From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!eagle!mhuxt!mhuxi!mhuxj!cbosgd!nscs!tsd Newsgroups: net.sport.foot Title: Re: College #1 team Article-I.D.: nscs.400 Posted: Tue Jan 4 09:56:20 1983 Received: Wed Jan 5 03:04:20 1983 References: ixlpc.180 In my opinion (admittedly biased towards Penn State) SMU has themselves to blame as much as anyone else if they're upset over Penn States selection above them. They cooked their own goose by not going for the 2 point conversion (and the win) against Arkansas. "NO GUTS, NO GLORY!!!!!!". Paterno would have put it on the line, and I think thats recognized by the poll people. Just look at his past record. As for schedules, everyone would be hard pressed to match PSU head to head on toughness of schedules. I've seen polls on the subject where in fact Penn State's schedule was rated the toughest in the nation this year. Teams they played that were ranked at one time or another in the top 20 were Maryland, Nebraska, Alabama (Joe will never get his chance to beat "the Bear"), West Viginia, Boston College, Notre Dame, and Pittsburgh. Love'ya Lions Tim Davidheiser BTL-CB cbosg!nscs!tsd Also, no one has more of a flame at the rating system the Penn State. They had 3 previous unblemished seasons and came up short in the polls every time. I too would love to see some kind of post season championship playoff as is done in the other divisions. Now that would be exciting!!!