SYRACUSE WENT UNDEFEATED?
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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AU03 says:
I went to that game, and am still pissed that Pat Dye went for the tie.
May 31st, 2006 at 9:44 am
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Matt Glaude says:
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.
May 31st, 2006 at 10:56 am
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AU03 says:
Miami finished 12-0 that year- there’s no way Syracuse would have finished at the top- number 2 at best.
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).
May 31st, 2006 at 11:02 am
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NoleinTexas says:
Of course, with the mongoloid speed that college football evolves, it took another decade for overtime to arrive.
May 31st, 2006 at 12:00 pm
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tigereyes109 says:
if the ‘cuse wanted to win the game they should have blocked the kick…
May 31st, 2006 at 12:06 pm
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AU03 says:
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.
May 31st, 2006 at 12:11 pm
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parker91 says:
I get the feeling that we’re stuck with the Aflac duck for the rest of our natural lives.
May 31st, 2006 at 12:31 pm
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AU03 says:
I vow to eat him crispy, in a ginger-soy glaze.
May 31st, 2006 at 12:34 pm
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PowderMonkey says:
Looking forward to the next Aflac Foie Gras segment!
May 31st, 2006 at 4:28 pm
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AU03 says:
PETA would burn down their HQ if that happened.
May 31st, 2006 at 5:32 pm
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Brian says:
Only as long as gilbert godfrey is alive, so will too be the duck.
May 31st, 2006 at 6:42 pm
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Wooderson says:
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.
May 31st, 2006 at 8:57 pm
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AU03 says:
I preferred Rhonda and her ravishing rack.
May 31st, 2006 at 9:34 pm
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Wooderson says:
“coming up next one USA’s UP…All Night”
Ah, good memories.
June 1st, 2006 at 7:08 pm
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Doug says:
Pat Dye went for the tye to screw ‘Cuse and get all the tyes from you wannabes in ‘Cuseland…losers!
June 1st, 2006 at 7:36 pm
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Matt Glaude says:
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.
June 2nd, 2006 at 3:24 pm