[Husker] No. 1 and No. 26 teams competing any Husker fans notice?

[jonlists at cbsol.com]

Washington just swept Stanford, beating them twice for the first time 
ever. 

It was on Fox Sports..... thought I'd watch that for a bit, take my mind 
off football. <G> 

Jon Johnston
http://www.huskerjon.com

husker-bounces at tssi.com wrote on 11/05/2005 02:47:35 AM:

> 
> WARNING:  If you don't care about Volleyball, stop here.
> 
> Washington is very sharp, as I saw when the swept the Wahine twice in 
> Hawaii.  Against Hawaii their digs were amazing, but Dave Shoji was 
still 
> struggling to find the right chemistry for the Wahine as Mason and a
> couple of  others 
> were coming back from early-season injuries.
> 
> I don't know about breadth of offense at UW, but Nebraska has an amazing 
 
> array of weapons:  Pavan, Elmer, Larson, Houghtalling, Stalls, 
Saleamua...I 
> don't know that UW is quite that diverse.
> 
> If you look at schedules, Nebraska has faced 8 ranked opponents (at the 
time 
> of the game) and swept 6 of them.  5 of their first 10 opponents  were 
> ranked.  They opened against the cream of the NCAA, except for UW, 
> and  dominated 
> everyone.  They swept Penn State and Stanford, who are still #3  and#4. 
The 
> only reason they went five games against Minnesota (at  Minnesota) 
> was that they 
> went to sleep in game 3 when they were about 5 points  from a sweep and 
let 
> the Gophers get some momentum.  They have dropped  exactly 1 (ONE) 
> game at home 
> (including the Qwest center in Omaha).  They  also swept Ohio State and 
> Michigan on the road.  Ohio State is now ranked  #19, which makes 9 
ranked 
> opponents.  The Huskers still have to play  Missouri, Texas, and 
> Kansas state again, 
> which will give them 12 ranked  opponents.  Colorado is #27 as of 
> last week, so 
> with a few wins they could  be ranked by the Nov 23rd match as well.
> 
> On the other hand, Washington swept 8 nobodies in a row before catching 
> Hawaii when they were down and reeling from injuries and losses to 
> Nebraska and 
> Penn State.  They have played 8 games against 5 ranked opponents (Cal, 
USC, 
> UCLA, Arizona, Stanford)  They have gone 5 games 3 times and droppedone 
game 
> to Stanford (NU swept).  They play all of these teams twice, which  will 
give 
> them 10 ranked opponents on the season.  The rest of the Pac 10  is off 
the 
> radar.
> 
> Nebraska's 8 opponents who are still in the top 25 have a combined 27 
losses 
> to teams other than Nebraska, for an average of 3.375. If you  add 
Colorado, 
> it goes to 33 and an average of 3.67.  Washington's 6  opponents whoare 
still 
> in the top 25 have a combined 24 losses to teams other  than Washington, 
for 
> an average of 4.0.  Statistically speaking this could  be taken as an 
> indication that Nebraska's opponents as a group are better than 
> Washington's. And 
> therefore the Huskers have a tougher schedule.   Nebraska also has a 
higher 
> winning percentage (in games, not matches)  against common 
> opponents.  Nebraska is 
> 1.000 with 6 wins and zero losses  against Hawaii and Stanford. 
> Washington is 
> at .923 with 6 wins and zero  losses against Hawaii, and 6 wins but 1 
loss 
> against Stanford.
> 
> Does any of this really mean anything about which team is better? 
Probably 
> not, but I haven't had this much fun comparing undefeated teams since NU 
and 
> Penn State in football in 1994, and NU/Michigan in 1997.  Sure is 
> refreshing. 
>  Thanks Buckley!
> 
> By the way, my daughter went to the Wahine camp this summer, her first 
year 
> in the sport.  We have been to a number of their games and kind of 
adopted 
> them to cheer for since we obviously can't go to any Husker games. 
> We  really 
> enjoy watching them and I hope they do well in the tournament, as 
> long as  they 
> don't play the Huskers!
> 
> GO BIG RED!!!  (All of them!)
> 
> Brad Bredenkamp
> 
> 
> In a message dated 11/4/2005 10:41:43 AM Hawaiian Standard Time, 
> buckley at hawaii.edu writes:
> 
> Washington is the scarier team out there.  They swept Hawaii TWICE  at
> Hawaii, few teams do that.  They've swept Stanford and beaten them 
again.
> The Pac 10 is probably a slightly stronger conference than the Big  12 
so
> their game has to stay sharp.
> 
> Hawaii isn't going to do it this  year.  They over performed last year 
and
> this year fell back to  probably where they should have been last year. 
The
> WAC (weak  athletic conference) really hurts them competitively. 
Nebraska's
> third string line up would probably go undefeated in the  WAC.
> 
> 
> 
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