MBAute89 replied to the topic Aggregate Stat Rankings in the forum Football 8 years, 5 months ago
I think there is definitely bias towards rewarding “style points”.
MBAute89 replied to the topic ESPN Playoff show RANT in the forum Football 8 years, 5 months ago
It’s not just ESPN, either. There is a general East Coast bias against Utah and other Pac-12 schools. SBNation and Bleacher Report have Utah ranked lower than the CFP and AP polls too. Pollsters like offense, and I think that’s what it boils down to.
MBAute89 replied to the topic Aggregate Stat Rankings in the forum Football 8 years, 5 months ago
I think you’re dead on there. The hard part is figuring out how much of turnovers is luck and how much is skill?
MBAute89 started the topic Aggregate Stat Rankings in the forum Football 8 years, 5 months ago
It seems like a lot of these aggregate stat rankings (SP+, FPI, FEI) are fairly consistent when ranking the top three or so teams, but after that, it’s pretty much a crap shoot. FEI has 3-4 Tennessee ranked just one spot behind Utah (they are a week behind).
So, my question to folks who have more time to dive into it than me is this: What are…[Read more]
MBAute89 replied to the topic Who can't a one loss Utah team displace in the playoffs? in the forum Football 8 years, 5 months ago
I just feel like we’ve got one more loss coming. Our offense isn’t consistent enough to ease my worries.
MBAute89 started the topic USC receivers wide open the whole game in the forum Football 8 years, 6 months ago
Does anyone have any ideas as to why in the world USC’s receivers were wide open so often? Are our d-backs too slow or were we giving Kesler too much time in the pocket? Or something else? That’s what grinded my gears all night long.
MBAute89 replied to the topic California at UCLA Game in the forum Football 8 years, 6 months ago
Cal is looking a little overrated. Just goes to show anything can happen in the pac-12
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