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re: Most suspect MNC champions of all time
Posted on 12/10/13 at 6:35 am to Croot
Posted on 12/10/13 at 6:35 am to Croot
Clemson 1981
Beat no one really, except for Georgia I suppose, because OSUe in the Orange Bowl with Art Schlichter at QB pulling a Garcia at every turn (or maybe that should be the other way around, I dunno) ... but the big reason Clemson's MNC is suspect is because of the NCAA probation the following year when it was discovered that every single player on that football team had been paid to play for Clemson. Over 300 instances of a transfer of money, goods or services.
Beat no one really, except for Georgia I suppose, because OSUe in the Orange Bowl with Art Schlichter at QB pulling a Garcia at every turn (or maybe that should be the other way around, I dunno) ... but the big reason Clemson's MNC is suspect is because of the NCAA probation the following year when it was discovered that every single player on that football team had been paid to play for Clemson. Over 300 instances of a transfer of money, goods or services.
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Posted on 12/10/13 at 6:40 am to Croot
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I'll go with 1998 UTk. Had to have a miracle vs the Hawgs. Beat FSU by only one score even with the Seminoles starting Marcus "Can't Throw The" Outzen
UT went up 13-0 scoring 2 tds in 25 seconds and were up 23-9 in the 4th quarter. FSU scored late to make it look closer than it really was.
Posted on 12/10/13 at 6:42 am to BamaScoop
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I will go with the two loss LSU team, he'll they had to give it to somebody I guess!
Definitely one of the more suspect BCS champs.. but hey, that's college football parity at it's highest. Overall strength of CFB was up.. but IMO, it was not top heavy at all.
Posted on 12/10/13 at 6:45 am to Alahunter
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BYU - 1984
Winner and it's not even close, beat a 6-6 Michigan team in the Holiday Bowl to solidify their National Championship.
Posted on 12/10/13 at 7:35 am to Croot
How did I know what was coming? How can a 13-0 SEC champ be suspect? Maybe you're still chafing about losing at home 22-3. If the refs had correctly called the Arky punter for kicking the ball out the back of the endzone, it would have been our ball on the 5 and no miracle was needed. The title game wasn't as close as the final score, and Rooster Outzen had just led FSU to a big win over Florida.
Posted on 12/10/13 at 8:08 am to Scoreboard
Still butthurt over not having a BCS MNC?
Posted on 12/10/13 at 9:24 am to Algerian
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Winner and it's not even close, beat a 6-6 Michigan team in the Holiday Bowl to solidify their National Championship.
Only because we got hit with a bowl ban right after winning the SEC.
Posted on 12/10/13 at 10:05 am to Croot
miami 1983
Posted on 12/10/13 at 10:18 am to Croot
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I'll go with 1998 UTk. Had to have a miracle vs the Hawgs. Beat FSU by only one score even with the Seminoles starting Marcus "Can't Throw The" Outzen
Just about every national champion in the history of ever had a game or two where they needed luck, but i think it's ridiculous to say that an undefeated national champion in the SEC is among the most suspect national champion of all time.
Posted on 12/10/13 at 10:26 am to Croot
I don't want to get ahead of myself here, but I'm gonna have to go with the Texas 2014 - 2019 MNCs (The Saban years).
It's just that in the Big 12, he'll only have to play two tough games a year and that will be in the 4-team playoff.
It's just that in the Big 12, he'll only have to play two tough games a year and that will be in the 4-team playoff.
Posted on 12/10/13 at 10:34 am to reggierayreb
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Yall claim that year ?!?! MSU won the SEC that year.
Hey we weren't SEC Champs and still claim 2011 too bud!
Posted on 12/10/13 at 12:32 pm to Croot
Don't know about most suspect, but I know which team had the easiest path to the MNC, and it wasn't BYU in '84.
9/8 @ Georgia Tech (4-6-1) W 30-6
9/22 Baylor (8-4) W 45-0
9/29 @ Vanderbilt (1-10)W 66-3
10/6 Wichita State (1-10) W 38-0
10/13 @ Florida (0-10-1) W 40-0
10/20 Tennessee (7-5) W 27-17
10/27 Virginia Tech (5-6) W 31-7
11/3 Mississippi State (3-8) W 24-7
11/10 Louisiana State (7-5) W 3-0
11/17 Miami (Florida) (5-6) W 30-0
12/1 Auburn (8-3) W 25-18
1/1 Arkansas (10-2) W 24-9 (Sugar Bowl)
Only one team on regular season schedule ranked in the final polls. Not a single team on the regular season schedule with fewer than 3 losses, and only two with fewer than 5 losses. Almost certainly the only team in football history, at any level of competition, to face three 10-loss teams in the same season - on consecutive weeks, no less (and one of them a Division 1-AA school). Regular season opponents combined record of 50-73-2 (winning percentage of .403).
9/8 @ Georgia Tech (4-6-1) W 30-6
9/22 Baylor (8-4) W 45-0
9/29 @ Vanderbilt (1-10)W 66-3
10/6 Wichita State (1-10) W 38-0
10/13 @ Florida (0-10-1) W 40-0
10/20 Tennessee (7-5) W 27-17
10/27 Virginia Tech (5-6) W 31-7
11/3 Mississippi State (3-8) W 24-7
11/10 Louisiana State (7-5) W 3-0
11/17 Miami (Florida) (5-6) W 30-0
12/1 Auburn (8-3) W 25-18
1/1 Arkansas (10-2) W 24-9 (Sugar Bowl)
Only one team on regular season schedule ranked in the final polls. Not a single team on the regular season schedule with fewer than 3 losses, and only two with fewer than 5 losses. Almost certainly the only team in football history, at any level of competition, to face three 10-loss teams in the same season - on consecutive weeks, no less (and one of them a Division 1-AA school). Regular season opponents combined record of 50-73-2 (winning percentage of .403).
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