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The Power Five => Big Ten => Topic started by: ELA on July 03, 2022, 02:31:47 PM
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The resumes:
1990 Miami (10-2)
- Preseason #1, but lost season opener at BYU
- Other loss was at #6 Notre Dame
- Beat #3 Texas 46-3 in the Cotton Bowl
- SP+ #5 team of the 90s
- All-Americans: DT Russell Maryland (unanimous), LB Maurice Crum (consensus), WR Wesley Carroll, OT Mike Sullivan
1995 Ohio State (11-2)
- Started season 11-0 before losing season finale to Michigan, which cost them a share of the Big Ten title
- Lost to Tennessee in Citrus Bowl matchup of top 5 teams
- 8 of 13 opponents were ranked
- Scored over 40 points 6 times
- All-Americans: RB Eddie George (unanimous), OT Orlando Pace (unanimous), WR Terry Glenn (consensus), DE Mike Vrabel
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This is another great matchup!
Eddie George was great, but the team speed on Miami's defense may have neutralized him.
But OSU could pass, too, effeciently, with a great #1 WR in Glenn and productive TE play with Dudley.
The OSU defense wasn't great, but picked off a lot of passes, and that matters against a pass-first Miami team.
I looked up both teams, and there's a weird thing about Miami - in the 80s, they threw to their RBs A LOT, but in 1990, they basically stopped. Whether that was by design or not, it's bizarre and probably hurt them some.
OSU was more battle-tested.
Would Miami just show up and think it could out-talent them, like they did Texas in that Cotton Bowl? If so, OSU rolls. In both Miami losses, the opponents had the worst possible start to a game and still won. This was a tweener Miami team - a lot of their talent was young and would become great in 91-92.
I'd take the Buckeyes.
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Beat #3 Texas 46-3 in the Cotton Bowl
wasn't all bad
peaked at the end
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I do think the 80s/90s independents have an advantage here. If Miami was in the Big East in 1990, they aren't even in this discussion
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I do think the 80s/90s independents have an advantage here. If Miami was in the Big East in 1990, they aren't even in this discussion
Because they'd have gone 11-0 and won the NC?
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Because they'd have gone 11-0 and won the NC?
At the very least they would have won the Big East
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A game with them vs CU would have been cool. I think they'd have Cotton Bowled Georgia Tech, tho.
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well, the Canes played the team that tied the 1991 Buffs 19-19 in Boulder, in the orange bowl
22-0 and it wasn't that close