[Husker] Polls

[jon johnston]

Mike,

There is no such thing as RUTS in a bowl game, nor in a national title  
game. Both teams are chosen by the bowl and the bowls are set up so  
that similar teams face each other off at the end of the season. The  
idea is that teams in the bowls should have improved over the season  
and any team in a bowl game should be playing at the peak of their  
ability. I know that's not what happens because of the emotions that  
go into bowl games, but that's the perfect idea.

So, if anyone has sour grapes about RUTS.... it goes back to competing  
on the field. Northwestern fans should be more upset that their  
coaches did not sufficiently prepare them for the game at hand.

Call it bad karma all you want, but crushing Northwestern had nothing  
to do with what happened later. We did that all on our own.

Jon Johnston
http://www.cornnation.com
On Nov 17, 2008, at 2:12 PM, Mike Nolan wrote:

>> If you extend the BCS past the top 25 in each poll and the
>> computers (http://cfn.scout.com/2/582114.html) NU is #31, just
>> behind Northwestern.  Mike, how do you feel about another NU
>> vs Northwestern game?  I liked the last one.
>
> I'm not excited over the prospects (which still strike me as a bit
> unlikely, and I'm not putting CU in the "W" column yet), but should it
> happen I would cheer for Northwestern again.  I may wear red, but I  
> still
> bleed purple.
>
> BTW, there are more than a few people who feel that Nebraska's RUTS
> against Northwestern with Frank Solich's active support (since  
> confirmed
> by several Husker players in that game) is the bad karma that led to  
> the
> demise of Frank Solich at Nebraska and the many problems that  
> followed,
> which aren't completely solved yet.  (Sorry, but a win over a  
> dispirited
> and rather pathetic Kansas State doesn't wipe out that debacle in  
> Norman
> and the sting of last year's record-setting loss to Kansas will take a
> long time to heal.)
>
> BTW, the Wall Street Journal has a column up today on the prospects  
> of an
> all Big 12 South National Championship game.  Stranger things could  
> happen.
> (I don't remember the WSJ being all that up in arms over another NC
> game that was a rematch, though.)
> --
> Mike Nolan
>
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jon johnston
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