Who was the best team in 1997/Nebraska or Michigan/Discuss

[lilchi721]

I don't know who to vote for

 

[7Samurai13]

Nebraska needed OT to beat 7-5 Missouri, while MI closest game was 15 Iowa. MI also had future HOF and Heisman winner Charles Woodson.

Always liked Nebraska, but MI was 1 that year.

Wait what? Do you mean your closest game was unranked Iowa as compared to #23 Missouri?

 

[TheReal_NU]

I don't know who to vote for

When all else fails, vote potato salad.

 

[RobBase]

Wait what? Do you mean your closest game was unranked Iowa as compared to #23 Missouri?

Missouri was unranked when they played Nebraska. Their final ranking had a lot to do w almost winning that game. Iowa was ranked 15 when MI best them. MI crushed their sprit, and they soon fell out of the top 25.

 

[7Samurai13]

Missouri was unranked when they played Nebraska. Their final ranking had a lot to do w almost winning that game. Iowa was ranked 15 when MI best them. MI crushed their sprit, and they soon fell out of the top 25.

Seriously, using at the time rankings? That's like Wisconsin touting a top ten win over Michigan State last year. You know you are losing an argument when you resort to at the time rankings.

 

[RobToxin]

I ain't got time to discuss this.

I am too busy debating who should use what bathroom in Target.

 

[BigRedMoe]

I ain't got time to discuss this.

I am too busy debating who should use what bathroom in Target.

Well, that's fucking ridiculous. Everyone should shit in the aisles.

 

[RobBase]

Seriously, using at the time rankings? That's like Wisconsin touting a top ten win over Michigan State last year. You know you are losing an argument when you resort to at the time rankings.

Yes, I think beating number 15 at the time is more impressive than beating an unranked team in OT. Sue me.

 

[7Samurai13]

I ain't got time to discuss this.

I am too busy debating who should use what bathroom in Target.

Wait and go at your home you filthy animal.

 

[BigRedMoe]

Wait and go at your home you filthy animal.

 

[7Samurai13]

Yes, I think beating number 15 at the time is more impressive than beating an unranked team in OT. Sue me.

To me, it's more impressive to say you beat a team in overtime that really was a top 25 team than beating an overrated team that never should have been ranked.

 

[GoBlueNavyNuke]

It's simple really, not only did Michigan have the harder strength of schedule:
College Football 1997 Ranking of Schedule
38th as opposed to 48th
There was one common opponent, Colorado. Whom Michigan manhandled 27-3, while Nebraska squeaked by 27-24.

So clearly Michigan should be considered the favorite.

Which isn't to say it would have been an easy game, but given the information about that season Michigan was the better team. And if some coaches didn't bury Michigan in their input to the Coaches Poll to give Osborne a retirement present, Michigan would have been #1 in both polls and this conservation is moot.

 

[7Samurai13]

It's simple really, not only did Michigan have the harder strength of schedule:
College Football 1997 Ranking of Schedule
38th as opposed to 48th
There was one common opponent, Colorado. Whom Michigan manhandled 27-3, while Nebraska squeaked by 27-24.

So clearly Michigan should be considered the favorite.

Which isn't to say it would have been an easy game, but given the information about that season Michigan was the better team. And if some coaches didn't bury Michigan in their input to the Coaches Poll to give Osborne a retirement present, Michigan would have been #1 in both polls and this conservation is moot.

Ummm Washington?

 

[RobBase]

To me, it's more impressive to say you beat a team in overtime that really was a top 25 team than beating an overrated team that never should have been ranked.

Veeery opinionated, but that's fine.

 

[7Samurai13]

Veeery opinionated, but that's fine.

They were a 7-5 team. And let's be honest, all polls are completely opinionated.

 

[RobBase]

They were a 7-5 team. And let's be honest, all polls are completely opinionated.

They both finished 7-5, no? And claiming a no.15 ranked team "should never have been ranked." seems especially opinionated. But its cool. 1997 and all who gives a shit.

 

[GoBlueNavyNuke]

Ummm Washington?

What about them (which I think you meant Washington STATE)?

They were the Pac-10 champs, and had one of the best quarterbacks in college that season (yeah I know, Ryan Leaf was an NFL bust, but says nothing about his college career, because the NFL is a different animal).

 

[7Samurai13]

What about them (which I think you meant Washington STATE)?

They were the Pac-10 champs, and had one of the best quarterbacks in college that season (yeah I know, Ryan Leaf was an NFL bust, but says nothing about his college career, because the NFL is a different animal).

My bad, I thought Leaf was at Washington, not Washington State. Too many beers and fifths of vodka back then.

 

[mcnabb7542]

My bad, I thought Leaf was at Washington, not Washington State. Too many beers and fifths of vodka back then.

Well stop thinking then since it pisses common folks off!

 

[7Samurai13]

Well stop thinking then since it pisses common folks off!

Thinking is rarely my problem.