SYRACUSE WENT UNDEFEATED?

by Orson on May 31, 2006 9:14 AM EDT

Yes, they did, all the way back in the legwarmer era of 1987. (The eighties: before crack went corporate and sold out, man.) Rivals catches up with Don McPherson, the qb who led Syracuse to an undefeated 1987 season and finished with a 16-16 tie to Auburn in the Sugar Bowl.

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I went to that game, and am still pissed that Pat Dye went for the tie.

by AU03 on May 31, 2006 9:44 AM EDT reply actions

Fuck Pat Dye.

That 1987 season was pretty interesting. Rumors still swirl about that even if Syracuse had won that Sugar Bowl game, the Orange would not have finished atop the polls.

by Matt Glaude on May 31, 2006 10:56 AM EDT reply actions

That 1987 season was pretty interesting. Rumors still swirl about that even if Syracuse had won that Sugar Bowl game, the Orange would not have finished atop the polls.

Miami finished 12-0 that year- there’s no way Syracuse would have finished at the top- number 2 at best.

Fuck Pat Dye.

Fuck Dick McPherson- the quick-kicking bastard. If the NC were on the line for Pat Dye, he would have gone for the win (at least that’s what I tell myself).

by AU03 on May 31, 2006 11:02 AM EDT reply actions

Of course, with the mongoloid speed that college football evolves, it took another decade for overtime to arrive.

by NoleinTexas on May 31, 2006 12:00 PM EDT reply actions

if the ’cuse wanted to win the game they should have blocked the kick…

by tigereyes109 on May 31, 2006 12:06 PM EDT reply actions

There’s some trivia for you- name the only Sugar Bowl to ever end in a tie. Wait about 10 years, it will show up, although I’m sure the Aflac duck will be long gone by then.

by AU03 on May 31, 2006 12:11 PM EDT reply actions

I get the feeling that we’re stuck with the Aflac duck for the rest of our natural lives.

by parker91 on May 31, 2006 12:31 PM EDT reply actions

I vow to eat him crispy, in a ginger-soy glaze.

by AU03 on May 31, 2006 12:34 PM EDT reply actions

Looking forward to the next Aflac Foie Gras segment!

by PowderMonkey on May 31, 2006 4:28 PM EDT reply actions

Looking forward to the next Aflac Foie Gras segment!

PETA would burn down their HQ if that happened.

by AU03 on May 31, 2006 5:32 PM EDT reply actions

Only as long as gilbert godfrey is alive, so will too be the duck.

by Brian on May 31, 2006 6:42 PM EDT reply actions

Don’t knock gilbert godfried. His lively introductions to the wonderful shows on “USA Up All Night” are still stuck deep into the memories of my early teenage years. That and the incredibly chopped up Skinemax flicks they’d show immediately afterwards.

by Wooderson on May 31, 2006 8:57 PM EDT reply actions

I preferred Rhonda and her ravishing rack.

by AU03 on May 31, 2006 9:34 PM EDT reply actions

“coming up next one USA’s UP…All Night”

Ah, good memories.

by Wooderson on Jun 1, 2006 7:08 PM EDT reply actions

Pat Dye went for the tye to screw ’Cuse and get all the tyes from you wannabes in ’Cuseland…losers!

by Doug on Jun 1, 2006 7:36 PM EDT reply actions

Wow, Doug. That was almost English.

I say congratulations, because with grammar and prose like that, the fact that you can operate a computer is proof positive that there is no law against being stupid.

by Matt Glaude on Jun 2, 2006 3:24 PM EDT reply actions