[NU Sports] Uh Oh! BCS Poll Warnings

[NEONRye at aol.com]

In today's NY TIMES (Roy:  Don't have the URL address), there is an  article 
on the first BCS Poll Standings entitled "Topsy-Turvy Season Faces More  
Flips".  The writer, Pete Thamel, comments a couple of times on the low  esteem in 
which Big Ten is held this year, and states that "[i]f OSU wins out  and plays 
for national title, it is unlikely that a Big Ten team will land in  the Rose 
Bowl."   He then goes on to state that if U of Mich finishes  9-3 (i.e., with 
loss to Buckeyes in final game of season), "there is little  chance they 
would be in the top 14" and even less chance for another BT team to  sneak in.
 
Thus, the 'Cats chances of going bowling may depend on winning a minimum of  
5 out of next 6 games, so we can finish at 8-4.  Otherwise, unless one of  the 
teams in front of us collapses (IU?), there may not be enough slots  left.  I 
am not even counting MSU in this equation, since we beat them,  although I 
have enough "faith" in bowl selection committees, that I am sure  Sparty would 
be taken over us, if we finish with similar records (and their  overall record 
is better than ours at the moment).
 
Paul Levinson



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