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---------------------- Forwarded by Gary Stevens-GL-1/PGI on 12/12/2001 11:02 AM --------------------------- Internet Mail Message Received from host: pimout2-ext.prodigy.net [207.115.63.101] From: "MARY A SHEEHAN" <SHEECATZ@PRODIGY.NET< on 12/12/2001 03:51 AM GMT "MARY A SHEEHAN" To: "TERRY COMSTOCK" <buddmaxx@aol.com<, <SHEECATZ@PRODIGY.NET< "Terry Baseler" <TERRY@TCONL.COM<, "Sherry Clark" <sherry@gohuskers.com<, "SCOTT KIRKENDALL" <kirkendall@lucent.com<, "SCOTT 12/11/2001 09:51 PM OGLESBY \(E-mail\)" <jsoglesby@aol.com<, "Ray & Kari Bealer" <r2bealer@home.com<, "MIKE DAVIS & MAGGIE" <olemiss@radiks.net<, "Michael & TrudyJo Kluver" <mtkluver@worldnet.att.net<, "MARY S STACK" <diddos@earthlink.net<, "MARY R GURRISTER" <GURRFAMILY@aol.com<, "MARK W SOLOMON \(E-mail\)" <MWSolomon@home.com<, "Larry and Lori Heath" <doubleh@aol.com<, "John Steindl" <johnsteindl@hotmail.com<, "JEFF RODIS" <jkrod11@msn.com<, Gary Stevens-GL-1/PGI, "Fred Clark" <mrcs2@juno.com<, "EMILY AUSDEMORE" <EMIGARE@netscape.net<, "Ed Sekera Jr" <Edsekerajr@aol.com<, "Doug and Rita Sue Parr \(E-mail\)" <dparr@fnni.com<, "Dale Schmeichel" <dsmike@worldnet.att.net<, "Charles A Davis" <cdavis@inetnebr.com<, "BUDDY TILLMAN \(E-mail\)" <gbrfan1@aol.com<, "BOB & COLLEEN BILLINGS" <nebfans@gateway.net< Cc: Subject: Fw: FW: NYTimes.com Article: B.C.S. Formula Works Just Fine ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed Sykora" <ed_sykora@hotmail.com< To: <ajenkins60@home.com<; <jrlane@mail.unomaha.edu<; <super_barajas@hotmail.com< Cc: <deeremee@aol.com<; <SHEECATZ@prodigy.net<; <TJDURAE@AOL.COM< Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 9:16 PM Subject: Fwd: FW: NYTimes.com Article: B.C.S. Formula Works Just Fine <From: brueningt@tsainc.com <To: lance.bruening@usoncology.com, DKMaginn@aol.com, mm04052@alltel.net, <ShawndaLM@aol.com, colson@kiemat.com, jolso7@amfam.com, <mary_oden@csgsystems.com, JMOINIA@aol.com, sonken@utilicorp.com, <JAMESPASCH@aol.com, Ed_Sykora@hotmail.com, willie@radiks.net, <Pat.Rosenthal@firstdatacorp.com <Subject: FW: NYTimes.com Article: B.C.S. Formula Works Just Fine <Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 09:44:40 -0600 < <Thought you might like reading this article from the New York Times. <********************************* <Tammy Bruening <CIS Analyst <ACI Worldwide <(402) 390-8930 <brueningt@tsainc.com <********************************* <----- Forwarded by Tammy Bruening/US/AM/TSA on 12/11/01 09:42 AM ----- < < <Joseph M Kreifels <12/11/01 09:35 AM < < < To: sig-omaha-thirdclass < cc: Brian L Hire/US/AM/TSA, Jeremy Brooks/US/AM/TSA, Mark S <House/US/AM/TSA, <Richard Doty/US/AM/TSA, Ronald W Schmidt/US/AM/TSA, Anthony P <Kreifels/US/AM/TSA, William Hill <Bill_Hill@csgsystems.com<, Douglas B <Prewitt/US/AM/TSA, Darin L Davis/US/AM/TSA, Daron P Kruse/US/AM/TSA, <Deborah Trusty-Prewitt/US/AM/TSA < Subject: FW: NYTimes.com Article: B.C.S. Formula Works Just <Fine (Sent by <articles-email@ms1.lga2.nytimes.com on behalf of <kreifelsj@aciworldwide.com ) < <I thought this article expressed my feelings pretty well... < <This article from NYTimes.com <has been sent to you by kreifelsj@aciworldwide.com. < < </-------------------- advertisement -----------------------\ < < <Special Offer to NY Times customers: <Get FREE shipping on orders of $75 or more at Starbucks.com <http://www.starbucks.com/shop/category.asp?catalogFname=Starbucks&;categoryF name=Gifts&ci=325 < <\----------------------------------------------------------/ < < <B.C.S. Formula Works Just Fine < <December 11, 2001 < <By JOE DRAPE < < < < <The Bowl Championship Series ranking formula was designed <to give something to everybody. The human polls are counted <along with computer rankings, the strength of schedule is <factored in, and teams are penalized for losses and <credited for victories over better teams. As it has the <past three years, the system worked. Can anyone honestly <say undefeated Miami versus Nebraska (11-1) is not the best <matchup for the national title game? < <Now Colorado Coach Gary Barnett and the Buffaloes' faithful <are trying to say it is not. < <Yes, Colorado (10-2) beat the Cornhuskers handily and went <on to win the Big 12 championship. < <The Buffaloes also lost two games, one to Fresno State, a <fine team with a future pro quarterback in David Carr. But <Fresno State did not even win the Western Athletic <Conference title; Louisiana Tech did. The Bulldogs posted <an 11-2 record by beating league teams like Tulsa, Southern <Methodist, Nevada and San Jose State - a group that <finished with a combined 11-34 record. < <The Buffaloes are beating their chests about holding off <Texas, 39-37, in the conference championship game, but the <Longhorns rolled over Colorado by 41-7 earlier in the <season. One loss in a season when there are not two <undefeated teams is understandable; rewarding two losses <would be absurd. < <Colorado did not earn a trip to the Rose Bowl. If the <Buffaloes beat Oregon in the Fiesta Bowl and Nebraska <upends top-ranked Miami in the title game, shame on any <voter in the Associated Press news media poll who decides <that Colorado (11-2) is more deserving of the No. 1 ranking <than Nebraska (12-1). < <Oregon (10-1), on the other hand, has a right to feel <slighted. The Ducks can also be heartened that a <Miami-lose, Oregon-win scenario might earn them the A.P.'s <top ranking. < <The Ducks, who only lost to a very good 9-2 Stanford team, <are ranked No. 2 in both the A.P. and USA Today/ESPN <coaches polls. The strength-of-schedule and computer <component of the B.C.S. formula did Oregon in. The won-lost <records of opponents and opponents' opponents don't lie. <For Oregon, those numbers add up to the nation's <31st-toughest schedule compared to Nebraska's 14th-ranked <schedule. < <Even if you dislike or don't understand the computer <rankings, they account for only 25 percent of the B.C.S. <formula. Oregon was ranked as high as No. 2 by one <computer, and as low as No. 8 by another. Both were thrown <out, as the formula requires, and the remaining six <computer service rankings were averaged. Oregon's <average-point total was 4.83, which means the computers <rated it as the fourth- or fifth-best team in the nation. < <The math is essentially the short way of telling you what <an hour of reviewing Oregon's season game recaps spell out: <the Ducks struggled to beat decent but hardly great <opponents. < <Six of their games were decided by 7 points or fewer. In <four games, the margin was 3 or fewer. The Ducks had to <persevere against Wisconsin (5-7), Southern California <(6-5), U.C.L.A. (7-4) and Oregon State (5-6). < <Without the moral authority of the No. 2 ranking in the <human polls, Oregon Coach Mike Bellotti and the Ducks' fans <would assume the same gracious (and silent) posture as the <coaches and partisans at Illinois and Maryland, both also <10-1. They would celebrate their fine season at a <high-profile bowl game, regret their single loss and admit <that a down year in their respective conferences cost them <a trip to the big game. < <And how about that moral authority? After Tennessee lost to <Louisiana State last Saturday, the coaching colleagues of <Nebraska's Frank Solich changed their votes in favor of <Barnett and Colorado to try to keep the Cornhuskers out of <the title game. < <Say what you want about computers and formulas, but doesn't <it bother you that the human component of the B.C.S. <formula is the only one that can willfully corrupt the <integrity of the standing? < <Beyond Colorado and Oregon, the loudest whining is coming <from the college playoff proponents, many of whom are A.P. <poll voters. Fortunately, they too account for 25 percent <of the B.C.S. standing. < <. . . < <So far, university presidents have emphatically shot down <any playoff structure. Wisely, in my opinion. Would the <last three weeks with losses by Nebraska to Colorado, <Oklahoma to Oklahoma State, Texas to Colorado, Florida to <Tennessee, and Tennessee to L.S.U. have been as urgent or <dramatic if you knew many of these teams were going to tee <it up again in a week or two and commence a round-robin? < <Of all the major sports, only college football offers a <regular season that matters. Expanded playoffs in the pro <sports and even the N.C.A.A. men's basketball tournament <give fans cues when to pay attention. In college football, <you pay attention from August on because the playoff is <under way. < <The B.C.S. standing was created to ensure that the best two <teams met in a title game, which wasn't always guaranteed. <Tennessee-Florida State? Virginia Tech-Florida State? <Oklahoma-Florida State? The past three B.C.S. title games <resulted in an undisputed national champion. < <Cut through all the noise, and in Nebraska you'll find a <team that won 11 straight by 10 points or more. Yes, <Nebraska's loss was ugly and it came in the season finale, <which pollsters, for some reason, have historically found <abhorrent. Yet Nebraska has one fewer loss than Colorado <and has faced better competition than Oregon. < <You may not like the B.C.S. formula, but it is fair. <Whether you calculate by abacus or algorithms. Whether you <argue it with barroom gusto or classroom decorum, the <B.C.S. made the right game. < < < < <http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/11/sports/ncaafootball/11COLL.html?ex=100909 3052&ei=1&en=813add902a25dadd < < < <HOW TO ADVERTISE <--------------------------------- <For information on advertising in e-mail newsletters <or other creative advertising opportunities with The <New York Times on the Web, please contact Alyson <Racer at alyson@nytimes.com or visit our online media <kit at http://www.nytimes.com/adinfo < <For general information about NYTimes.com, write to <help@nytimes.com. < <Copyright 2001 The New York Times Company < _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx
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