[Husker] Polls??????

[RJ Wessel]

But to be fair to Ohio State - what will be proved in a rematch - if Ohio State wins then everyone will be wondering if they could beat USC/Florida/Insert you team here. If they don't beat Michigan - Michigan is the national champ but Ohio State has a victory against them as well?

I guess my opinion is - that game was scheduled and circled all season long as a big game to both. If they did not put forth their best effort - no second chances. If they put forth their best effort and lost - still no second chances. MU at the end of the year can always say they were the second best team in the nation. 

Now if it comes out that they play so be it. But I remember 1978 and how crummy it felt to play OU in the Orange Bowl. That really sucked and I am sure the Buckeyes will have the same feeling - win or lose.


I am hoping the USC gets to the championship game and it rewarded for the
schedule they put together - maybe then we will not see top 10 teams (NU included) schedule Division 1AA, lower conferences or perrinial doormats from the other conferences to pad a W. 

---- bobbaseballfan at aol.com wrote: 
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> From: reich at inetnebr.com
> To: bobbaseballfan at aol.com; husker at tssi.com
> Sent: Sun, 19 Nov 2006 10:39 PM
> Subject: Re: [Husker] Polls??????
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> This isn't a reason to despise the polls.  There is sufficient
> basis to have USC at 2nd and Michigan in 3rd.  Many of the top
> computer polls do.  One reason is USC's big win over a quality
> opponent.  Sagarin has USC 1-0 against the top 10 and 5-1 against
> the top 30 while Michigan is 0-1 against the top 10 and 3-1
> against the top 30.  USC's victories over Arkansas and Cal stack
> up well, even against Michigan's win over Notre Dame.
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>       If all you are doing is looking at won-lost record you have a point.  However, Michigan is indeed technically 0-1
> against the top 10 BUT that one loss is to the number one team who they virtually played to a dead heat on the
> number one team's home hostile field.  In my mind we still haven't proven whether or not Ohio State or Michigan is 
> number one.  Michigan didn't play Hofstra to a dead heat.  They played the number one team in the nation.  I still
> don't see how because of that performance they should lose ground in the polls.
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> Bob Beach    
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