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To: Knighty Tin who wrote (93228)	11/25/2001 10:23:53 PM
From: wiz	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

AS I BASK IN MY TUMULTUOUS VICTORY!! LoL Sitting in a bar in Winner South Dakota this fall(pheasant hunting), I realized how lunni the midwesterners were about Nebraska..wow!! They almost took the TV out on bad plays. A guy walked in with Oaklahoma colors and was almost kilt..lol And them Buffalos totaled em, embarassed em, made em cry!! Then, today, the skins stop Philly dead in the water!! the pain of Riveras throw to second is beginning to fade.. but only slightly.. but I'm almost ready to move on.. When Maryland takes out Miami my year will be complete.. followed by the Skins taking out the Rams, and then.. jeez.. I dunno.. the AFC rep...lol sooooo sweet!! wiz

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (93228)	11/26/2001 11:16:03 AM
From: Kapusta Kid	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

College football is an incredible mess and all out of whack. I could almost go for a full blown playoff system, except I don't know where you draw the line in how big to make the tournament. 8 teams? Division 1AA, 2 and 3 tourneys field 8 teams with very little complaining, but there's no huge amounts of money involved there. In Division 1A, it would be best to bite the bullet and simply open it up to 64 teams. Frankly, I don't care who is #1. I liked it when winning the conference and getting an invitation to a major bowl was enough of a goal for a team. I saw a show on ESPN yesterday where the NCAA is effectively letting the schools police themselves. If that's the case, then the time has come to enact a professional system where you allow institutions of lower learning, such as Miami, the option of fielding a team of players who do not pretend to be students. If it's money driven, just go all out. Except for a little spring time rowing, I now ignore everything but college football and thoroughbred racing. I feel very sorry for the kids today who will never know what big time sport was like before it was corrupted by money. In fact, my only interest in what's left of the college football season is GO ARMY ! BEAT NAVY !

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (93228)	12/6/2001 1:49:13 PM
From: Dave Feldman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

KT-- As for your Stanford vs. Miami scenario: It reminds me of my late-'60s college football games. I went to a small, liberal arts college. We were terrific academically, but let us say, underdeveloped in athletics. No one, not even the team itself, took football too seriously. Our backup QB dropped acid at the beginning of each game. Every year, we would get crushed by another school in our conference that actually recruited football players. They averaged a 70-pound advantage to us on the line. Once the foes piled up an advantage of more than 21 points or so, someone (alas, we had no cheerleaders) from the stands would ring out with the immortal chant: "We have higher SAT scores!"