
Two more top-five teams were eliminated, including the #1 seed 2020 Alabama, as well as #5 2005 USC. 1976 Pittsburgh and 1996 Florida provided the upsets. 1993 Florida State and 2020 Auburn also won in close games as the favorites.…

It hasn’t been the best start for the A’s, who suffered a three-game sweep at home to Chicago White Sox. After six games, Oakland is already two games off the pace. Each game saw multiple culprits: defensive miscues, bullpen collapses,…

The 1989 season replay got underway with Oakland winning two of three home games against Seattle, including a 16-inning marathon in the finale. Mark McGwire hit two homers and drove in seven of the A’s 14 runs in the series.…

1978 Oklahoma became the second high seed to fall in the second round, as 2021 Alabama posted an easy win. In the game of the tournament thus far, 1979 USC and 1998 Texas played seven overtimes before the Trojans finally…

Three favorites advanced, though two of them came down to the last play. But the big story was 31st-seeded 1994 Colorado taking down second-seeded 2004 USC in a blowout. 2008 Oklahoma advanced on a walk-off TD, while 2013 Florida State…

The favorites won all four games in this quadrant of the tournament, including a pair of USC teams that won big. 1993 Florida State posted the first shutout of the tournament, while 1996 Florida won the only close game here.…

Here are some season totals in my first year playing these games. There were 10 projects completed, and there is one more still in progress. Here’s how many times each game was officially played (this doesn’t include test games where…

Alabama could only advance one of its two top-eight seeds in this quadrant, as 1991 Michigan rallied to upset the 2015 Crimson Tide in overtime (the first OT contest of this tournament). The top-seeded 2020 Alabama squad won easily, while…

The 1998 Texas squad posted one of the biggest upsets of the first round by knocking off 1997 Michigan, which was 21 seeds higher. In a tournament filled with very high scores so far, 2006 Ohio State and 2021 Alabama…