[personal] RE: [Husker] Huh? Bad Decision?

Wed Dec 5 08:53:04 CST 2007

You have to remember how strange this year was though - the #2 team lost  
like 5 weeks in a row.  There were not any undefeated high ranked teams or  many 
1 loss teams - If this was a normal year - Kansas and Missooo would  not have 
cracked the top 5.  

Steve Kauf
A Husker fan deep in South Texas
NOT THE VICTORY BUT THE  ACTION
NOT THE GOAL BUT THE GAME
IN THE DEED THE GLORY

In a message dated 12/5/2007 7:22:46 AM Central Standard Time,  
jjj112665 at yahoo.com writes:

I  disagree with you on NU. If they go undefeated or have only 1 loss they 
will  be towards the top of the polls. I had stated before the start of this 
season  that any Big XII team that goes undefeated would play for the MNC and 
Kansas  just about proved me right. The BCS conference teams will always get  
preference from pollsters over non-BCS teams. It is biased. And with NUs  
upcoming non-conference schedule we should start to worry that people are  getting on 
the SOS bandwagon.  

Kaufsss at aol.com wrote:  

You  forget the main reason why Hawaii is not higher - they started the  
season lower ranked than any of these teams. Let's say a team like  Georgia 
played 
the same schedule Hawaii did and went undefeated. Because  Georgia was a 
tradional powerhouse - started the season with some  expectations and a high 
ranking - they would be number 1. Look at Boise  State - after last year - 
they 
gained a little respect in the polls at  the start of this year. If they 
would 
have gone undefeated - this year -  with their 'easy' schedule, they would 
have been #1. I think Hawaii has  the same opportunity next year. Take the 
reverse - I think NE has a hard  time rising to the top next year. One loss 
will 
blow much of their  chances - depending of course on where they start, and if 
the upsets  continue like they did this year. I think it is hard to argue 
against  OSU and LSU - they did what they were supposed to do. I believe 
Georgia  will kill Hawaii - as Oklahoma should have done to Boise State. As 
long as  
Georgia doesn't play like they are ashamed not to be in the big game -  and 
try to prove they should have been. 

Steve Kauf
A Husker  fan deep in South Texas
NOT THE VICTORY BUT THE ACTION
NOT THE GOAL  BUT THE GAME
IN THE DEED THE GLORY

In a message dated  12/4/2007 2:02:05 PM Central Standard Time, 
surf4evr at msn.com  writes:

Yes, I mean no way OSU or LSU belongs in this game. This game  is suppose to
be about the 2 best teams in college football. This game is  not about that
this year because the 2 best teams are not playing in it.  Here's why the BCS
is flawed. Entering the weekend, Georgia was the  highest rated 2-loss team
in the BCS, Georgia & OSU did not play last  weekend, however OSU rose in the
standings but Georgia dropped to fifth.  Georgia should have rose to number
2. Then you have Hawaii, who is  undefeated this season but because they play
outside of the 6  high-profile conferences they were not even considered.
(This is wrong).  Instead both of these teams belong in the BCS game not LSU
or OSU. This  game should be about the 2 best teams in college football and
it is Not.  Instead it is about who the media wants to play in the game. This
system  needs to change because is flawed.

I know most of you are  going to disagree with me but think about it for a
minute. Hawaii was  never considered a top school because they played a poor
non-conference  schedule but so did KU. KU was undefeated in week twelve and
they were  ranked number two in the country and were not penalized for their
weak  non-conference schedule but Hawaii was penalized for theirs. You  could
say if Hawaii was not penalized for their weak schedule they should  have
been number three in the country at that time. They would have been  number
one after last week because they went undefeated . Instead they  get to play
Georgia in another BCS bowl but not the one that counts the  most and the one
they should both be in.

I'm not lobbying  for either of these teams but I hate it when people say if
you would play  a tougher schedule then you deserve to be there. There are
many teams  that do not play tougher schedules and they are still there i.e
OSU. In  the old days there was no computers but if you were undefeated more
than  likely you would play for the national championship. College  football
today is about big bucks and sooner rather than later the  championship will
not mean much. I just want the 2 best college teams to  play for the
championship every year and this year this is not going to  happen.

Michael J  Schultz

surf4evr at msn.com

From: Sue Smith  [mailto:huskerdana at yahoo.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2007 8:59  AM
To: Michael J Schultz
Subject: RE: [personal] RE: [Husker] Huh? Bad  Decision?

Do you mean no way? 

Michael J Schultz  <surf4evr at msn.com> wrote: 

That is true but the bottom line is  that they still won the game and went
undefeated, which you can't say the  same thing for OSU. There schedule was
not as strong as OSU but OSU did  not to my knowledge beat a top 20 team when
they played. I believe Hawaii  will beat Georgia handily because Georgia's
pass defense is poor.  
There is now way that OSU belongs in this BCS game.

Michael J  Schultz
surf4evr at msn.com

-----Original Message-----
From:  husker-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:husker-bounces at tssi.com] On Behalf  Of
Skylar Dodds
Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 3:02 PM
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Subject: RE: [personal] RE: [Husker] Huh? Bad Decision?

The  difference is OSU manhandled it's poor opponents while Hawaii  struggled
against a lot of them, IMO.

--
Skylar
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> -----Original Message-----
> From:  husker-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:husker-bounces at tssi.com] On  Behalf
Of
> marc
> Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 3:00  PM
> To: husker at tssi.com
> Subject: [personal] RE: [Husker] Huh?  Bad Decision?
> 
> I don't disagree that Hawaii's schedule  wasn't the greatest, but can't we
> say the same thing about Ohio  State???
> 
> Youngstown St.
> Akron
>  Washington
> Northwestern
> Minnesota
> Purdue
>  Kent State
> 
> >
> > On 12/3/07, Scott Stewart  wrote:
> >
> >> If you win all your games, the polls  take care of themselves.
> >
> > - Unless you are  Hawaii.
> >
> > Hawaii won all their games, but nearly  everyone realizes that their
> > schedule
> > didn't  qualify them to be a contender. They barely beat 3 fairly poor
> >  teams
> > on the road, could have been tied by Washington this  weekend - and who
> > knows
> > what might have happened  in overtime. But they did manage to win and
who
> > knows they  might pull a Boise State and beat disappointed Georgia in the
> >  Sugar bowl.
> 
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