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From: reiher@ucla-cs.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.sport.football
Subject: Re: Orphaned Response
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Date: Thu, 19-Dec-85 00:51:28 EST
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Posted: Thu Dec 19 00:51:28 1985
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In article <50200007@hpfclo.UUCP> rodean@hpfcla.UUCP writes:
>Re: Gerry Faust's resignation:
>
>> Yes, Notre Dame's record is tough, and Faust had further bad luck in that
>> some of his supposed patsies (like Miami and Air Force) happened to become
>> very strong, making the schedules even worse.
>
>
>Air Force a patsy? They beat Notre Dame four straight years! Get out of
>here!
>

I suggest that you read before engaging your hands on the keyboard.  Note the
word "suppossed" in front of the word "patsies".  This should suggest that I
meant that, at the time they were scheduled, these teams were expected to be
easy victories for Notre Dame.  The two teams in question proved to be much
better than the schedulers expected.

I would be the last to deny that Air Force and Miami have had better teams
than Notre Dame the last four years.  In fact, I didn't deny it.  What I was
saying, as you would have realized if you read with care, was that Notre Dame
had some poor luck with scheduling.  Some teams that seemed very likely to provide easy victories improved greatly.  If,
ten years ago, I'd offered to take Air Force against Notre Dame for 1982-1985,
I'll bet you'd have gone for it, and
probably given me odds.
--
                                Peter Reiher
                                reiher@LOCUS.UCLA.EDU
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From: reiher (Peter Reiher)
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Subject: Re: Orphaned Response
Message-ID: <8113@ucla-cs.ARPA>
Date: 19 Dec 85 05:51:28 GMT
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In article <50200007@hpfclo.UUCP> rodean@hpfcla.UUCP writes:
>Re: Gerry Faust's resignation:
>
>> Yes, Notre Dame's record is tough, and Faust had further bad luck in that
>> some of his supposed patsies (like Miami and Air Force) happened to become
>> very strong, making the schedules even worse.
>
>
>Air Force a patsy? They beat Notre Dame four straight years! Get out of
>here!
>

I suggest that you read before engaging your hands on the keyboard.  Note the
word "suppossed" in front of the word "patsies".  This should suggest that I
meant that, at the time they were scheduled, these teams were expected to be
easy victories for Notre Dame.  The two teams in question proved to be much
better than the schedulers expected.

I would be the last to deny that Air Force and Miami have had better teams
than Notre Dame the last four years.  In fact, I didn't deny it.  What I was
saying, as you would have realized if you read with care, was that Notre Dame
had some poor luck with scheduling.  Some teams that seemed very likely to provide easy victories improved greatly.  If,
ten years ago, I'd offered to take Air Force against Notre Dame for 1982-1985,
I'll bet you'd have gone for it, and
probably given me odds.
--
                                Peter Reiher
                                reiher@LOCUS.UCLA.EDU
                                {...ihnp4,ucbvax,sdcrdcf}!ucla-cs!reiher