[NU Sports] Keyshawn in RB HOF?

[johnadeg at comcast.net]

He may have been ineligible but he still played.  Without him, (and a couple of bad calls by the refs) NU would have won.

John DeGroat
 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Beamsley, Jeff" <Jeff.Beamsley at covisint.com>
> In the run up to the Rose Bowl, the announcers mentioned that Keyshawn Johnson 
> was recently inducted into the Rose Bowl Hall of Fame.  I seem to recall that he 
> was academically ineligible for that game, so how did he qualify for the Hall of 
> Fame?
> 
> Jeff
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com <nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com>
> To: sjtruog at yahoo.com <sjtruog at yahoo.com>
> Cc: NUSPORTS <nwu-sports at tssi.com>
> Sent: Sat Jan 03 00:43:27 2009
> Subject: Re: [NU Sports] B-C-MESS!!! B-C-MESS!!!
> 
> I am still a proponent of the bowl system with some slight modifications
> (i.e. Plus One) as a playoff system would further divide college football
> into "haves" (traditional powers, like OSU, USC, Texas, Florida, etc.) and
> "have nots" - year in and year out there would be 7 "popular" teams and one
> outsider who managed to sneak in (this year, Utah) and the playoffs would
> look like NFL minor league.  The bowls allow the opportunity to put some
> interesting matchups on the field and reward teams that are part of a 120
> team league with absolutely no schedule balance - something that no other
> major sport has.  Yes, NCAA basketball tourney works well, but they can also
> play 2 games/week - something impossible in football.  Oh, and for those who
> want to run a playoff in conjunction with a bowls - get ready for stadiums
> much emptier than they are now - the bowls that are not part of the playoff
> will be worth even less than they are now - and neutral site games for
> anything but the national championship will sell precious few tickets
> (Minnesota is scrambling to sell tickets for its first home NFL playoff game
> in 8 years).
> 
> I would favor a reduction in the number of bowls and upping the requirement
> back up to a winning record in addition to the Plus One, but I realize the
> likelihood of either happening is close to nil.  The fact is that for the
> Plus One or any playoff system to work, it would require the vote of ALL
> NCAA Div. I presidents, which means for it to fly the revenue sharing would
> have to be much more equal than it is now.  The BCS is essentially collusion
> amongst the football powers to stage what they can without adding additional
> games to the schedule and keeping most of the money in house (obviously
> Congress forced them to give non-BCS schools an easier "in" and distribute
> the money annually).  It will basically take something drastic to push the
> BCS conferences into a position to give up the cash that's on the table now
> - especially after ESPN forked over a ton more cash than FOX.
> 
> Jonathan
> 
> On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 10:40 PM, SjT (Stephen J. Truog)
> <sjtruog at yahoo.com>wrote:
> 
> > Back to football (yes, the interminable bowl season is still going on) ...
> >
> > Utah has just intercepted the Tide, sealing a win over mighty Alabama and
> > the untouchable SEC. All that speed and talent was ... on Utah tonight.
> >
> > They have dominated a team that was neck-in-neck with Florida just a month
> > ago in the "SEC title game for the ages."
> >
> > They are going to finish the season unbeaten. No one else will.
> >
> > So the question now goes to AP voters - how can you NOT rank Utah #1?
> >
> > As for the coaches and Harris/joke voters, how can you call your vote for
> > #1 a champion? Computers aren't the problem anymore with the BCS, the media
> > assistants who fill out the coaches poll and the made-up voters in the
> > Harris poll are.
> >
> > Especially if Florida wins the so-called title game next week?
> >
> > I guess the B(C)S folk have to hope Oklahoma beats Florida and Texas loses
> > to OSU ... but even then, how can you leave out Utah from the title mix (or
> > SC, who would have pounded the team that just beat Texas).
> >
> > B-C-MESS!!! B-C-MESS!!!
> >
> > Too bad Fox' announcers chose to suck-up to the company line that the BCS
> > is magical, wonderful and great for college football. ABC at least spent the
> > second half yesterday trashing the BCS system for not giving USC a shot. The
> > entire second half in New Orleans should have at least had ONE mention of
> > how Utah will be the sole unbeaten and manhandled a team from the SEC that
> > was #1 for weeks and went toe-to-toe with Florida. Nary a peep from the
> > puppets.
> >
> > Interesting how the only two relatively close or entertaining BCS games in
> > the last three years have involved the BCS busters. Even more reason for a
> > playoff for college football, the "great movie with a bad ending" as one
> > journalist described it this week.
> >
> > GO CATS!!!
> > -SjT
> >
> > PS - Kudos to John Hodges and Carl Rossi for picking the ultimate upset
> > special in the bowl pool with Utah!
> >
> > * * * * * * * * *
> > STEPHEN J. TRUOG
> > sjtruog at yahoo.com
> > GO CATS!!!
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 
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