EPTApparently UConn and Baylor combined for... ZERO first downs.
It was that or the guys at ESPN didn't enter in the numbers correctly...
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hasuprotoss
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Apparently UConn and Baylor combined for... ZERO first downs. It was that or the guys at ESPN didn't enter in the numbers correctly... | ||
zer0das
United States8519 Posts
On September 20 2008 13:45 hasuprotoss wrote: Just to show how stats don't tell the whole story: Apparently UConn and Baylor combined for... ZERO first downs. It was that or the guys at ESPN didn't enter in the numbers correctly... Uh... they had 45 according to ESPN. I think you might be looking at the wrong thing... | ||
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hasuprotoss
United States4690 Posts
On September 20 2008 15:40 zer0das wrote: Uh... they had 45 according to ESPN. I think you might be looking at the wrong thing... No, like right after the game it had neither team having a first down. They probably fixed it by the time you saw it  .Anyways, Auburn is #10? How? They beat Mississippi St 3-2... Tech outscored that game in 5 minutes 5 seconds. Whatever. Come on UNC. Stop imploding. Beat Va Tech. You can do it, I swear! | ||
Jibba
United States22883 Posts
On September 19 2008 00:01 hasuprotoss wrote: Michigan owns the SEC, but we've still be pretty bad in years past. Especially out West.I guess the controversy is over the fact that there was scuffling before the play where he twisted his ankle. Triple teaming a defensive linemen (as far as I know) isn't illegal. It would be illegal if one of the offensive linemen was engaged with blocking this guy and another offensive player came in for a chop block. However, the article didn't really make it come out sounding like it was such, just straight normal pad on pad blocking. Edit: And down in the dumps conference? Hmmm... Let's see here: 2007: (#1) Ohio State 24 < 38 LSU (#2) (#18) Wisconsin 17 < 21 Tennessee (#16) Michigan 41 > 35 Florida (#9!!!!!!) Congrats, you won the "closely" ranked games and lost a major upset... 2006: (#1) Ohio State 14 < 41 Florida (#2) Penn State 20 > 10 Tennessee (#17) (#6) Wisconsin 17 > 14 Arkansas (#12) So what do we see over the past two years from SEC vs. Big 10 bowl game play? Well, they are dead even at 3-3. OSU (who has never shown up obviously) accounts for two of those losses. Wisky is 1-1. Michigan and Penn State have pulled upsets of ranked teams. So when the teams were: In favor of Big Ten (a rank spread of +5): 1-0 Equal (+/- 5): 1-2 In favor of SEC (-5): 2-0 Hmm... Granted it's not really conclusive evidence to truly say that SEC=Big 10, but obviously the two conference are nearing equal depth. And of course, let's not forget that all of these matches (with the exception of the OSU-LSU game) were played in the Southeast. Of course, this year I'm beginning to doubt OSU making a BCS bowl game, since Penn State should be able to go undefeated with the talent they have. Wisconsin also looks decently strong. Edit 2: For more about what I was talking about (and much better written out as well), follow this link to read Kevin HD of Black Shoe Diaries report of how the Big 10 fares in bowl games: http://www.blackshoediaries.com/2008/8/13/591751/a-bowl-record-like-a-bad-j That type of statistical analysis is incredibly flawed, especially in college football where emotions dictate so much of the game. In the USA basketball thread, we spent a good amount of time arguing that anything besides a bo3/bo5 is useless, and the same standard should be held for football. Obviously it won't happen, but to say X team is better than Y team due to OOC strength or opponent strength is the same shit we curse the BCS computers for doing. | ||
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Slaughter
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hasuprotoss
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Anyways, Ringer owned Notre Dame. Stupid Lou Holtz, Notre Dame will be lucky to go to a bowl game this year... ACC regaining some respect. Ga Tech>Mississippi State and The U>Texas A&M in College Station should help bolster it somewhat. Tennessee... you just suck balls. | ||
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Jibba
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BroOd
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OneOther
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Fzero
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On September 21 2008 11:26 BroOd wrote: Holy shit this guy Scott is phenomenal. It seems like he gets 10 years every other carry. He's averaging 11yds a carry before today, I believe. He probably kept that around 10 yds. He's VERY important for our offense, because we're starting two freshmen QBs who don't have very strong arms so we can't really threaten over the top with our NFL wideouts. Scott is slower than Addai, but has better vision at his age and is much stronger. But yeah, we have Auburn(10 - win), Miss St., Florida(4), South Carolina, Georgia(3), Tulane, Alabama(9) as our upcoming games. People ask why we try not to schedule top 10 out of conference? | ||
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Yogurt
United States4258 Posts
Teel doesnt have any idea on how to play the QB position and its terrible its absolutely awful football to watch and i hope they get good again real fast, but Tom Savage needs to get here quick to save the team | ||
Last Romantic
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we basically either have to 1) beat everyone left [including USC] or 2) beat everyone except USC and hope USC sweeps their opponents. fucking lame. | ||
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Sadist
United States7328 Posts
Oregon state is whooping on USC USC is godly when they play teams who dont know them, but I guess the Pac 10 teams seeing them every year makes them look normal. | ||
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Jibba
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triangle
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Oregon just caught a miraculous touchdown pass there. They're gonna be up 21-0 at the half. | ||
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Mindcrime
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On September 26 2008 11:31 triangle wrote: Holy Shit, UNC collapsing. Oregon just caught a miraculous touchdown pass there. They're gonna be up 21-0 at the half. UNC and Oregon? lolwut | ||
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