The TIE game thread got me thinking....

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One game in particular I saw which seemed odd was the 1985 Florida tie to Rutgers, 28-28. Florida would go from #3 to #11. Florida would later make it to AP #1 going into the Georgia game.

Any Gator fans on here recall that game? I was only 1yo at the time. Just curious as it’s a result that stands out.

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Flarder fans will not admit to recalling that game.

1985: 'Dogs upset No. 1 Gators
The 1985 Florida Gators entered the contest on a roll: coming off an emotional win over the Auburn Tigers, undefeated, and ranked No. 1 in the nation for the first time in school history. This would not be a repeat of the 1984 game, however. As they had done so many times in the past, the Bulldogs spoiled Florida's season, defeating the Gators 24–3 with freshmen running backs Keith Henderson and Tim Worley both rushing for over 100 yards.[66]

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It's odd Florida remained in the Top25 after that. Rutgers was not as strong back then as they are today

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Dropping from 3 to out of the polls after not losing a game would be unprecedented and probably unfair. The only time a team has ever dropped that far in one week was when Michigan lost to Appalachian State.

Would Florida have gone to the Sugar Bowl instead of Tennessee (they beat the Vols) if they hadn't been on probation? I know that LSU took their 1984 bid (didn't do much with it :/)

There was some year in the late 90s where UF and FSU tied, and ended up playing each other in a bowl game. Maybe the Sugar. But the stadium crew started the scoreboard saying it was the 5th quarter. Some of you FL peeps correct me, but I just remember watching it on an old CRT TV in my den while in high school.

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Rutgers was the toughest team we played that year by far.

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Damn. Now, I feel silly about my joke above. They must have really gotten up for that game.

As someone born in the mid 90s, how did ties work exactly? Was there a singular OT period or if the game ended as a tie at 0:00 4th quarter, it was simply declared a tie?

Too lazy to google it

For post season bowl invitation purposes, ties weren't as bad as a loss, but they definitely lowered a teams' prospects.

Miami got their first National Championship because Tom Osborne didn't want to take any chances with the polls when faced with the chance for a tie, win or loss.

One I always think of is Wisconsin in 2012 going 8-6 that played in the rose bowl

Went 7-5 in the regular season and finished 3rd in their division (when B1G had "leaders" and "legends" iirc) but played in the conf championship game because Ohio State and Penn State were both ineligible.

Went on to cream Nebraska in the championship game and then played 12-2 Stanford in the Rose Bowl and gave them a pretty good game too