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"The 2001-2002 Shoulda-been National Champions"
Posted on 8/15/12 at 4:37 pm
Posted on 8/15/12 at 4:37 pm
...The Oregon Ducks
I'm not gonna say the Ducks didn't get jobbed that year.
But this is pretty damn funny stuff.
Enjoy
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Any discussion about controversial BCS national championship games would be incomplete without a mention of the notorious Oregon snub in the 2001-2002 season. More than 11 years later, that game remains a sore spot with all Oregon fans, and is unquestionably the automatic response for most-lopsided or uneven BCS National Championship matchup.
I'm not gonna say the Ducks didn't get jobbed that year.
But this is pretty damn funny stuff.
quote:
In the 4th quarter Oregon again went to the air,Harrington finding receiver Keith Allen for a 6-yard touchdown. Miami was desperate, trailing now 41-16 in front of a stunned capacity crowd and millions of viewers shocked around the country watching the complete dismantling of the team that was being talked about in the media as being among the greatest of all-time.
Miami would score again, a hail mary heave on the final play of the game, with receiver Andre Johnson out-leaping Oregon’s diminutive Rashad Bauman for a 45 yard touchdown, but the effort was futile. Final score, Oregon 41 Miami 23.
Oregon, a trendy preseason pick out west but not that of as a legitimate candidate when pitted against the might of the SEC or ACC, proved everyone wrong. Not only did the Ducks win the national championship, but did so in demanding fashion, bringing home the University of Oregon’s first football national title.
Enjoy
This post was edited on 8/15/12 at 4:38 pm
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Posted on 8/15/12 at 4:40 pm to BrerTiger
Agree Nebraska had no business being there, but no one was going to beat Miami that game
Posted on 8/15/12 at 4:41 pm to BrerTiger
quote:Sorry, we're claiming it. RTR.
The 2001-2002 Shoulda-been National Champions
Posted on 8/15/12 at 4:42 pm to Tiger Live2
quote:
Agree Nebraska had no business being there, but no one was going to beat Miami that game
Thrashing CU was good enough for me.
Posted on 8/15/12 at 4:43 pm to genro
quote:
Sorry, we're claiming it. RTR.
Gotta be #20 in the AP to be considered legit.
1941 rules.
Posted on 8/15/12 at 4:44 pm to BrerTiger
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a trendy preseason pick out west but not that of as a legitimate candidate when pitted against the might of the SEC or ACC,
Pac 12 and especially Oregon fans have such small dicks when it comes to the SEC. They have to bring up the SEC, which wasn't even involved in the controversy, in their hypothetical scenario, and take a shot at it.
Posted on 8/15/12 at 4:45 pm to BrerTiger
6-5 in 2001, but we beat heavily-favored Auburn 31-7
10-3 in 2002, won the west, but on probation
That makes us National Champions in my book. Print the t-shirts.
10-3 in 2002, won the west, but on probation
That makes us National Champions in my book. Print the t-shirts.
Posted on 8/15/12 at 4:47 pm to bisonduck
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Thrashing CU was good enough for me.
No shame at all in that season.
Only loss was to a Stanford team that finished 9-3. That's better than the loss Okie State posted last year by losing to Iowa State.
But still not as bad a jobbing as what a one loss K-State team was subjected to by getting demoted all the way to the Cotton Bowl. In light of what happened to that Big XII North champ (and Big XII title game loser), the Nebraska debacle was all the stranger.
Posted on 8/15/12 at 4:48 pm to genro
Posted on 8/15/12 at 4:49 pm to BrerTiger
That Oregon team were gamers.
And Harrignton was a pretty damn good college quarterback (Pac 10 player of the year) despite his pro flub.
They lost one close heartbreaker to Stanford (9-3) - Stanford was down 42-28 to start the 4th quarter.
(but no, they weren't beating Miami.)
And Harrignton was a pretty damn good college quarterback (Pac 10 player of the year) despite his pro flub.
They lost one close heartbreaker to Stanford (9-3) - Stanford was down 42-28 to start the 4th quarter.
(but no, they weren't beating Miami.)
This post was edited on 8/15/12 at 4:50 pm
Posted on 8/15/12 at 4:51 pm to Zamoro10
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They lost one close heartbreaker to Stanford (9-3) - Stanford was down 42-28 to start the 4th quarter
Sounds like a run of the mill Pac 10 game.
Never lacking in offense.
Posted on 8/15/12 at 4:55 pm to Tiger Live2
quote:
no one was going to beat Miami that game
Exactly, no way anybdoy that year could touch that team. As far as talent goes
Posted on 8/15/12 at 5:03 pm to WicKed WayZ
As long as they were focused and motivated.
They had two games that year which showed they weren't invincible. Two games preserved by Ed Reed.
Boston College 18-7 (Miami led 12-7 and Boston College moved to the Miami 9 in the final minute before Ed Reed picked off a pass and returned it for a final TD.)
VaTech 26-24 (VaTech receiver couldn't hold onto a two-point conversion in the final minutes and then Ed Reed again picked off a pass to seal the victory.)
They had two games that year which showed they weren't invincible. Two games preserved by Ed Reed.
Boston College 18-7 (Miami led 12-7 and Boston College moved to the Miami 9 in the final minute before Ed Reed picked off a pass and returned it for a final TD.)
VaTech 26-24 (VaTech receiver couldn't hold onto a two-point conversion in the final minutes and then Ed Reed again picked off a pass to seal the victory.)
Posted on 8/15/12 at 5:09 pm to BrerTiger
Nobody was beating Miami in the title game that season.
This post was edited on 8/15/12 at 5:10 pm
Posted on 8/15/12 at 5:12 pm to BrerTiger
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But still not as bad a jobbing as what a one loss K-State team was subjected to by getting demoted all the way to the Cotton Bowl. In light of what happened to that Big XII North champ (and Big XII title game loser), the Nebraska debacle was all the stranger.
It was worse than that... not even the Cotton, the Alamo
If you go back and look at KSUs scores from that 1998 season, they pretty much raped everyone that year up until the Big 12 Championship Game. Michael Bishop was unreal.
This post was edited on 8/15/12 at 5:14 pm
Posted on 8/15/12 at 5:14 pm to RoscoeHarper
Miami would have blown Oregon out of Pasadena just like they did Nebraska.
Posted on 8/15/12 at 6:37 pm to Marciano1
Really didnt matter who Miami was matched up with that year, no one was going to touch them. Too fast, to talented, and too deep. Greatest college team IMO.
Posted on 8/15/12 at 6:40 pm to BrerTiger
Miami/Oregon would have been a skull fricking.
How you gonna keep Joey down on the farm after he's seen Karl Hungus
How you gonna keep Joey down on the farm after he's seen Karl Hungus
Posted on 8/15/12 at 7:08 pm to CanesSwag75
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Really didnt matter who Miami was matched up with that year, no one was going to touch them. Too fast, to talented, and too deep. Greatest college team IMO.
Besides Oregon didn't even get hosed as bad as Miami the year before. If it wasn't for that and the phantom interference call against tOSU, Miami might of 3 peated
Posted on 8/15/12 at 7:10 pm to BrerTiger
LSU would have KICKED THEIR arse.
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