5 BCS Championship Duds

[HuskerfaninOkieland]

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Can't say as I disagree. NU never should have been in that game against Miami.

 

Eric Crouch, 2002, Nebraska

 

Already controversy was rearing its ugly head before the teams took the field. Nebraska had been spanked by Colorado 62-36, but still managed to limp into the national championship game to play undefeated Miami. Heisman winner Eric Crouch, who beat out Florida's Rex Grossman by a mere 62 points, won his trophy after a record-high one-third of the voters didn't turn in their ballots. Crouch rushed for 144 yards, but went 5-for-15 passing, with one interception and one fumble, as Nebraska lost 37-14. The voters must have known something.

 

[HuskerBCS]

Even though Crouch and the Huskers played like duds in that game I still believe he deserved the Heisman that year. He was an amazing player and totally carried us that season.

[Micheal]

i believed he deserved the heisman but any career he had after college was a dud

[BigBL87]

Honestly, I think that if Crouch would have realized that he wouldn't be an NFL QB and would have actually played WR like he was drafted to, he could have been a solid contributor on an NFL team. He was a fantastic athlete, but he was never much of a pure QB.

[Enhance]

I hate it, but I have to agree. Nebraska shouldn't have been in that game. On a side note, Eric Crouch was very deserving of that Heisman. Everybody has been saying that Rex Grossman should have snagged it because made it to the NFL. I say bull s. I hate the combination of "Good Heisman winners make it in the NFL". Eric Crouch was the Nebraska team and we all know it, thanks to Solich's style of offense. Without Crouch, we wouldn't have won as many games as we did.

[VA Husker Fan]

I agree with the sentiment here. Crouch put that team on his back all season long. Against an overwhelming defense, it wasn't nearly enough. I've never pinned that loss on Crouch, nor do I think he was an undeserving Heisman winner.

 

His choices in the NFL were disappointing.

 

As far as Nebraska not belonging, there really wasn't a worthy #2. 2-loss Colorado wasn't it. Oregon was pretty good but they'd have gotten bitch-slapped like we did.

[Touchdown Tommie]

Crouch deserved the Heisman, but they did not really need to be in the Championship game....as much as it hurts to say it. But I do agree with VAHusker, there really was not a valid #2.

[HuskerTrucker]

Crouch was a good QB for Nebraska, but was a dud in the pro's. I also don't know that Crouch would have been as good anywhere other than Nebraska. He fit our system at the time really well. Did he deserve the Heisman? Probably.

[dtbugeater]

Crouch could really take (and give) a hit. Every time I see a QB go out of bounds to avoid a hit I think about Crouch and how he would have hit the guy and gone down in bounds just to pick up one more yard. The guy was a college football stud--and that is what the Heisman is for.

[kansas husker]

I can't argue with the list but I don't know if it was really necessary

to bash his Heisman.

[braskypants]

Crouch deserved the Heisman, but they did not really need to be in the Championship game....as much as it hurts to say it. But I do agree with VAHusker, there really was not a valid #2.

 

Not that I disagree but to be fair would it really have mattered who played Miami in the NC game that year? We did the rest of the NCAA a favor by taking a beating Miami would have easily gave to anyone in that game.

[CheeseHusker]

Nobody seems to remember the freakish turn of events that led to that matchup. There were at least three teams above us, possibly four, in the polls, who all lost after us.

 

In the end, Oregon probably should have been there, but I'm not convinced they would have fared any better.