... That is most definitely true. However, the Big Ten does have the toughest schedules this year, almost all due to conference games. Using last week's...
And thus reafirms the insanity of calculating SOS in this manner. WORTHLESS calculation regardless. Mosy meaningkess stat ever concocted when using this means....
<the Big Ten does have the toughest schedules this year, almost all due to conference games.> Translated. Our conference is so difficult because we are all so...
That was my point. The Big 12 is not likely to top the SOS rankings this year as a conference, the conferenc is too weak internally and there were not enough...
... WORTHLESS ... using this ... It's not "my rating", it's just the median value of opponents' average computer rankings. And it's not "meaningless" - the...
... You mean other than Houston, Temple, Navy, LSU, Rice, Louisville, Oklahoma, Illinois, Grambling, Purdue, Northwestern, Arkansas, and Notre Dame x2 (And...
... due to conference games.> ... good and if we could play everyone else instead of ourselves, we'd win all our games. That's not a translation. Translation...
Paul, not sure how you do your system... and my comments were directed at any SOS that adds up wins and losses of your opponents and extrapolates that to...
... directed at ... extrapolates ... you think ... North Texas ... be Idaho ... that would ... The numbers I was playing with weren't wins and losses, they...
... That's not exactly true. The old BCS SOS considered not only your opponent's won-loss record, but also your opponents' opponent's won-loss record. Not...
Story by Tom Coyne of the Associated Press: Notre Dame will play three Big East opponents a season in football starting in the 2011 season. The longtime...
Why doesn't Notre Dame get with it and join the BIG TEN, so that they can join the ACC, SEC, and BIG 12 w/ conference championship games? If you're not going...
Brian Samilian
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Nov 2, 2005 5:52 pm
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ND in the BE would be very similar to FSU in the ACC for 10 years....a guarented 8 wins, a BCS bid and total domination 99% of the time. Anytime a team can go...
... so that they can join the ACC, SEC, and BIG 12 w/ conference championship games? << Because the Big Ten would, among other things, make them share their...
... What 2 teams would you suggest adding to the Pac-10? The only two in the West I can think of that would match what the Pac-10 currently has in athletics...
How about PIT? If ND won't join, then I see nothing wrong with Syracuse or Pit. I think either would make great additions to the Big Ten. Pit would have the...
Brian Samilian
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Nov 2, 2005 7:49 pm
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Another team I hear bandied about is WVU. One of the roadblocks to some teams is academics. The BigTen prides itself on the fact that all the schools are...
I agree that a championship game adds an additional step for those conferences. But since those conferences with 12 teams also miss 3 other conference games...
Michael, Bama DOES play Florida this year (they met on October 1st.) For the most part, the top six SEC teams play the top SEC teams. You always play everyone...
Brian Samilian
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Nov 2, 2005 10:03 pm
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I agree that until there is a financial disincentive (yup, it's a word, I looked it up) for ND to change its current ways, they will continue to try to win...
That is true, but what it also does is that it makes sure that they atleast play in the championship game, unlike in Big 10. In the defence of SEC I can say...
I agree Ashish and not defending or being overly critical of either scheduling issue. Just pointing out that the 2 dvision set-up sometimes has some loopholes...
"Believe it or not" is an understatement. My guess would be, short of the Ivy League the B10 is possibly the #1 academic conference in Div 1-A football.... I...
Actually I would say that the PAC-10 is stronger academically, Stanford is tied with Duke at #5 and there are more PAC-10 schools ranked in the top 30 (Cal,...
I'm glad I wasn't there. I'd have slugged someone over this "joke." Story by Scott Wolf of the Pasadena Star-News: LOS ANGELES--USC tailback LenDale White quit...
Thx for the info... my rating for U of M was based on "best PUBLIC universities" which is more of an "apples to apples" rating and thats where it is tied with...
Since there seemed to be an interest in academic performance by conference, I did a little analysis, and here's what I came up with. For this analysis I took...
... Ye4s, but we also have WSU, OSU, and ASU... ... Whoops, honestly, I started the post before I knew you were a Cougar. Not that I have anything against...
Why do people always point out Pitt and Syrucuse ? Is it because of the TV market? That would be the only reason cause neither one of them has done any good in...
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