tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15857498.post115641116350770876..comments2023-10-31T08:24:26.150-07:00Comments on The Wizard of Odds: Reporters' NotebooksUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15857498.post-1156452515065759622006-08-24T13:48:00.000-07:002006-08-24T13:48:00.000-07:00I hope Hawaii's bus doesn't stop in Birmingham. W...I hope Hawaii's bus doesn't stop in Birmingham. While they might enjoy the barbecue, the game is Tuscaloosa, 55 miles away.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15857498.post-1156429016886210012006-08-24T07:16:00.000-07:002006-08-24T07:16:00.000-07:00Regarding Lynn Hennings book excerpt...It was amaz...Regarding Lynn Hennings <A HREF="http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060824/SPORTS0202/608240312/1132&template=printart" REL="nofollow">book excerpt</A>...<BR/><BR/>It was amazing he was able to cram so many factual errors into a single paragraph:<BR/><BR/><I>It was a couple of days before Thanksgiving, 1994. Nebraska's regular season was about to end with a 13-0 record and a victory later that week against old rival, Oklahoma. There would be a trip to Miami for a second straight Orange Bowl date against Florida State (it would become Osborne's seventh consecutive bowl defeat).</I><BR/><BR/>1) Nebraska's regular-season record in 1994 was 12-0, not 13-0.<BR/><BR/>2) Nebraska did not play Florida State during the 1994 season.<BR/><BR/>3) Nebraska <I><B>won</I></B> the Orange Bowl following the 1994 regular season, defeating Miami in the Orange Bowl.<BR/><BR/>As a Penn State fan I wish Henning's scenario had come true, then the voters wouldn't have been able to (again) rob the Nittany Lions of a National Championship.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com