It seems like every year, when the four teams are announced that will faceoff for the biggest prize in college football, there is always one or team teams that feel left out. This is was no execption as undefeated Florida State and defending National Champion Georgia appeared to be all dressed up with no where to go. This year the four teams Michigan, Washington, Texas and Alabama are ready to battle it out for all of the marble in the world of college football. In this episode of Historically Speaking Sports we will go back 32 years to highlight the last time the University of Washington was deemed National Champions dispite the fact they had to split the title with the Miami Hurricanes. Also this weekend also saw Southern Methodist University claim their first conference title since 1984. Which was just a couple of years before the NCAA imposed the "Death Penalty" on the Mustangs. To close out the show, we will send a shout out to a little known quarterback that just played five seasons in the NFL because of lingering shoulder injuries. However Hall of Fame Coach Bill Walsh considered him the most naturally gifted passer he had ever seen. We will tell the story of the short and star-crossed career of the NFL's greatest one shot wonder, former Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Greg Cook, the league's greatest "what if".

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