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re: Best football team to ever exist?

Posted on 12/12/23 at 11:08 pm to
Posted by carolinaswamper
unincorporated swamp, johns island,
Member since Jan 2013
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Posted on 12/12/23 at 11:08 pm to
85 Bears. College, i say that salty arse '95 Nebraska team that pistol whipped the gators in the '96 Fiesta bowl. It was bloody
This post was edited on 12/12/23 at 11:13 pm
Posted by Rouxdee
Meaux
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Posted on 12/13/23 at 12:41 am to
*
Posted by SoFla Tideroller
South Florida
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Posted on 12/13/23 at 12:59 am to
1972 Dolphins
Posted by SidewalkTiger
Midwest, USA
Member since Dec 2019
52921 posts
Posted on 12/13/23 at 1:19 am to
quote:

would have lost to us if Tua hadn’t coughed up the ball on the opening drive at the 2 yard line…..lol. Case closed? Glad we could settle that.


It's wild how much revisionist history surrounds this particular play years later.

It was 3rd and goal, Tua dropped the ball at around the 7 yard line.

Even if he recovers it, Alabama likely just kicks a field goal.
Posted by cattus
Member since Jan 2009
13450 posts
Posted on 12/13/23 at 1:21 am to
95 Nebraska was always the best to me until 19 LSU got going late in the season. They became unstoppable. They never ceased improving.
Posted by memphisplaya
Member since Jan 2009
85827 posts
Posted on 12/13/23 at 1:49 am to
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Everyone knew the best team ever playing was gonna blow out the other tea


Or more likely they knew the season didn’t count as it didn’t count towards eligibility and OSU had only 7 games.


It’s an * if there ever was one.
This post was edited on 12/13/23 at 1:50 am
Posted by A Lite
Member since Jan 2016
2401 posts
Posted on 12/13/23 at 2:02 am to
Hi everyone; I thought I'd check back in a clarify one point. It wasn't implicitly or explicitly stated but, it should have been stated that college football team was the criteria. For that mistake, I apologize.

Secondly, I'm going to need to get my upvote count lifted a good bit on that original post. So, if you can, just go back to the original post and hit that upvote button. Thanks for that.

Lastly, we do need threads like this to settle matters among ourselves and it leads to good discussion. This thread has helped us all decide, collectively, that Alabama 2020 was the best "college" football team to ever exist, ever. Thanks, everyone, and Roll Tide.




Toughest Schedule

This post was edited on 12/13/23 at 3:40 am
Posted by Cheese Grits
Wherever I lay my hat is my home
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Posted on 12/13/23 at 2:53 am to
"Iron Men" of Sewanee

Not sure any team since has, or will, replicate their magical season.
Posted by Hurricane2020
Member since Apr 2020
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Posted on 12/13/23 at 3:37 am to
I feel like you forget that the only reason Bama was even in that game was due to a 85yd hail Mary with less than 2 mins left in the 4th quarter. Not to mention LSU still had 1:30 seconds with the ball left to end the game up one score had they needed to score again. Bama was never in position to take the lead after the first quarter.
Posted by The Baker
This is fine.
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Posted on 12/13/23 at 3:37 am to
Literally half of D1 football players didnt play in 2020
Posted by A Lite
Member since Jan 2016
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Posted on 12/13/23 at 3:41 am to
quote:

Literally half of D1 football players didnt play in 2020


Why did they quit?
Posted by cattus
Member since Jan 2009
13450 posts
Posted on 12/13/23 at 9:58 am to
Saban of course. Not a BS that came with a world wide pandemic.
Posted by John Milner
Member since Jan 2015
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Posted on 12/13/23 at 10:29 am to
The 2020 Alabama offense was great, like the 2019 LSU offense was, but the defenses were not great. I don’t remember where the 2020 Alabama defense ranked but the 2019 LSU defense was in the lower half of the conference. I think 8th

The best teams have great offense and defense. That Miami team about 20 years ago comes to mind.
Posted by Legionfield
Alabama
Member since Nov 2009
2590 posts
Posted on 12/13/23 at 10:40 am to
All this “reminding” us of why it was only 5 points…..lol. Great team!
Posted by tiger81
Brentwood, TN.
Member since Jan 2008
18836 posts
Posted on 12/13/23 at 11:19 am to
Joe and the 2019 team say you rang ?
Posted by WildTchoupitoulas
Member since Jan 2010
44071 posts
Posted on 12/13/23 at 11:33 am to

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Without question, it is the 1888 Yale team coached by Walter Camp. 13-0. Outscored opponents 694-0. We are all living in their shadow.

1899 Sewanee would like a word with you...

With just 18 players, the team known as the "Iron Men" embarked on a ten-day, 2,500 mile train trip, where they played five games in six days. Sewanee had five shutout wins over Texas (in Austin), Texas A&M (in Houston), Tulane (in New Orleans), LSU (in Baton Rouge), and Ole Miss (in Memphis). Sportswriter Grantland Rice called the group "the most durable football team I ever saw." The road trip is recalled memorably with the Biblical allusion "...and on the seventh day they rested."
Posted by TouchdownTony
Central Alabama
Member since Apr 2016
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Posted on 12/13/23 at 11:39 am to
1985 Chicago Bears.
Posted by Nitro Express
Gulf Coast
Member since Jul 2018
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Posted on 12/13/23 at 11:41 am to
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Mac Jones


Dominated.
Posted by Beta04
St. Louis
Member since Aug 2013
315 posts
Posted on 12/13/23 at 12:28 pm to
'95 Nebraska, and it isn't close at all
Posted by bamabaseballsec
Member since Dec 2020
1374 posts
Posted on 12/13/23 at 12:32 pm to
19 Lsu is one of the best and most overrated teams of all time, INCOMPLETE team, weak D compared to every other playoff champion. they aren't even the best playoff team. That Oline would get worked by several Defenses
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