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The Power Five => Big Ten => Topic started by: ELA on June 30, 2022, 12:24:45 PM
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I'll keep this one as the discussion thread.
Teams that didn't win a conference or national title
One bracket for 70s/80s; one for 90s; one for 00s; one for 10s to present
Used a combination of rankings to come up with it. Obviously the 70s and 80s teams have the advantage of a lot more independent teams, that couldn't win a conference title
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1973 was best of the Husker bannerless team of the 70's
Overall Record: 9-2-1
Conference Record: 4-2-1 , Tied 2nd place Big Eight
Final Rankings: AP #7
lost by one point in Mizzori to #12 Tiggers
Tied Okie St. in stillwater
lost to #3 Oklahoma in Norman
beat #10 UCLA, #14 NC State, #18 Kansas, #17 Colorado and #8 Texas in the Cotton bowl
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1973 was best of the Husker bannerless team of the 70's
Overall Record: 9-2-1
Conference Record: 4-2-1 , Tied 2nd place Big Eight
Final Rankings: AP #7
lost by one point in Mizzori to #12 Tiggers
Tied Okie St. in stillwater
lost to #3 Oklahoma in Norman
beat #10 UCLA, #14 NC State, #18 Kansas, #17 Colorado and #8 Texas in the Cotton bowl
Oddly, the 80s dominated the 70s in the metrics I used. And in retrospect, I should have made the '70s and '80s each their own bracket, because of how much the independen ts factored in
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I would have to completely reset the brackets, but I almost wonder if the more interesting conversation is the best 3+ loss teams
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my favorite 3 loss team - 1981 Nebraska - my freshman year
upset by Hayden's Rose Bowl hawks 7-10 in Iowa City to start the season
lost to #3 Penn St in Lincoln by 6
Lost to MNC Clemson by 7 in the Orange bowl
beat #19 Florida St 34-14, #19 Mizzou 6-0 in Columbia
undefeated in the Big 8 and therefore a banner
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For UW, I'd say 2006 and 2017.
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1992 Dawgs lost by 3 to Tenn and 2 to Florida, beat Ohio State by 7, 10-2.
2007 lost badly at Tenn and then to USCe in two really weird games, finished 11-2, hammered Hawaii in bowl game, finished #2 in AP.
That started the rumbling that Richt's teams would lose one game a year to a nobody.