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From: lor@ucla-cs.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.sport.football
Subject: Re: Barry Switzer, OU and the Kickoff Classic
Message-ID: <8878@ucla-cs.ARPA>
Date: Tue, 11-Feb-86 03:24:47 EST
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Posted: Tue Feb 11 03:24:47 1986
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Reply-To: lor@ucla-cs.UUCP (Edward Lor)
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>In article <888@decwrl.DEC.COM> pannell@dec-dosadi.UUCP writes:
>>I have a question for you Sooner fans.  Why does Barry Switzer turn down 
>>invitations to play in the Kickoff Classic?  
>>	.......
>
>I guess. To answer your question, I think he's simply being a realist.
>He knows that with a non-conference schedule of UCLA, Minnesota, Miami, and
>Texas he's already got his work cut out for him.  He knows that if he can
>go undefeated against that schedule that he'll probably win another title.
>So why take the chance of adding another tough team to his schedule?  

	As a matter of fact, why take any chances at all?
If Oklahoma drops Miami (say, for Jimmy Johnson's unsportsmanlike 
conduct of rubbing it in against Gerry Faust) 
and UCLA (for whatever reason, well, make up one)
from the schedule, and puts in traditional powerhouses Notre 
Dame and Pittsburgh, they have a SURE 50% chance to
play in the national championship game again
(as you know, Nebraska has the other 50%.)
With a lot of games on TV and a 11-0 record, 
no pollster will ever doubt their merits.  
In other words, they have a strong 
25% chance to win the national title again!
And you all sooner doomers can post on the net again
claiming their championship-calibre schedule: 
Nebraska, Oklahoma St., Colorado, Texas,
Minnesota, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh and others.

	Wow! what more can you ask for?
-- 
					Eddy Lor
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					lor@LOCUS.UCLA.EDU
					Computer Science Department, UCLA