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[Fire_Marshall_Bill]

I'll have to ask metrics superiority guy who is the best team UW ever beat (according to the metrics) but it very well could be that 2000 Miami team.

In the modern era SRS has Nebraska 95, UW 91 and Miami 01 as the 3 best teams.

Here is a look at Sagarin's all time ratings and the same 3 teams are the top 3 in the last 40 years.
http://www.huskermax.com/rating.html

Uncle Race probably can elaborate but I guess back in the day top teams played really tough schedules. Their SOS ratings are through the roof which is why most of the teams on the Sagarin list are pre 1975.

As far as talent and pro talent I can't imagine any team coming close to Miami in 00-01.

i'd have to look at schedules, but in terms of my dead reckoning from the 80s and part of the 90s, the Oklahoma and Nebraska teams did not play particularly hard schedules - they played in the top heavy Big 8 and basically whichever of those two won the head to head sailed into the Orange Bowl for the title. Colorado's ascendance helped, but overall it was a shit conference.

That's how it was. Okie State Had a few okay teams with Thomas and Barry Sanders. Iowa State and the Kansas schools were god awful. I remember the Huskies beating Kansas State 56-3 or something in '91. Those OK and N could just run the wishbone and option 60 times a game & never really be challenged.

 

[creepycoug]

I'll have to ask metrics superiority guy who is the best team UW ever beat (according to the metrics) but it very well could be that 2000 Miami team.

In the modern era SRS has Nebraska 95, UW 91 and Miami 01 as the 3 best teams.

Here is a look at Sagarin's all time ratings and the same 3 teams are the top 3 in the last 40 years.
http://www.huskermax.com/rating.html

Uncle Race probably can elaborate but I guess back in the day top teams played really tough schedules. Their SOS ratings are through the roof which is why most of the teams on the Sagarin list are pre 1975.

As far as talent and pro talent I can't imagine any team coming close to Miami in 00-01.

i'd have to look at schedules, but in terms of my dead reckoning from the 80s and part of the 90s, the Oklahoma and Nebraska teams did not play particularly hard schedules - they played in the top heavy Big 8 and basically whichever of those two won the head to head sailed into the Orange Bowl for the title. Colorado's ascendance helped, but overall it was a shit conference.

That's how it was. Okie State Had a few okay teams with Thomas and Barry Sanders. Iowa State and the Kansas schools were god awful. I remember the Huskies beating Kansas State 56-3 or something in '91. Those OK and N could just run the wishbone and option 60 times a game & never really be challenged.

one of the things that bonded Hurricanes fans back in the day was a partially justified sense that the world was against the program. one of the things I would point to in support of that was how much everyone would bitch and moan when Jimmy put up 50+ points on anyone, and how much the nation would cry in outrage when he did it to Notre Dame.

but during that time, Oklahoma and Nebraska would ROUTINELY hang 60 or 70 points on people ... always shitty programs ... and it never bothered anybody.

 

[allpurpleallgold]

1. Jersey being grabbed
2. Jersey being grabbed
3. Jersey being grabbed
4. Jersey being grabbed
5. Jersey being grabbed
6. Jersey being grabbed

Here's the funny thing about jerseys, they don't just move in random directions. When you tug on them they do move though. Generally when the shoulder of your jersey is stretching up to your helmet it's because someone has a hold of it.

Go back at start the clip at 1:47. After the ball hits the ground they will show another replay. This is how replay works. You'll see Sharpes hand make the movement grabbing the jersey with the ball in the air.

Also, when trying to make an argument that something didn't happen I would suggest you don't use "the evidence is too blurry I can't tell BUT obviously he didn't touch him". This is called being a dumb fuck.

HTH.

 

[RaceBannon]

The best point is that Ohio State had no business being within 21 points of the Canes that night. It was a bizarre game, the last NC game on Friday night for one thing. Every break went the Buckeyes way and Miami was happy to kill themselves in the foot.

It wasn't until later that we found out that Tressel sold his soul to the devil for that win

 

[allpurpleallgold]

The best point is that Ohio State had no business being within 21 points of the Canes that night. It was a bizarre game, the last NC game on Friday night for one thing. Every break went the Buckeyes way and Miami was happy to kill themselves in the foot.

It wasn't until later that we found out that Tressel sold his soul to the devil for that win

I can't remember any game like it. Every time it looked like Miami was finally turning it on something huge would happen. It wasn't the best game ever played but it was probably the most interesting game I've ever watched.

 

[whlinder]

I'll have to ask metrics superiority guy who is the best team UW ever beat (according to the metrics) but it very well could be that 2000 Miami team.

In the modern era SRS has Nebraska 95, UW 91 and Miami 01 as the 3 best teams.

Here is a look at Sagarin's all time ratings and the same 3 teams are the top 3 in the last 40 years.
http://www.huskermax.com/rating.html

Uncle Race probably can elaborate but I guess back in the day top teams played really tough schedules. Their SOS ratings are through the roof which is why most of the teams on the Sagarin list are pre 1975.

As far as talent and pro talent I can't imagine any team coming close to Miami in 00-01.

i'd have to look at schedules, but in terms of my dead reckoning from the 80s and part of the 90s, the Oklahoma and Nebraska teams did not play particularly hard schedules - they played in the top heavy Big 8 and basically whichever of those two won the head to head sailed into the Orange Bowl for the title. Colorado's ascendance helped, but overall it was a shit conference.

That's how it was. Okie State Had a few okay teams with Thomas and Barry Sanders. Iowa State and the Kansas schools were god awful. I remember the Huskies beating Kansas State 56-3 or something in '91. Those OK and N could just run the wishbone and option 60 times a game & never really be challenged.

Didn't Colorado win a share of the 1990 title?

Kansas State was the worst program in major college football of all time prior to Snyder. He got them to their first bowl in 1992 and they've been solid since. One of the Nebraska championship years, I think 1995, Colorado, Kansas and Kansas St all went 10-2, with a loss to Nebraska and 1-1 against the other 2, all of them finishing top 10.