ACF Nats 2002

• From: thefool75 <no_reply_at_yahoogroups.com>
• Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 16:37:09 -0000
• Message-ID: <aa42jl+33dk_at_...>

Let me add my voice to the chorus of praise for Roger Bhan and his 
editing/writing performance at this year's Nats ;)  Seriously, he did 
an incredible job and I had a blast even if my teammates didn't.  
Congrats to Michigan, they were amazing.  Kudos to Kentucky as well.  
That was the most fun I've had at a QB tournament in a long time.  I 
don't have much in the way of criticism...but to toot FSU's horn a 
little, I hope we finally get a little respect :)  Before you refer 
to our result as a fluke, note the bonus conversion ratios for both 
the regular tournament and the playoffs--we were 4th in the regular 
rounds and 3rd in the playoffs--behind only Michigan and Kentucky.  
Considering our relative lack of tossup proficiency, our final result 
was probably just right.  (Of course our science bonus conversion was 
pretty much a zed).  Which leads to my only real criticism of the 
tournament--the brackets were uneven and thus a little unfair.  If 
you look at bonus conversion--our bracket was clearly the most 
difficult with Harvard, Chicago B and Texas A+M all with legitimate 
claims that they could have possibly made the top flight.  This is 
not to disparage the other teams which made the top playoff bracket--
it was a difficult tournament all the way round and someone had to 
get knocked out.

Anyway, looking forward to next year's edition.
Nathan Freeburg