stevev@tekchips.UUCP (Steve Vegdahl) (01/02/85)
I immensely enjoyed last night's 1985 Orange Bowl, for two reasons.
1. I had gotten sick of reading all the stuff on the net.sport.football
about how wonderful OU's football team is.
2. Don James, the Husky coach, has been a long time opponent a playoff
system to determine who's #1. His victory over OU puts him in the
position of either having him to change his mind, or accept the
fact that he's not #1 (assuming that the polls tonight confirm that
BYU maintains their #1 ranking). As someone who favors a post-season
tourney, I hope he reconsiders his position about whether a playoff
is a good idea.
Steve Vegdahl
Computer Research Lab.
Tektronix, Inc.
Beaverton, Oregonerik@ssc-vax.UUCP (Erik Strom) (01/08/85)
> I immensely enjoyed last night's 1985 Orange Bowl, for two reasons. > > 1. I had gotten sick of reading all the stuff on the net.sport.football > about how wonderful OU's football team is. > > 2. Don James, the Husky coach, has been a long time opponent a playoff > system to determine who's #1. His victory over OU puts him in the > position of either having him to change his mind, or accept the > fact that he's not #1 (assuming that the polls tonight confirm that > BYU maintains their #1 ranking). As someone who favors a post-season > tourney, I hope he reconsiders his position about whether a playoff > is a good idea. > > Steve Vegdahl > Computer Research Lab. > Tektronix, Inc. > Beaverton, Oregon It's not likely that James would ever reconsider his viewpoint, as we all witnessed at the end of the game. I'm sure that every one here in Seattle felt very disappointed that the Huskies didn't go into a two minute offense at the end. After all, it was the only chance that the Huskies had at the #1 ranking. The margin of victory was slightly inflated by the interception that led to the last score. Even with as well as the Huskies played over Oklahoma, it still wasn't decisive enough. The polls just aren't decided on the basis of good sportsmanship and not running up the score. From the lair of the Big E uw-beaver!ssc-vax!erik Erik *** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR MESSAGE ***
stevev@tekchips.UUCP (Steve Vegdahl) (01/09/85)
> It's not likely that James would ever reconsider his viewpoint, as > we all witnessed at the end of the game. I'm sure that every one here > in Seattle felt very disappointed that the Huskies didn't go into a > two minute offense at the end. After all, it was the only chance that > the Huskies had at the #1 ranking. The margin of victory was slightly > inflated by the interception that led to the last score. Even with as > well as the Huskies played over Oklahoma, it still wasn't decisive > enough. The polls just aren't decided on the basis of good sportsmanship > and not running up the score. Agreed. Don James showed a lot of class in his decision not to run up the score. He and his team are to be commended on a job well done. Steve Vegdahl Computer Research Lab. Tektronix, Inc. Beaverton, Oregon