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re: The 25 best college football teams to NOT win the national title

Posted on 7/12/19 at 2:49 pm to
Posted by WG_Dawg
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Member since Jun 2004
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Posted on 7/12/19 at 2:49 pm to
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Georgia finished ranked in both polls


forgive me, we went 8-4 and lost our bowl game so I assume we were unranked. Checking in at #22 though, woohoo!
Posted by Korin
Member since Jan 2014
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Posted on 7/12/19 at 2:50 pm to
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01 UT was a very good team. But we're talking about the 25 best non-title winning teams over 100 years of football, and despite them being elite when they were on and playing really well all season they had 2 head scratching, unexplainable, inexcusable losses to vastly inferior teams. I think that disqualifies them.

10 draft picks in 02. You don't remember John Henderson and Albert Haynesworth wrecking havoc on the DL?
Posted by RandySavage
Member since May 2012
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Posted on 7/12/19 at 2:52 pm to
04 auburn? I thought this was teams that didn't win the title
Posted by WG_Dawg
Hoover
Member since Jun 2004
86438 posts
Posted on 7/12/19 at 2:54 pm to
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10 draft picks in 02. You don't remember John Henderson and Albert Haynesworth wrecking havoc on the DL?


yes I do. You're venturing into the SC fan's argument now about "talent". Our 2000 team that donnan assembled was mega talented and IIRC all 11 starters on defense started in the NFL at some point. That doesn't mean they were one of the best temas to not win a title, it just means they were talented.

i don't think the 01 UT team that again lost to 2 massively inferior teams should be on the list.
Posted by Soda City Spur
Coastal Plains
Member since Mar 2017
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Posted on 7/12/19 at 3:06 pm to
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I'd be fairly confident in saying Bama, LSU, UF and A&M all put out more talent than South Carolina


And you'd be wrong...

Between 2012-2013:

Bama put 17 players in the league

LSU put 14 players in the league

SC put 13 players in the league

UF put 10 players in the league

TAMU put 9 players in the league
This post was edited on 7/12/19 at 3:07 pm
Posted by Glorious
Mobile
Member since Aug 2014
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Posted on 7/12/19 at 3:43 pm to
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No kidding, especially if Sark was O coordinator for Bama. How many 3 and outs would this game include? An ungodly amount


Yea against a great LSU secondary Freshman Jalen Hurts would have struggled. Also Jordan Jefferson would be throwing into a secondary with Eddie Jackson, Marlon Humphrey, Anthony Averett, Minkah Fitzpatrick, Ronnie Harrison, and Levi Wallace. I could argue that 2016 might have been the best Bama team ever
Posted by TxTiger82
Member since Sep 2004
33936 posts
Posted on 7/12/19 at 4:04 pm to
How does the list not include 1986 Miami? They are probably #1, in fact.
Posted by RollTide4Ever
Nashville
Member since Nov 2006
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Posted on 7/12/19 at 6:08 pm to
2005 USC had an average defense. Fresno State put over forty points on them!

2004 Auburn needs to be much higher and I would switch the Bama teams in the top five.

I'm just glad they didn't put 2004 OU on that list. The Sooners had no pass defense that season and it showed.
Posted by VADawg
Wherever
Member since Nov 2011
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Posted on 7/12/19 at 6:33 pm to
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No 2001 Florida?

That team was better than quite a few on this list.


I agree. That was Spurrier's best team, IMO.

Before I saw the list, I thought of 2005 USC, 2008 Oklahoma, 1996 Ohio State, and 1998 Ohio State.

And 1983 Nebraska at 16 is WAY too low.
This post was edited on 7/12/19 at 6:36 pm
Posted by Globetrotter747
Member since Sep 2017
4299 posts
Posted on 7/12/19 at 6:41 pm to
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How does the list not include 1986 Miami? They are probably #1, in fact.


Definitely.

Jimmy Johnson will tell you without hesitation it was his best Miami team. Vinny Testaverde, Michael Irvin, Jerome Brown, Alonzo Highsmith and a bunch of other studs on that team.

Outgained Penn State something like 450-150 in the Fiesta Bowl but turnovers sabotaged them.
Posted by OliverQueen81
In The South
Member since Oct 2015
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Posted on 7/12/19 at 7:23 pm to
2001 Florida
Posted by The Winner
Member since Nov 2016
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Posted on 7/12/19 at 7:33 pm to
I clicked it but it every MSU team in existence
Posted by Korin
Member since Jan 2014
37935 posts
Posted on 7/12/19 at 8:03 pm to
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Definitely.

Jimmy Johnson will tell you without hesitation it was his best Miami team. Vinny Testaverde, Michael Irvin, Jerome Brown, Alonzo Highsmith and a bunch of other studs on that team.

Outgained Penn State something like 450-150 in the Fiesta Bowl but turnovers sabotaged them.

Their 85 team would've won it too but they lost the Sugar Bowl to Tennessee.
Posted by Tigerman97
Member since Jun 2014
10354 posts
Posted on 7/12/19 at 8:09 pm to
2005 USCw and this post is a reminder of the beauty pageant CFB is each year...and how susceptible people are to media bias. That D was average at best...certainly not one of the best to never win a title.
Posted by RD Dawg
Atlanta
Member since Sep 2012
27293 posts
Posted on 7/12/19 at 8:50 pm to
'86 Miami was a complete monster.Credit PSU in it's 3-8 defense but fricking Jimmy Johnson blew that game.
This post was edited on 7/12/19 at 9:04 pm
Posted by RD Dawg
Atlanta
Member since Sep 2012
27293 posts
Posted on 7/12/19 at 8:52 pm to
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How does the list not include 1986 Miami? They are probably #1, in fact.




Absolutely.UGA's 82 team was up there as well
This post was edited on 7/12/19 at 9:02 pm
Posted by RD Dawg
Atlanta
Member since Sep 2012
27293 posts
Posted on 7/12/19 at 8:53 pm to
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2001 Florida
Or 2001 UT. Both teams were LOADED
Posted by Niner
Member since Apr 2019
2026 posts
Posted on 7/12/19 at 8:53 pm to
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LSU put 14 players in the league


So...LSU should be on the list?
Posted by Korin
Member since Jan 2014
37935 posts
Posted on 7/12/19 at 8:56 pm to
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10. 1994 Penn State

There were ranked #1 and beat Ohio State 63-14 and somehow fell to #2.
Posted by Reservoir dawg
Member since Oct 2013
14096 posts
Posted on 7/13/19 at 1:22 am to
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I clicked it but it every MSU team in existence




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