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re: Was the '96 FSU/Florida national title rematch as controversial as '11 Bama/LSU?
Posted on 6/26/12 at 9:10 am to Stonehog
Posted on 6/26/12 at 9:10 am to Stonehog
The main difference was that the LSU fans weren't crying about the rematch, while all the FSU fans and Bowden were howling about how unfair it was to have to play us twice. Nationally the matchup didn't draw a ton of press because ASU would have won the title if they had beaten Ohio State and UF won. So it wasn't a natty title game when the rematch was created.
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Posted on 6/26/12 at 9:14 am to bigDgator
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The main difference was that the LSU fans weren't crying about the rematch
Wut? Six months later and some of them are still bitching about it.
Posted on 6/26/12 at 9:30 am to bigDgator
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LSU fans weren't crying about the rematch
Posted on 6/26/12 at 10:37 am to bigDgator
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The main difference was that the LSU fans weren't crying about the rematch, while all the FSU fans and Bowden were howling about how unfair it was to have to play us twice. Nationally the matchup didn't draw a ton of press because ASU would have won the title if they had beaten Ohio State and UF won. So it wasn't a natty title game when the rematch was created.
I think you're right about FSU but there are plenty of LSU fans who probably think a rematch was unfair to the team who won the first time around.
I'm not a big fan of rematches because they devalue the first result - sometimes they are unavoidable. In 96 it would have been better if Arizona and FSU played each other in a championship game - but obviously the Rose Bowl screwed that up and left FSU with a rematch against Florida.
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