[personal] [Husker] Oklahoma forfeits 2005 football season; NU went 9-3?

[George Rapp]

Ah, so.  And thus it is that we learn that sportswriters should not dabble
in mathematics.  8^)

On 7/11/07, Skylar Dodds <sklarbodds at cox.net> wrote:
>
> > Not sure about that one.  (I wouldn't dream of correcting Skylar on a
> > baseball topic, but this is football... 8^)  According to the following
> > quote from the article:
>
> Football?? Is that the sport where the ball is a funny shape?
>
> > ... and coach Bob Stoops' career record will be amended to reflect the
> forfeitures,
> > dropping it from 86-19 in eight seasons to 78-27.
>
> I believe (what I've been told by people who do know what football is)
> that
> original article was incorrect.
>
> http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2933008
> ESPN says, "Records from that season involving quarterback Rhett Bomar and
> offensive lineman J.D. Quinn must be erased, the NCAA said, and coach Bob
> Stoops' career record will be amended to reflect the erased wins, dropping
> it from 86-19 in eight seasons to 78-19."
>
> --
> Skylar
> mailto:sklarbodds at cox.net
>
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