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Title: OT Tourney (1st Round) - 1998 vs. 1999
Post by: ELA on July 12, 2020, 02:25:26 PM

1998		1999
Tennessee	NATIONAL CHAMPION	Florida State
FIESTA: #1 Tennessee 23, #2 Florida State 16	NATIONAL TITLE GAME	SUGAR: #1 Florida State 46, #2 Virginia Tech 29
Ohio State/Wisconsin/Michigan	BIG TEN CHAMPION	Wisconsin
#9 Wisconsin 38, #6 UCLA 31	ROSE BOWL	#4 Wisconsin 17, #22 Stanford 9
Ricky Williams	HEISMAN WINNER	Ron Dayne

#1 PROGRESSION
1998

• Preseason: Ohio State
• November 7: Michigan State 28, #1 Ohio State 24 (#2 Tennessee jumped to #1)

1999

• Preseason: Florida State

OTHER NOTES
1998

• First year of BCS
• Ricky Williams broke NCAA rushing record
• Two of the three undefeated teams lost on Championship Saturday

1999

• Added "Kansas State" rule to give any BCS top 4 team an automatic bid
• Penalties behind the line of scrimmage were now assessed from the spot of the foul, intentional grounding became a pure spot foul, and 12 man huddles were banned
• Eight WAC schools broke away to form the Mountain West
• Freshman Michael Vick revolutionized the quarterback position, and got Virginia Tech to the national title game
• Marshall followed Tulane in being an undefeated non-BCS conference champ left out
• Florida State became the first wire to wire national champion

Title: Re: OT Tourney (1st Round) - 1998 vs. 1999
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on July 12, 2020, 02:31:39 PM

Eh, not 1998.  Probably the least-deserved national champion since 1984.  
Syracuse game, Arkansas game, facing a backup QB in NC game.

Title: Re: OT Tourney (1st Round) - 1998 vs. 1999
Post by: ELA on July 12, 2020, 03:01:31 PM

But probably the most fun season.  Ricky going wild, two undefeated teams going down on the final Saturday.  This one wasn't close to me.  Least deserving national champion, maybe.  But one of the best seasons.  That actually may wind up being my overall #1