From: m_henderson@csc32.enet.dec.com (Marty Henderson)
Subject: Re: 91 BlockBuster (Was Re: Bama in the polls)
Reply-To: m_henderson@csc32.enet.dec.com (Marty Henderson)
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Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 18:46:33 GMT

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>>In article <1992Aug26.145534.28519@ncar.ucar.edu>, ethan@earl.scd.ucar.edu
>>(Ethan Alpert) says:
>>
>>In article <1992Aug26.125257.3984@infonode.ingr.com>
>>harbinjm@infonode.ingr.com
>>(Mitch Harbin) writes:
>>
>>>
>>>To add to your smiley faces, BAMA kicked the Buffs butts in the Blockbuster
>>>bowl and it wasn't as close as the score indicated.  We kept helping you
>>>boys to keep you in the game to keep it interesting and help CBS's ratings.
>>>
>>>       ROLL TIDE
>>
>>Maybe you turned the game of or were watching another game. The final score
>>of the BlockBuster Bowl was Albama 30 Colorado 25. I wonder how a 5 point game
>>can be called a butt kicking considering that Colorado's defense held BAMA to
>>22 inches per play in the first half. I also remember BAMA having to rely on
>>a lot of special teams points. The only catagory BAMA out matched the BUFFS
>>was offense in a bowl game.
>
>Really?  Bama held the Buffs to -11 yards rushing.  That's right, MINUS 11.
>
>BTW, Bama got one touch down from special teams, Palmer's punt return.  On
>the other hand, Jay Barker threw three TD passes.
> Well, enough with last year, let's get on with this year.

> ROLL TIDE!!

  "remember BAMA having to rely on a lot of special teams points".

What goes around comes around. I seem to remember CU relying VERY, VERY,
VERY heavily on special teams in a certain tie at CU vs your dreaded enemy
in RED. Seems there was a SPECIAL TEAMS play in which NU did not get the
extra point and CU did get 2 points on a very strange and rare play. You
know what play I'm talking about and YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE!!!  ;^)
Without that play CU has no share of the Big-8 title and - worse in a CU
fans eye - they loose to Nebraska on CU's home field. ALSO. With NU moving
downfield (as they did the whole second half) late in the game - CU blocks
an NU field goal as snowballs pound the field. This 30-something yarder (Very makeable for the Huskers kicker) would have won the game AGAIN for Nebraska.

Special teams kept you from loosing that game. Not once but TWICE !!!

Now don't be BITCHING about the Blockbuster bowl in which you "remember BAMA having to rely on a lot of special teams points". If YOUR specieal teams had
not come thru vs Nebraska then you MIGHT not have even made it to the Blockbuster.

Bama fans. Your team tried very hard to give that game away but you still
hung on to win. One thing I'm sure you have learned by now. Dealing with
many of the CU fans is like dealing with a woman in the midst of a severe
case of PMS (Sorry Ladies - it's the best analogy I can think of at the moment). They are so daggum tempermental. And what a case of tunnel vision.
Gheesh. I've only met a few (I live in Colorado) that will talk logically
about their team. 

Husker Henderson

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