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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 116970, member: 289"] (for a discussion of what this is and how it was done see this post: [U][COLOR=#0000ff][URL='http://syracusefan.com/threads/what-might-have-been-1973.3805/'][U][COLOR=#0000ff][U][COLOR=#0000ff]http://syracusefan.com/threads/what-might-have-been-1973.3805/[/COLOR][/U][/COLOR][/U][/URL][/COLOR][/U] The situation: ACC: Maryland was a perfect 11-0-0 (273-85). SEC: Georgia got upset 17-21 by Mississippi but swept the rest of their schedule, including a 21-0 domination of Alabama, to go 10-1 and 5-1 in the league, (324-118). Big 10: Michigan was #1 most of the season but got upset by Purdue 14-16. Still they were a dominating 10-1, 7-1, (426-81), including a 22-0 victory over Ohio State, who also finished 7-1 in the conference. Overall the Buckeyes were 8-2-1, (278-139). Big 8: Talk about a flat conference. Oklahoma was 8-2-1, (285-185), Oklahoma State 8-3, (280-193), Colorado 8-3, (295-198), Iowa State 8-3, (369-216) and Nebraska 8-3-1 (389-157). Oklahoma lost to Oklahoma State and Colorado but beat Iowa State and Nebraska. Oklahoma State lost to Colorado and Nebraska but beat Oklahoma and Iowa State. Colorado lost to Nebraska but beat Oklahoma State, Iowa State and Oklahoma in successive weeks- then lost to Missouri. Iowa State lost to Oklahoma, Colorado and Oklahoma State but beat Nebraska. Nebraska outscored their opponents by the largest margin on the season and beat Colorado and Oklahoma State but lost to Iowa State and Oklahoma as well as Missouri. When the dust settled, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and Colorado were co-champions with Iowa State and Nebraska in second place. SWC: Texas Tech and Houston both went 7-1. Tech had the superior overall record (10-1, 312-179) but lost 19-27 to Houston, (9-2, 313-167), who had been beaten 7-14 by a 5-5-1 Arkansas team. Pac 8: It came down to USC vs. UCLA in the final game and the Trojans won, as they usually do when they are better or comparable to the Bruins, 24-14. The Trojans lost their opener to pesky Missouri, (a 6-5 team who beat them, Ohio State, North Carolina, Nebraska and Colorado) but then won 10 in a row, ending at 10-1, (372-133). The Bruins were unbeaten with a 10-10 tie against Ohio State going into the USC game and wound up 9-1-1 (385-137) in Terry Donahue’s first year. Other top teams: Pittsburgh ruled the East at 11-0 (354-130) with Tony Dorsett having a record-breaking year. They were ranked #1 after Michigan lost but many doubted them, including USC’s Johnny Robinson, who said their match-up with Michigan in the Rose Bowl was, everybody surely realized, the real battle for the national championship. Rutgers was under the radar with an 11-0 record of it’s own, (287-81), but against lesser competition. Mississippi State was 9-2, (269-178), as was North Carolina (243-199) and Texas A&M (327-126) and BYU (351-182). San Diego State continued to be a strong mid-major at 10-1 but didn’t score much (197-125). What actually happened: Rutgers and San Diego State didn’t go anywhere. Maybe they should have been matched up. Nebraska beat Texas Tech, 27-24 in the Bluebonnet Bowl. Texas A&M waxed Florida 37-14 in the Sun bowl, completing one of their more impressive seasons, (10-2, 364-140). North Carolina lost to Kentucky, 0-21 in the Peach Bowl. BYU was no match for Oklahoma State in the Tangerine Bowl, 21-49. A disappointed UCLA team wasn’t ready for Alabama in the Liberty Bowl, losing 6-36. Oklahoma got stuck in the still second tier Fiesta Bowl and took out it’s frustrations on Wyoming, 41-7. In the big games, Ohio State handled Colorado in the Orange Bowl, 27-10. Houston spoiled Maryland’ perfect season in the Cotton Bowl, 30-21. Southern Cal won it’s “real national championship game” vs. Michigan, 14-6. But when Pittsburgh crushed Georgia in the Sugar Bowl, 27-3 to go 12-0, everybody knew who the real national champion was. If there was a BCS: Pittsburgh,11-0 and #1 in both polls at the end of the regular season would have played 10-1 Michigan, #2 in both polls, for the national championship with a fuming Robinson, (whose team was also 10-1), watching on TV. Maryland at 11-0 and Georgia at 10-1 would also have been out of the picture. What might have been: (Alabama (#16/#15) barely beat out Rutgers (#15/#17) for the last spot.) Alabama (8-3, 291-134) at Pittsburgh (11-0, 354-130) Notre Dame (8-3, 274-149) at Michigan (10-1, 426-81) Oklahoma State (8-3, 280-193) at Southern California (10-1, 372-133) Nebraska (8-3-1, 389-157) at Maryland (11-0, 273-85) Colorado (8-3, 295-198) at Georgia (10-1, 324-118) Ohio State (8-2-1, 278-139) at Houston (9-2, 313-167) Texas A&M (9-2, 327-126) at UCLA (9-1-1, 385-137) Texas Tech (10-1, 312-179) at Oklahoma (8-2-1, 285-185) Site for the title game: The Cotton Bowl The Tide provides Pitt with a strong test right off. Same thing with Nebraska and Maryland, Ohio State and Houston. Notre Dame and Michigan anticipates a future annual series. I like the Texas A&M-UCLA match up, two of the best teams those schools ever had. And Texas Tech at 10-1 gets a shot. Sorry, Rutgers. 　　 [/QUOTE]

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