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Originally Posted by Ace Tomato Co.
I know that you are intelligent enough to distinguish between BYU's football program in '84 and Hawaii's in '07, and between our '84 schedule vs. Hawaii's '07 schedule. So quit distorting to try and prove a point.
That being said, of course BYU did not "win" or "deserve" a national championship in 1984. The only people who don't chuckle when our '84 championship is mentioned are BYU fans. We deserved a spot in a playoff, and Hawaii did this year as well.
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How much distortion is going on here?
BYU had the second worst SOS of any national champion in the last 50 years (61-85-3 41.9), only a hair better than Georgia 1980.
Only two of BYU's opponents were better than 6-5. AFA (8-4) and Hawaii (7-4) both of which they beat by 5 points. Baylor was actually 5-6, so they weren't a 0.500 team.
The other 0.500 or better teams BYU played:
Michigan (6-6) - won by 7 in an ugly game
Wyoming (6-6) - won by 3 at the last minute at home. Wyoming was only 6-6 because they beat both South Dakota and Soutth Dakota State that year.
Utah (6-5-1) - won by 10 in another ugly game
Tulsa (6-5) - won by 23, but Tulsa was the equivalent of a 1-AA team that year in the Missouri Valley Conference.
So why was BYU a top 10 team that year?