[NU Sports] Michigan Left Out of Final AP Rankings For First Time Since 1984

[jhcclark at aol.com]

What I find most disturbing about the final polls is that in both the 
AP and the Coaches', 9-3 Auburn is one spot ahead of a 10-3 Wisconsin 
team which beat them 24-10.  Wisky dominated, and Auburn stunk up the 
stadium and my television screen, yet the polls ....

Ah well, this bowl season ticked me off in any number of ways.  
Officiating cost Michigan and Iowa their games [believe it], HORRENDOUS 
luck with 2 onside kick TDs cost Northwestern its game, and Minny 
inexplicably [read:  Glen Mason] caved to Virginia.  At least there was 
no bogus "threepeat" by USC.

USC, like all the major conference teams, signed up with the BCS to 
solve the issue of who is the true National Champion.  It was true this 
year, last year, and the year before that [but not true in 1997 when 
Michigan and the Big Ten were not part of the Bowl Coalition].  USC 
can't claim the title in 2003 -- they put their lot in with the BCS.  
LSU was the 2003 Champ, not USC.  Can't change the rules just because 
you don't like the result.

The AP poll is interesting, but does not determine which BCS team is 
the National Champion [non-BCS teams would be another story].

Phew, glad I got that outta my system.

-----Original Message-----
From: NEONRye at aol.com
To: nwu-sports at tssi.com
Sent: Thu, 5 Jan 2006 19:13:54 EST
Subject: [NU Sports] Michigan Left Out of Final AP Rankings For First 
Time Since 1984

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Top 5:  Texas, USC, Penn State, OSU, W. Va.

Notre Dame was 9th.  Wisky was only 15th.   Like Mich., Iowa  was "out 
of the
money".

Paul Levinson
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