Its tough to beat the same team twice in one year. Years ago, Nebraska’s Tom Osborne had a rare win against Oklahoma in the regular season only to be paired up against them again in the Orange Bowl.
True. But in my opinion, the better team usually wins the second time, for several reasons, but basically just because they improved more since the first matchup.
I went to the Sugar Bowl/National Championship game between Florida and Florida State back when Danny Wuerffel was the quarterback. FSU had barely won the regular season game, at home, thanks to some questionable calls in my opinion. But, they were the two best teams, so they made them play again. In the rematch, Florida blew them out 52-20, and it wasn't even that close.