GENTLEMEN, START YOUR GRUMBLING.Byline: SCOTT WOLF Scott Richard Wolf (born June 4, 1968) is an American actor. Born in Boston, Massachusetts to Steven Wolf and Susan Enowitch, Wolf was raised in West Orange, New Jersey. He graduated in 1986 from West Orange High School. College Football Now we know why they waited until late October to release the first Bowl Championship Series poll: It gives college coaches only half a season to complain about the results. The coaches would gratefully take a full season to question the validity of the rankings, which determine which schools will play in the Fiesta Bowl The Fiesta Bowl, now sponsored by Tostitos tortilla chips (a Frito-Lay product), is a United States college football game played annually since 1971. Originally, the game was hosted in Tempe, Arizona at Sun Devil Stadium where it remained until 2006. for the national championship on Jan. 4. To no one's surprise, the first complaints came from Kansas State coach and noted grumbler Bill Snyder Bill Snyder (born October 7, 1939, in Saint Joseph, Missouri) is the former head football coach for Kansas State University, holding that position from 1989 to 2005. Coaching career . Snyder's Wildcats are 7-0 but fourth in the BCS (1) (The British Computer Society, Swindon, Wiltshire, England, www.bcs.org) The chartered body for information technology professionals in the U.K., founded in 1957. rankings. ``It's just the formula itself and I guess I just don't understand what it's all about yet,'' Snyder said. Snyder was put off by the power ratings, which include computerized formulas by the New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times, USA Today USA Today National U.S. daily general-interest newspaper, the first of its kind. Launched in 1982 by Allen Neuharth, head of the Gannett newspaper chain, it reached a circulation of one million within a year and surpassed two million in the 1990s. and Seattle Times. ``The Seattle Times? I mean, give me a break. Why is it the Seattle Times as opposed to the Manhattan (Kan.) Mercury? What makes the Seattle Times capable of selecting opponents for the national championship?'' Snyder asked. ``I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. . It could be just out of ignorance on my part, not knowing enough about it that makes it uncertain in my mind whether it's good or not.'' Naturally, Snyder forgot to mention that if Kansas State had played a tougher nonconference schedule, he wouldn't be wondering why the Seattle Times plays a role in the BCS formula. ``It's just confusing with all the different places that have a role in the selection process, and I'm not sure if that's good, bad or indifferent,'' Snyder said. At Ohio State, coach John Cooper John Cooper can refer to:
UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX , although they remain No. 1 in both top-25 polls. ``I don't have time to sit down and figure out all the rankings, how they're determined and who's doing them,'' Ohio State coach John Cooper said. ``I put more stock in the coaches poll and the AP poll than I do anything else.'' Somebody better tell Cooper that Ohio State could win the rest of its games and conceivably finish out of the top two spots in the BCS rankings. It's ironic that the Big Ten is seemingly hurt by the first BCS poll. The conference sought the strength-of-schedule formula after Penn State went 12-0 in 1994 and didn't win the national title. ```I don't believe in second-guessing. We knew it could happen,'' Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany said. ``The odds were small. You won't hear a complaint from me, I'll tell you that.'' All-Big-Ten Rose Bowl? How does an Ohio State-Wisconsin Rose Bowl sound this year? It's possible. If Wisconsin represents the Big Ten as champion, and Ohio State should fall out of the top two spots in the BCS rankings while UCLA stays there, the Rose Bowl conceivably could pick Ohio State to replace the Pac-10 champs and have an All-Big Ten matchup, as strange as that would be. If Ohio State and Wisconsin tie for the Big Ten title, the Badgers go to Pasadena because they last reached the Rose Bowl in 1993. Ohio State represented the conference in 1996. The teams do not play each other this season. Bad timing: Imagine this. San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. State ends a 12-year drought and wins the WAC WAC (Women's Army Corps), U.S. army organization created (1942) during World War II to enlist women as auxiliaries for noncombatant duty in the U.S. army. Before 1943 it was known as the Women's Auxiliary Army Corps (WAAC). Its first director was Oveta Culp Hobby. but then is denied an invitation to the Holiday Bowl in its own backyard because of that game's new selection procedure. It will match the Pac-10 Conference No. 2 with the highest ranking of two choices - the Big 12 No. 3 or the WAC champion. San Diego State hasn't even received top-25 consideration while the Big 12 has had five or six teams ranked for most of the season. Ground attack: Check out the nation's top three rushing offense leaders: 1. Air Force. 2. Navy. 3. Army. Two to go: Oklahoma's John Blake John Blake may refer to:
It's only the seventh time in history the Sooners have lost to Oklahoma State and Texas in the same season. The last three Oklahoma coaches with 0-for-OSU-and-Texas seasons: Snorter Luster (1944-45), Gomer Jones Gomer Thomas Jones (February 26, 1914 - March 21, 1971) was a football athlete and coach. He was a Hall of Fame center for the Ohio State University Buckeyes and a coach of the University of Oklahoma Sooners for 19 years. (1965) and John Blake (1997-98). Clemson coach Tommy West Thomas "Tommy" Cleveland West (born on July 31, 1954, in Carrollton, Georgia) is the current Head Coach of Football at the University of Memphis. He also served as the head coach for Clemson University. He is married to the former Lindsay Watkins. The couple have one son, Turner. will probably join Blake out the door, especially after the Tigers lost to Duke 28-23, assuring Clemson (2-6) of a losing season. West is now 34-33 at Clemson, with a 21-17 mark in the ACC See adaptive cruise control. . This will be the second losing season in five years for the Tigers, who must win their remaining three games in order to avoid their worst record in 22 years. One coach who might survive - believe it or not - is Hawaii's Fred vonAppen, 0-7 this season and 5-26 in two years on the island of Oahu. Apparently he has job security because he was hired by his old Linfield College Linfield College is a private, four-year liberal arts college located in McMinnville, Oregon, United States, with a campus in Portland, Oregon, and an adult degree program located in eight communities throughout the state. teammate, Rainbows athletic director Hugh Yoshida. And it was Yoshida who, 11 months ago, pushed through a two-year contract extension for vonAppen, through 2000. Wise move: West Virginia lineman Jeremy Sherman probably made the prudent decision when he selected the Mountaineers over his second choice, Georgia. Sherman is the great-great grandson of famed Union general William Tecumseh Sherman, who is a reviled figure in the South, and especially Georgia. FOOTNOTES by Scott Wolf THE TOP 10 1. Ohio State (7-0): The BCS poll might take care of Buckeyes before Michigan. 2. Tennessee (6-0): Schedule strength nosedives with dreary trip to South Carolina South Carolina, state of the SE United States. It is bordered by North Carolina (N), the Atlantic Ocean (SE), and Georgia (SW). Facts and Figures Area, 31,055 sq mi (80,432 sq km). Pop. (2000) 4,012,012, a 15. . 3. Kansas State (7-0): QB Bishop might be injured, but Snyder's not talking about it. 4. UCLA (6-0): Is Miami the only legitimate obstacle left on schedule? 5. Florida State (7-1): Bobby Bowden threatens to cancel Auburn series after son quits. 6. Florida (6-1): Never give Steve Superior two weeks to prepare for opponent. 7. Wisconsin (8-0): Badgers must be for real. Wait, close season with Michigan, Penn St. 8. Texas A&M (7-1): What bowl gets the privilege of inviting these charisma lackers? 9. Nebraska (7-1): Watch out Huskers: Texas has won four straight. 10. Georgia (6-1): Bulldogs get dizzy defending Couch, while Florida rests. Five more to watch: 11. Penn State (5-1); 12. Syracuse (4-2); 13. Virginia (6-1); 14. Notre Dame (5-1); 15. Arkansas (6-0). THE LIST Are penalties an indicator of a bad team? Maybe, but Stanford has committed the fewest penalties in the Pac-10 and has the worst record. Here's how conference stacks up in infractions: Team Penalties Yards Record 1. Stanford 42 328 1-6 2. UCLA 53 450 6-0 3. Oregon 65 511 6-1 4. Washington State 71 525 3-4 5. Arizona 63 543 7-1 6. California 70 609 4-3 7. Washington 64 634 5-2 8. Oregon State 80 683 4-4 9. Arizona State 71 722 3-4 10. USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. 84 724 5-3 SAY WHAT? ``It seems some people forget that Florida State is still Florida State. We've been on top and we're going to stay on top.'' Florida State defensive tackle Larry Smith, after the Seminoles' 34-7 victory over Georgia Tech. BEST BET No. 12 Oregon (6-1) at No. 13 Arizona (7-1) The winner will harbor hopes that the Rose Bowl overlooks Notre Dame and still takes a Pac-10 team, if UCLA goes to the Fiesta Bowl. The Ducks are a beat-up group, with four starters out and managed just 17 points against USC. This is the kind of game Arizona usually wins, when it can use superior talent to bully an opponent at home. CAPTION(S): Box BOX: FOOTNOTES by Scott Wolf (see text) |
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