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20 years ago - greatest College Football Team in history
« on: August 07, 2018, 09:37:19 AM »
ITT we will discuss that historic season and post about each game on or around the time it happened.  Feel free to post memories and analysis. 

Here is the schedule for a refresher:

September 5  6:10 PM  Indiana State*  No. 6  KSU Stadium • Manhattan, Kansas   W 66–0    41,728 
September 12  11:30 AM  Northern Illinois*  No. 5  KSU Stadium • Manhattan, Kansas  FSN  W 73–7    41,967 
September 19  2:30 PM  Texas  No. 5  KSU Stadium • Manhattan, Kansas  ABC  W 48–7    43,714 
September 26  1:10 PM  NE Louisiana*  No. 5  KSU Stadium • Manhattan, Kansas   W 62–7    42,029 
October 10  6:00 PM  at No. 14 Colorado  No. 5  Folsom Field • Boulder, Colorado  FSN  W 16–9    51,581 
October 17  2:30 PM  Oklahoma State  No. 4  KSU Stadium • Manhattan, Kansas  ABC  W 52–20    43,694 
October 24  1:10 PM  Iowa State  No. 4  KSU Stadium • Manhattan, Kansas   W 52–7    43,203 
October 31  11:30 AM  at Kansas  No. 4  Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, Kansas (Sunflower Showdown)  FSN  W 54–6    43,000 
November 7  1:00 PM  at Baylor  No. 4  Floyd Casey Stadium • Waco, Texas   W 49–6    38,217 
November 14  2:30 PM  No. 11 Nebraska  No. 2  KSU Stadium • Manhattan, Kansas  ABC  W 40–30    44,298 
November 21  2:30 PM  at No. 19 Missouri  No. 2  Faurot Field • Columbia, Missouri  ABC  W 31–25    68,174 
December 5  2:30 PM  vs. No. 10 Texas A&M  No. 2  Trans World Dome • St. Louis, Missouri (Big 12 Championship)  ABC  L 33–36 2OT   60,798 
December 29  7:00 PM  vs. Purdue*  No. 4  Alamodome • San Antonio, Texas (Alamo Bowl)  ESPN  L 34–37    60,780 
*Non-conference game..
#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time. 


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Re: 20 years ago - greatest College Football Team in history
« Reply #1 on: August 07, 2018, 10:41:39 AM »
Code: [Select]
Rushing              No Gain Loss  Net TD Lg  Avg
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Williams, Ricky      25   55   12   43  0  7  1.7

Receiving             No.  Yds   TD Long
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Williams, Ricky         1    6    0    6

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Re: 20 years ago - greatest College Football Team in history
« Reply #2 on: August 07, 2018, 10:44:46 AM »
I was young when this happened so forgive the naive question. Was our schedule kind of pud? Like not KU Orange Bowl pud, but sort of pud?
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Re: 20 years ago - greatest College Football Team in history
« Reply #3 on: August 07, 2018, 11:01:06 AM »
I was young when this happened so forgive the naive question. Was our schedule kind of pud? Like not KU Orange Bowl pud, but sort of pud?

Our non-con was pud city that year.  Indiana State was 1-AA, Northern Illinois was awful, and NELA sort of had a pulse but not really.

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Re: 20 years ago - greatest College Football Team in history
« Reply #4 on: August 07, 2018, 11:13:30 AM »
The Big 12 was super stud back then.  Nebraska had just won back to backs, OU would win it 2 years later, we were essentially national champs in 98

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Re: 20 years ago - greatest College Football Team in history
« Reply #5 on: August 07, 2018, 12:25:16 PM »
How many nfl pros did that team have? I assume it was a crap ton.
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Re: 20 years ago - greatest College Football Team in history
« Reply #6 on: August 07, 2018, 12:39:54 PM »
The interesting thing to keep in mind about those lopsided scores was we general played our backups in the second half

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Re: 20 years ago - greatest College Football Team in history
« Reply #7 on: August 07, 2018, 03:18:21 PM »
no need to guess who they had slotted at #1



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Re: 20 years ago - greatest College Football Team in history
« Reply #8 on: August 07, 2018, 03:34:26 PM »
we outscored out first nine opponents 472-69 for an average of 52.4-7.6. that's just absurd.

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Re: 20 years ago - greatest College Football Team in history
« Reply #9 on: August 07, 2018, 03:38:42 PM »
I bought that playboy at FF a few years back. 


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Re: 20 years ago - greatest College Football Team in history
« Reply #10 on: August 07, 2018, 03:40:46 PM »
I bought that playboy at FF a few years back.

picked mine up at dara’s next to rickles


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« Reply #11 on: August 07, 2018, 03:41:04 PM »
I went to the KU game that year.  It was halloween and very rainy!

I made a sign that just had a big "bubble letter" number 7 on it written in purple marker.  I didn't bother to fill it in all the way, but just did like zig zags on the inside.  I'm sure from a distance of more than 10 feet it just looked like a white sign.


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Re: 20 years ago - greatest College Football Team in history
« Reply #12 on: August 07, 2018, 03:41:09 PM »
I bought that playboy at FF a few years back.

picked mine up at dara’s next to rickles
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Re: 20 years ago - greatest College Football Team in history
« Reply #13 on: August 07, 2018, 03:43:51 PM »
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« Reply #14 on: August 07, 2018, 03:44:47 PM »
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Re: 20 years ago - greatest College Football Team in history
« Reply #15 on: August 07, 2018, 03:54:02 PM »
that game at colorado is not in my memory bank at all. big win!

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Re: 20 years ago - greatest College Football Team in history
« Reply #16 on: August 07, 2018, 04:13:35 PM »
Missouri game was terrifying, effing Korby Jones.

Texas game was like holy crap, did that just happen
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Re: 20 years ago - greatest College Football Team in history
« Reply #17 on: August 07, 2018, 05:27:29 PM »
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Re: 20 years ago - greatest College Football Team in history
« Reply #18 on: August 07, 2018, 05:38:42 PM »
I went to the KU game that year.  It was halloween and very rainy!

I made a sign that just had a big "bubble letter" number 7 on it written in purple marker.  I didn't bother to fill it in all the way, but just did like zig zags on the inside.  I'm sure from a distance of more than 10 feet it just looked like a white sign.

Was also at rainy Halloween game @ KU! That's pretty much all I remember  :billdance:

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Re: 20 years ago - greatest College Football Team in history
« Reply #19 on: August 07, 2018, 07:12:31 PM »
I have a great Mizzou story but will hold it

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Re: 20 years ago - greatest College Football Team in history
« Reply #20 on: August 08, 2018, 08:22:12 AM »
I was at my Great Aunt Nelly's with my Grandma in Chicago for the Big 12 Championship game (I was in 8th grade) and I cried my eyes out. Aunt Nelly couldn't understand- 1. Why we'd watch a channel that had Bob Costas on it (eff that lib(?), right?) and 2. why I got so emotional over the game. My grandma had to put her in her place.
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Re: 20 years ago - greatest College Football Team in history
« Reply #21 on: August 08, 2018, 08:42:52 AM »
Stevesie was showing off this issue a month or so ago at his house.  Was a little weird.

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Re: 20 years ago - greatest College Football Team in history
« Reply #22 on: August 08, 2018, 08:47:06 AM »
I was at my Great Aunt Nelly's with my Grandma in Chicago for the Big 12 Championship game (I was in 8th grade) and I cried my eyes out. Aunt Nelly couldn't understand 1. Why we'd watch a channel that had Bob Costas on it (eff that lib(?), right?) and 2. why I got so emotional over the game. My grandma had to put her in her place.

How was Bob Costas involved with a game that was on ABC?  Was your Great Aunt Nelly starting to lose it??   :frown:

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Re: 20 years ago - greatest College Football Team in history
« Reply #23 on: August 08, 2018, 08:53:55 AM »
Probably. She just passed away about a week ago. He wasn't doing pre game? For some reason I just remember his name keep getting brought up. Maybe I said I liked him or something when she was asking me why I love sports.

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Re: 20 years ago - greatest College Football Team in history
« Reply #24 on: August 08, 2018, 08:55:23 AM »
Maybe we were flipping channels? What channel was the Ucla and Miami game on that day?