1957 unranked Irish at Oklahoma? That ended a 47 game streak. Was there a bigger one? Would beating Alabama top them all?
I remember listening to that one on the radio. We scored a TD on a flea flicker.
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Underrated as an upset. We had lost to Tennessee at home after blowing a huge lead, gotten blown out by Penn State, and then squeaked by Hawaii by 6 points. The defense was a disaster, and morale was in the toilet. A lot of experts felt like we would get destroyed by Spurrier's Gators.
The upset win planted the seeds for a really strong turnaround through the next 2 seasons.
1998 over Michigan was surprising, but you can't label it "great" given what happened a week later, and the underachieving season in general.
I was lucky enough to attend that Sugar Bowl game. Bettis ran over UF in a similar to Eddie Lacy in the BCS game. ND fans were outnumbered by Fla fans by about 10-1 or so it seemed. Bourbon street was practically deserted afterwards and my flight home the next day was awful. All worth it.
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Guglielmi, Warden, beat Okla and Billy Vessels. First Nationally televised collegiate foot ball game. Irish fan forever
win, if we win this week it will be the greatest upset ever. We have a better chance at this one than we did in that one apparently. The only disadvantage is that teams score so much more because the rules favor the offense. I am psyched and it is tied right now.
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I guess we don’t really live up to the phrase “What though the odds be great or small.”