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| David Boston catches the winning TD pass in the Rose Bowl |
Record: 11-1
Coach: John Cooper
Selectors: None
9/7 Rice W, 70-7
9/21 Pittsburgh W, 72-0
9/28 @Notre Dame W, 29-16
10/5 Penn State W, 38-7
10/12 Wisconsin W, 17-14
10/19 @Purdue W, 42-14
10/26 @Iowa W, 38-26
11/2 Minnesota W, 45-0
11/9 @Illinois W, 48-0
11/16 @Indiana W, 27-17
11/23 Michigan L, 13-9
1/1/97 Arizona St(Rose) W, 20-17
LINEUP
QB Stanley Jackson/Joe Germaine
DE Mike Vrabel
HB Pepe Pearson
DT Winfield Garnett
FB Matt Calhoun
DT Luke Fickell
TE DJ Jones
DE Matt Finkes
WR Buster Tillman
LB Greg Bellisari
WR Dimitrious Stanley/David Boston
LB Andy Katzenmoyer
C Juan Porter
LB Ryan Miller
G Rob Murphy
CB Shawn Springs
G LeShun Daniels
WS Rob Kelly
T Orlando Pace
SS Damon Moore
T Eric Gohlstin
CB Antoine Winfield
K Josh Jackson
P Brent Bartholomew
The case:
Coming into the bowl seasons, the top 4 teams in the polls were #1 Florida State(11-0), #2 Arizona State(11-0), #3 Florida(11-1),
and #4 Ohio State(10-1). In the Rose Bowl, OSU rallied with under 30 seconds to go to beat Arizona State. In the
Sugar Bowl, Florida destroyed Florida State 52-20 after losing to them in the regular season. That left four teams with
one losses. Florida was awarded the title, but there is no reason why an OSU team that also lost just one game and also
defeated a perfect team in a bowl game should not get to share the national title with Florida. Without Ohio's win,
Arizona State would have been the only undefeated and the clear national champion anyway. 1996 should be shared by Florida
and Ohio State.
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| Joe Germaine(Rose Bowl MVP) and John Cooper with the Rose Bowl trophy |
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