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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: Sat, 1-Feb-86 19:12:41 EST
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Posted: Sat Feb  1 19:12:41 1986
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>>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! 
>
>And I suppose sweeping the Pac-10 is difficult? Maybe for ucla
>but it wouldn't have been for OU or Nebraska.
	It is! Pac-10 is a much more balanced conference than
the Big-8. The winner of Oklahoma/Nebraska had no trouble
sweeping the Big 8, but keep dreaming for sweeping the 
Pac-10. 

	BTW, the top four teams of the Pac-10
are not even as strong as the top four teams of the SEC 
and the Big-10. As I asked before, had Oklahoma been a member
of SEC and played three of Auburn, Florida, Alabama,
Tennesse, and Georgia, or a member of Big 10 and played
Iowa, Ohio State, and Michigan, do you really think the
Sooners can sweep the conference and get a chance 
to play in the title game? 
	
	I know you will say "yes" because your opinions on
college footbal	are not even as honest and realistic as Dennis 
Doubleday's or Ron Vaughn's, two other sooner diehards.

	Once again, I never doubt Oklahoma's dominance against
Penn St. I just claim their regular season schedule and record
are not adequate proof that they deserve a 50% shot
at the national title. Again, just based on the regular
season, even Miami is more deserved to play in the title game 
than Oklahoma.


>>	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.
>
>But that is where you are WRONG, Eddy Lor. They ARE the best
>college football team in the country!! And that's not just my
>opinion and the opinion of all Sooner fans across the country,
>but also the opinion of the college coaches, sports writers, the
>Scripps-Howard News Service and Sports Illustrated!! But maybe
>you know something they don't?

	If I can vote in the poll, I would have voted 
for Oklahoma also, because they got the best RECORD under
this system.
However, I always claim that this system is not the best way
to determine the best team in the nation. 
We can't get the best team without a playoff system, 
as in all other sports. 
Too bad, maybe I am the only person who knows that!

-- 
					Eddy Lor
					...!(ihnp4,ucbvax)!ucla-cs!lor
					lor@LOCUS.UCLA.EDU
					Computer Science Department, UCLA