From: james.m.gibson@gmail.com   
      
   On Wednesday, December 6, 2023 at 12:58:12 PM UTC-5, The NOTBCS Guy wrote:   
   > Back then, it was "how many butts can you put in the seats" and "how much   
   money will your team's fans spend in the city."    
   >    
   > Remember, this is the Orange Bowl that once chose Kansas over a Missouri   
   team that beaten Kansas just one or two weeks earlier.   
      
   In a lot of the cases that was the case, but in 1993, the Orange was actually   
   obligated to take Florida State as this was the 2nd year of the Bowl Coalition   
   and whatever else happened, you needed to get #1 vs. #2 in one of the bowls   
   (except if it was a    
   Big Ten or Pac-10 team due to the Rose Bowl obigation).  West Virginia and   
   Nebraska were both undefeated (as was on on-probation Auburn team).  Nebraska   
   was #2 AP but #3 coaches'.  West Virginia was #3 AP and #2 coaches'.  But   
   Florida State, with its 1    
   loss, was ranked #1 in both polls ahead of both undefeated teams.  Whichever   
   team got designated as overall #2 between Nebraska and West Virginia would   
   have to take Florida State.  But with the arguments for Florida State in 2023,   
   1993's title game    
   should have been Nebraska and West Virginia.   
      
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