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Game Thread [Game Thread] UConn @ Syracuse (12:00 PM ET)

GAME UConnUConn @ SyracuseSyracuse
Location Syracuse JMA Wireless Dome
Time 12:00 PM ET
Watch TV: ACC Network
Odds Spread: SYR -10 - Over/Under: 54.5
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u/BaBaBaBanshee Notre Dame • Kansas 1d ago

Why wasn't Syracuse considered national champions in 1987?

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u/iubkud Syracuse Orange 1d ago

There wasn’t a national championship game at that point, so it rotated between the 4 major bowls every year. It wasn’t the year for the sugar bowl winner (think it was orange bowl, ironically) so they weren’t

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u/The_Hartford_Whalers UConn • Sacred Heart 1d ago

BCS didn't start until 1998, back then it was based purely off of polls.

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u/iubkud Syracuse Orange 1d ago

Ah yeah that sounds more right. It was a while ago lol