Dennis Dodd: What 1998 would have been with a playoff

Losing in the National Title.....much better option than the one we actually got.

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No way we lose that year...none.

If Bishop does not fumble and Stoops et al. don’t blitz EVERY down we play Tennessee and win the MNC…period.

The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather in a lack of will. - Vince Lombardi

by Catbacker98 on Jan 19, 2012 4:26 PM CST reply actions

You beat me to it

If there is a 4-team playoff that year just put the NC trophy in Vanier already. Florida State would have been a cakewalk, and that Tennessee. That team, while scrappy and with a tough D led by Al Wilson, would not have beaten us. Definitely not with the highly underwhelming Tee Martin at QB. The Vols were good, but had at least 2 ridiculously lucky wins that year (Syracuse, Arkansas) and a fortunate matchup with an injury-plagued Miss. State team in the SEC title game ( and still almost lost). That K-State team, along with the ‘83 Nebraska and ’86 Miami teams, is the greatest to ever NOT win a national championship. I’ll never get over it.

Now, where is Itchy-N-Scratchy with the matches and lighter fluid??? I’m waiting to torch myself.

by CT-K-Stater on Jan 20, 2012 6:48 AM CST up reply actions

Not a good thrower?

What games did he watch? Our destruction of Syracuse comes to mind. I personally saw him throw off his back foot 60+ yards down field to a one handed Kevin Lockett in what was possibly the best college play I ever saw in a stadium. Besides we took that Vols team out back of the woodshed a year later in the Cotton Bowl.

The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather in a lack of will. - Vince Lombardi

by Catbacker98 on Jan 19, 2012 4:30 PM CST reply actions

Two years later. 99 bowl game was against Washington.

"If you don't want to work, become a reporter. That awful power, the public opinion of the nation, was created by a horde of self-complacent simpletons who failed at ditch digging and shoemaking and fetched up journalism on their way to the poorhouse." - Mark Twain

BOYCOTT ESPN!

by Sean T on Jan 23, 2012 3:32 PM CST up reply actions

One year...two years...what ever it takes.

The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather in a lack of will. - Vince Lombardi

by Catbacker98 on Jan 23, 2012 9:59 PM CST up reply actions