A little commentary from a college football fan...
This is quoted from a college football message
board. As you may know I feel the same way as this person
does.
More ND
questions...
"After last
nights game with Stanford where ND barely beat a 5-5 (now 5-6) team full of
injuries, I decided to review their season's body of
work.
After 11 games, where
they were 9-2...
+ They played
only 3 bowl eligible teams (yes, only 3 teams with winning
records)
+ The 3 bowl eligible
teams consist of:
1. Michigan, a
win. But in that game Michigan was fairly depleted, with an ailing Hart (yes,
the ND defense did knock him out), and I heard (correct me if I am wrong)
Michigan was missing a few other key
players.
2. USC, a loss. ND gave
its best showing of the year nearly pulling the huge upset to the 2 time
defending NC and current #1, but it was still a loss. Note that if ND and PSU
had both gotten lucky breaks that day, PSU would also be playing for the
National Championship this season for
sure.
3. BYU, a win. BYU, yes
BYU, was the other bowl eligible team. Hardly a powerhouse.
+ Their second loss came
to Michigan State. A team that is 5-6 and NOT bowl
eligible.
+ Granted, it is
hard to punish a team because their opponents had such bad seasons. Especially
considering, on paper, the season looked fairly tough to start the
season.
+ However, why is
it acceptable to REWARD a team for having a poor schedule?
PSU is still picked on for
having a patsy non-conference schedule. However, 2 of the 3 "patsies" are bowl
eligible, one of which would have been playing for a BCS game if not for blowing
it against UConn yesterday. By the way, PSU played 7 bowl eligible teams,
beating 6 of them. One of these teams has an outstanding chance of being a BCS
team (we won that game).
I
know I'm beating a dead horse and really have no point besides stating again how
much it annoys me, but man, this annoys me."
Posted: Sun - November 27, 2005 at 08:40 PM
