And the fact that OU wasn't unanimous in the UPI
by ndhouston (2018-12-14 06:15:05)
Edited on 2018-12-14 06:28:49

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the next year was another sign. The lone dissenting UPI coach was other than Barry Switzer himself, who voted undefeated Fresno State #1 after the 85 season just to be a prick about the BYU title the year before.

Nonetheless, I don't see the downside to an 8 team playoff. It's not as if any of the top 8 teams, in almost any given year, would be considered "unworthy" if they had two playoff-quality wins to close the year.

Another example might be the end of the 2002 season. Ohio State rode Maurice Clarett to beat Miami, but the fact of the matter is that by the end of that year nobody wanted to play Pete Carroll's nascent Southern Cal dynasty. With the benefit of hindsight, I can easily claim that USC was the best team in the country at the end of 2002, even though they didn't get the chance to play for #1.

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