GoBlueNavyNuke
Well-Known Member
Warren Sapp and Ray Lewis would have destroyed Michigan. Washington St's defense held them to 14 points through 3 full quarters.
Michigan won (21-16) with Washington St on Michigan's 26 when time ran out. Even that was controversial. "Coug's gonna Coug".
The media had been pimpin' Michigan for 47 fucking years, they had to give them that hunk of wood to save face. It could be another 47 years before they get another opportunity.
Huskers got the Waterford Crystal Ball as reward for beating Peyton Manning's #3 Tennessee 42-17 in the Orange Bowl. Tennessee would go on to win the 1998 NC by going 13-0.
What a team did one year is not a great indicator what it was like another.
Better to compare what two teams did against a common foe, preferably the same year if available. Which it is! Michigan steamroller a Colorado team that took Nebraska to the wire.
Not saying it would have been easy, but Michigan would have decisively beaten the 97 Huskers.