The 1997 National Championship Discussion Thread

mbhusker13 said:
They almost lost to a team led by Ryan Leaf.....enough said.
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This people! Do we really need to discuss this until September? Look, the article was written by a NorthWestern grad. The guy makes a mention about the "kick" but forgets about the out of bounds catch and the trap in the endzone that I might add Todd Blackledge himself admitted too. Garbage in garbage out.

 
Rollin said:
Best way too decide this, since it can't actually be decided:

Nebraska------>Peyton Manning------>42-17

Michigan------>Ryan Leaf-------------->21-16

Peyton "Greatest Ever" Manning ---- or ----- Ryan "failure" Leaf

End of debate....
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Dan Marino was better than Manning is. Had to throw that out there.

 
In that season when Michigan played OSU the OSU offense averaged 5+ yds per carry. The Um fans would have everyone believe that they could of stymied the #1 rushing offense in the nation.

Frost and company would of ran roughshod over UM.

 
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Rollin said:
Best way too decide this, since it can't actually be decided:

Nebraska------>Peyton Manning------>42-17

Michigan------>Ryan Leaf-------------->21-16

Peyton "Greatest Ever" Manning ---- or ----- Ryan "failure" Leaf

End of debate....
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My argument exactly RR. And Leaf should have had one more play.

T_O_B

 
husker rob said:
I would rather have a national championship that was decided by coaches of the game instead of sportswiters any day.
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Why? Coaches can't watch games, and they have no idea what's going on. Bo doesn't even know the names of the best players on the teams we play, why do you think that type of person would be a qualified voter?

 
KJ. said:
husker rob said:
I would rather have a national championship that was decided by coaches of the game instead of sportswiters any day.
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Why? Coaches can't watch games, and they have no idea what's going on. Bo doesn't even know the names of the best players on the teams we play, why do you think that type of person would be a qualified voter?
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And the writers are always correct? They had USC picked to win nc this year and ND not even ranked.

 
Nebraska deserved the trophy no question.

Two corrections though, I believe the catch was on 4th down, and it is illegal to kick the ball. That was one of the questions they were trying to decide if it was intentional or not. That was the reason for all the presure at the end.

 
skersfan said:
Nebraska deserved the trophy no question.

Two corrections though, I believe the catch was on 4th down, and it is illegal to kick the ball. That was one of the questions they were trying to decide if it was intentional or not. That was the reason for all the presure at the end.
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It was 3rd down.

http://www.huskermax...97/missouri.htm

N 3-10 M12 M.Davison crossing pass from S.Frost for 12 yards to the MISSOURI0, 1ST DOWN NU, TOUCHDOWN, clock 00:00.K.Brown kick attempt good.
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Well that is how screwed my memory is. I was traveling during the game and did not see it. Sorry for the misinformation.

 
As bullish most on here are about the huskers, I find it hard to take most peoples memory on here about the 97 team. From memory, I find it hard to say that either team would have easily won the game. To me, it would have been a good match up.

As for the article, that is a horrible reason to give it to Michigan.

 
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