From: yeonwook@hardy.u.washington.edu (Mark Choi)
Subject: Re: Miami #1
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 14:36:59 GMT

In article <Af0W7Am00UhWE0u5Uz@andrew.cmu.edu> Myung Joon Choi <mc83+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
>I can't believe all of this anti-Miami sentiment going around the polls.
> What does Miami have to do to prove their worth as #1?  They beat
>EVERYONE who is put in front of them (when's the last time Miami lost to
>a #1 ranked team, Ithink they have a streak of 11 or 12 wins against #1
>ranked teams they've played).  

Yes, they have beaten everyone put in front of them.

>    Take for example last year, going into the Florida St.-Miami game,
>Florida State was the overwhelming favorite as #1, Miami was #2, and
>Washington #3.  Miami beat Florida St. AT Florida St.  They also beat
>Penn State and pummelled Nebraska in the Orange (they ended up having
>beaten six bowl teams).  Who did Washington beat to deserve their lofty
>ranking.  Gee, let's see. They beat an overrated Michigan team who
>Florida St. crushed at Ann Arbor and they beat up on some other
>opponents and even pulled out a dominating 14-7 victory vs. Cal. 
>National Championship material, pleeeease.

This is where you are ignorant of the facts. Washington's schedule 
is #11 on the official NCAA rating scale. Miami is #21. I agree
that Miami should be number 1 due to a number of factors, mainly
because of their record. However, it is inappropriate to assume that
Washington doesn't deserve a high Top 10 ranking. It is also inappropriate
to say that Washington's time in number one was not well deserved.
Sure, Washington beat a Michigan team, LAST YEAR. If you are going by
last years record, Washington not only "beat an overrated Michigan
team", but they also "crushed". You make it sound like Washington
narrowly escaped and Florida State crushed. I'm confident, however,
that Michigan is much much better this year. Overall, Washington has
played against more Top 25 teams than Miami has. 

>    And this year, Washington overtook Miami when Miami barely beat
>Arizona, and only regained it when they beat Florida St. and Penn State
>in consecutive weeks.  Washington (bandwagon) fans jumped all over the
>'Canes for that one, only to see their beloved Huskers get completely
>shut down last weekend.  If things go as planned, Miami will have beaten
>Arizona, Penn State, Florida St., Syracuse, San Diego St., and
>Alabama/Texas A&M.  All this without their version of Steve Emtman in
>Rusty Medeiras.  

HUSKIES, not HUSKERS. First of all, yes, Washington did get shut down
offensively. However, so did Arizona. You should note that the game was
much harder fought than the 16-3 score indicates. A compliment to the
Arizona team indeed. The game was statistically Washington's. I am not,
however, going to make any excuses (and I can make a lot =), because I
feel the game wasn't an upset, for Arizona is a genuine football team.
You do not realize the competitive nature of the PAC-10...the conference
of champions. There is no doubt that the PAC-10 is THE BEST CONFERENCE.
If we go by your way of calculating team strength, I would be counting
Stanford's win at Notre Dame and mixing it with Stanford's losses at 
PAC-10 schools in order to determine a fair Stanford ranking. Arizona
also shows you the depth of our conference. I'll bet on 95% of all 
PAC-10 bowl playing teams to win their games.

>    All I can say is, you may not like 'em, but you gotta admit they're
>the best college football team in the country and have been for the last
>decade.  
>    And for all those whiners who complain about the close field goals,
>stop looking for the weakest of arguments and suck it up.         

Such ignorance makes me wonder.....
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