From: mb@zzzzzz.cray.com (Maynard Brandt)
Subject: Re: Sorry, Gophers!
Reply-To: mb@zzzzzz.cray.com (Maynard Brandt)
Organization: Cray Research, Inc.  Eagan, MN.
Distribution: usa
Date: 7 Oct 92 09:16:53 CDT

In article <1992Oct5.204912.23584@den.mmc.com>, weiser@pogo.den.mmc.com (Matt Weiser) writes:
>In article <BvnoM2.27y@solbourne.com>, tomd@solbourne.com (Tom Diessner) writes:
>> 
>> In article <1992Oct2.142525.5365@netcom.com> stassen@alc.com writes:
>> >In the first half, a 26-year span from 1936 to 1951, Colorado has exactly
>> >THREE appearances in the top 20 (of which only one is higher than #16).
>> >In the second half, a 27-year span from 1952 to 1988, Colorado has seven
>> >top 20 appearances, but again, only one is higher than #16.
>> >	This places Colorado light-years behind Oklahoma and Nebraska,
>> >a good distance behind Missouri, and barely ahead of Kansas (in the first
>> >half) and Oklahoma State (in the second half).
>> >
>> >Below is the table of result for all of the Big Eight teams, with a
>> >"score" derived (four points for a top five appearance, three for 6-10,
>> >two for 11-15, and one point for 16-20).  Note that Colorado comes in at
>> >just about 40% of Minnesota's score (included at the bottom).
>> >
>> >	   1936 to 1951 (26 years)		   1952 to 1988 (27 years)
>> >
>> >Team	Top5  6-10  11-15 16-20 Pts-1	 Top5  6-10  11-15 16-20 Pts-2	Total
>> >======= ====  ====  ===== ===== =====	 ====  ====  ===== ===== =====	=====
>> >Oklahoma 11	1     2     2	  53	  13	 4     2     3	   73	 126
>> >Nebraska  -	2     1     2	  10	   7	12     5     -	   74	  84
>> >Missouri  1	2     1     2	  14	   -	 3     2     4	   17	  31
>> >Colorado  -	1     -     2	   5	   1	 -     -     6	   10	  15
>> >Okl. St.  -	-     -     1	   1	   -	 1     3     -	    9	  10
>> >Kansas	  -	-     2     -	   4	   -	 1     -     -	    3	   7
>> >Iowa St.  -	-     -     -	   0	   -	 -     -     1	    1	   1
>> >Kan. St.  -	-     -     -	   0	   -	 -     -     -	    0	   0
>> >======= ====  ====  ===== ===== =====	 ====  ====  ===== ===== =====	=====
>> >Minn.	  5	3     1     2	  33	   -	 1     1     -	    5	  38
>> >======= ====  ====  ===== ===== =====	 ====  ====  ===== ===== =====	=====
>> >
>> >> Some of the stuff on the net may be unbelievable, [...]
>> >
>> >No kidding.
>> >-- 
>> >Chris Stassen						stassen@alc.com
>> >DISCLAIMER:  My employer's account, but not their opinions.
>> 
>> Very Good. I never said Colorado was in the same class as NU or OU during
>> those years. I just said they usually finsished in the upper division of
>> the big 8 and had some top 20 rankings during the seventies. I don't really
>> care about how CU stacks up to Minnesota.
>> -- 
>> 
>> Thomas Diessner | tomd@solbourne.COM | Solbourne Computer Inc. | Longmont, CO
>> 				"GO BUFFS"
>
>I would also like to see the results of the last three years put into this.  Recent
>history does count -- 89, 90, and 91 were pretty good years for CU in comparison to
>OU & NU, and 92 looks (so far, keep fingers crossed) to be pretty good, too.  I don't
>think it will skew it very much, since the domination of OU & NU has gone on for a long
>time, but it may affect it a bit.  Great set of data, BTW.
>
>Matt Weiser
>weiser@pogo.den.mmc.com
>Go Buffs! 

Well, Minnesota won National Championships in 1934 and 1935, which aren't in this
study either, in addition to their National Championship in 1936 (yes, 3 straight),
which is in the study.  I think the data is fine as it stands.
-- 
Regards,

Maynard Brandt
Cray Research, Inc.
mb@lotus.cray.com