[Husker] Where are you riding on the bandwagon?

[Bob Beach]

Pat Gaule wrote:
>
> I agree with you completely that the preseason polls should be 
> abolished and judgement should be reserved until 3 or 4 games have 
> been played.  However, I think it goes without saying that teams are 
> going to "get help along the way" as the season progresses.  Preseason 
> polls will almost always diverge wildly from the final poll.  Over the 
> course of the season, it is simply inevitable that if a team keeps 
> winning, the number of teams staying in front of them in the polls 
> will diminish.  With with history suggesting that 4-6 undefeated teams 
> is an extremely unlikely scenario, I think an undefetaed Nebraska team 
> has a very good shot of getting into the national championship game.
> With all that said, it ain't gonna happen. :)
>


     The college game is so different because not everyone plays 
everyone, nor could they.  What I mean when I say get help along the way 
I am talking about teams getting beat that NU doesn't play.  It is 
unlikely but possible in a given year a good number of conference 
champions could be undefeated.  The point here is not how many will or 
how many won't.  The point is you can only control the games in which 
you play.  You have no control over teams which are not on your 
schedule.  You have to depend on others to take care of that for you.  
The big thing is NU plays USC early in the season.  By the time the 
season is at the end it could be a win over USC might not be that big of 
deal.  People are assuming NU could beat USC and then USC goes 
undefeated the rest of the way so NU's theoretical win looms large and 
carries a lot of weight.  But what if USC would lose 2-3 games after 
that?  That is really what I meant.  It depends on a lot of different 
circumstances.


Bob Beach