[Husker] NU Receivers

[Andy Knipp]

true,  OU was ahead of UW, but BYU was ahead of both.  But from the 
previous year,  Miami at #4, Auburn, TX, and NU #1,  MIami leapfrogged
Auburn (TX lost) when they beat NU in the Orange Bowl.

Beating#1  means a lot to voters.



> 
> The problem is that Washington was behind Oklahoma in the AP poll going
> into the bowls, so the Holiday Bowl would not have been #1 vs. #2.
> Would they have jumped OU if OU had beaten someone else in the Orange
> Bowl?  Maybe, maybe not.
> 
> http://www.soonerstats.com/fb/polls/index.cfm has historical weekly AP
> rankings.  I didn't really look for the UPI poll so I don't know if UW
> was #2 in that one.
> 
> Bob
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andy Knipp [mailto:andy at knipp.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 3:36 PM
> To: husker at tssi.com
> Subject: Re: [Husker] NU Receivers
> 
> 
> 
> I disagree.
> 
> Washington had the opportunity to play BYU in a Bowl (very low paying
> Holiday Bowl that the WAC was tied to at the time).  UW went instead to
> the Orange Bowl where they beat OU.
> 
> Had UW played and beated BYU,  the would have had a  valid claim to the
> MNC,  instead they went for the money.  BYU played and defeated a 6-5
> Michigan team instead.
> 
> >
> > It was 11-1 Washington who had the MNC stolen, not Nebraska.  Had BYU played 
> > any top-10 or even top-20 team, it's very unlikely they would have gone 
> > undefeated.
> >
> 
> 
> 
> Andy Knipp
> andy at knipp.com
> (480) 818-1026 (M)



Andy Knipp
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