Top conferences
Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2003 5:15 pmThis is a perfect example of east coast opinions…
In 1984 Washington won the Orange Bowl over Oklahoma and finished #2, UCLA beat Miami at the Fiesta and finished #9, and USC won the Rose over Ohio State and finished #10… yet the Pac 10 was the sixth best conference??? Funny.
Their 1984 top conference is the SEC. Florida, despite not playing in a bowl game, finished #3; Auburn finished #14 and LSU #15… not quite the same effect.
I love the SMU reference in the SWC… 1984 was SMU’s last bowl win, 27-20 over Notre Dame at the Aloha Bowl…
<A HREF="http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/college/2003/preview/news/2003/08/05/power_conferences/" TARGET=_blank>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/college/2003/preview/news/2003/08/05/power_conferences/</A>
In 1984 Washington won the Orange Bowl over Oklahoma and finished #2, UCLA beat Miami at the Fiesta and finished #9, and USC won the Rose over Ohio State and finished #10… yet the Pac 10 was the sixth best conference??? Funny.
Their 1984 top conference is the SEC. Florida, despite not playing in a bowl game, finished #3; Auburn finished #14 and LSU #15… not quite the same effect.
I love the SMU reference in the SWC… 1984 was SMU’s last bowl win, 27-20 over Notre Dame at the Aloha Bowl…
<A HREF="http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/college/2003/preview/news/2003/08/05/power_conferences/" TARGET=_blank>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/college/2003/preview/news/2003/08/05/power_conferences/</A>