"I definitely think Missouri could win the national title," said Wyoming Coach Dave Christensen, a former Missouri assistant whose team has faced the contenders Texas Christian and Boise State this year.
The question now facing the potential contenders and their campaigns is not whether they have baggage, but what problems are likely to stick.
When talks about a rematch with Ali, the No1 contender, broke down over money Frazier signed up to face the No2 contender, George Foreman.
Last month, facing the top Olympic contenders, she finished fifth at a meet in Brussels.
To fight or not to fight, that is the question facing the five remaining contenders for the Formula One drivers' title.
That's the hurdle facing the party's contenders in 2012, which is why Romney, Palin and Gingrich are now all more vehement anti-same-sex-marriage activists than Rick Warren.
Mr. Kerrey, who is trying to capture the seat that Senator Ben Nelson, a fellow Democrat, will vacate at the end of the year, will face the Republican contender who survives the state's May 15 primary.
After that, Trinidad would move up to 160 pounds to face the middleweight contenders Keith Holmes and William Joppy, before fighting Jones as a middleweight or a 170-pound light-heavyweight.
If Lewis, 37, retires, Klitschko will face the No. 2 contender, Corrie Sanders, who int March dethroned Wladimir Klitschko, Vitali's younger brother, as the World Boxing Organization champion.
The contender now faces the increasing totaliser machine.
While other contenders faced the board as a multi-professional team, Sir Peter Hall has recalled the drama - amounting to pathos - of Lasdun's solo performance.
