SWC75
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1959 is my favorite year, obviously, (and 1987 #2). But as a detached observer, 1960 has always intrigued me. It was a disappointing season for Syracuse, (although we'd love to have a similar year now), as we failed to repeat as national champions. But it was a year with no less than 6 different #1 teams and a wild mess at the end, at least to modern eyes, that leaves us with four possible national champions, none of which was considered to have won it at the time.
Here's a non-video report on the year from another source:
1960 College Football National Championship
Minnesota's 1960 team and LSU's 2007 teams are the only two loss national champions we've ever had and The Golden Gophers would not have won a post-bowl poll. The question is: who would have? #2 Mississippi, 10-0-1 over a weak schedule? #3 Iowa 8-1 with 8 games vs. ranked teams? #5 Missouri, who beat #4 Navy in the orange Bowl and was 11-0-0 if you counted the forfeit of the Kansas game? Or #6 Washington, 10-1-0, who had lost to Navy by a point and beaten # Minnesota 17-7 in the Rose Bowl?
Here's a non-video report on the year from another source:
1960 College Football National Championship
Minnesota's 1960 team and LSU's 2007 teams are the only two loss national champions we've ever had and The Golden Gophers would not have won a post-bowl poll. The question is: who would have? #2 Mississippi, 10-0-1 over a weak schedule? #3 Iowa 8-1 with 8 games vs. ranked teams? #5 Missouri, who beat #4 Navy in the orange Bowl and was 11-0-0 if you counted the forfeit of the Kansas game? Or #6 Washington, 10-1-0, who had lost to Navy by a point and beaten # Minnesota 17-7 in the Rose Bowl?
