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Title: OT Tourney (Sweet 16) - 1988 vs. 1990
Post by: ELA on July 17, 2020, 04:33:42 PM

1988		1990
Notre Dame	NATIONAL CHAMPION	Colorado/Georgia Tech
FIESTA: #1 Notre Dame 34, #3 West Virginia 21	"NATIONAL TITLE GAME'	ORANGE: #1 Colorado 10, #5 Notre Dame 9 CITRUS: #2 Georgia Tech 45, #19 Nebraska 21
Michigan	BIG TEN CHAMPION	Michigan/Michigan State/Iowa/Illinois
#11 Michigan 22, #5 USC 14	ROSE BOWL	#8 Washington 46, #17 Iowa 34
Barry Sanders	HEISMAN WINNER	Ty Detmer

#1 PROGRESSION
1988

Preseason: Florida State
September 3: #6 Miami 31, #1 Florida State 0 (#6 Miami jumped to #1)
October 15: #4 Notre Dame 31, #1 Miami 30 (#2 UCLA jumped to #1)
October 29: Washington State 34, #1 UCLA 30 (#2 Notre Dame jumped to #1)

1990

Preseason: Miami
September 8: #16 BYU 28, #1 Miami 21 (#2 Notre Dame jumped to #1)
October 6: Stanford 36, #1 Notre Dame 31 (#3 Michigan jumped to #1)
October 13: Michigan State 28, #1 Michigan 27 (#2 Virginia jumped to #1)
November 3: #16 Georgia Tech 41, #1 Virginia 38 (#2 Notre Dame jumped to #1)
November 17: #18 Penn State 24, #1 Notre Dame 21 (#2 Colorado jumped to #1)

OTHER NOTES
1988

Defensive returns on 2 pt conversions became legal
Rocket Ismail and Deion Sanders were electric returners
4 of the final top 5 were independents

1990

"Fifth Down" Game
Desmond Howard 2 pt tripping non-call
Ty Detmer was last non-BCS conference Heisman winner
Rocket Ismail clipping call

Title: Re: OT Tourney (Sweet 16) - 1988 vs. 1990
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on July 17, 2020, 05:28:16 PM

1990, the last time Virginia football mattered in the slightest. That's rough. They should be a sleeping giant, but they have absolutely no real peak.

1990 housed the only 3 weeks UVA has ever been ranked in the top 5. All-time. Ever. How is that possible??? I consider the state of VA in that 2nd tier of smaller, yet fertile recruiting states, along with Louisiana, Ohio, and Georgia. Maybe LA and VA are in a 3rd tier behind those larger states, but still. Tons of talent comes out of VA Beach/Norfolk/Newport News.

Title: Re: OT Tourney (Sweet 16) - 1988 vs. 1990
Post by: ELA on July 17, 2020, 05:37:41 PM

They have whiffed on coaching hire after coaching hire.

1990 was also their highest ever appearance in a preseason poll...#15.

Title: Re: OT Tourney (Sweet 16) - 1988 vs. 1990
Post by: MarqHusker on July 17, 2020, 09:05:46 PM

Lot of games from 90 id watch right now. CV did bring us some of those on TV this spring.

Title: Re: OT Tourney (Sweet 16) - 1988 vs. 1990
Post by: ELA on July 17, 2020, 11:56:42 PM

Quote from: MarqHusker on July 17, 2020, 09:05:46 PM

Lot of games from 90 id watch right now. CV did bring us some of those on TV this spring.

I think it would be cool if ESPNU would have done (and could do annually) a season per week, and just do an important game from each week of the season, like two per day. I'd actually get invested in that.

Title: Re: OT Tourney (Sweet 16) - 1988 vs. 1990
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on July 18, 2020, 12:03:21 AM

Quote from: ELA on July 17, 2020, 11:56:42 PM

I think it would be cool if ESPNU would have done (and could do annually) a season per week, and just do an important game from each week of the season, like two per day. I'd actually get invested in that.

I'd take any actual sports over a blah-blah talking show.

Title: Re: OT Tourney (Sweet 16) - 1988 vs. 1990
Post by: ELA on July 18, 2020, 12:36:16 AM

Quote from: OrangeAfroMan on July 18, 2020, 12:03:21 AM

I'd take any actual sports over a blah-blah talking show.

They've been showing plenty of old games. But if I could invest in something ongoing, I would. I struggle to engage in a classic one off, but I could buy in on replaying a season over the course of a week.