Hypothetical: 2006 Louisville vs 2006 Ohio State

[YourPublicEnemy]

If you don't have the offsides call vs Rutgers and end up playing for the national championship against Ohio State, how do you think that would have played out?

 

[KerryRhodes]

As you can see by the two decisions today ;
OSU to the playoffs and FSU to the Orange bowl,
Louisville would have been leaped by Florida.
This game would have never happened.

 

[YourPublicEnemy]

As you can see by the two decisions today ;
OSU to the playoffs and FSU to the Orange bowl,
Louisville would have been leaped by Florida.
This game would have never happened.

I disagree. If Louisville runs the table, they wouldn't get left out that year. They were No. 3 in the BCS going into Week 11 of the season. The very next week, Rutgers jumped up to the No. 2 spot briefly.

I don't think they were letting a one-loss team jump an undefeated conference champion when the Big East was good and had WVU and Rutgers.

Still, hypothetically, what would that game look like?

 

[KerryRhodes]

Yes they would.

As soon as Louisville beat WV, instead of talking about a great game, the yappin heads were squaking about the Big East didnt deserve a chance because of no defense and weak schedules.

Rutgers was #15 when they beat UofL and moved up to #7

 

[YourPublicEnemy]

Yes they would.

As soon as Louisville beat WV, instead of talking about a great game, the yappin heads were squaking about the Big East didnt deserve a chance because of no defense and weak schedules.

Rutgers was #15 when they beat UofL and moved up to #7

The list on wiki was showing differently. Will have to double check now.

It was still the BCS system so the talking heads wouldn't have had as much influence. The big debate at the end of the year was if Michigan deserved a rematch of a one loss Florida deserved that spot.

I don't think that's a question if a Brohm/Bush led team is undefeated.

Regardless, if the game actually happened, how would they have stacked up and what would happen?

 

[YourPublicEnemy]

Yeah, this is what I was looking at for rankings by week.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_BCS_computer_rankings

 

[KerryRhodes]

Youre right PE.
I forgot about the BcS rankings.

I still contend Florida would have been #2 in the final poll.

A Bush/Brohm national title game would have been monumental.
I say Louisville wins 33 to 29

 

[YourPublicEnemy]

Youre right PE.
I forgot about the BcS rankings.

I still contend Florida would have been #2 in the final poll.

A Bush/Brohm national title game would have monumental.
I say Louisville wins 33 to 29

I actually think they win as well. OSU got exposed and that wasn't even a good Florida team. If Florida's offense did that to them, I bet Brohm would have lit them up. Defensively probably not as good but they probably win by like 10.

 

[fredburgcard]

If Michael had not been injured against UK in 06 Louisville would have beaten WVU far worse than the 10 point win the game turned out. Rutgers would have been demolished. The UC game would not have gone down to the final play. Under those circumstances I think an undefeated Louisville would have gotten the shot against OSU.

And I think they would have won.

But Michael did get hurt and this is all speculation.

 

[Pike 96]

I actually think they win as well. OSU got exposed and that wasn't even a good Florida team. If Florida's offense did that to them, I bet Brohm and Bush would have lit them up. Defensively probably not as good but they probably win by like 10.

Would Bush have definitely been back for the championship game? I honestly think you beat that OSU team pretty handily either way.

 

[YourPublicEnemy]

If Michael had not been injured against UK in 06 Louisville would have beaten WVU far worse than the 10 point win the game turned out. Rutgers would have been demolished. The UC game would not have gone down to the final play. Under those circumstances I think an undefeated Louisville would have gotten the shot against OSU.

And I think they would have won.

But Michael did get hurt and this is all speculation.

I had forgotten that Bush got hurt. I was thinking it was 2007 for some reason.

 

[HedleyLamarr]

Bush broke his leg and wasn't ready for the pro's the following year...

 

[CardHack]

The squad that played the first half of the 2006 Governor's Cup was the best team that took the field in college football that year. Not just Bush, but you're talking about Anthony Allen and George Stripling as FOURTH team RBs. By season's end it was Anthony Allen that was the workhorse with Kolby Smith splitting reps, and Brock Bolen had emerged as a regular at FB. The number of guys on that team still playing a big role in the NFL is still pretty deep...Barnidge, Giacomini who really was playing TE, Eric Wood, William Gay, Harry Douglass may still be working the secondary over. Okoye was drafted 9th and really emerged during the Miami game as a destructive force in the middle and we had a really deep linebacking corps--Nate Harris and Lamar Myles at Mike flanked by an ober productive Malik Jackson and Preston Smith.
Jon Russell had a huge year as a third safety.

Michael was a championship horse to ride.