1981 Sugar Bowl
GA 17
ND 10
That was UGA's last National Championship. We had someone named Hershel Walker playing at the time....
Edited to change date of Sugar Bowl. It was the 1980 season championship; but the Sugar Bowl was played in 1981....
I know the whole "Gurley + Marshall = Gurschal", or something like that, but Herschel > Gurley + Marshall. Herschel Walker was a freak of nature, which is WELL above exemplary. He'd be a 8 star in a field of 5 stars. This is not to take away from Gurley or Marshall, but Herschel had almost as much as those two combined in his freshman year and #5 all-time rushing yards in college football when he only played 3 years. #1-4 played all 4 years. Without Hershel Walker, there would have never been a 1980 UGA national championship. Same with, as much as it pains me to say this because I was so down on the kid...until I saw him play, Johnny Manziel. No way in hell would A&M be anywhere near where it's at right now without him. Without Gurley and Marshall, Murray still has Tavarres King, Malcolm Mitchell, Marlon Brown, Michael Bennett, Ken Malcome, etc. Hershel was pretty much Daddy Dooley's main workhorse. That's pretty much how Heisman candidates are chosen. Can a team make it without this one player. Manziel? No. Hershel? No. Gurley + Marshall? Yes. Manti Te'o? Yes. Cam Newton? Well, you see the results of that. So does Gene the Chin. ...from the unemployment line.