[Husker] Why is Clemson favored?

[jon johnston]

What's even more interesting about it is that few of these guys will  
make it in the NFL, hopefully destroying the argument that having a  
NFL career somehow validates how good they were in college.


Jon Johnston
http://www.cornnation.com
On Dec 29, 2008, at 5:08 PM, Skylar Dodds wrote:

> True, to some extent.  FSU, Cal, Miami, Wiscy (although a bad  
> version of
> themselves), NC State, BYU, Arizona.  Not the best teams in the  
> country, but
> most of those teams are top half of their respective conferences.
>
> Now compare their QBs to NU, MU, OSU, KU.  I don't even need to  
> touch OU, UT
> and TT that have the three best QBs in the country, IMO. Plus, I'm  
> adding in
> some earlier games from this year I've watched, UF vs AL, LSU vs AL,  
> etc.
> etc.
>
> --
> Skylar
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Landin [mailto:marklandin at gmail.com]
> Sent: Monday, December 29, 2008 4:55 PM
> To: Skylar Dodds
> Cc: Husker List
> Subject: Re: [Husker] Why is Clemson favored?
>
> On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 4:49 PM, Skylar Dodds <sklarbodds at cox.net>  
> wrote:
>> I have to say (with admitted bias) that I've been watching a lot of  
>> bowl
>> games this year and have come to one very obvious (to me) conclusion.
>>
>> The QB/WR play in other conferences AREN'T EVEN CLOSE to that of  
>> the Big
>> XII.  It's not quality of defense.  QBs missing WIDE OPEN receivers,
>> receivers dropping balls hitting right in their hands.  "Ducks"  
>> thrown up
> in
>> the air and receivers having to stop their routes to wait for the  
>> ball
>> everywhere.
>>
>
> Well, to be fair, the bowls up to this point involved the "also rans"
> of their respective conferences. There is a reason these teams have
> played their bowls already. :)
>
> Tomorrow starts some of the better teams (Okie State, for one) and
> we'll see if the teams from the other conferences play any better.
> They may not. :)
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