Comments on: SOS Update http://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/2009/10/06/sos-update/ The Worst Thing To Ever Happen To ND Football Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:42:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: trey http://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/2009/10/06/sos-update/comment-page-1/#comment-135253 trey Tue, 06 Oct 2009 23:29:01 +0000 http://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/?p=4154#comment-135253 We're never going to win any SOS arguments because too many idiots think we just schedule service academies, Syracuse, and USC every year. We’re never going to win any SOS arguments because too many idiots think we just schedule service academies, Syracuse, and USC every year.

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]]> By: Mark http://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/2009/10/06/sos-update/comment-page-1/#comment-135164 Mark Tue, 06 Oct 2009 19:05:50 +0000 http://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/?p=4154#comment-135164 Sagarin takes a very quantitative analytical approach to figuring out the strength of each teams schedule. Compare this to the Mark May methodology which is: "I hate Notre Dame and I'm a jackass." Unfortunately most college football fans follow this same logic. To truly understand how this works we would need a double blind study of college football poling. Get two groups of college football AP voters in a room. Each group looks at a team playing one schedule with the exact same results. Group A shows that team as Notre Dame while Group B shows that team as Ole Miss/South Carolina. Ask both groups to rank that team. Sagarin takes a very quantitative analytical approach to figuring out the strength of each teams schedule.

Compare this to the Mark May methodology which is: “I hate Notre Dame and I’m a jackass.”

Unfortunately most college football fans follow this same logic.

To truly understand how this works we would need a double blind study of college football poling. Get two groups of college football AP voters in a room. Each group looks at a team playing one schedule with the exact same results. Group A shows that team as Notre Dame while Group B shows that team as Ole Miss/South Carolina. Ask both groups to rank that team.

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]]> By: The Biscuit http://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/2009/10/06/sos-update/comment-page-1/#comment-135113 The Biscuit Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:08:18 +0000 http://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/?p=4154#comment-135113 Jack, in Sagarin's methodology outline: "The SCHEDULE ratings represent the average schedule difficulty faced by each team in the games that it's played so far." That's to date, not for the season. Jack, in Sagarin’s methodology outline: “The SCHEDULE ratings represent the average schedule difficulty faced by each team in the games that it’s played so far.” That’s to date, not for the season.

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]]> By: san diego irish http://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/2009/10/06/sos-update/comment-page-1/#comment-135112 san diego irish Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:56:06 +0000 http://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/?p=4154#comment-135112 Biscuit--your prediction about the strength of schedule looking different after the season than before, has been proven correct (so far). With the exception of Michigan St. almost every team on ND's schedule has met or exceeded expecations so far--most notably MI, BC, Pitt, Stanford, and Washington. Biscuit–your prediction about the strength of schedule looking different after the season than before, has been proven correct (so far). With the exception of Michigan St. almost every team on ND’s schedule has met or exceeded expecations so far–most notably MI, BC, Pitt, Stanford, and Washington.

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]]> By: Jack http://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/2009/10/06/sos-update/comment-page-1/#comment-135107 Jack Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:12:27 +0000 http://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/?p=4154#comment-135107 The teams we played to-date rank 96th most difficult schedule. We are 36 because the teams we have yet to play. The teams we played to-date rank 96th most difficult schedule. We are 36 because the teams we have yet to play.

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