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OU-Ohio State: Other bowl slumps
JAKE TROTTER | Modified: August 16, 2009 at 7:38 pm
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Published: August 16, 2009
Oklahoman
Oklahoma and Ohio State may be mired in bowl slumps. But neither comes close to other famous bowl slumps in college football history:
→Alabama 1967-74: Bear Bryant’s Crimson Tide failed to win a bowl in eight tries, though did tie OU in the 1970 Bluebonnet, 24-24; two of ‘Bama’s losses came in national championship games.
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→Arkansas 1986-98: Starting with a 42-8 loss to OU in the Orange Bowl, the Razorbacks lost seven straight bowls.
→Michigan 1969-78:...
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