Monday, November 5, 2007

1940 Stanford

Here's something to mull over during the final three weeks of the college football regular season:

Houston became the 49th team to become eligible for postseason play after Sunday's win over SMU. Twenty-six other squads are just one victory away from achieving the necessary six wins in a 12-game regular season to play in a bowl game.
There's just one problem, there are only 32 bowl games, with obviously 64 teams. The SEC alone has nine teams with six wins or more, with two more at five. In short, some teams are going to be left out.
Remember, you heard it here first.
With Clark Shaughnessy’s new innovation, the T-formation, Pete Kmetovic had 141 rushing yards and returned a punt for a touchdown to lead Stanford’s 21-13 victory against Nebraska in the 1941 Rose Bowl. Stanford received national title consideration, but Minnesota was the consensus choice. Courtesy of the Tournament of Roses archives.

No comments: