From: kevink@fugitive.soac.bellcore.com (Kevin Klinge)
Subject: Re: AP top 10 remaining games, Syracuse road to the top
Organization: Bell Communications Research
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 92 17:11:42 GMT

In article <1992Nov10.162720.6911@walter.bellcore.com>, lein@cat.uucp (John Leinaweaver) writes:
|> In article <1992Nov10.154602.26191@cbnewsj.cb.att.com> rowdy@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (robert.dieckmann) writes:
|> >In article <1992Nov10.151320.2111@spss.com> mike@spss.com (mike cornwall) writes:
|> >>          11/14         11/21         11/28         12/6
|> >>          -------       -------       -------       -------
|> >> Miami    Temple        Syr           SDSU
|> >> (8-0)                  (10)
|> >>          ---------------------------------------------------
|> >
|> >Scenarios not involving Syracuse deleted.
|> >
|> >
|> >>          ---------------------------------------------------
|> >> Syr      Bost C        Miami
|> >> (8-1)    (17)          (1)
|> >>          ---------------------------------------------------
|> >> 
|> >> 
|> >> If Syracuse wins their last 2 games and Alabama stumbles (2 BIG ifs),
|> >> could be Syracuse vs TAMU for the MNC. Michigan will loose in the Rose Bowl.
|> >> --
|> >> Mike Cornwall
|> >> mike@spss.com
|> >
|> >What happens if Syracuse beats BC but loses to Miami, as expected?
|> >Where does Syracuse (at 9-2) go bowling?  Reportedly, Joe Paterno
|> >has rejected Syracuse as an opponent for the Blockbuster Bowl.
|> 
|> I heard that too Bob (we must read the same paper) Interesting in that
|> Syracuse may be left out on New-Years day.

Actually, seeing what you guys said, now I KNOW we all read the same paper.

|> I don't have the whole senario in front of me but:
|>  
|> Fiesta Bowl likes Colorado and would likely take Arizona Over Syracuse if 
|> they win their last two games.

Yep, Arizona as a choice would be political, and Colorado is the other team
the Fiesta wants.  Even though Colorado vs. Syracuse might have had the
most national appeal, it doesn't appear too likely from what we read.

|> ND, Nebraska, Bama, Miami, A&M, FSU, Nebraska, Big Ten runner up, 
|> SEC runner-up, Big East 3rd place team, Michigan, Washington are guarenteed
                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
|> NYD bowls (if in some cases they continue to win).  

Yep.  What gets me is how the 3rd place BE team (most likely Boston College)
will get a NYD bowl bid and the 2nd place team may be shut out under the
bowl coalition formula.  The 3rd place BE team is committed to the Hall
of Fame Bowl in Tampa on Jan. 1.  So Syracuse's road might not take them 
"to the top" as the original poster on this thread stated if they don't 
beat Miami on 11/21, even if they do finish 2nd in the Big East.

But then again, this is all according to Luicci, a Rutgers guy, and I 
sometimes end up taking his words with a grain of salt.

|> John L

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Kevin H. Klinge
Bell Communications Research
kevink@soac.bellcore.com

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