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Title: OT Tourney (Elite 8) - 1990 vs. 1993
Post by: ELA on July 25, 2020, 04:50:36 PM

1990		1993
Colorado/Georgia Tech	NATIONAL CHAMPION	Florida State
ORANGE: #1 Colorado 10, #5 Notre Dame 9 CITRUS: #2 Georgia Tech 45, #19 Nebraska 21	"NATIONAL TITLE GAME'	ORANGE: #1 Florida State 18, #2 Nebraska 16
Michigan/Michigan State/Iowa/Illinois	BIG TEN CHAMPION	Wisconsin/Ohio State
#8 Washington 46, #17 Iowa 34	ROSE BOWL	#9 Wisconsin 21, #14 UCLA 14
Ty Detmer	HEISMAN WINNER	Charlie Ward

#1 PROGRESSION
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)

1993

• Preseason: Florida State
• November 13: #2 Notre Dame 31, #1 Florida State 24 (#2 Notre Dame jumped to #1)
• November 20: #17 Boston College 41, #1 Notre Dame 39 (#2 Florida State jumped to #1) 

OTHER NOTES
1990

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

1993

• Penn State joined the Big Ten
• Cal State Fullerton dropped football
• Don James resigned as head coach of Washington 2 weeks prior to the season
• Matchup of #1 Florida State and #2 Notre Dame was the first ever on campus edition of ESPN College Gameday
• Charlie Ward became the first player to win a Heisman Trophy and National Title since Tony Dorsett with Pitt in 1976