2007 FB Season Thoughts

maguo1
Wed, 18 Jul 2007 02:30:01 +0000

To answer A2:
Are you kidding me? Until the last week of the season, USC was #2 in the polls. That is until UCLA scraped by them. They were very close to playing in a third straight NC, despite losing Bush, LenDale, and Leinart.
Look at the USC 2003 season, when they won the AP National Championship. They lost guys like Mike Williams, and Keary Colbert, and what did they do in 04? Win another national championship. Probably not the best example though, because they didn’t lose that much.

Another example that comes to mind is the 2001 Miami (FL) team, which won a NC. They lost players like Bryant Mckinnie, Ed Reed, Mike Rumph, Phillip Buchanon, and Jeremy Shockey to the draft. Then, they would lose the NC the next year in the memorable 3OT loss to OSU.
Other candidates I would say are 94-95 Nebraska, 99-00 FSU, and 04-05 Oklahoma.
However, the team that comes to mind first is the 87 Hurricanes. They lost the NC in 86 to PSU, despite having who I think is one of the five greatest college football players of all time, Vinnie Testevarde. They would lose Vinnie, Alonzo Highsmith, and Jerome Brown, among numerous others, before winning the 1987 NC against Oklahoma I think.