Why is this thread even a thing?
Also...you realize the 2001 team is better than the 2000 team who went 11-1 with a loss to
[URL=https://www.canesinsight.com/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=3]#3 [/URL] Washington? they should've been in the NC over FSU that year. Butch Davis was the coach
While we should have been in over FSU, Washington should have been in over us that year. Butch did not have that team ready for the Washington game.
Why would Washington be in over us?
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SoS played 3 teams who were Top 6 material that year..Washington was ranked
#4 during bowl selection time, FSU was already ranked
#3 before beating UF, VT was ranked
#6 during bowl selection time. Washington also played 3 teams. (We were
#2 , Oregon was tied at
#7 , Oregon State was
#5 ). Bottom line is, we both played 3 Top 10 opponents, our wins were better than theirs (and FSU's). We loss to a team with 1 loss, they loss to a team with 2 losses.
-We were the
#2 team in the nation for the last 4 weeks...They could justify keeping us at
#2 over justifying a jump (for Washington) from
#6 to
#2 .
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Defense- Only 2 teams scored over 24 points on us...Washington and Louisiana Tech (Who had a NFL QB btw)...Washington allowed 5 opponents to score 28+
-5 opponents scored 10 or less on us. Washington only held 1 opponent under 10 points
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Offense- We put up 40+ points 6 times that year, including 3 times scoring over 50. Washington scored over 40 twice.
-Big East that year had 5 teams over .500, Pac-10 had 3 teams over .500 (2 teams at .500).
