Question

When New England and Jacksonville last met in a conference championship game, following the 1996 season, Drew Bledsoe and Mark Brunell started – two quarterbacks who played their college ball in the same state. Since that time, when is the only other time this has occurred – two quarterbacks who played their college ball in the same state going head-to-head in a conference championship game? The state in question is below average in population.

Answer

Looking for 2007, with Eli Manning (Ole Miss) and the Giants upsetting Brett Favre (Southern Mississippi) and the Packers.