The most unlikely champion

It's been a while since I last posted anything about my version of the NCAA Division 1-A football playoffs. (That's what happens when you're asked to take on different things in life...such as a couple of GoFundMe projects.) Anyway...I actually DID play the 2023 version, and I've been itching to post that. Well, here's how it turned out: FIRST ROUND (seeding in parentheses): Boise State (24) 63, James Madison (9) 44/Oklahoma (16) 38, Penn State (17) 24/Iowa (20) 27, Miami (OH) (13) 14/Louisville (21) 38, Tulane (12) 20/Mississippi (19) 45, Toledo (14) 31/Notre Dame (22) 36, Troy (11) 13/Missouri (18) 48, SMU (15) 34/Oregon (10) 42, North Carolina State (23) 27 SECOND ROUND: Washington (1) 63, Boise State 38/Oklahoma 24, Ohio State (8) 14/Texas (5) 34, Iowa 10/Florida State (4) 38, Louisville 34/Alabama (6) 28, Mississippi 17/Notre Dame 42, Liberty (3) 21/Georgia (7) 45, Missouri 31/Oregon 35, Michigan (2) 28 QUARTERFINAL ROUND: Oklahoma 52, Washington 45/Florida State 37, Texas 21/Notre Dame 38, Alabama 21/Georgia 28, Oregon 17 SEMIFINAL ROUND: Oklahoma 52, Florida State 42/Notre Dame 45, Georgia 37 CHAMPIONSHIP GAME: Oklahoma 41, Notre Dame 24 MVP: Oklahoma QB Dillon Gabriel...in the title game, he went 16 for 25 for 232 yards and three touchdown passes. Not only that, but he also ran 24 times for 163 yards to lead all rushers that night. What made the 2023 Sooners the most unlikely of the "shoulda-coulda-woulda" champions? They were the lowest seeds EVER to win it all in these playoffs. (UCLA was seeded 13th out of 16 entries when it won it all in 1988...the same seeding USC drew when the Trojans won the 2003 playoffs, two years after the 1-A playoffs went to a 24-team format.) Oklahoma wrapped up its time in the Big 6/7/8/12 by winning these 1-A playoffs for the first time since the Sooners three-peated in 1985-87. Funny thing: This time around, Michigan had a chance to duplicate the Sooners' 1980s effort...but in the second round, Oregon's Bo Nix took matters into his own hands (23-30-217-2 TD passes plus 16 rushes for 88 yards and 2 TD runs) to end the Wolverines' two-year reign in these playoffs. I used Dave Koch Sports' Action! PC Football to do these playoffs...and now, I want to slow down to see just what the 2024 D-1-A playoffs would've looked like.