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lets forget about the emotions that go along with following our favorite team and wishing them well on a great regular season.  we have all gone through countless reasoning of why 1 team should or shouldnt represent its conference.  we can all admit that the "HOT" team right now is getting all the love and is looking very attractive. i tried doing some research as to which team actually looks better overall.  now i dropped the names of the teams and dropped the names of the opponents because i feel like they are too subjective.  i just want to bring up a few numbers

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Team A  Vs. Team B

 

Overall record:  A) 11–1       B) 11–1                advantage: push

 

Conference record:  A) 7–1     B) 7-1                advantage: push

 

Vs. top 25 opp:  A) 3-1         B) 4-1                   advantage: Team B

 

L (rank of opp/ margin of defeat) A) #7\6 *          B)#5\10**   adv: Team A

                * - road game

                **- neutral field

 

Record Vs. common opp:  A) 4-1            B) 5-0    adv: Team B

 

Avg margin of Victory:  A) 32pts           B) 29.6pts     Adv: Team A

 

Avg margin of Victory Vs. common opp:  A)30.6pts     B)28pts    Adv: Team A

 

Of course i could have done about a hundred different sections and go into more detail but overall if the BCS peeps want style points then Team A is beating thier opponents by a larger margin, but Team B does hold a better record.  It would be difficult to put Team A in a title game based on its record vs top 25 competition and record against the same 5 opponents.  Bottom line is team B is no doubt going to a title game and the bottom bottom line is that OU is team B.  GOD I HATE OU.

 

 

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no shyte OU is team B....

nice cryptography work, you should create the next enigma.

Please excuse my sarcasm, I hate how the RRR victory is meaningless.

-flo

by bleed burnt orange on Nov 30, 2008 11:56 AM CST reply actions   0 recs

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December is a cold, cold month. How can anyone be sure that a team that is ‘hot’ at the end of November will be playing at the same level in January? The decision should look at the whole season, not the last week.

Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in their shoes. If they get mad, you're a mile away AND you have their shoes.

by Caradoc on Nov 30, 2008 12:02 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

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