[Husker] Where are you riding on the bandwagon?

[Duane Feldman]

C'mon Guys, how many fairies can dance on the head of a pin?  IF I win the lottery, should I buy a new luxury car or a limo?

CAN an undefeated Husker team be left out of a national title game?  Of course, there are circumstances that could occur to leave the Huskers out.  After all, an undefeated SEC champ was left out recently (Auburn) and no one thought that was possible.

Is it LIKELY that an undefeated BCS conf champ with three wins over top ten teams be left out?  Not likely.  I'm not sure that has ever happened.

What is the EXACT probability?  Only 7.47% of the time would an undefeated 2007 NU team be left out of the BCS title game.  Don't make me explain the math behind that number [g].

Next topic . . . .

Duane Feldman


----- Original Message ----
From: Pat Gaule <pgaule at cox.net>
To: husker at tssi.com
Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2007 2:06:38 AM
Subject: Re: [Husker] Where are you riding on the bandwagon?


Bob Beach wrote:

> Kaufsss at aol.com wrote:
>
>> I disagree completely - IF the huskers go undefeated ,  that would 
>> include wins over at least 3 top ten teams - probably Oklahoma in 
>> the  Big 12 championship game ( If we beat TX - OK probably would 
>> too- and the  Gameday crowd is picking them as the Big 12 champ 
>> anyway) , TX and USC.   
>
>
>
>     I explained why I feel the way I feel in another post so I am not 
> going to repeat myself totally.  I just can't get it through my noodle 
> that other teams beside NU, OU, Texas, and USC are not playing 
> Division I-A football as well.  As I said, there could be 4-6 teams 
> undefeated at the end of the season.  Should that happen and NU is one 
> of them is NU automatically in?  As I also have said before it could 
> mean that but I don't see it as an absolute lock.  I doubt I am going 
> to post to this again for two reasons.  One is I have posted a lot 
> already.  The other reason is they aren't going undefeated anyway so 
> it more than likely isn't reality.  Some prognosticators don't pick 
> them to win the North much less the NC.


I normally agree with the stuff you write Bob, but the only thing I can 
agree with in the above post is that NU is not going undefeated.  The 
fact that you think 4-6 Division 1-A teams could go undefeated this year 
boggles my mind.  When was the last time that happened?  I don't know if 
6 1-A teams have ever gone undefeated, and I can't even recall the last 
time that 4 1-A teams went undefeated.

If NU beats USC in week 2, they will most certainly move in to the top 
10.  The pollsters do shuffle teams around a lot in the early weeks 
because quite frankly, the preseason polls do not carry much weight.  
Oklahoma began the 2000 season ranked around 20th and they were able to 
finish #1, so it can happen (I'm not saying it will happen for Nebraska 
this season...I'm speaking purely about moving up in the polls).

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