[NU Sports] Say it ain't so.................

[Martinitis at aol.com]

Gentleman,
 
I allowed myself to fantasize Sunday nite about the Bowl picture for the  
Wildcats...if we should beat Ohio State and run the table.....Rose Bowl? Outback  
Bowl? Citrus Bowl?!  And found myself walking into a nightmare  scenario.
 
If we beat OS, it would be likely 3 teams would tie for 2nd place in the  Big 
10 @ 10-2; NU, Minnesota and Ohio State.  With Joe Pa going for the  National 
Title, non of the three Place finishers would be eligible to go to the  Rose 
Bowl, since none of the three would finish in the top 12 BCS ratings.  
 
AND, since NU always gets snubbed, Minny and Ohio State go to the Outback  
and Citrus Bowls, and we still end up in the dreaded (at least for me) Alamo  
Bowl. 
 
So, win out, we get the Alamo Bowl.  Lose to Ohio St. and Win 2, we  get the 
Alamo Bowl.  (Mich St. and Minny go to the Outback and Citrus  Bowls.  Win 1, 
we still get the Alamo Bowl.
 
It feels like Catch 22.  Can anyone wake me up? Happily?
 
Lou Martinaitis, '68,'69
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