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From: jeff@hpcnoe.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Big-Ten and Pac-10
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Date: Mon, 18-Nov-85 14:35:00 EST
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>                                            The Big-Ten seems to have that
>"5 yds and a cloud of dust" gameplan.

Not recently.  During the early seventies this applies to Ohio State 
and Michigan.  It might still apply today to Michigan in terms of 
mentality (Bo seems to be ultra-conservative in Big games).

>                                            ANY team in college with 
>a good passing game can give even the BEST run-oriented teams a good fight.
>If you can throw, you're never out of it.  If you can't, and you get
>behind early, you're your own worst enemy.

I agree that a good passing game will give you a chance in ANY game...
but it is easier to win consistently in a 11 game season with a run-oriented
attack.  It just seems that the big ten teams cannot prepare adequately
for a bowl game.  This could be attributed to the lack of practice--
the big ten only sent one team to the bowl games until the late 70's or
that having 1 month to prepare for a game has an equalizing factor.

-- Jeff Wu