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From: lor@ucla-cs.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Fuel for flames/OU and Conferences
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Date: Tue, 21-Jan-86 05:28:42 EST
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Posted: Tue Jan 21 05:28:42 1986
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> OU whipped Penn State fair and square and DESERVES the
> national championship!!! 
	
	No question! I never doubt Oklahoma's supremacy under 
the current poll system and their dominance in the Orange
Bowl game. All I am questioning is: should Oklahoma
and Penn State deserve to play for the honor as
"the best team in the country"? 
If we really deserved one national championship game,
we should have taken the two best (non-probational) teams in the 
regular season: Iowa and Miami.
Once again, sweeping the Big Eight and beating 
teams like Texas (this is not the Longhorns of 83), 
Minnesota, and SMU (this is a 6-5 SMU, not the one with Dickerson
and James) are not as difficult as you think! 

> Regarding a proposed playoff among the top 8 teams of
> the 1985 season, OU would win the playoff handily and
> UCLA wouldn't make it passed the first round, especially
> if their first opponent was OU.
	Good, just by defeating their pretender opponents,
what make you think OU would murder the other powerhouses
had such a playoff existed?

> Regarding the OU vs. ucla game next year - a passing game
> will take OU's defense apart?? Don't make me laugh!!
	Sure you can't laugh. In the past three years,
Oklahoma scheduled only two national contenders who
could pass (West Virginia in 1983 and Miami in 1985.)
Ironically, Oklahoma lost both games. A passing game
will NOT take OU's defense apart?? They were supposed
to be a great defense.

> OU won't have Casillas next year, but ucla won't have
> Whalen, so their losses are about equal? Jeez, Whalen
> wouldn't even have started for OU this year!!
> Someone pointed out that OU lost to Miami while ucla
> won the big games they had to win - did they forget
> that OU beat Texas, SMU, Minnesota, Penn State, and 
> Okla. State (who BEAT Washington) while also stomping
> Nebraska, as they pointed out?? I'd sure like to see
> ucla go 6-0 against those same 6 teams.
> I will continue to enjoy OU's season this year, and look
> forward to a second consecutive national championship
> (and beating ucla) next year!!
	These are unjustifiable thinkings which do not
deserve any comments!

> Boomer Sooner
	For all Boomer Sooners, why don't you just enjoy your
national championship? I never doubt Oklahoma's ranking in
the polls. I just said they are not the best team.

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					Eddy Lor
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					lor@LOCUS.UCLA.EDU
					Computer Science Department, UCLA