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From: pannell@dosadi.DEC (Roger D. Pannell   LTN1-1/D03   226-6893)
Newsgroups: net.sport.football
Subject: Barry Switzer, OU and the Kickoff Classic
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Date: Mon, 3-Feb-86 12:48:11 EST
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Posted: Mon Feb  3 12:48:11 1986
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I have a question for you Sooner fans.  Why does Barry Switzer turn down 
invitations to play in the Kickoff Classic?  At the end of the '84 season 
Barry kept saying that BYU should not be the national champ because of a weak 
schedule, but then he declined to play BYU in the '85 Kickoff Classic.  In '85 
they were the "best" team in the country, the national champ and they promise 
to be good again in '86, but still Barry Switzer turned down an invitation to 
play Michigan in the '86 Kickoff Classic (Bo also turned down the invite).  My 
question is why?  I don't think the players would decline the invitation.  
Does he feel the extra game wouldn't prove anything or is he afraid of what it 
might prove?

					-- Roger Pannell

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