From: davem@uvmark.uucp (Dave Meeks)
Subject: Miami/Syracuse, Overrated PAC-10, other thoughts...
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 92 19:47:23 GMT
Organization: VMark Software, Inc.

Wow... what a game.  Of course, those Canes bashers will talk about how
they probably got "lucky" again, but screw them..  This game should have
been over in the first half, but Syracuse got REAL lucky.  Miami blew a
couple of easy scoring attempts.  They held Syracuse to ... -1 total yards
of offense in the first half... wow!!!!   But then, in the second half, 
Syracuse figured out a way to move the ball and made the game REAL 
interesting.  That final play gave me heart-attacks all night long..
Great game by Syracuse, especially the second half... I am glad to see they
didn't drop out of the top ten.  They were expected to lose by a touchdown,
and they did.  Wow...   Again, Miami continues to impress...  They have now
beaten a total of 4 teams that have been in or are in the top 10. PSU, FSU,
SU, and Arizona.  All 4 are still in the top 25 (PSU #22, FSU #3, SU #8,
and Arizona #23).  They have also beaten good W.Virginia and Iowa teams.

After that... Michigan, Michigan, Michigan... where hast thou gone???
From possible National Champions to 8-0-3???  They have played 3 teams this
year that ended up with winning or .500 records..  And you know what??? They
didn't beat any of them.   Illinois, Ohio State, Notre Dame... Tie Tie Tie...

Washington...  Little lost Washington...  From the unbeatable giant to the
9-2 has beens.  Still one of the most dangerous teams around, but not the
giants of last year.  Only had 4 road games this year, and only two against
ranked opponents.  And you know what... They lost both of them...

My biggest question is how can you keep Michigan in the top 10???  With 3 
ties (which IMHO, for a top team is as good as a loss), they should be top
20, but not top 10.  Syracuse, Georgia, and even Washington deserve higher 
rankings.  It sounds funny, but they are the ONLY top 9 team without a 
win over a ranked team.  
Miami ... 4 wins over teams currently ranked
Alabama.. 3 wins over teams currently ranked
FSU   ... 2 wins over teams currently ranked
Texas A&M.1 win  over teams currently ranked
Notre Dame3 wins over teams currently ranked
Florida...1 win  over teams currently ranked
Michigan..0 wins over teams currently ranked
Syracuse..1 win  over teams currently ranked
Georgia.. 1 win  over teams currently ranked
Colorado..0 wins over teams currently ranked

Pretty scary...  

As for the fabled PAC-10???  Well, overrated is a little strong, but I would
say that their are VERY good arguments that they are NOT the best conference
this year.  If you want the best, start looking at the SEC...

SEC			vs		PAC-10
Alabama	(10-0)	#2			Washington	(9-2)	#11
Florida (8-2)   #6			Stanford	(9-3)	#14
Georgia (8-2)	#9			USC		(6-3-1)	#19
Miss.St	(7-3)	#16			WSU		(8-3)	#21
Tennessee(7-3)	#18			Arizona		(6-4-1)	#23
Mississippi(7-3)#24			 

Seems to me that the SEC, with 6 top 25 teams and 3 top ten teams is better
than the PAC-10 has 5 top 25 teams, but NO top ten teams...  

Anyways...  The season started pretty tight, but now seems to be a 4 team
race to the finish, with Miami and Alabama having the huge lead, and FSU
and Texas A&M coming in behind them in case either of the other two stumble.


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