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In the final season of the Big Eight, CU’s surprising choice for head coach, Rick Neuheisel, rode a backup quarterback (John Hessler) all the way to a ten-win season and a No. 5 final ranking …
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The Buffs take on the nation’s most difficult schedule … The brawl with the Miami Hurricanes in Boulder … Lamont Warren and Charles E. Johnson connected on the “national play-of-the-year” to take down No. 9 Oklahoma … Satisfying Aloha Bowl win to cap the season …
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— 1992 -“Air” Bill — National and Big Eight Recap – 1992 The 1992 college football season was dominated by the Miami Hurricanes. That is to say, at least Miami dominated all the way up to its National Championship showdown against Alabama in the Sugar Bowl. There, the Crimson Tide throttled Miami, 34-13, to win Alabama’s sixth national title, the first for head coach Gene Stallings. Alabama finished the season 13-0, claiming the nation’s first undisputed title since 1979. Miami’s quarterback Gino Toretta, despite having a quarterback rating of …
READ MORE >>Tags: "I-bone", Alabama, Bill McCartney, Chad Brown, Charles E. Johnson, Chris Hudson, Chris Naeole, Dalton Simmons, Darian Hagan, Deon Figures, Dwayne Davis, Erik Mitchell, Greg Biekert, Heath Irwin, James Kidd, Jeff Brunner, Jim Hansen, Kordell Stewart, Koy Detmer, Leonard Renfro, Marshall Faulk, Matt Russell, Miami, Michael Westbrook, Mitch Berger, Pat Blottiaux, Rae Carruth, Rashaan Salaam, Ron Woolfork, Ronnie Bradford, Sam Rogers, Shannon Clavelle, T.J. Cunningham, Ted Johnson, Vance Joseph
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— National and Big Eight recap – 1991 — For the second consecutive year – after occurring only twice in the past twenty – the college football season ended with a split national championship. The Miami Hurricanes went 12-0 in 1991 to win the Associated Press title, it’s fourth championship in nine years. Miami was forced to share the limelight, however, with the Washington Huskies, who also went 12-0. Washington was awarded the national championship by the Coaches’ poll, later re-named the CNN/USA Today poll. Both teams went 11-0 in …
READ MORE >>Tags: Bill McCartney, Casey Weldon, Chad Brown, Charles Johnson, Chuck Snowden, Darian Hagan, Dennis Collier, Deon Figures, Desmond Howard, Don James, Erik Mitchell, Greg Biekert, Greg Thomas, Jay Leeuwenburg, Joel Steed, Kent Kahl, Leonard Renfro, Marcellous Elder, Mark Henry, Rico Smith, Vance Joseph
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An epic 19-19 tie against Nebraska helped CU post a three-peat as Big Eight champions … Big wins included a 34-17 victory over No. 12 Oklahoma in Norman, and a win on a fake field goal against Oklahoma State (with videos of all three games) …
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A game-by-game look back at the 1990 national championship season, with highlight videos from …The Texas game … The 5th-down Missouri game … The Oklahoma game … The Nebraska game … and, of course, the Orange Bowl against Notre Dame …
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Here’s a YouTube video with highlights of the 1989 season … including extensive video from the Nebraska game. Thanks to CU at the Gamer Paul for finding this treasure …
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From the death of Sal Aunese … to CU’s run through non-conference ranked foes Illinois and Washington … to historic wins over Oklahoma and Nebraska (the pitch!) … The 100th year of Colorado football had everything but the storybook ending …
READ MORE >>Tags: Alfred Williams, Eric Bieneimy, Erich Kissick, J.J. Flannigan, Jeff Campbell, Kanavis McGhee, Ken Culbertson, Lou Holtz, O.C. Oliver, Sal Aunese, Tom Rouen
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Scapled in San Diego Still without my wallet (See: “Disneyland – Here I come!”), and having been disappointed by my first two days in California, Brad and I set out again. This day=s objective – San Diego. The way we figured it, we could make the short trip down to San Diego, hit Sea World during the afternoon, and still have time to make it to Jack Murphy Stadium in time to scalp some tickets for the sold out Oklahoma State/Wyoming Holiday Bowl game. The first part of the plan went well, …
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— Disneyland, here I come — I had missed Colorado=s first trip to the Freedom Bowl in Anaheim in 1985, but I did not want to miss this one. Plans were made to make the pilgrimage to California, which, of course, included meeting up with Brad. We flew to Los Angeles a few days before the Freedome Bowl, which was to be played the evening of December 29th. Our plans included making several Atouristy@ trips during our five day stay, including stops at Disneyland and Universal Studios. A trip to San Diego was …
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— National and Big Eight recap – 1988 — Notre Dame reclaimed its status as one of the nation’s premier college football teams with its first unbeaten season since 1973, going 12-0 to capture its 13th national championship. Led by quarterback Tony Rice, the Irish defeated previously unbeaten West Virginia, 34-21, in the Fiesta Bowl. The Irish Heisman trophy winner from 1987, Tim Brown, had left for the NFL, but Notre Dame remained fully stocked in 1988. Sophomore flanker Ricky Watters and freshman split end Raghib Ismail supplied speed to …
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— National and Big Eight recap – 1987 — A pattern established in 1982-83 repeated itself in 1986-87. In 1983, the Miami Hurricanes won the school’s first national championship, a year after Penn State had won its first crown. In 1987, a year after Penn State recorded national championship No. 2, the 1987 Hurricanes again followed suit, giving both schools two titles in the 1980’s. Led by offensive stars quarterback Steve Walsh, running back Melvin Bratton, and wide receivers Michael Irvin and Brian Blades, Miami went 12-0 in 1987. The …
READ MORE >>Tags: Alfred Williams, Barry Helton, Bill McCartney, Curt Koch, David Tate, John Nairn, Kanavis McGhee, Marc Walters, Mickey Pruitt, Rick Wheeler, Rodney Rogers, Sal Aunese
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