The 1987 Major League Baseball season ended with the American League Champion Minnesota Twins winning the World Series over the National League Champion St. Louis Cardinals, four games to three, as all seven games were won by the home team. Taken from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1987_Major_League_Baseball_season
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Wednesday, January 6, 2016
Tuesday, January 5, 2016
The 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with several undefeated teams vying for a spot in the national title game, triggering controversy. In the 2003 season,
no team finished the regular season unbeaten, and five teams finished
the season with one loss. In 2004, the situation became even more
complicated, as five teams went without losing, a record in the BCS era
(this record was tied in 2009, when five teams also went undefeated and a
sixth, Florida, lost to undefeated Alabama in the SEC title game). USC of the Pac-10, Oklahoma of the Big 12, Auburn of the SEC, Utah of the MWC, and Boise State of the WAC
all finished the regular season undefeated. USC and Oklahoma started
the season ranked #1 and #2, respectively, but the other three teams
were handicapped by starting out of the top 15. Thus USC and OU played
for the BCS National Championship, while Auburn, Utah, and Boise State
had to content themselves with other bowl games.
The Orange Bowl proved a rout with USC defeating Oklahoma 55-19, which earned the Trojans their second consecutive AP title and first BCS title. This game, USC's victory over rival UCLA, and the BCS title were later vacated as part of the sanctions levied against USC as a result of an NCAA investigation. USC appealed the decision but was denied by the NCAA on May 26, 2011, and the BCS title for 2004 was officially vacated on June 6, 2011. The AP title was not vacated, as the AP does not punish teams for violations. These sanctions have been criticized by some NCAA football writers,[1][2][3][4][5] including ESPN's Ted Miller, who wrote, "It's become an accepted fact among informed college football observers that the NCAA sanctions against USC were a travesty of justice, and the NCAA's refusal to revisit that travesty are a massive act of cowardice on the part of the organization."[6]
Auburn played in the Sugar Bowl and beat Virginia Tech, the #8 ranked ACC champion. Utah became the first BCS Buster and beat Pitt, the #21 ranked champion of the Big East, in the Fiesta Bowl. Boise State lost a close, high scoring game in the Liberty Bowl to Louisville, the #10 ranked Conference USA champion.
As with previous seasons, fans of successful teams left out of the BCS were disappointed. Auburn, Utah, and Boise State all went unbeaten but were not offered a chance to compete for the championship. Auburn was especially the focus of national media attention on this topic; many thought that since Auburn managed to go undefeated in the traditionally tough SEC, they deserved a shot at the title. Adding to the BCS frustration was the fact that Auburn and Utah, though both in BCS bowl games, would not be able to play each other as a match-up of highly ranked unbeatens. The fact that the dismay over the shutout of several deserving unbeaten teams was paired with an understanding of the 2004 season details—that USC and Oklahoma deserved their top 2 BCS spots by having perfect seasons after their initial top rankings, that Auburn was fairly ranked in the preseason as a good but not great-looking team, and that Utah and Boise State played in mid-major conferences—made 2004 a seminal year for serious momentum building behind a multi-team playoff system in college football.
There was also a controversy in selecting the BCS bowls' second at-large team (Utah being the first). The University of California expected to get the invite, being ranked fourth in the BCS entering the last week of the regular season; the Texas Longhorns, who had been left out of the BCS the year before, was fifth before the final BCS rankings were released. Both teams finished at 10-1, but the Longhorns ultimately received enough support from poll voters to move into the fourth slot, which ensured they would also receive the final at-large bid. Texas coach Mack Brown was criticized for publicly politicking voters to put Texas ahead of California; Cal coach Jeff Tedford called for coaches' votes to be made public. Texas went on to defeat Michigan in the Rose Bowl, while California lost to Texas Tech in the Holiday Bowl.
The Associated Press, as a result of two consecutive seasons of BCS controversy, prohibited the BCS from using their poll as part of its ranking formula. The AP poll was replaced by the Harris Interactive poll, and the AP continues to award its own national championship trophy.
In another first, the LSU Tigers lost to the Iowa Hawkeyes on a last second Hail Mary pass in the Capital One Bowl, becoming the first school to lose a non-BCS bowl a year after winning the BCS National Championship Game. Taken from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_NCAA_Division_I-A_football_season
Final Stats:
The Orange Bowl proved a rout with USC defeating Oklahoma 55-19, which earned the Trojans their second consecutive AP title and first BCS title. This game, USC's victory over rival UCLA, and the BCS title were later vacated as part of the sanctions levied against USC as a result of an NCAA investigation. USC appealed the decision but was denied by the NCAA on May 26, 2011, and the BCS title for 2004 was officially vacated on June 6, 2011. The AP title was not vacated, as the AP does not punish teams for violations. These sanctions have been criticized by some NCAA football writers,[1][2][3][4][5] including ESPN's Ted Miller, who wrote, "It's become an accepted fact among informed college football observers that the NCAA sanctions against USC were a travesty of justice, and the NCAA's refusal to revisit that travesty are a massive act of cowardice on the part of the organization."[6]
Auburn played in the Sugar Bowl and beat Virginia Tech, the #8 ranked ACC champion. Utah became the first BCS Buster and beat Pitt, the #21 ranked champion of the Big East, in the Fiesta Bowl. Boise State lost a close, high scoring game in the Liberty Bowl to Louisville, the #10 ranked Conference USA champion.
As with previous seasons, fans of successful teams left out of the BCS were disappointed. Auburn, Utah, and Boise State all went unbeaten but were not offered a chance to compete for the championship. Auburn was especially the focus of national media attention on this topic; many thought that since Auburn managed to go undefeated in the traditionally tough SEC, they deserved a shot at the title. Adding to the BCS frustration was the fact that Auburn and Utah, though both in BCS bowl games, would not be able to play each other as a match-up of highly ranked unbeatens. The fact that the dismay over the shutout of several deserving unbeaten teams was paired with an understanding of the 2004 season details—that USC and Oklahoma deserved their top 2 BCS spots by having perfect seasons after their initial top rankings, that Auburn was fairly ranked in the preseason as a good but not great-looking team, and that Utah and Boise State played in mid-major conferences—made 2004 a seminal year for serious momentum building behind a multi-team playoff system in college football.
There was also a controversy in selecting the BCS bowls' second at-large team (Utah being the first). The University of California expected to get the invite, being ranked fourth in the BCS entering the last week of the regular season; the Texas Longhorns, who had been left out of the BCS the year before, was fifth before the final BCS rankings were released. Both teams finished at 10-1, but the Longhorns ultimately received enough support from poll voters to move into the fourth slot, which ensured they would also receive the final at-large bid. Texas coach Mack Brown was criticized for publicly politicking voters to put Texas ahead of California; Cal coach Jeff Tedford called for coaches' votes to be made public. Texas went on to defeat Michigan in the Rose Bowl, while California lost to Texas Tech in the Holiday Bowl.
The Associated Press, as a result of two consecutive seasons of BCS controversy, prohibited the BCS from using their poll as part of its ranking formula. The AP poll was replaced by the Harris Interactive poll, and the AP continues to award its own national championship trophy.
In another first, the LSU Tigers lost to the Iowa Hawkeyes on a last second Hail Mary pass in the Capital One Bowl, becoming the first school to lose a non-BCS bowl a year after winning the BCS National Championship Game. Taken from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_NCAA_Division_I-A_football_season
Final Stats:
| AP Poll Summary | |||||
| School | Conf | Final | |||
| Southern California | Pac-10 | 1 | |||
| Auburn | SEC | 2 | |||
| Oklahoma | Big 12 | 3 | |||
| Utah | MWC | 4 | |||
| Texas | Big 12 | 5 | |||
| Louisville | CUSA | 6 | |||
| Georgia | SEC | 7 | |||
| Iowa | Big Ten | 8 | |||
| California | Pac-10 | 9 | |||
| Virginia Tech | ACC | 10 | |||
| Miami (FL) | ACC | 11 | |||
| Boise State | WAC | 12 | |||
| Tennessee | SEC | 13 | |||
| Michigan | Big Ten | 14 | |||
| Florida State | ACC | 15 | |||
| Louisiana State | SEC | 16 | |||
| Wisconsin | Big Ten | 17 | |||
| Texas Tech | Big 12 | 18 | |||
| Arizona State | Pac-10 | 19 | |||
| Ohio State | Big Ten | 20 | |||
| Boston College | Big East | 21 | |||
| Fresno State | WAC | 22 | |||
| Virginia | ACC | 23 | |||
| Navy | Ind | 24 | |||
| Pittsburgh | Big East | 25 | |||
| Top 10 NFL Players drafted in 2005 | |||||
| Rnd | Pick | Tm | Pos | College/Univ | |
| 1 | 24 | GNB | Aaron Rodgers | QB | California |
| 1 | 32 | NWE | Logan Mankins | G | Fresno St. |
| 1 | 11 | DAL | DeMarcus Ware | LB | Troy |
| 1 | 27 | ATL | Roddy White | WR | Ala-Birmingham |
| 3 | 65 | SFO | Frank Gore | RB | Miami (FL) |
| 2 | 61 | SDG | Vincent Jackson | WR | Northern Colorado |
| 5 | 146 | PHI | Trent Cole | DE | Cincinnati |
| 1 | 15 | KAN | Derrick Johnson | LB | Texas |
| 3 | 74 | NYG | Justin Tuck | DE | Notre Dame |
| 2 | 41 | TEN | Michael Roos | T | East. Washington |
Monday, January 4, 2016
The 1994 NCAA Division I-A football season was the main college football season sanctioned by the NCAA. The season began in August 1994 and ended on January 2, 1995. Nebraska, who finished the season undefeated, ended the year ranked #1 in both the Associated Press and Coaches polls. This was the first national championship of coach Tom Osborne's career at Nebraska, despite coming close in two prior attempts; in 1983, his team lost to Miami
after Osborne, with his team trailing 31-30 late in the game, elected
to try for the lead instead of the tie and failed. In the previous
season, Osborne's team lost to eventual national champion Florida State on a missed field goal as time expired.
Although Osborne's team finished the season unbeaten, the national championship picture once again was shrouded in controversy. For much of the second half of the season, Nebraska and Penn State were regarded as the top two teams in the country. This raised the possibility of a split national championship for the third time since 1990, due in large part to the system in place that had been concocted to avoid a split title.
Following the 1991 season, where Miami and Washington split the national championship in the AP and Coaches' polls, the Bowl Coalition was founded. The Coalition consisted of six bowls, with the Orange, Fiesta, Cotton, and Sugar bowls were all considered potential hosts for a national championship game. Since three of these bowls already had specific tie-ins with conferences, an agreement was struck where the conferences would agree to release those teams from their contractual obligations in order to achieve a #1 vs #2 matchup. For the first two years of the Coalition, this did occur without incident as the Sugar and Orange Bowls in 1993 and 1994 featured #1 vs. #2 matchups in their respective games.
The problem with this as far as 1994 was concerned was that the Rose Bowl, which featured the Pac-10 and Big Ten champions playing each other, was not included in the Coalition and thus a team that finished #1 or #2 in the polls from those two conferences could not be considered by the Coalition to be its national champion. Nebraska, as a member of the Big Eight Conference, was part of the coalition while Penn State was not. As Nebraska went on to win the conference title, it earned an automatic bid to the Orange Bowl to face off against #3 Miami, who won the Big East title and was #2 in the Coalition pool. Thus Miami, who as recently as two years earlier was in the Coalition championship game, had a chance to stake a claim as the national champion with a win (as they would have been awarded the Coaches' Trophy) and all but ensure a split title with Penn State provided they defeated #13 Oregon in the Rose Bowl.
On January 1, 1995, Nebraska defeated Miami in the Orange Bowl 24-17 and clinched the championship. The next day Penn State defeated Oregon in the Rose Bowl by a count of 38-20 and secured the #2 spot in the polls.
In the offseason that followed, the Bowl Coalition was disbanded and in its place came the Bowl Alliance, which attempted to serve the same purpose by rotating a national championship game between the Sugar, Fiesta, and Orange Bowls. Like the Bowl Coalition before it, the Bowl Alliance did not include the Rose Bowl and two of the three national championship games did not feature a #1 vs. #2 matchup, with the 1997 season seeing another split national championship. Taken from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994_NCAA_Division_I-A_football_season
Final Stats:
Although Osborne's team finished the season unbeaten, the national championship picture once again was shrouded in controversy. For much of the second half of the season, Nebraska and Penn State were regarded as the top two teams in the country. This raised the possibility of a split national championship for the third time since 1990, due in large part to the system in place that had been concocted to avoid a split title.
Following the 1991 season, where Miami and Washington split the national championship in the AP and Coaches' polls, the Bowl Coalition was founded. The Coalition consisted of six bowls, with the Orange, Fiesta, Cotton, and Sugar bowls were all considered potential hosts for a national championship game. Since three of these bowls already had specific tie-ins with conferences, an agreement was struck where the conferences would agree to release those teams from their contractual obligations in order to achieve a #1 vs #2 matchup. For the first two years of the Coalition, this did occur without incident as the Sugar and Orange Bowls in 1993 and 1994 featured #1 vs. #2 matchups in their respective games.
The problem with this as far as 1994 was concerned was that the Rose Bowl, which featured the Pac-10 and Big Ten champions playing each other, was not included in the Coalition and thus a team that finished #1 or #2 in the polls from those two conferences could not be considered by the Coalition to be its national champion. Nebraska, as a member of the Big Eight Conference, was part of the coalition while Penn State was not. As Nebraska went on to win the conference title, it earned an automatic bid to the Orange Bowl to face off against #3 Miami, who won the Big East title and was #2 in the Coalition pool. Thus Miami, who as recently as two years earlier was in the Coalition championship game, had a chance to stake a claim as the national champion with a win (as they would have been awarded the Coaches' Trophy) and all but ensure a split title with Penn State provided they defeated #13 Oregon in the Rose Bowl.
On January 1, 1995, Nebraska defeated Miami in the Orange Bowl 24-17 and clinched the championship. The next day Penn State defeated Oregon in the Rose Bowl by a count of 38-20 and secured the #2 spot in the polls.
In the offseason that followed, the Bowl Coalition was disbanded and in its place came the Bowl Alliance, which attempted to serve the same purpose by rotating a national championship game between the Sugar, Fiesta, and Orange Bowls. Like the Bowl Coalition before it, the Bowl Alliance did not include the Rose Bowl and two of the three national championship games did not feature a #1 vs. #2 matchup, with the 1997 season seeing another split national championship. Taken from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994_NCAA_Division_I-A_football_season
Final Stats:
| AP Poll Summary | |||||
| School | Conf | Final | |||
| Nebraska | Big 8 | 1 | |||
| Penn State | Big Ten | 2 | |||
| Colorado | Big 8 | 3 | |||
| Florida State | ACC | 4 | |||
| Alabama | SEC | 5 | |||
| Miami (FL) | Big East | 6 | |||
| Florida | SEC | 7 | |||
| Texas A&M | SWC | 8 | |||
| Auburn | SEC | 9 | |||
| Utah | WAC | 10 | |||
| Oregon | Pac-10 | 11 | |||
| Michigan | Big Ten | 12 | |||
| Southern California | Pac-10 | 13 | |||
| Ohio State | Big Ten | 14 | |||
| Virginia | ACC | 15 | |||
| Colorado State | WAC | 16 | |||
| North Carolina State | ACC | 17 | |||
| Brigham Young | WAC | 18 | |||
| Kansas State | Big 8 | 19 | |||
| Arizona | Pac-10 | 20 | |||
| Washington State | Pac-10 | 21 | |||
| Tennessee | SEC | 22 | |||
| Boston College | Big East | 23 | |||
| Mississippi State | SEC | 24 | |||
| Texas | SWC | 25 | |||
| Top 10 NFL players drafted in 1995 | |||||
| Rnd | Pick | Tm | Pos | College/Univ | |
| 1 | 28 | TAM | Derrick Brooks HOF | LB | Florida St. |
| 1 | 12 | TAM | Warren Sapp HOF | DT | Miami (FL) |
| 3 | 74 | NWE | Curtis Martin HOF | RB | Pittsburgh |
| 1 | 3 | HOU | Steve McNair | QB | Alcorn St. |
| 1 | 6 | STL | Kevin Carter | DE | Florida |
| 1 | 23 | NWE | Ty Law | DB | Michigan |
| 7 | 230 | GNB | Adam Timmerman | G | South Dakota St. |
| 1 | 14 | BUF | Ruben Brown | G | Pittsburgh |
| 1 | 5 | CAR | Kerry Collins | QB | Penn St. |
| 1 | 8 | SEA | Joey Galloway | WR | Ohio St. |
Friday, January 1, 2016
The 1997 Major League Baseball season was the inaugural season for Interleague play, as well as the final season in the American League for the Milwaukee Brewers before moving to the NL the following season. The Florida Marlins ended the season as the World Champions defeating the Cleveland Indians in a seven-game World Series, four games to three. Taken from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997_Major_League_Baseball_season
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