 1994 vs. 1995
Post by: MarqHusker on July 08, 2020, 12:39:53 AM
As has been well chronicled here and elsewhere over the years there was a ton of musical chairs at #1, 2 and 3 for that matter over several weeks in 94.  There was a broad variance in voters top 4 or 5 during much of Aug into early Nov.   7 teams had 1st place votes the first week, and Nebraska had the most but started just behind UF at #2.

The points in the poll were tight,  nobody had a strangle hold.  There were 3 weeks when #1 dropped despite winning.  Nebraska immediately fell to #2 the next week after beating TT 42-16.  I think UF hung 70 again on UK I'm guessing.  

Iirc, Fla stretched its lead til AU beat them on a great Saturday of games on 10/15, but Nebraska was hopped by PSU and CU despite winning at Kst with Turmanator at QB on 10/15.  Suppose voters assumed Nebraska was cooked.  PSU winning at Mich helped of course.  CU smoked an average OU team.  That oct 18 poll was tight. 

10/18 AP poll after UF loses to AU, N wins at #16KSU 17-6, and PSU wins 31-24 at #5 Mich
1. PSU (19)  1487
2. CU (15)  1474
3. N (25)  1463
4. AU (3) 1402

10/25 AP Poll
1. PSU (19)  1486
2. CU (16)  1482
3 N (24)  1461
4 AU (3) 1397

11/1 AP Poll  (Nebraska collected 9 1st place votes, mostly from beating CU 24-7 I'd guess, maybe AU, PSU also gained 9, by moving N from 3 to 1 on your ballot, they gained two points, and if PSU is being replaced by Nebraska, then Nebraska was netting 3 points on PSU,  easy to see how this played out.  Nobody was dropping Nebraska after beating CU, they had to move up at least one spot in at least 25  ballots.  This despite PSU hammering tOSU 63-14, hard for that to get the attention of a 2 v 3 game)
1. N (33) 1520
2. PSU (28) 1514
3. AU (1) 1427

Nebraska's point lead for #1 grew to about 18 points after this at one point, closing to 15 points after the regular season.
I think the Coaches poll was even more fickle, but can't quite locate all the weekly polls.  paging FT.
Title: Re: OT Tourney (1st Round) - 1994 vs. 1995
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on July 08, 2020, 03:18:45 AM
Auburn had the quietest 19-game winning streak ever from 93-94.  
Probation is a helluva drug...
Title: Re: OT Tourney (1st Round) - 1994 vs. 1995
Post by: ELA on July 08, 2020, 08:59:40 AM
This poll inspired me to watch the Northwestern-USC Rose Bowl last night.

A guy I'm surprised didn't pan out in the pros is D'Wayne Bates.  He was a RS freshman on that team, and was the one guy on that Wildcat offense who looked like an actual dude.  And that was his first year ever playing WR.  He was a converted QB, and not a guy they planned on converting, injuries forced them to.  He still holds all of the school's receiving records, even though he had a season ending injury against Oklahoma in the first game of his junior year.  So he only played 3 seasons.