2007-2008 NCAA Football

[Benzgirl]

Go Sooners,
Go Pitt!!!

Fear the Nut

[BuckeyeTriDelta]

Originally Posted by Benzgirl

Go Sooners,

Go Pitt!!!

Fear the Nut

Fear the Vest!!

[Cluey]

Whoa. It's one thing to fear an item of clothing, but quite another to fear a nut. I fear bad clothing choices, but never a nut. Sorry!

Personally, I'd love to see WVU and Mizzou lose, so that UGA would have a shot to play OSU for the national championship. Last time we played OSU was in the former Citrus Bowl at the end of the 1992 season and I'm pretty sure that game is the reason that Kirk Herbstreit hates the Dawgs.

There are rumors, though, that if one of the top teams drops, UGA might go to the Rose Bowl gainst USC, which would be awesome, too. We haven't been there since we beat UCLA there for the national championship in 1942.

If not the Rose, the other strong possibility is the Fiesta against the Big XII champion. At first, there were a bunch of rumors about the Orange, but that seems to be fading away. UGA played VaTech last year, so it's a little soon for a rematch. We also played BC not too long ago, so our AD is out campaigning for other bowls on our behalf.

The good news is that everything has to shake out soon, so we'll know for sure soon! Go Dawgs, Go Pitt and Boomer Sooner!

[jojapeach]

Originally Posted by Cluey

Whoa. It's one thing to fear an item of clothing, but quite another to fear a nut. I fear bad clothing choices, but never a nut. Sorry!

I know, right!?!

Originally Posted by Cluey

Personally, I'd love to see WVU and Mizzou lose, so that UGA would have a shot to play OSU for the national championship.

OMG! I'd love to have that rivalry with TonyB06 for a few weeks. I feel tears of happiness forming in my tear ducts at the giddy idea.

It's hilarious that my coworker is a USC fan, and he's damn near orgasmic at the prospect of UGA facing USC in the Rose Bowl. I'm just proud of those damn good Dawgs, and the haters make us stronger.

I'm not putting too much faith in them, but I'll cheer for Pitt, too. I still hate West Virginia.

[NutBrnHair]

Whoa, slow down there Dawg fans...I'm excited that you'll get to go to a major bowl, but a shot at the National Championship? Tell me the last National Champ who didn't even win (or play in) their Conference Championship?

[Cluey]

Originally Posted by NutBrnHair

Whoa, slow down there Dawg fans...I'm excited that you'll get to go to a major bowl, but a shot at the National Championship? Tell me the last National Champ who didn't even win (or play in) their Conference Championship?

Nebraska in 2001, perhaps?

Yes, it would have been ideal for us to win the SEC, but that wasn't in the cards for us this year. Perhaps we should leave the SEC, so we can play in an easier conference, where we are guaranteed a conference championship every year, so we can play for the national championship?

Nah, to be the best, you have to play the best, week in and week out. Plus, I'd miss all of the rivalry fun!

[jojapeach]

Originally Posted by Cluey

Nebraska in 2001, perhaps?

Yes, it would have been ideal for us to win the SEC, but that wasn't in the cards for us this year. Perhaps we should leave the SEC, so we can play in an easier conference, where we are guaranteed a conference championship every year, so we can play for the national championship?

Nah, to be the best, you have to play the best, week in and week out. Plus, I'd miss all of the rivalry fun!

A thousand times YESSSS!!! I love SEC Football.

Thanks for the answer. I just started appreciating NCAA football about 3 years ago, so I wouldn't have had a clue.

[sigtau305]

Originally Posted by Benzgirl

Go Sooners,
Go Pitt!!!

Fear the Nut

you got that right.

[Kevin]

I suppose it all depends on what your highly objective concept of a 'great team' would be.

It's very difficult these days to say that any conference is a lot better than any other because it's so rare for teams of the same caliber to play one another in their OOC.

I think there's a lot of parity within the BCS conferences -- I think they're all just about the same. Just look at the Pac-10. Bottom-dweller, Arizona knocked off Oregon. They damn near knocked off USC. There's a lot of parity there too.

Look at the Big XII. Oklahoma, a pretty damn good team lost to Colorado and Texas Tech, neither of which are doing so well against other teams in that league.

The SEC ain't the only conference that beats up on itself. I don't think any conference is a cakewalk this year. I highly doubt LSU or Florida would go undefeated in any of the other conferences.

[TSteven]

According to Sagarin.
Updated: 11/30/2007 11:58:28 AM

CONFERENCE CENTRAL MEAN SIMPLE AVERAGE TEAMS

1 SOUTHEASTERN (A) = 80.74 80.55 ( 1) 12
2 PAC-10 (A) = 78.92 78.76 ( 2) 10
3 BIG EAST (A) = 78.77 78.28 ( 3) 8
4 BIG 12 (A) = 77.36 77.14 ( 4) 12
5 ATLANTIC COAST (A) = 76.43 76.02 ( 5) 12
6 BIG TEN (A) = 75.81 75.49 ( 6) 11
7 MOUNTAIN WEST (A) = 70.28 70.27 ( 7) 9
8 WESTERN ATHLETIC (A) = 62.51 63.13 ( 8) 9
9 I-A INDEPENDENTS (A) = 62.08 62.13 ( 9) 4
10 MID-AMERICAN (A) = 60.21 60.41 ( 10) 13
11 SOUTHERN (AA)= 59.38 58.57 ( 12) 8
12 COLONIAL (AA)= 58.80 58.53 ( 13) 12
13 CONFERENCE USA (A) = 58.69 58.98 ( 11) 12
14 SUN BELT (A) = 58.41 58.27 ( 14) 8
15 GATEWAY (AA)= 58.33 56.52 ( 15) 7
16 GREAT WEST (AA)= 56.59 56.45 ( 16) 5
17 SOUTHLAND (AA)= 46.40 46.40 ( 17) 8
18 BIG SKY (AA)= 45.86 46.36 ( 18) 9
19 PATRIOT LEAGUE (AA)= 44.89 43.24 ( 20) 7
20 IVY LEAGUE (AA)= 42.98 43.56 ( 19) 8
21 BIG SOUTH (AA)= 39.67 39.64 ( 21) 5
22 SOUTHWESTERN (AA)= 38.47 37.57 ( 23) 10
23 MID-EASTERN (AA)= 37.94 37.63 ( 22) 10
24 OHIO VALLEY (AA)= 36.19 36.71 ( 24) 10
25 PIONEER (AA)= 33.25 32.91 ( 25) 8
26 NORTHEAST (AA)= 29.92 30.48 ( 26) 7
27 I-AA INDEPENDENTS (AA)= 29.06 28.65 ( 27) 4
28 METRO ATLANTIC (AA)= 20.50 18.96 ( 28) 4
29 ***UNRATED*** (**)= -90.00 -90.00 ( 29) 1


There are two group ratings, the "central mean" and the
"simple average" (also known as the "arithmetic mean")
The "central mean" gives the most weight to the middle team(s)
in the group and progressively less weight to teams as you go
away from the middle in either direction, up or down.

This tends to smooth out the effect of anomalous teams that are rated
much higher and lower than the middle team(s) in the group. The
"simple average" ("arithmetic mean") weights each team equally
no matter where they are relative to the middle.

Here are a few examples of how the "central mean" is computed.
4-team group ___ the weights are 1-2-2-1
5-team group ___ the weights are 1-2-3-2-1
6-team group ___ the weights are 1-2-3-3-2-1
7-team group ___ the weights are 1-2-3-4-3-2-1
8-team group ___ the weights are 1-2-3-4-4-3-2-1
9-team group ___ the weights are 1-2-3-4-5-4-3-2-1
10-team group ___ the weights are 1-2-3-4-5-5-4-3-2-1
11-team group ___ the weights are 1-2-3-4-5-6-5-4-3-2-1
12-team group ___ the weights are 1-2-3-4-5-6-6-5-4-3-2-1
13-team group ___ the weights are 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-6-5-4-3-2-1
This is in a sense the continuous version of the discrete "tri-mean".