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WORST. ONE-LOSS. TEAM. EVARR.
[This is a bit of a mess. It's near-impossible for it not to be a mess.] As Penn State continued to pile up ugly losses WINS since mid-September, many have labeled them the worst one-loss team in the nation. It's an argument perfectly suited for college football in the internet age -- senseless...
Diamond Dogs Need to Beat Two Top Three Teams in Consecutive Games to Extend Season
Because Georgia beat Auburn yesterday afternoon and Vanderbilt beat South Carolina last night, the Diamond Dogs will face the No. 1-ranked defending national champion Gamecocks in the SEC Baseball Tournament approximately at 7:00 tonight. The winner of this evening’s contest will advance to face...
A Look At 2010 Pac-10 Football Strength Of Schedule
There has been some talk of the strength of the schedule that the Bruins have played so far this season. Both LVBruin and KSBruin have written fanposts discussing this over the past few days that are worth taking a look at. The SoS issue is an interesting one, and something that can help to put...
SEC Schedule Strength in 2009
After having gone through the BCS automatic qualifying formula numbers, I was left (among other things) the end-of-regular-season computer poll averages of every team in the country for the past four years. You didn't think I'd just leave those numbers there, did you? I went through and looked to...
Something Worth Noting About The Big Ten and Iowa's Schedule
Take a look at the most recent Power Poll from Rittenberg: 1. Iowa 2. Penn State 3. Ohio State 4. Michigan State 5. Wisconsin 6. Michigan 7. Minnesota 8. Northwestern Tied-9. Purdue Tied-9. Indiana 11. Illinois By that measure (and, given the standings, it's hard to disagree with any of that),...
Strap in! FSU plays the toughest remaining schedule in College Football
I really wish I came across this before penning The Kool-Aid Debate. Still, it's better late than never. The guys at Football Outsiders (amazing site) have started taking a closer look at college football, and not surprisingly, they've uncovered some interesting factoids. The most interesting...
Statistical Strength of Schedule
Something I put together last season that I'm doing again is a statistical strength of schedule ranking. The full rationale and national breakdown is over at my home base, but here's the way it works. Take the average national rank of the teams a school has played so far in four categories: total...
Big 12 Roundtable - Preseason Edition
Holy cow, another roundtable! This one is just us Big 12 guys, hosted by Oklahoma's Crimson and Cream Machine. There has been lots of talk this pre-season about scheduling. Colorado has arguably the strongest schedule but who do you think has the weakest and which cream puff on your team's...
Ranking the 2008 Non-Conference Schedules
At the end of the year, we all compare final records and make general determinations of overall team quality based largely on those records. It should be noted, though, that all schedules are not created equal, particularly in regards to non-conference schedules. Some teams have cupcake schedules...
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