[Husker] Where are you riding on the bandwagon?

[Bob Beach]

Pat Gaule wrote:
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>>     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.
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> 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.


     There is a difference between saying there "will be" 4-6 undefeated 
teams and "could be" 4-6 undefeated teams.  If you check above where you 
quoted me I believe I said the latter.   Six probably is a bit of a 
stretch but I don't think 4 undefeated teams would be way out of the 
realm of reasonableness.  It probably won't happen but it could. 


     This whole thing got out of hand.  The one and only thing I was 
trying to say is NU is going to need more than to be undefeated to 
automatically play for the NC.  I said there are a few other things that 
need to fall into place.  I still believe that.  I also believe any real 
discussion on this is moot because the Huskers have as much chance of 
going undefeated in 2007 as I do of becoming President of the United 
States in the next election. 


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> If NU beats USC in week 2, they will most certainly move in to the top 10.

     To my knowledge there are other teams in the polls other than USC 
and NU.  Again I am not saying it is not possible that NU could jump 
into the top ten if beating USC.  I am saying it would be one of the 
largest jumps I have seen in a long time if ever.  It would require the 
Huskers jump 10 or more spots or there abouts depending on what poll you 
are using.  To me whether the Huskers get into the top 10 IF (and that 
is a monumental "IF") they beat USC would also be dependent on what 
other teams do.


>   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).


     Remember I didn't say NU couldn't finish number 1 if going 
undefeated.  I just said they would need help.  I haven't done research 
on it but I'll bet Oklahoma had help to accomplish what they did as 
well.  Now if NU started the season in the top ten I would undoubtedly 
feel differently.  As far as pollsters shuffling things around it is my 
opinion there shouldn't be any polls until the third or fourth week of 
the season anyway.  If that were the case I believe NU could go 
undefeated and play for the NC without help.


Bob Beach


Bob Beach