TampaTom
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OT: First time in 148-year history that title contenders lost to same team
From Reddit with love: https://www.reddit.com/r/CFB/comments/7n..._148_year/
Quote:Not only has it never happened in any of the 39 poll's, it has not happened even if you cross reference the polls. Here's a representation of what that means using the year 1980 as an example:
In 1980, those polls selected 5 different national champions and 5 runner ups (though all runner ups were also a champion in one of the polls). None of those 5 teams lost to the same team as any of the other 5 teams.
So wow. Much history.
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01-04-2018 11:02 AM |
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knightmite
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RE: OT: First time in 148-year history that title contenders lost to same team
(01-04-2018 11:02 AM)TampaTom Wrote: From Reddit with love: https://www.reddit.com/r/CFB/comments/7n..._148_year/
Quote:Not only has it never happened in any of the 39 poll's, it has not happened even if you cross reference the polls. Here's a representation of what that means using the year 1980 as an example:
In 1980, those polls selected 5 different national champions and 5 runner ups (though all runner ups were also a champion in one of the polls). None of those 5 teams lost to the same team as any of the other 5 teams.
So wow. Much history.
So that is why the P5 Playoff Cartel didn't see this coming. 0 - 148 seemed like a lock to them
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01-04-2018 11:17 AM |
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