All but one of his first seven Nebraska football teams would have made Dave Feit's hypothetical playoffs.
This is Part III of our series on "What if the 12-team College Football Playoff had existed in years gone by?"After Devaney retired as head coach, he was replaced by a tall redhead from Hastings who had led Nebraska's offense during the national championship seasons.The 1973 bracket / Dave Feit, HuskerMax
At the start of the 1973 season, Oklahoma was put on probation, which included a two-year bowl ban. Therefore, the Sooners would not have been eligible for the playoff. 1974 would have been Nebraska's twelfth playoff appearance, but just their second time hosting a first-round game . And the opponent would have been a big name: 9 seed Notre Dame, with the winner facing top seed Alabama.
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