We did indeed have 2 losses, but the A.P. Top 2 through 5 finishers (after C.U.) were Georgia Tech (11-0-1), Miami (10-2), Florida State (10-2), and Washington (10-2).
Had we beaten #1 Colorado in that game, there is zero doubt that we would have been voted ahead of all of the other 2-loss teams. It would have come down to Georgia Tech and us. For whatever reason, the A.P. voters that year just did not seem to have much respect for Georgia Tech. They had them second behind Colorado both before and after their Orange Bowl win over us, despite Colorado having a loss. Our theoretical win over Colorado would have given us victories over 4 Top Ten opponents and 7 Top-25 opponents. Georgia Tech beat a single Top Ten opponent and 4 Top-25 teams. And we would have just beaten the team they had ranked above Tech.
The A.P. voters really, really liked the 1990 Irish team all year long. There is a real chance that a win over Colorado would have given us the A.P. National Championship (the U.P.I. Coaches Poll would have gone to Georgia Tech).
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- “Notre Dame Football’s faded Heisman Trophy glory”. Yes it’s been a while but also shows the dip in [LINK]
- whatsamataU - 8:57am 5/29/19
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- Rocket robbery was the beginning, then the talking heads at ESPN - BTAYLOR21 - 10:30am 5/30/19
- ESPN is the water carrier for the Heisman - D2 - 1:06pm 5/30/19
- ^^^^THIS GUY = KNOWLEDGE^^^^ - BTAYLOR21 - 3:01pm 5/30/19
- ESPN is the water carrier for the Heisman - D2 - 1:06pm 5/30/19
- They robbed Rocket, and Teo,and they won’t give it to ND again because they are worried how it looks [NT]
- BaronVonZemo - 11:06am 5/29/19
- Rocket Robbed - cubster11 - 12:31pm 5/29/19
- I agree with you, except the phatom clip didn't cost ND a natty. - Irish_Demon - 5:04pm 5/29/19
- Re: I agree with you, except the phatom clip didn't cost ND a natty. - cubster11 - 1:29pm 5/30/19
- There was an A.P. and a Coaches' Poll (U.P.I.). - jakers - 5:21pm 5/30/19
- That's actually debatable. - jakers - 6:04pm 5/29/19
- Re: That's actually debatable. [LINK] - cubster11 - 12:51pm 5/31/19
- Well said. [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 10:10am 5/30/19
- Re: I agree with you, except the phatom clip didn't cost ND a natty. - cubster11 - 1:29pm 5/30/19
- I agree with you, except the phatom clip didn't cost ND a natty. - Irish_Demon - 5:04pm 5/29/19
- Rocket Robbed - cubster11 - 12:31pm 5/29/19
- Nice read. Another consideration is how much money changed college football - PBHangingChad - 9:47am 5/29/19
- And it doesn’t get the QB’s like OU either. [NT] - whatsamataU - 2:37pm 5/29/19
- Rocket robbery was the beginning, then the talking heads at ESPN - BTAYLOR21 - 10:30am 5/30/19
