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Posted on 12/1/14 at 1:28 pm to I-59 Tiger
Posted on 12/1/14 at 1:28 pm to I-59 Tiger
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But the rankings in the month of Nov in 1975 were suspect. Had Bear (and the Sugar) agreed to the Okla-Neb loser instead of Penn State it could have been different.
To be honest Mizzou might well have been the factor that kept Bama down that year. After the huge win at Alabama to start the year (our fans tore down the goalposts in Columbia, Missouri afterward even though the game was in Birmingham - yes, we rushed an empty field)...Mizzou then stumbled onward to finish 6-5 that year, no bowl. Moreover, we played Oklahoma (ranked #6 at the time) down to the very wire but fell 28-27 rather than leaving them with an upset loss on the resume like we did to Bama.
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Posted on 12/1/14 at 1:33 pm to Mizzou Fan in Da ATX
Well, in November a mediocre Kansas team thumped Oklahoma, 23-3 in Norman. Granted no one thought Ohio State would lose to UCLA in the Rose (they had beaten them 41-20 in the regular season). But OU had done nothing to warrant leaping back over Alabama in late November after the Neb win.
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