past and present. One of the interesting quotes on the YOGWF was posted by GSx in reply to puffy:
puffy wrote:
You also seem to forget the 2002 team that went 8-5 and won the Hawaii Bowl. That team, when you compare them against the past "great" teams, stack up pretty well. That was done in, aha, Scelfo's fourth season, and they beat as many teams with winning records as any of the past good teams in the last thirty five years.
GSx answered:
come on - the 1979 team beat, just off the top of my head, Stanford, BC, LSU, Miss, G Tech;
This is a perfect example of perception vs. reality. When we take a closer look at the 1979 schedule we see;
Stanford, the finished the 1979 season at 5-5-1
RICE, they were 2-9 in 1978 and 1-10 in 1979
TCU, 2-9
SMU, 4-6-1 in 1978 and 5-6-1 in 1979
Vandy, 2-9 in 1979 and 1-10 in 1979
USM, Tulane's toughest competition in 1979 finished with 6-4-1
West Virginia, 3-8 in 1979
Georgia Tech, 4-6-1 in 1979
Boston College, 0-11 in 1979
Mississippi, 5-6 in 1978 and 4-7 in 1979
LSU, 7-5
The fact is that Tulane seldom played a softer schedule.
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