Lol @ meat chicken celebrating their fake championship

Red_Alert said:
Home, Away, Neutral fields don't matter?

Rivals, Conference, Non-Conference opponents don't matter?

You want to conveniently ignore those points.
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Yeah -- that's why Colorado put up 250 yards more offense and 21 more points against Nebraska than they did against Michigan, because it was at Colorado.

It was also at Colorado when Wyoming almost beat them 20-19. It was also at Colorado when 6 loss Missouri beat them by 2 scores. But that's why Nebraska gave up 450+ yards of offense.

Homefield advantage usually equates to 3 points -- it doesn't let a team throw the ball for 360 yards and put up 24 points.
 
Red_Alert said:
I used 1997 Washington (Nebraska opponent) and Washington State (Michigan opponent).

Nebraska beat Washington 27-14 in Seattle. (13 pts)
Michigan beat Washington St 21-16 on a neutral field. (5 pts)

1997

Washington beat Arizona St (26-14)
Arizona St beat Washington State (44-31)

Nebraska was 25 points better than Michigan.
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It is amazing in 2022 you are still trying to win a game that was never played, and was never supposed to be played. In 1997, the Winner of the PAC 10 and the Winner of the Big 10 played in the Rose Bowl. They had since 1919 until 2002 when Nebraska lost to University of Miami.

The 2002 Rose Bowl, played on January 3, 2002, was a college football bowl game. It was the 88th Rose Bowl game and was the BCS National Championship Game of the 2001 college football season. The game featured the Miami Hurricanes and the Nebraska Cornhuskers, marking the first time since the 1919 Rose Bowl, and only the third time in the game's history, that neither the Big Ten nor the Pac-10 Conferences had a representative in this game. The Hurricanes won the game, 37–14, for their fifth national title.[3] Miami quarterback Ken Dorsey and wide receiver Andre Johnson were named the Rose Bowl Players of the Game.[4]

2002 Rose Bowl - Wikipedia
 
Voltaire said:
It is amazing in 2022 you are still trying to win a game that was never played, and was never supposed to be played. In 1997, the Winner of the PAC 10 and the Winner of the Big 10 played in the Rose Bowl. They had since 1919 until 2002 when Nebraska lost to University of Miami.

The 2002 Rose Bowl, played on January 3, 2002, was a college football bowl game. It was the 88th Rose Bowl game and was the BCS National Championship Game of the 2001 college football season. The game featured the Miami Hurricanes and the Nebraska Cornhuskers, marking the first time since the 1919 Rose Bowl, and only the third time in the game's history, that neither the Big Ten nor the Pac-10 Conferences had a representative in this game. The Hurricanes won the game, 37–14, for their fifth national title.[3] Miami quarterback Ken Dorsey and wide receiver Andre Johnson were named the Rose Bowl Players of the Game.[4]

2002 Rose Bowl - Wikipedia
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Actually, the B1G tie-in didnt start until the Jan. 1947 Game.

Before the B1G tie-in, teams like Alabama (6 times with a 4-1-1 record), Tennessee, Duke, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Tulane, Pitt, Notre Dame, etc. represented the "East" in the Granddaddy vs. the top team from the "West". There were occasional B1G teams too such as Michigan and Ohio State, but there was no tie-in with the B1G until after WW II.

Alabama was the last non-B1G-Pac eam to play in the Rose Bowl before the B1G tie-in, ripping USC 34-14 to cap off their 1945 (10-0) season to win their 4th Rose Bowl in 21 seasons. They won their 5th two years ago (even though the game was @ Arlington). The Tide have won more Rose Bowls (5) than any other non-Pac or non-B1G team. As their fight song states: "Remember the Rose Bowl, we'll win then."
 
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Red_Alert said:
1970
#3 Nebraska (10-0-1) beat #5 LSU (9-2) in the Orange Bowl and were the only undefeated team to finish the season.
#1 Texas (10-0) lost the Cotton Bowl (11-24) to #6 Notre Dame.
#2 Ohio St (9-0) lost the Rose Bowl (17-27) to #12 Stanford.
#4 Tennessee (10-1) SEC champ beat #11 Air Force in the Sugar Bowl.

I support your point in that #1 Texas should have played #2 Ohio St for the Natty.
i.e. With Ohio St hiding in the Rose Bowl vs a PAC 10 opponent, Nebraska back doored their way to the NC.

1971
#1 Nebraska (12-0) beat #2 Alabama (11-0) 38-6 in the Orange Bowl.
#1 Nebraska had already beaten #3 Oklahoma.
#4 Michigan (11-0) hid in the Rose bowl and lost to #16 Stanford.

That would have been a legit Natty for Nebraska in either the Bowl Coalition, Bowl Alliance, or BCS.

1994
#1 Nebraska (12-0) beat #3 Miami (10-1) in the Orange Bowl
#2 Penn St (11-0) beat #12 Oregon (9-3) in the Rose Bowl
#4 Colorado had already lost to Nebraska and finished the season AP #3.

I support your point that #1 Nebraska should have played #2 Penn St for the Natty.
However, instead of joining the Bowl Coalition, the Big 10 was (once again) hiding in the Rose Bowl against a lesser opponent.

1995
#1 Nebraska (11-0) beat #2 Florida (12-0) in the Fiesta Bowl.
#3 Northwestern hid in the Rose Bowl and lost to #17 USC.
#4 Tennessee (10-1) beat #5 Ohio St in the Citrus Bowl.
#2 Florida had already beaten #4 Tennessee 62-37

That would have been a legit Natty for Nebraska in either the Bowl Coalition, Bowl Alliance, or BCS.

1997

#1 Michigan (11-0) beat #8 Washington St (10 - 1) in the Rose Bowl
#2 Nebraska (12-0) beat #3 Tennessee (11-1) in the Orange Bowl
#4 Florida St (10-1) beat #9 Ohio St (10-2) in the Sugar Bowl

I support your point that #1 Michigan should have played #2 Nebraska for the Natty.
However, instead of joining the Bowl Coalition, the Big 10 was (once again) hiding in the Rose Bowl against a lesser opponent.

There is a clear pattern of Big 10 teams hiding in the Rose Bowl against lesser opponents.

1970: #2 Ohio St vs #12 Stanford (loss)
1971: #4 Michigan vs #16 Stanford (loss)
1994: #2 Penn St vs #12 Oregon (win)
1995: #3 Northwestern vs #17 USC (loss)
1997: #1 Michigan vs #8 Washington St (win)

Average Big 10 Rose Bowl opponent ranking: #13

On the other hand....
1970: #3 Nebraska vs #5 LSU (win)
1971: #1 Nebraska vs #2 Alabama (win)
1994: #1 Nebraska vs #3 Miami (win)
1995: #1 Nebraska vs #2 Florida (win)
1997: #2 Nebraska vs #3 Tennessee (win)

Average Nebraska all bowls opponent ranking: #3

That is just for the 5 Nebraska NC's. I'm sure you'd see a similar pattern of the Big 10 hiding in the Rose Bowl for all years regarding NC's pre-CFP.
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Do you watch Wapner at 5?
 
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