Kelley Ford put out his rankings and projections. a side by side look at all P4 teams with Vegas win total and then projected wins by SP+, FPI, KFD, and CBI
he is a big time hot and cold guy. sometimes he is completely mid. but other times, he has a great matchup and mindset and you know he is about to wreak havoc on the opponent.
He can play his team into getting blownout. But I dont want to be playing against him in a 1-2 score game in the 4th.
it's insane that VT is 5th in the conference by average. this is shaping up to be an absolutely disastrous season with two new coordinators, one of whom has never been a P4 coordinator before (that makes 3 of 4 coordinator hires for Pry that fit this description). the fanbase is expecting the worst here and for good reason.
Is 9 big ten games supposed to be tough? There is 3 maybe 4 good to very good teams in the big ten, same as the sec and the rest is comparable with an edge for the sec. illinois plays two good teams in sc and indiana (which was awful for a long time), one great team in osu and then western illinois, duke, western Michigan, purdue, wash, rutgers, nortwestern, Maryland and wisconsin How brave of them It seems to me that most sec teams have a tougher schedule than big ten teams already with just 8 in conference. It’s really comparable, no reason to whine again. College coaches are a whiny bunch
Didn't realize that NC State and Virginia scheduled a non-conference game with each other this season until now.
Is playing teams with records of 11-1 11-1 11-1 1-11 1-11 1-11 The same SOS as playing 6-6 6-6 6-6 6-6 6-6 6-6 ??? Or do the SOS metrics put more weight towards beating elite teams than a bunch of teams you’re expected to beat?
It’s self fulfilling in a way because power rankings preseason are inherently backed by talent acquisition, which is largely recruiting, and that drives the SoS. I think with the advent of the portal the power rankings are missing something tangible in regards to team culture/ retainment that some of the northern schools have capitalized on, at least in the last couple years that seems to be the case imo. For whatever reason, there is less overall roster turnover in the northern schools it seems to me. So then power rankings mostly align to recruiting rankings / talent acquisition which largely points to tougher SoS for the SEC which dominates that statistic.
and you sound like you are still using W-L to determining the Cy Young do you wanna trade stupid analogies that aren't accurate?
Now youre just lashing out. Pretty sure the only thing Ive said about SOS during this discussion is it's pointless to put much stock into it 3-4 months before the season starts. If you want equate that to Pitcher Wins, sure. Go for it.
im not, im just not sure how what I said was wrong let alone sounding anything like elon there is not anywhere near enough overlap/games played to determine SOS in CFB it's just a shit talking point so people can try and make their argument for their team, much like it's a shit talking point to use W-L for pitchers that's the literal inverse of the "legacy media" point
Because chalking up strength of schedule as a 'talking point' or just propaganda is pretty nonsensical. We can debate what should be included, weighted ect. But saying there's no such thing as strength of schedule is a ridiculous claim.
SoS isn't going anywhere. And the more nerds like Connelly and Fremau explore new ways to calculate it, and not just win/loss rec or how many ranked teams you played, the better and more accurate it becomes so that we can in fact compare two schedules that feature zero overlap