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HWill
07-05-2010, 09:41 AM
When it comes to College Football, Two questions always come to mind: "What if?" and "Where was I?"

So I was watching ESPN recently and saw that College Football Live is doing a "What if" series, going through some of the greatest moments in college football history and wondering how things would be different if they never happened.

After all that, I pose the question to you: What are your school's "what if" or "Where was I when it happened" moments?

HuskerBlitz
07-05-2010, 09:46 AM
What if Tom Osborne had taken the job at Colorado earlier in his career?:(

HWill
07-05-2010, 10:03 AM
Forgot to post mine. What if Maurice Clarett had a better head on his shoulders and wasn't constantly in trouble?

What if Michigan doesn't lose to App State?

gschwendt
07-05-2010, 10:22 AM
What if Larry Lacewell had stuck around as head coach to see us to our transition to Division 1A? What if he hadn't convinced Tommy Tuberville to not take the job?
What if we had beaten Arkansas in the 1987 NIT (i.e. what if the refs hadn't screwed us)?

As for my "Where was I?", I was there:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zy6B5kDHwC0

razorback44
07-05-2010, 10:24 AM
What if Clint Stoerner didn't fumble the ball at Tennessee in '98? :(

morsdraconis
07-05-2010, 10:45 AM
What if Pat McAfee didn't miss his three easy field goals against Pittsburgh in 2007 and we won our final game to be #1 in the nation and play for a national title?

lilheavy
07-05-2010, 11:19 AM
What if Pat McAfee didn't miss his three easy field goals against Pittsburgh in 2007 and we won our final game to be #1 in the nation and play for a national title?

Tell Pat McAfee The Tiger Nation Thanks him! :)

What if Ryan Perrilloux had his shit together and finished out his last two seasons as starting QB for LSU? BIG DUMMY!

steelerfan
07-05-2010, 12:07 PM
What if Penn State didn't join the Big 10 until '95 and wasn't forced to play in the Rose Bowl after '94? This "What if" also appears on Nebraska's "Thank God" list.

What if Joe Paterno took the Steelers job in 1969 (thank goodness he didn't for both sides)?

What if the Steelers didn't pass on hometown boy Dan Marino in the '83 draft?

HuskerBlitz
07-05-2010, 01:19 PM
What if Penn State didn't join the Big 10 until '95 and wasn't forced to play in the Rose Bowl after '94? This "What if" also appears on Nebraska's "Thank God" list.

You're right. Thank god we actually played a good team in our bowl game. ;)

SmoothPancakes
07-05-2010, 01:42 PM
What if Michael Jenkins dropped the pass at Purdue and 'Holy Buckeye' never happened?

Flav
07-05-2010, 02:27 PM
What if Michigan would of beat Iowa in week 4?

SmoothPancakes
07-05-2010, 02:54 PM
What if Michigan would of beat Iowa in week 4?

What if Michigan had hired someone other than Rich Rod?

Flav
07-05-2010, 02:55 PM
What if Michigan had hired someone other than Rich Rod?

We would probably be at the top of the Big Ten right now :P

HWill
07-05-2010, 03:04 PM
What if Michigan had hired someone other than Rich Rod?

They will be talking about that tomorrow on College Football live. Today's was What if Nebraska's 2-point conversion in the 1984 Orange Bowl is Successful? (http://espn.go.com/blog/sportscenter/post/_/id/64126/what-if-nebraska%E2%80%99s-2-point-conversion-in-the-1984-orange-bowl-is-successful)

JeffHCross
07-05-2010, 03:27 PM
What if John Cooper had taken the job at LSU in 1995, rather than returning to Ohio State?

( Those of you that are long-time Utopians may remember that I originally planned to make a dynasty around that entire premise. )

HuskerBlitz
07-05-2010, 03:36 PM
They will be talking about that tomorrow on College Football live. Today's was What if Nebraska's 2-point conversion in the 1984 Orange Bowl is Successful? (http://espn.go.com/blog/sportscenter/post/_/id/64126/what-if-nebraska%E2%80%99s-2-point-conversion-in-the-1984-orange-bowl-is-successful)

This game is playing on ESPN Classic right now.

souljahbill
07-05-2010, 04:42 PM
What if my man, Derrick Nix (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1028788/1/index.htm), never sprained his ankle.

For those who never heard of Derrick Nix, he was our BEAST of a running back sprained his ankle, took prescribed Celebrex, and almost died (and no, not from an overdose). The Celebrex caused his kidneys to malfunction and he ended up getting a kidney transplant from his brother. Click the link in my first sentence as Sports Illustrated wrote an story on him. Had Baby Bull (that's what we called him in school) stayed healthy, I have a hard time believing that Damion Fletcher, as good as he was, would be our all time leading rusher.

ryby6969
07-05-2010, 04:47 PM
What if Jimmie Johnson never left Miami to go coach the Cowboys?

What if Willis McGahee didn't blow his knee out in the National Championship game against OSU?

AustinWolv
07-05-2010, 06:26 PM
We would probably be at the top of the Big Ten right now :P

What if Lloyd Carr had kept the ship true instead of leaning since 2000?

Iron Dragon
07-05-2010, 06:43 PM
What if Brian Robiskie doesn't drop a touchdown pass against LSU which would have put Ohio State up 17-0? (The play eventually led to a blocked FG which swung the momentum of the game)

lilheavy
07-05-2010, 07:10 PM
What if the flag wasn't picked up? :mad:

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MhRRZn0fCOQ/Rxuz-A6iK2I/AAAAAAAAAF0/AxzL9H2V2EU/s400/auburn+v.+lsu+2006.jpg

AustinWolv
07-05-2010, 07:59 PM
What if Crable had hit Smith only 6 inches lower?

http://www.montaraventures.com/pix/scUM-headshot.jpg

HWill
07-05-2010, 08:14 PM
What if Michael Crabtree steps out of bounds?

http://i.cdn.turner.com/sivault/multimedia/photo_gallery/0812/best.games.2008/images/textech.texas.crabtree.jpg

steelerfan
07-05-2010, 08:26 PM
What if Michael Crabtree steps out of bounds?

Or if Blake Gideon could catch? :o

SmoothPancakes
07-05-2010, 09:05 PM
What if Colt McCoy had held onto the ball for 1 second longer?

Kingpin32
07-05-2010, 09:19 PM
What if they didn't call pass interference on Miami in 2002?

JeffHCross
07-05-2010, 10:38 PM
What if they didn't call pass interference on Miami in 2002?Well, that would have just been a missed call.

;)

And for the record, it was 2003 ;)

JBHuskers
07-05-2010, 10:47 PM
What if Colt McCoy had held onto the ball for 1 second longer?

What if they run the time off the clock like they normally do in a game, and don't review it?

Kingpin32
07-05-2010, 10:51 PM
Well, that would have just been a missed call.

;)

And for the record, it was 2003 ;)
2002, 2003 all I know is I hated OSU for a few years after that ;)

HWill
07-05-2010, 11:00 PM
What if they run the time off the clock like they normally do in a game, and don't review it?

It means Cincinnati is in the National Championship Game. That would have been terrible.

JeffHCross
07-05-2010, 11:14 PM
2002, 2003 all I know is I hated OSU for a few years after that ;)Well, it was my 19th birthday, so I'm a stickler on the year ;)

Flav
07-05-2010, 11:51 PM
What if Colt McCoy had held onto the ball for 1 second longer?


What if Colt McCoy didn't get hurt in the National Championship?



What if Tim Tebow converted on 4th and 1 against Ole Miss

JBHuskers
07-05-2010, 11:57 PM
What if Nebraska played Michigan in 1997? Well then Nebraska would be the only undefeated school in the country ;)

morsdraconis
07-06-2010, 12:20 AM
What if an undefeated and VERY talented WVU didn't get screwed out of a chance at the National Championship game in '93 by a Florida State team that had wasn't undefeated (11-1) and instead of going on to play Florida in the Gator Bowl (who very few teams matched up well against) we would have played Nebraska for the National Championship (who we matched up with FAR better)?

HuskerBlitz
07-06-2010, 01:00 AM
What if an undefeated and VERY talented WVU didn't get screwed out of a chance at the National Championship game in '93 by a Florida State team that had wasn't undefeated (11-1) and instead of going on to play Florida in the Gator Bowl (who very few teams matched up well against) we would have played Nebraska for the National Championship (who we matched up with FAR better)?

As the 31-0 game in 94 showed. Who was the player of the game for WVU? Oh yeah, the punter! :D

AustinWolv
07-06-2010, 01:05 AM
What if Nebraska played Michigan in 1997? Well then Nebraska would be the only undefeated school in the country ;)

What if the refs would have gotten the call right on the illegal play that saved the Huskers from a loss against Mizzou?

What is Osborne hadn't retired that year? Then, the voters would have voted logically, not emotionally. What if the Huskers could have relied on their on-field play to get votes instead of lobbying via the media to do so?

HA!

Oh yeah, Scott Frost's mom is an immature, sad lady. Incredibly petty and disgrace to Husker nation.

souljahbill
07-06-2010, 01:15 AM
What if Tulane stayed in the SEC?

steelerfan
07-06-2010, 01:35 AM
What if San Jose State were relevant?

morsdraconis
07-06-2010, 01:37 AM
As the 31-0 game in 94 showed. Who was the player of the game for WVU? Oh yeah, the punter! :D

Completely different team. Lost half of our defense, didn't have Kelchner (who gave us the ability to have a 1-2 punch at QB and who was the better pure passing threat), and Robert Walker (our starting RB) was on the decline after having his best season in '93 (and one of the best ever at WVU).

We got screwed out of a chance to play for the National Championship with probably one of our best teams to ever play on Mountaineer Field.

Rudy
07-06-2010, 07:28 AM
What if Brian Robiskie doesn't drop a touchdown pass against LSU which would have put Ohio State up 17-0? (The play eventually led to a blocked FG which swung the momentum of the game)

Let's not blame the offense for that one. The passing game did a lot better than I expected. The real culprit was the defense which was ranked very high (team rankings in college are VERY overrated) and failed terribly. They couldn't get any stops when they needed to.

JBHuskers
07-06-2010, 08:36 AM
What if San Jose State were relevant?

They were. In like NCAA 08 after year five :D

steelerfan
07-06-2010, 09:00 AM
They were. In like NCAA 08 after year five :D

Oh yeah! Them and Rice! :D:D:rolleyes:

razorback44
07-06-2010, 01:57 PM
Oh yeah! Them and Rice! :D:D:rolleyes:

Don't forget the early 2000's releases that always featured a dominate North Texas program.

VolPett
07-06-2010, 09:38 PM
What if the Bear never left Kentucky?

What if Auburn would of been given the chance to play for the '04 Championship?

What if the SEC would of expanded in 1992 with Texas and Texas A&M instead of Arkansas and USC?

What if Coach Orgeron fell off the face of the Earth?

HWill
07-07-2010, 05:27 PM
What if Colorado isn't given a 5th down?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQJT8q0MMwQ