College Football: Looking Back In The 90s, Part 1

Scott Taylor by Correspondent Written on July 31, 2008
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Of course he could when he had the wide receivers that he did (Aubrey Hill, Willie Jackson, Jack Jackson, Chris Doering, Ike Hilliard, Reidel Anthony, Jacquez Green, Travis McGriff, Darell Jackson and Travis Taylor).

That is far and away the best group of WRs in the decade. It even made Danny Wuerffel a Heisman Trophy player.

A big trouble in the decade for Florida was Florida State. Even when the Gators beat the Noles in 96, they still lost to them in the regular season.

The defense was solid throughout the decade as well, behind Bob Stoops, although the offense got all the publicity.

Any other decade they would have probably been No. 1, but there was an amazing program just North of Gainesville in the 90s.

 

1. Florida State (231)

This was the obvious No. 1 from the beginning, considering FSU finished in the top five EVERY YEAR in the 1990’s! While there was a lack of big-time pro players on the offensive side of the ball, the offense was deadly throughout the decade. Amp Lee, Dunn and Travis Minor were a perfect fit for the offense.

It is still hard to believe a team with Thad Busby at the helm could finish in the top five, but that is how good everyone else was. The defense was unbelievable for most of the decade with the likes of stud Derrick Brooks and company.

They even had two big-time game breakers in Peter Warrick and Terrell Buckley.

If only FSU had a kicker, it could have won four titles in the decade instead of two. It is still hard to imagine a program having a decade like this ever again.

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