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The 07 team was better than 93 0r 88 team

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Even with Major Notre Dame still handles us easily. Just watched that game on YouTube and it was over before Major got "hurt"

The 88 schedule was meh, Penn State was bad that year.

The 93 schedule was maybe top 10 toughest in last 40 years? Maybe top 15. Miami was not Miami and BC was just another Cincinnati type program we faced in the Big East 2.0

Florida was on another level as far as coaching and talent and even they were not that great in 92/93

The 07 schedule was not harder probably close to the same but the 07 team and staff would have smoked either 93 or 88 if they lined up and played.

The real question we should ask the "What if Gods"

What if White is named starter in the 05 fall camp and we beat Virginia Tech.
 
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VaultHunter said:
Even with Major Notre Dame still handles us easily. Just watched that game on YouTube and it was over before Major got "hurt"

The 88 schedule was meh, Penn State was bad that year.

The 93 schedule was maybe top 10 toughest in last 40 years? Maybe top 15. Miami was not Miami and BC was just another Cincinnati type program we faced in the Big East 2.0

Florida was on another level as far as coaching and talent and even they were not that great in 92/93

The 07 schedule was not harder probably close to the same but the 07 team and staff would have smoked either 93 or 88 if they lined up and played.

The real question we should ask the "What if Gods"

What if White is named starter in the 05 fall camp and we beat Virginia Tech.
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You could be put the '93 and '07 team together and the '88 team would still wipe the floor with them. That sir is a fact! :smiley:
 
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Vernon said:
You could be put the '93 and '07 team together and the '88 team would still wipe the floor with them. That sir is a fact! :smiley:
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I agree. Watched eight games from the stands that year, and they would have physically beat down the other two teams, and the defense on those teams couldn't have stopped major Harris and all those weapons. I also believe WV would have taken ND to the wire had Harris not gotten hurt. Granted, ND was loaded in 88, but Harris had more magic as the game played out. I still think he's the best all around QB in WVU history.
 
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I agree. Watched eight games from the stands that year, and they would have physically beat down the other two teams, and the defense on those teams couldn't have stopped major Harris and all those weapons. I also believe WV would have taken ND to the wire had Harris not gotten hurt. Granted, ND was loaded in 88, but Harris had more magic as the game played out. I still think he's the best all around QB in WVU history.
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3rd string TB on '88 team, Eugene Napolean, was talented enough to probably start at most schools in the country. Unfortunately for him, A.B. Brown and Undra Johnson were ahead of him. Also, the OL was arguably the greatest in WVU history. As great as they were, Nehlen would replace the entire OL on the 3rd series of the game with a new unit. I imagine that was one of the reasons the '89 team was also successful (until Major's ill-fated final game in Gator Bowl v. Clemson when his mother appeared on national t.v. during the game telling him to skip his senior season.)
 
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The 1993 team did the best on paper - beating 4 ranked teams (Louis, VT, Miami, BC). But that team had a lot of luck. VT missed GW field goal, BC choked.

I feel it is between 2007 and 1988 team.
1988 team had no great victories, but was still the best WVU team in the past 50 years.
They would have beaten ranked teams - just didn't have them on schedule. Penn State may have been down, but Alabama couldn't score a TD on PennSt week before we played them. We hung 41 on PSU - in the 1st half.
Major + best OL in their history -- I go with 1998 team.
 
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IMO

88 > 93 >>> 07

I base that on the eye test and the talent. If you didn’t see Major you can’t put into words how good he was. I’ve never seen a qb do what he could do in college. The closest I ever saw was Mike Vick. The talent around him was so deep.

on the other side of the ball you had Kovak, Turnbull & Fox in the front, Haering & Pickett in the middle, and on the back you had Mays, Whitmore, & Orlando.

That 88 team was good. Beano Cook called it in the preseason-only guy in America to get it right. “West Virginia will go undefeated and play Notre Dame for the National Championship!”
 
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88 and 93 teams didn't choke against a 28 point underdog. The 88 team beat 16th ranked Pitt by 3 TD's.
 
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I agree. Watched eight games from the stands that year, and they would have physically beat down the other two teams, and the defense on those teams couldn't have stopped major Harris and all those weapons. I also believe WV would have taken ND to the wire had Harris not gotten hurt. Granted, ND was loaded in 88, but Harris had more magic as the game played out. I still think he's the best all around QB in WVU history.
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I agree. Had Harris not been hurt early in that game, the outcome may have been different.
 
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No matter which team was better, 2007 had the best chance for a championship. Getting past Pitt and facing the 07 Buckeyes was easier compared to '93 Florida at the peak of Spurrier or '88 Notre Dame. Despite what some stooge who has no business on this board thinks and will uselessly reply to this message.
 
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The Bell Tolls for Thee said:
No matter which team was better, 2007 had the best chance for a championship.
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I 100% agree with this.
'88 team was better... but none of the potential 2007 opponents in natl champ game could have handled the spread and speed.

The Pitt game mystifies me to this day - because RR didn't seem to adjust to Pitt's game plan. Why not a few deep throws to loosen up 11-man front? I don't subscribe to "thrown game" theory - because of ego. But maybe too stubborn to adjust game plan?

-Tim
 
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The 88 team had the best chance considering they were playing in the bowl that was called the for the championship.
 
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1duluth1 said:
I 100% agree with this.
'88 team was better... but none of the potential 2007 opponents in natl champ game could have handled the spread and speed.

The Pitt game mystifies me to this day - because RR didn't seem to adjust to Pitt's game plan. Why not a few deep throws to loosen up 11-man front? I don't subscribe to "thrown game" theory - because of ego. But maybe too stubborn to adjust game plan?

-Tim
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I think WVU has a problem w/ LSU or Missouri in 07. The Buckeye's just weren't a team built to deal with the spread and speed. It showed against LSU in the title game and in their one loss to Illinois during the regular season. Regarding the Pitt game, I don't think Rod threw the game, I thought he knew he had the Michigan job locked up no matter what and just didn't care enough to deviate from the formula. Jarrett Brown could've easily come in for Pat to throw some simple out routes which were there for the taking if Pat's hand injury was what kept him from throwing. Pitt would have 9 guys in the box on 3 reciever sets with one safety covering 2 guys and we still ran it.
 
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