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From: mike@uokvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.sport.football
Subject: Re: College football playoffs
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Date: Thu, 13-Feb-86 13:42:00 EST
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Posted: Thu Feb 13 13:42:00 1986
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Nf-From: uokvax.UUCP!mike    Feb 13 12:42:00 1986


>A basic requirement for a champion is to win the games that count most.

That's why my vote went to Miami, Fla (choke choke).  This statement seems
to suggest what the playoff system provides.  Does this mean that regular
season records are no longer important, but wait, that can't be right
because you said that a 9-3 record wasn't good enough to make the playoffs.
The key to this statement is which games count the most.  Which games do count
the most?  Is it better to lose to a good team or a bad one?  This is a tough
question.  Losing to a good team suggests that maybe you're not that good, or
that you choke when the heat is on.  Losing to a bad team suggests that you
are inconsistent.  Of course injuries play key roles in both situations.

>Based on the regular season record, Oklahoma certainly did
>not belong because it lost to Miami at home (this is the
>so-called head-to-head tie-breaker for teams with equal records.)

This is assuming a two-team playoff which is totally absurd.

>That is why I question the current bowl system, which
>just puts Oklahoma/Nebraska in the title game by default.

Yeah, Oklahoma played such panzies as Minnesota, Texas, Miami, Colorado,
Nebraska, Oklahoma State, and SMU.  How they actually allowed themselves to
LOSE one of those games, I'll never know.  And how all but one of those teams
made it to bowl games (SMU was on probation) is a mystery to me.  The fact that
three of those teams played on New Years Day must mean that is was a bad year
for College football.  By the way, the weenie lineup next year includes
UCLA, Minnesota, Texas, and Miami, Fla. :-)

>        Before the Orange Bowl, Switzer was asked whether
>Miami deserved to be national champ had it defeated Tennessee.
>He said: "We should be champions if we beat #1 Penn St."

Please do not put quotes around your interpretation of what Barry Switzer
said.  His exact words were closer to:

If we beat Penn State, then I feel we're the best team in the country.

I for one feel that there is a HUGE difference between these two statements.

			Mike Heath
			Univ. of Oklahoma, Engineering Computer Network
			{ctvax,ea,okstate}!uokvax!mike