Mike Machnik: . . . The bye is a HUGE advantage under the current format, ===== Well, I think it depends on the circumstances - I must speak from a fan point of view, not a player but it would seem to me that the BYE for BU this year was perhaps beneficial to BU, but that a BYE for BC would not have been (after the fact, there is little evidence to support this). . . There have been years that I felt the BYE which MSU drew was to their DISadvantage in that they seemed to lose the sharp edge they had honed and ended up losing after drawing the BYE. Again . . . I think it depens on the circumstances. ========== Adam Bryant . . . On a side note, Parker sent a letter to the Daily Free Press (the paper) which was an open letter to the students. This letter requested that Parker and the team was very glad of the support that students have been giving the team this year, but that he was upset by our fans reputation as being "unsportsmanlike". : ===== I believe Parker has some problems of his own to overcome before he goes to work on anyone else about sportsmanship. The example he sets . . . (left blank intentionally). -glen keeney-