Comments on: HLS Top 25 Roulette – #7 Boise State https://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/2011/08/29/hls-top-25-roulette-7-boise-state/ A Notre Dame Football Blog Sat, 03 Sep 2011 01:27:16 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8.4 By: NWohioND https://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/2011/08/29/hls-top-25-roulette-7-boise-state/#comment-212163 Sat, 03 Sep 2011 01:27:16 +0000 http://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/?p=7685#comment-212163 Who cares…the freakin picture with Forde and the Boise bus tour is awesome!!! That’s all the guy talked about last year was the bus and get on for Boise…classic PootND…well played.

]]> By: PootND https://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/2011/08/29/hls-top-25-roulette-7-boise-state/#comment-212029 Tue, 30 Aug 2011 00:15:28 +0000 http://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/?p=7685#comment-212029 In reply to The Biscuit.

I agree with that. And if I wasn’t so lazy, I would have brought that point up.

]]> By: The Biscuit https://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/2011/08/29/hls-top-25-roulette-7-boise-state/#comment-212020 Mon, 29 Aug 2011 22:31:39 +0000 http://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/?p=7685#comment-212020 In reply to Whiskeyjack.

I like the adjusted stats in theory, but I don’t think it fully equates to a level playing field. There are things beyond the actual competition (injuries, which gets to depth, etc) that come into play when playing a harder schedule that those stats can’t quite account for. I do really love the approach, but I don’t think it fully accounts for how amazingly weak their schedules are vs ND (and others)

]]> By: Whiskeyjack https://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/2011/08/29/hls-top-25-roulette-7-boise-state/#comment-212016 Mon, 29 Aug 2011 22:10:36 +0000 http://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/?p=7685#comment-212016 Your use of opponent adjusted stats (/applaud) makes the SoS counterargument irrelevant. BSU was scary good last year, and probably won’t be much worse this year. Good preview.

]]> By: PootND https://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/2011/08/29/hls-top-25-roulette-7-boise-state/#comment-212013 Mon, 29 Aug 2011 21:17:06 +0000 http://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/?p=7685#comment-212013 In reply to todd.

Well, I obviously didn’t make it clear. I’m no fan of them and think ESPN overhyped them ridiculously. I still respect that they are a top-10 team.

]]> By: todd https://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/2011/08/29/hls-top-25-roulette-7-boise-state/#comment-212012 Mon, 29 Aug 2011 21:09:15 +0000 http://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/?p=7685#comment-212012 The fact that their schedule has two meaningful games is the reason you see hatred for them, and why I can’t consider them an elite team.

And I don’t buy the “They can’t help that their conference is shitty” argument. They choose to be in it.

]]> By: The Biscuit https://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/2011/08/29/hls-top-25-roulette-7-boise-state/#comment-212011 Mon, 29 Aug 2011 21:01:24 +0000 http://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/?p=7685#comment-212011 In reply to PootND.

I agree a team could lose 1 game and be awesome. I don’t agree they could be that awesome if they’re BSU and lose that game to Nevada. Nevada played the 84th most difficult schedule last year. BSU played the 81st. I’d look awesome too if I played hoops against 6th graders (assuming they werent very good)

]]> By: PootND https://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/2011/08/29/hls-top-25-roulette-7-boise-state/#comment-212010 Mon, 29 Aug 2011 20:50:48 +0000 http://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/?p=7685#comment-212010 In reply to The Biscuit.

Click the Football Study Hall preview and read the story in the first couple of graphs to see how a team could lose 1 game and still be ridiculously good.

]]> By: The Biscuit https://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/2011/08/29/hls-top-25-roulette-7-boise-state/#comment-212009 Mon, 29 Aug 2011 20:33:35 +0000 http://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/?p=7685#comment-212009 Top 5 teams don’t lose to Nevada. Period.

Don’t mind your ranking here – think it’s right on. But I don’t buy the Top 5 in ’10 thing…

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