Teams selected prematurely often suffer a letdown, falling on their face masks in the last weeks of the season. Because of unrealistic guidelines-i.e., no legislated guidelines at all-the bowl selection process has broken down as often as not the bowls have become a depository for damaged goods. With the possible exception of the NCAA's executive branch, everyone in college football knows by now the cracks in the bowl structure, and how seriously they undermine the game. The match-ups are actually no worse than they have been in recent years, but therein lies the reason to be sad. Notre Dame in the Orange (Notre Dame won, 24-23, in the Sugar)-and a number of near misses. USC in the Rose (Ohio State won last time 42-21), Alabama vs. There are two strong rematches-Ohio State vs. Thus, on this melancholy note, college football's upper crust begins another roundelay of bowl activity. For this they can now look forward to a third straight year of curling up by the tube with, say, Texas Tech (6-4-1) and Vanderbilt (7-3-1) in the Peach Bowl, or Florida (8-3) and Nebraska (8-3) in the Sugar. The Wolverines have but two defeats and one tie in their last 33 games and have shared the Big Ten title three times. There are teams in major bowls that lost more games this year than Bo's teams have lost in the past three. No use getting into it with Bo right now, however, because the irony crowds his throat. All Bo wants is justice, and for the Big Ten-and, while they're at it, the Pacific Eight-to change their outdated bowl policy and let the world know there are other teams worth seeing on New Year's Day besides Ohio State and USC. Then there is Bo Schembechler of Michigan.
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