Month: October 2017

The Greatest Teams of Our Lifetime: Bracket

 

From 2017

 

During the 2017 season, we took some time at the end of each show to debate the greatest college football team of the past 25 years. We started with a 16-team bracket, and each week, the last segment of our podcast was dedicated to one of these hypothetical match-ups, with the winner advancing. Visit the podcasts page and start with the 2017 season preview episode to listen from the beginning.

Listen to our breakdowns of the final four matchups:

 

Update 2023

Since we created this bracket, there have been several teams that are worthy of inclusion.

  • The 2018 Clemson team, led by freshman Trevor Lawrence, is arguably better than the 2016 Clemson team and would be a top 12 seed in a current bracket.
  • The 2019 LSU team, featuring Joe Burrow, Ja’Marr Chase and Justin Jefferson, would absolutely be a top 4 seed and is arguably the best college football team of all time.
  • The 2020 Alabama team, featuring Mac Jones and a loaded WR room, is difficult to judge since they played in a COVID season, but would potentially make our current list of top 16 teams.
  • The 2021 and 2022 Georgia teams are both worthy of inclusion. As we did with the USC 03-05, Alabama 11/12, and Nebraska 93-95 dynasties, we’d pick one of these teams (slight edge to the undefeated 2022 team) and seed them in the top 6.

A revised bracket for 2023 would probably featuring the following teams as the top 4 seeds in some order: 2001 Miami, 1995 Nebraska, 2008 Florida, 2019 LSU

College Football Week 9 Preview and Lines

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Dan and Tom look back at Notre Dame’s blowout of USC and project which teams will make the playoff. They predict the best games of week 9, including Penn State vs. Ohio State, Georgia vs. Florida and a lot more.

This week, we move into Round 2 of the Greatest Teams of Our Lifetime bracket with a game between the 1995 Nebraska Cornhuskers against the 1999 Florida State Seminoles.

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Greatest Teams of Our Lifetime Bracket: Round 2

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Round 1 of our Greatest Teams of Our Lifetime bracket is complete.

Round 2 match-ups will begin on this week’s podcast with #1 seed 1995 Nebraska against #9 seed 1999 Florida State. The episode will be released later this week.

Each week of the 2017 season, we’ll break down one game from this hypothetical bracket until we figure out the best college football team of the past 25 years. If you’re just discovering this bracket, you can go back to our week 1 episode to listen from the very start. Subscribe to the Take the Points College Football Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher or Google Play and follow along for the rest of the year.

College Football Week 8 Preview and Lines

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Tom, Dan and Ryan begin the show with a quick recap of a crazy week 7 in college football, then preview the biggest games of week 8, including Penn State vs. Michigan, Alabama vs. Tennessee and a lot more. We bid a premature farewell to Butch Jones and try to decide which major program coach should be next on the chopping block.

This week’s Greatest Teams of Our Lifetime matchup pits Ken Dorsey, Ed Reed and the 2001 Miami Hurricanes against Cam Newton and 2010 Auburn. We recap the two magical seasons and decide who would win this hypothetical game.

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