I've been working on these rosters off and on for a few years, with the goal of completing a 64-team tournament of the greatest college football teams ever assembled. A few notes before I list off the completed teams.
- I've covered college basketball and football for 11 years, most notably for theScore, MSN, the Fox Sports Media Network and USA Today.
- I absolutely love simulation series and recently completed one over at Krossover, a sports tech company in NYC. That series was centered around the best college alumni rosters. You can check that out
here.
- Finally, I've come to really respect those involved in roster building here at OS and would love any and all constructive feedback on the rosters I've completed. The process for each team is pretty grueling and includes watching full games on YouTube, digging through archives for rosters and media guides and matching nearly every player's appearance to photos. To that end, if you really love any of these teams, I'd love to hear about how you think they play in the game.
Ok, now onto the progress I've made.
*UPDATED ON April 17th, 2018*
Completed Teams: 25/64
2015 Alabama
2010 Auburn
2010 Boise State
2015 Clemson
1994 Colorado
1996 Florida
1999 Florida State
2007 Hawai'i
2015 Houston
2011 LSU
2001 Miami (FL)
1997 Michigan
1995 Nebraska
1988 Notre Dame
2002 Ohio State
2000 Oklahoma
2015 Ole Miss
1994 Penn State
1980 Pitt
2005 Texas
2012 Texas A&M
2004 USC
2004 Utah
1991 Washington
2007 West Virginia
Teams I'm Hoping To Add Soon:
2004 Cal
1998 Tennessee
1982 SMU
2010 TCU
Ideally, I'd like to check off all the BCS Busters teams first. Either way, it's a lot of fun to mess around with these rosters in a tournament setting. I set it up recently with 16 of the Legendary Teams and used historic campus sites (Michie Stadium, Camp Randall, Liberty Bowl) and one oddball location (Kibbie Dome) for the first round and then minor bowls for the Elite 8, before using the Rose, Sugar and Cotton Bowl for the final 3 games. '04 USC escaped in the Elite 8 against '94 Penn State and cruised the rest of the way.
Let me know how your tournaments shake out, looking forward to hearing from everyone.
04-07-2018, 12:03 AM
