I wonder what Voters thought about in 1975....

[SteelClip49]

Ohio State defeated UCLA by 21 in the '75 regular season. Ohio State is the only major program undefeated going into the bowls. Oklahoma was carrying a 10-1 record into the Orange Bowl.

Rose Bowl Game: Ohio State vs. UCLA

Even though it had been 11 years since the AP decided to vote after the bowls, I wonder what their mindset was about this game? Buckeyes won regular season game. Why prove it again vs. the same team? The end result was a UCLA win and OU's Orange Bowl win gave the Sooners the national title.

Here is 2011...

[rekamrettuB]

It was the BCS's fault!

[Mississippi Sooner]

Simple. At the time, the Rose Bowl stuck to Pac-8 champ vs. Big-10 champ no matter what. Bad for Ohio State, good for us.

[Breadburner]

Nixon decided an NC between Texas and PSU.....

[rainiersooner]

It's funny - despite how much we complain about the BCS (myself included) - it is far superior to what we used to have in place in my opinion.

[BillyBall]

Nixon decided an NC between Texas and PSU.....

Nixon hated pederasts.

[PDXsooner]

Wait, I thought the BCS ruined the sport!!! People all too often forget how the National Championship was determined before the BCS.

[cccasooner2]

Ohio State defeated UCLA by 21 in the '75 regular season. Ohio State is the only major program undefeated going into the bowls. Oklahoma was carrying a 10-1 record into the Orange Bowl.

Rose Bowl Game: Ohio State vs. UCLA

Even though it had been 11 years since the AP decided to vote after the bowls, I wonder what their mindset was about this game? Buckeyes won regular season game. Why prove it again vs. the same team? The end result was a UCLA win and OU's Orange Bowl win gave the Sooners the national title.

Here is 2011...


Yes, it was wonderful that the Buckeyes thought an AP national championship nor a Rose Bowl trophy were worth it.