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From: leblanc@rochester.UUCP (Tom LeBlanc)
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Subject: Nebraska
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Date: Tue, 10-Jan-84 13:56:42 EST
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From: Tom LeBlanc  <leblanc>
To all of those people that scream at Nebraska for (a) playing their
regulars too long in one-sided games (about 2 quarters worth) and
(b) running up the score, here are two recent quotes re: the national
championship.

Norm Schnellenberg (?) head coach of national champ Miami - If we stayed
close, we knew we could wear them down in the fourth quarter.  Most of
their guys haven't played four quarters of football all year.

Fred Akers (?) head coach at Texas - Even if we win in the Cotton Bowl,
we won't win the national championship unless Nebraska loses.  We'd be
undefeated, but they'd vote for Nebraska just because of the lopsided
scores.

What do these tell us?   It is very hard to lead the polls from wire
to wire.  If you use your first string all the time and run up the score,
everyone hates you except the pollsters.  If you don't run up the score,
you're not given serious consideration;  if you spell your starters all
the time, you're ripe for an upset when things get close at bowl time.