Muck FcDisney wrote:FuckESPNdotCOM wrote:Week 12 ballot
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6. past 9 2 21.7590
7. flst 11 0 21.3964
Fuck North Alabama
If FSU replaced UNA and Pitt with "quality losses", would we be ranked ahead of that garbage PSU team? Or did we just need to replace 3-8 UNA with the mighty 8-3 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens?
As I said, all FCS teams now count the same: their record against FBS teams is 4-114, so worse than 3-8. Liberty is benefiting from not playing FCS teams.
PSU beats pretty much every team they can by double digits. And yes, losing to not one, but two undefeated teams only hurts them a little. Meanwhile FSU lets shitty teams like M.I.A. and BC hang around. PSU's closest wins are by 9 and 17. It's a running average, and beating a 6-5 M.I.A. team by 7 would be 7 * 6 / 11 = 3.8 for that week (+16 to get 19.8 ) Meanwhile PSU beats 6-5 Rutgers by 21, so that's 16 * 6 / 11 = 8.7 (+16 to get 24.7)
If you go true Boolean and MOV doesn't matter (max MOV = 1), FSU is still 7th... It's more that the teams we beat keep sucking it up more than anything FSU specifically did.
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1.5241 wash 11 0
1.4793 texa 10 1
1.4793 mich 11 0
1.4742 geor 11 0
1.4618 ohst 11 0
1.4542 alab 10 1
1.4411 flst 11 0
1.4256 libe 11 0
1.3843 okla 9 2
1.3676 miss 9 2
1.3671 past 9 2
1.3585 loui 10 1
1.3585 jama 10 1
1.3552 oreg 10 1
1.3462 mizz 9 2
1.3254 tole 10 1
1.3097 last 8 3
1.3089 tula 10 1
1.3089 troy 9 2
1.3058 iowa 9 2
1.2758 ksst 8 3
1.2712 ndam 8 3
1.2633 nvlv 9 2
1.2345 memp 8 3
1.2199 ariz 8 3
And now you know why I don't like the MOV 1 model: scraping by bad teams should hurt (Washington).
I was saying "Fuck North Alabama" because they injured our players on purpose, not because they have a shitty record, although I understand your interpretation. I knew our average was going to drop before the game, but teams like Duke keep fucking losing and it hurts us. It's why ESPN talking heads (Chris Fowler, IIRC) back in like 1998 or 1999 were pissed that they had to pay attention to WAC games because the BCS computers used to take SOS into account and some contenders played WAC teams.