Thursday, July 26, 2018

the best CFB team of the past 20 years



http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/24198508/college-football-national-champions-20-years-ranked

4. 2013 Florida State Seminoles

The Seminoles would gladly take on 2001 Miami in a debate over the most talented team. Every starter on the 2013 Florida State squad, plus kicker Roberto Aguayo, landed on an NFL roster. Jameis Winston won the Heisman Trophy as a redshirt freshman, throwing for 3,820 yards and 38 touchdowns with Rashad Greene, Kelvin Benjamin, Devonta Freeman and Nick O'Leary among the skill position talent. Defensively, Lamarcus Joyner, Telvin Smith and Tim Jernigan set the tone with a tenaciousness Florida State is still trying to match. Florida State set an NCAA record for points scored in a season with 723, but what made this team so impressive beyond the talent was how easy it made everything look. The Seminoles won their first 13 games by an average of 42.3 points per game. Nobody came within single digits until Auburn in the BCS National Championship Game. Trailing in the fourth quarter for the first time all season, Winston threw the game-winning TD to Kelvin Benjamin with 13 seconds left to seal the undefeated season. -- Adelson

10. 1999 Florida State

There's no question the pressure was on Florida State in 1999, a year after a disappointing loss to Tennessee in the national championship game. The Seminoles started out ranked preseason No. 1, with a veteran quarterback in Chris Weinke, a star-studded group of receivers led by Peter Warrick, a strong defense that featured Corey Simon, Chris Hope and Derrick Gibson and one of the greatest kickers in college history, Sebastian Janikowski. Midway through the season, adversity hit: Warrick was suspended and fellow receiver Laveranues Coles dismissed after they got heavily discounted clothes at a department store. Warrick was suspended two games, ending his Heisman hopes. But Florida State kept winning, earning a spot in the national title game opposite dynamic Michael Vick and Virginia Tech. The Seminoles' fast and aggressive defense penned Vick in, and Florida State won 46-29 to become the first wire-to-wire national champion, not to mention Bobby Bowden's only undefeated team. Florida State had four consensus All-Americans, eight All-ACC first-team selections and 31 players who would go on to play in the NFL. -- Adelson

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