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From: mianderson <clay...@excite.com>

Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:50:19 -0700 (PDT)

Local: Thurs, Jul 24 2008 3:50 am

Subject: Re: The McMNC for 1991: University of Washington

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On Jul 23, 3:40 pm, McMisanthrope <mcmisanthr...@gmail.com> wrote:

> AP Top 10: Final Record -- Key Bowl Results

> 1. Miami-FL: 12-0-0 -- W, Orange, 22-0
> 2. Washington: 12-0-0 -- W, Rose, 34-14
> 3. Penn State: 11-2-0 -- W, Fiesta, 42-17
> 4. Florida State: 11-2-0 -- W, Cotton, 10-2
> 5. Alabama: 11-1-0 -- W, Blockbuster, 30-25
> 6. Michigan: 10-2-0 -- L, Rose, 14-34
> 7. Florida: 10-2-0 -- L, Sugar, 28-39
> 8. California: 10-2-0 -- W, Citrus, 37-13
> 9. East Carolina: 11-1-0 -- W, Peach, 37-34
> 10. Iowa: 10-1-1 -- T, Holiday, 13-13

> Only four teams to consider here

no, there are only two teams to consider.......

> Common opponents? Nebraska, for starters. Washington's win over
> Nebraska in Lincoln on September 21 has to be given more significance,
> since the Huskers were at home and probably believing they had a
> chance at the national title. By the time the Orange Bowl rolled
> around, Nebraska knew they had no shot at the championship, especially
> in Miami's backyard. Another common opponent? Arizona. Miami beat the
> 4-7 Wildcats by 27 points on the road, while Washington beat them 54-0
> at home.

> Miami has the slight SOS edge, but Washington takes the common
> opponents' edge

having watched both nebraska games, you're wrong here. Miami wouldn't
allow nebraska to gain a single first down when they were actually
focused on playing defense. Washington may have been on the road, but
Miami just went out and dominated nebraska more than washington did.

And bringing up the zona game(a 4-7 team both teams blew out) is
irrelevant......

and the better wins edge (because of dominance in

> those wins). The Huskies also have a better bowl win, since Miami was
> at home in the Orange Bowl and playing a lesser team.

> This really is a close one to call, but in the end, the Huskies were a
> better team. They outscored their opponents by 32 points per game,
> while Miami only outscored their opponents by 24 points per game.
> Consider the narrow difference in SOS and the closeness of the
> schedule strength breakdown above, and you can see the Huskies deserve
> the McMNC for 1991.

1991 is a complete dead heat. Two completely equal resumes in just
about every respect. To act like one team was definetely better than
the other or definetely did more is silly......

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