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Auburn Tigers – Almost the Perfect Turnaround
No one is going to take away the achievement of turning around a 3-9 team into being seconds away from winning a BCS national championship from Gus Malzahn and Auburn. However, despite the season that will eventually be looked back as very successful, the pain of losing after already leading by 18 points is going to sting for quite a while.
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Florida State Seminoles – How to End an Era
The BCS is gone, and it’s always nice to be remembered as the last team to lift that trophy before everything changes. Florida State have been waiting a long time to raise the crystal ball up high, and it turns out Jimbo Fisher and a young Freshman Heisman Trophy Winner named Jameis Winston were the right men to get them back on top.
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College Football – 35 Bowls in 35 Pictures
The 2013 College Football season is over a week into 2014 after 35 bowl games in the bowl season, with only one game that actually mattered: Florida State beating Auburn in the BCS National Championship game 34-31, becoming the last team to win the national title under the current format as we say goodbye to the BCS and welcome in the College Football 4-team playoffs.
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College Football – Final Rankings of the 2013 Season
The BCS era ends with the dethroning of the SEC as Florida State win the national championship game against Auburn, earning them the top spot in the year-end polls and rankings, with Auburn, Rose Bowl champions Michigan State, South Carolina and Missouri completing the top 5.
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Missouri Beats Oklahoma State – James Franklin Almost Ruined Everything
What happens when your starting quarterback is making every possible mistake? Missouri stuck by James Franklin and his costly mistakes, ending up winning the Cotton Bowl 41-31 mostly thanks to some big defensive plays and an excellent game on the ground from Henry Josey.
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Clemson Beats Ohio State – Orange Bowl Redemption
It took Clemson two years to erase the embarrassment of their previous Orange Bowl visit, and it came in the form of an exciting finish and a 40-35 win over Ohio State, giving the school and the state of South Carolina their first ever win in a BCS Bowl game.
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Oklahoma Beats Alabama – The Final Piece in the Puzzle
Some said that Alabama missing out on the national championship game might be the end of an era. Oklahoma coming in as underdogs to the Sugar Bowl and stunning the Crimson Tide with a huge night from freshman quarterback Trevor Knight probably helped cement that sentiment.
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Michigan State Beats Stanford – Rose Bowl Goes to Big Ten
It has taken five years for a Big Ten team to reclaim the Rose Bowl, as Michigan State came to Pasadena and simply outplayed Stanford with a slight twist in the story: Instead of a dominant running game, they won thanks to Connor Cook putting on a passing clinic.
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LSU Beats Iowa – Jeremy Hill Couldn’t be Stopped
Unlike some predictions, Iowa were able to hang in there with LSU for most of the Outback Bowl. However, their defense couldn’t grab a hold of Jeremy Hill, running for two touchdowns and 216 yards, leading the Tigers to the 21-14 win.
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Nebraska Beats Georgia – Defense and One Big Play
The Nebraska defense didn’t do anything special this season, but their performance against Georgia inside the red zone during the Gator Bowl is what gave them the 24-19 victory and a perception of some success to a mostly disappointing season.