December 12, 2003
EVER UNINVITED:
Forget USC, The Team That Should Be Playing In The Sugar Bowl Is……Colgate (Jason Foster, 12/11/03, College Football News)
The Colgate Red Raiders, led by coach Dick Biddle, are riding a 20-game winning streak and have advanced to the semi-finals of the 1-AA playoffs. Last Saturday, they defeated Western Illinois in weather conditions that would have made the 1967 Green Bay Packers shudder. If you did not happen to see the highlights on ESPN, picture a blank sheet of 8 ½ x 11” copy paper. Expand that to the size of a football field. Now play football on it. They are the lone undefeated team in 1-AA. So it stands to reason that Colgate would be better than any team in Division II, Division III or any other team from a lower level of competition that winds up on the Minnesota out-of-conference schedule.But how is Colgate more deserving than Oklahoma, LSU or USC? Simple. Look at it this way.
Oklahoma lost to Kansas State.
Kansas State lost to Marshall.
Marshall lost to Toledo.
Toledo lost to Ball State.
Ball State lost to Western Michigan.
Western Michigan lost to Michigan State.
Michigan State lost to Louisiana Tech.
Louisiana Tech lost to Rice.
Rice lost to Navy.
Navy lost to Delaware.
Delaware lost to Northeastern.
Northeastern lost to Harvard.
Harvard lost to Columbia.
Columbia lost to Fordham.
Fordham lost to Lehigh.
Lehigh lost to Colgate.
Colgate has not lost a game in over a year.
This is nothing new for Colgate, which even when it had the best team in the history of college football was not invited to a bowl game. Posted by Orrin Judd at December 12, 2003 12:20 PM
How many times must I mention the 1901-1902 Michigan football team, which did finish the entire season, including winning the Rose Bowl, unbeaten, untied, and unscored upon? Indeed, I gave copious evidence in your previous posting that many other teams finished the entire season unbeaten, untied, and unscored upon, all of them except Michigan being uninvited-- since there were no bowls? (The 1902 Rose Bowl was an aberration, as the second Rose Bowl did not occur until 1916.)
Colgate is merely the last team to do so, which would be impressive since it was 1933, significantly later than the other teams, who mostly achieved this in 1901-1910, except that Colgate's schedule was unusually pathetic that year, being more than half non-Division I opponents.
Posted by: John Thacker at December 12, 2003 12:47 PMDon't forget about Sewanee '99. I first learned of this mighty team from a friend who had a framed poster that read something like: "In six days they defeated Texas, Texas A&M, Tulane, Louisiana State University, and Ole Miss. On the seventh, they rested." According to this page, the New York Times called them the Greatest College Team Ever? Untouchable, Forgotten Sewanee in 1899 Sports page headline, October 10, 1999.
It's sure an interesting story.
Posted by: William P. Sulik at December 12, 2003 1:48 PMDon't forget about Sewanee '99. I first learned of this mighty team from a friend who had a framed poster that read something like: "In six days they defeated Texas, Texas A&M, Tulane, Louisiana State University, and Ole Miss. On the seventh, they rested." According to this page, the New York Times called them the Greatest College Team Ever? Untouchable, Forgotten Sewanee in 1899 Sports page headline, October 10, 1999.
It's sure an interesting story.
Posted by: William P. Sulik at December 12, 2003 1:48 PMWhy are there so many posts about a toothpaste?
Posted by: John J. Coupal at December 12, 2003 2:21 PMGo Crest!
Brush 'em back
Brush 'em back
Waaaaayyyy back!
:)
Posted by: William P. Sulik at December 12, 2003 3:05 PMIt's hard to imagine they could stand up to the 1916 Georgia Tech team which outscored 9 opponents 421 to 20 including a 222 to 0 victory over Cumberland College.
Posted by: TCB at December 12, 2003 8:51 PMThey gave up 20? Whatta bunch of sissies...
Posted by: oj at December 12, 2003 9:09 PM