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PAC-10 SOS's;
Posted on 10/21/08 at 1:15 pm
Posted on 10/21/08 at 1:15 pm
Posted by ESPN.com's Ted Miller
Washington is the only winless BCS conference team and has become a national punchline. Coach Tyrone Willingham is about as fired as a coach can be while still coaching his team.
But I wonder where the Huskies would be if they started the season playing Eastern Washington -- a rivalry game, right! -- Nevada, SMU and Massachusetts.
Actually I don't wonder.
The Huskies would have started 4-0, just like the team that actually had that schedule, No. 8 Texas Tech.
Instead, the Huskies have played a schedule ranked as the nation's toughest by the Sagarin Ratings. Instead of I-AA foes, they played BYU and Oklahoma and have Notre Dame coming to town Saturday.
Scheduling matters.
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Washington is the only winless BCS conference team and has become a national punchline. Coach Tyrone Willingham is about as fired as a coach can be while still coaching his team.
But I wonder where the Huskies would be if they started the season playing Eastern Washington -- a rivalry game, right! -- Nevada, SMU and Massachusetts.
Actually I don't wonder.
The Huskies would have started 4-0, just like the team that actually had that schedule, No. 8 Texas Tech.
Instead, the Huskies have played a schedule ranked as the nation's toughest by the Sagarin Ratings. Instead of I-AA foes, they played BYU and Oklahoma and have Notre Dame coming to town Saturday.
Scheduling matters.
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This post was edited on 10/21/08 at 5:56 pm
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Posted on 10/21/08 at 1:16 pm to MJRuffalo
I am not reading all that But I know the Pac10 is 11-15 OOC against DivI teams 
Posted on 10/21/08 at 1:17 pm to MJRuffalo
just cuz u play good teams and lose doesnt mean ur better than a team that plays shitty teams and wins.
Posted on 10/21/08 at 1:17 pm to MJRuffalo
yea but at one point they were 0-5 vs the mwc.
they're just down this year, and having the tough schedules only emphasized it
they're just down this year, and having the tough schedules only emphasized it
Posted on 10/21/08 at 1:23 pm to MJRuffalo
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Texas Tech's schedule is ranked 103rd toughest in the nation by the Sagarin Ratings. That terrible slate distracts from No. 6 Oklahoma State, which has played a schedule ranked 87th in the nation.
I guarantee TT's schedule goes above 103 after playing Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, etc
Posted on 10/21/08 at 1:51 pm to MJRuffalo
Picking an accurate means of measuring schedule strength is pretty dicey at best IMO...
but I surely agree when PAC 10 teams play nine conference games and only three out of conference games (that may include one bcs team and a good midmajor).. that makes for a stronger computer schedule than:
1) a big east school with five out of conference games to fill (typically with creampuffs) or
2) a texas tech or 08 lsu schedule
For at least the bad teams in a conference it is surely in their best interests to play more cupcakes in an effort to get bowl eligible and build some sort of confidence... then even if they are truly below average teams they (barring a unlv/asu result) are unlikely to be embarrassed out of conference by teams of at least average quality
For better teams in a conference the reason not to play four creampuffs out of conference is self interest for a different reason... you can screw yourself out of the bcs bowl game you are hoping to reach... something which actually recently happened to 2004 cal when they were edged out by 2004 texas for mostly schedule strength reasons
As for the pac in 2008 I think the wounds are self inflicted as much as anything really... they just should have won more games out of conference than they have... certainly if you play only crappy teams out of conference you run up a better record... but just as certainly they have shown themselves to be not as good as might be expected this year
but I surely agree when PAC 10 teams play nine conference games and only three out of conference games (that may include one bcs team and a good midmajor).. that makes for a stronger computer schedule than:
1) a big east school with five out of conference games to fill (typically with creampuffs) or
2) a texas tech or 08 lsu schedule
For at least the bad teams in a conference it is surely in their best interests to play more cupcakes in an effort to get bowl eligible and build some sort of confidence... then even if they are truly below average teams they (barring a unlv/asu result) are unlikely to be embarrassed out of conference by teams of at least average quality
For better teams in a conference the reason not to play four creampuffs out of conference is self interest for a different reason... you can screw yourself out of the bcs bowl game you are hoping to reach... something which actually recently happened to 2004 cal when they were edged out by 2004 texas for mostly schedule strength reasons
As for the pac in 2008 I think the wounds are self inflicted as much as anything really... they just should have won more games out of conference than they have... certainly if you play only crappy teams out of conference you run up a better record... but just as certainly they have shown themselves to be not as good as might be expected this year
Posted on 10/21/08 at 1:55 pm to MJRuffalo
quote:
But I wonder where the Huskies would be if they started the season playing Eastern Washington -- a rivalry game, right! -- Nevada, SMU and Massachusetts.
Actually I don't wonder.
The Huskies would have started 4-0, just like the team that actually had that schedule, No. 8 Texas Tech.
FWIW I think UW loses to Nevada without Locker
Posted on 10/21/08 at 5:02 pm to MJRuffalo
MJR i honestly think you flame the board on purpose
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