Comments on: The Youth AND EXPERIENCE Manifesto: Off-season Edition

By: The Biscuit

The Biscuit — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:49:53 +0000

Mike, that also means that you love Touchdown Jesus and rioting at the same time. It’s an interesting combination – but I fully support your hatred of Michigan (dont forget the sucks!).

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By: notredamemike

notredamemike — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 21:02:38 +0000

I’m a Notre Dame and Ohio State fan. That means I hate Michigan twice as much as any of you. GO IRISH!!

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By: Bad Kermit

Bad Kermit — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 22:47:15 +0000

Undrew – first of all, let’s not start swinging dicks about education/resume. That’s a battle you’ll lose, and it won’t be close.

We meet again, Irony!

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By: david

david — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:09:39 +0000

Biscuit,

Were you “just saying” that Undrew might not be as smart as he thinks?

Thank you biscuit, for being a the ray of truth, light and humor that makes a morning start with a laugh.

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By: irish64

irish64 — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 12:55:44 +0000

Sometimes these analyses make my hair hurt. But, it is interesting. Nevada is not to be taken lightly.

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By: The Biscuit

The Biscuit — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 08:33:20 +0000

Undrew – first of all, let’s not start swinging dicks about education/resume. That’s a battle you’ll lose, and it won’t be close.
Second, there are a few reasons I used rankings instead of the values. 1) It was quicker/easier – Steele has them ranked, and I dont get paid to write here so I’m doing whatever’s quickest/easiest 2) It doesn’t change the story. It accentuates some things, sure, but the story remains the same, and I labeled it as based on rankings, so it’s not like I’m hiding something. 3) This way allows people to compare the x to the y axis. It orients to a single metric, rather than 2 different ones, so you can compare ND’s age on the Y to ND’s experience on the X, so on and so forth. This is the main reason, though clearly your community college edumacated brain didn’t catch that nuance. The only way to use the actuals and do this is to create indices, and that goes against point #1, and you end up with the same “skews” anyway once you go that route. You may not like it, but this is just as legit as showing it in any other way. But, feel free to go start your own blog and do it your way, I’ll be sure to be a regular reader of http://www.snarkybutnotthatbright.com

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By: Undrew

Undrew — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 23:03:03 +0000

You should re-work the chart so that it uses real values instead of rankings. You’re chart is skewed. You should know this if you have an MBA from U of Phoenix.

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By: The Biscuit

The Biscuit — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 21:20:03 +0000

I am surprised he has MSU that high given that they’re all like 10 years old and haven’t played a down. WSU has by far the least talent, but they are Jrs/Srs/5ths with experience. But experienced and old suckyness is still suckyness. Nevada is a scare game for sure. Even if they end up in the Top 20, the damage of a loss will be too much for this team, Weis, and the fans to handle. It’ll be pandemonium. I bet Steele puts us Top 15.

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By: brendan

brendan — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 21:06:58 +0000

Interesting that Washington State, arguably the worst team on our schedule, has the best combination of experience and age.

Phil Steele has Nevada #35 in his rankings, increasing my nervousness that nothing good can come of that game unless we blow them out.

Pitt and MSU are in the 20-30 range. Presumably we are in his top 20, though that hasn’t been revealed on his blog.

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