Evoking ’69 Season: It Is Texas, Ohio State, Notre Dame And Penn State In The “Semis”

Now that the 12 teams college football ‘offs are down to the 4 teams left, that was in effect for the 4 team college playoffs from (2014 -2023), here are some words regarding them.

After 4 favorites, all playing at home won and covered the spread, with not a good game among them, one of the four “quarters” was close, that Texas, a 13 plus points favorite, surviving (39-31) in 2 overtimes vs upstart Arizona State.

They will meet Ohio State, which for the second straight ‘offs tilt, routed their opponent, in this case, the nation’s lone unbeaten team in the “reg,” top ranked Oregon.

A week from tomorrow night Ohio State has opened as a 6 point favorite vs Texas.

In the other “semis” tilt, a week from tonight, the two teams Beano Cook rooted vs, but often predicted would win, Notre Dame (they beat Georgia) and Penn State (31-14) vs Boise State, clash in any kind of post-season game for the first time. Likely Notre Dame will be the slightest of favorites.

The great broadcaster, Lindsey Nelson, who said “as they come back up the field, the score is … , narrates and note Cotton Speyrer’s great diving, “must have” catch 27 minutes into the “above,” without which no national crown for Texas in 1969.

Alas ’69 and this allotment of 4, evokes it.

First Michigan pulled a shocking “reg” finale upset of Ohio State denying them a second straight crown. (This year roughly as big, actually slightly bigger u/dog Michigan but Ohio State is alive and a pretty big plurality favorite to “title.”

In the Cotton Bowl, view above and spoiler alert 55 years later Speyrer and Texas won and claimed the title. Unbeaten Penn State was denied, likely rightfully so.