for example, LSU 2007 had 2 losses but won the national championship

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Dec 1, 2015
9:05:34am

Y05 All-American

Outlier for sure, but impossible to dismiss as a special season.

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I'm going to arbitrarily define a 0 or 1 loss season as special. If you do that

Cougar Insider

11/30/15 1:24pm

i think this is a great post.

johnnycarson

11/30/15 1:26pm

IMO, special > great, excellent, very good, etc.

smokymountainrain

11/30/15 1:30pm

for example, LSU 2007 had 2 losses but won the national championship

Y05

12/1/15 9:05am

So 47 in ten years ~ 4% of teams experience one in a year

Indy Coug

11/30/15 1:34pm

That's what makes them special.

Cougar Insider

11/30/15 1:38pm

But look at that list. There are two types of teams having these seasons.

swingcat

11/30/15 1:45pm

IIRC BYU has been the top non-P5 team once in the last 30 years.

SCcoug

11/30/15 1:56pm

Well what if you weed out the teams that have zero chance ever based on history.

Bluedomination

11/30/15 2:21pm

Lots of teams on there that we had a similar SOS to during this time.

chago04

11/30/15 1:36pm

Even Kansas had a special season? Ugh.

LegitCoug

11/30/15 1:54pm

Well the real pain is that people in our conference or the WAC had them twice or

Bluedomination

11/30/15 2:11pm

its attention to detail. you gotta watch every little thing and run a

johnnycarson

11/30/15 2:29pm

I see your point. However watch how slippery stats can be

ragid

11/30/15 2:30pm

Bronco doesn't have the urgency to achieve a special season.

messi

11/30/15 3:44pm

"Well Dave Rose never had a special season I guess, since he never finished with 1 or 0 losses. Fire him!!!"

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