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Best Team Of The Franklin Era: Semifinals (2017 vs 2016; 2024 vs 2019)

We move on to our semifinal matchups today, as the 2024 squad took care of work against the 2018 team in easy fashion, winning the vote 97%-3%. In a bit of a surprise, the 2023 team (which we had as a three-seed) lost to the six-seed 2019 squad, 74%-26%. It turns out Mike Yurcich’s offense left some bad scars.

#1 2017 (11-2, 7-2) vs. #4 2016 (11-3, 8-1)

2017 Offense: 41.1 PPG
2017 Defense: 16.5 PPG Allowed
2017 Schedule:

2016 Offense: 37.