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12-02-2007, 02:43 AM
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Re: who does tOSU play in the title game?
you basically never have a clear cut champion in any sport
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12-02-2007, 02:43 AM
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Re: who does tOSU play in the title game?
assani, if osu is so undeserving why do the computers rank them so high? there was no preseason bias from the computers.
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/sagarin/fbt07.htm
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#263
12-02-2007, 02:45 AM
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Re: who does tOSU play in the title game?
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assani, if osu is so undeserving why do the computers rank them so high? there was no preseason bias from the computers. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/sagarin/fbt07.htm [/ QUOTE ] because the computers take margin of victory greatly into consideration, so that a team is rewarded for running up the score. If you eliminate this and just rank each game as "win" or "loss" and then look at Ohio St vs Hawaii I think it'll tell a different story.
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#264
12-02-2007, 02:45 AM
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Re: who does tOSU play in the title game?
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[ QUOTE ] assani, if osu is so undeserving why do the computers rank them so high? there was no preseason bias from the computers. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/sagarin/fbt07.htm [/ QUOTE ] because the computers take margin of victory greatly into consideration, so that a team is rewarded for running up the score. If you eliminate this and just rank each game as "win" or "loss" and then look at Ohio St vs Hawaii I think it'll tell a different story. [/ QUOTE ] Good teams can run up the score. Bad teams can't.
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#266
12-02-2007, 02:46 AM
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Re: who does tOSU play in the title game?
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you basically never have a clear cut champion in any sport [/ QUOTE ] "clear cut" might have been a poor choice of words. What I'm trying to avoid is another situation like last year where Boise St won every game, beat a solid team in a bowl, and a one loss team walked away with the title. To me that seems unfair.
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#267
12-02-2007, 02:47 AM
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Re: who does tOSU play in the title game?
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[ QUOTE ] you basically never have a clear cut champion in any sport [/ QUOTE ] "clear cut" might have been a poor choice of words. What I'm trying to avoid is another situation like last year where Boise St won every game, beat a solid team in a bowl, and a one loss team walked away with the title. To me that seems unfair. [/ QUOTE ] You are in the extreme minority, as evidenced by Hawaii's ranking in the polls, where the voters are highly cognizant that their vote impacts who can play for the championsihp.
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#268
12-02-2007, 02:48 AM
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Re: who does tOSU play in the title game?
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No, in most years they wouldn't get the NT game because most years there are two more deserving teams. Therefore I don't think it would be a problem. Moreover, can't your same argument be applied against Ohio St? I fail to see much of a difference. Look at Oh St's out of conference schedule. The only reason Ohio St is in is because they were higher in the preseason polls which is complete BS. [/ QUOTE ] It has nothing to do with preseason rankings. A lot of people liked Hawaii in the preseason. What it has to do with is Hawaii playing a terrible terrible schedule that makes Ohio State's schedule look like an NFL schedule by comparison. Boise State was the only Top 50 team that Hawaii played this year. By comparison, Ohio State played 5 Top 50 teams. 4-1 > 1-0 in my opinion.
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#269
12-02-2007, 02:49 AM
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Re: who does tOSU play in the title game?
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] assani, if osu is so undeserving why do the computers rank them so high? there was no preseason bias from the computers. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/sagarin/fbt07.htm [/ QUOTE ] because the computers take margin of victory greatly into consideration, so that a team is rewarded for running up the score. If you eliminate this and just rank each game as "win" or "loss" and then look at Ohio St vs Hawaii I think it'll tell a different story. [/ QUOTE ] Good teams can run up the score. Bad teams can't. [/ QUOTE ] agreed. That doesn't mean good teams always try to run up the score. Also "bad teams can't run up the score" does not logically imply "a team that can't run up the score is a bad team."(If A then not B does not mean that If not B then A)
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#270
12-02-2007, 02:52 AM
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Re: who does tOSU play in the title game?
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] you basically never have a clear cut champion in any sport [/ QUOTE ] "clear cut" might have been a poor choice of words. What I'm trying to avoid is another situation like last year where Boise St won every game, beat a solid team in a bowl, and a one loss team walked away with the title. To me that seems unfair. [/ QUOTE ] You are in the extreme minority, as evidenced by Hawaii's ranking in the polls, where the voters are highly cognizant that their vote impacts who can play for the championsihp. [/ QUOTE ] Are you really arguing based on this point? Thats like me saying that a football decision made in game must be right because the entire coaching staff took a time out to think about it, and since they're paid professionals they obviously know what they're doing.
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