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1983 Auburn vs. Texas... What kept Auburn from winning it all in 83...
Posted on 3/5/15 at 2:57 pm
Posted on 3/5/15 at 2:57 pm
Enjoy. It was over at halftime. This game is also why Miami won it all... because auburn lost to Texas
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This post was edited on 3/5/15 at 2:58 pm
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Posted on 3/5/15 at 2:58 pm to OffroadSportsman89
frick off mongoloid.
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Posted on 3/5/15 at 2:59 pm to OffroadSportsman89
Posted on 3/5/15 at 2:59 pm to OffroadSportsman89
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because auburn lost to Texas
You know who didn't lose to texas in 83?
Posted on 3/5/15 at 3:00 pm to diddydirtyAubie
List would be meaningful if Georgia Tech was 1 and Mississippi State was 1 in 2014
Posted on 3/5/15 at 3:09 pm to OffroadSportsman89
Yeah Texas game wasn't good. I remember. But that 83 team was a helluva football team that I believe would have found a way to win any game by the end of the season. Wasn't always pretty, but they were hard-nosed.
Doesn't matter tho - no way to prove they were best now
Doesn't matter tho - no way to prove they were best now
Posted on 3/5/15 at 3:12 pm to OffroadSportsman89
Posted on 3/5/15 at 3:12 pm to OffroadSportsman89
Miami won it all b/c Tom Osborne wanted to win the Orange Bowl in order to be the undefeated and undisputed champ. They went for two in the Orange Bowl when tying it up would have assured them at least a piece of the title. The conversion failed and the upset was impressive enough to voters that Miami jumped Auburn.
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Posted on 3/5/15 at 3:16 pm to Dr RC
Miami was #5 and lucked out to play #1 Nebraska in a home game because #2 Texas had to play in the Cotton, #3 Auburn had to play in the Sugar, and #4 Illinois had to play in the Rose.
Posted on 3/5/15 at 3:17 pm to Korin
the luck was Osborne wanting to get that title with a win instead of taking the almost assured title w/the tie.
Posted on 3/5/15 at 3:20 pm to Dr RC
#5 got to host #1 in a home game instead of the other way around.
Posted on 3/5/15 at 3:27 pm to Korin
AU did not lose the NC due to the TX Game. Miami jumped from the #5 spot because everyone thought Neb was unbeatable. Pat Dye's failure to understand the PR behind the college ranking, prevented him from opening the playbook against Michigan. AU had played 8 teams in the top 15 that year.
Posted on 3/5/15 at 3:29 pm to craigbiggio
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mongoloid
i applaud you, that's a word that doesn't get enough use these days and sometimes it's the perfect word.
Posted on 3/5/15 at 4:02 pm to OffroadSportsman89
No. The sportswriter made up their mind before the Orange Bowl that Miami vs. Nebraska was the Natl Title game. They had whined for years about the bowl tie-ins not matching up 1 vs 2. Think for a moment about the sheer stupidity of those days, when the likes of Phillip Marshall, Pawl, etc, decided who got the Natty.
Posted on 3/5/15 at 4:31 pm to AUBorn
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No. The sportswriter made up their mind before the Orange Bowl that Miami vs. Nebraska was the Natl Title game. They had whined for years about the bowl tie-ins not matching up 1 vs 2. Think for a moment about the sheer stupidity of those days, when the likes of Phillip Marshall, Pawl, etc, decided who got the Natty.
The problem then, was Bowl tie-ins by the leagues.
This post was edited on 3/5/15 at 4:32 pm
Posted on 3/5/15 at 7:46 pm to AUBorn
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No. The sportswriter made up their mind before the Orange Bowl that Miami vs. Nebraska was t
If that were so, then the sportswriters would've had Nebraska at No. 1 entering the Orange Bowl (like they did), and Miami No. 2.
And the Georgia fan with the 10 to 9 reference made me very, very sad.
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