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If Boise St had NIU's resume
Posted on 11/30/13 at 10:33 pm
Posted on 11/30/13 at 10:33 pm
where would they be ranked? (NIU came into this week 14th in the BCS)
Undefeated: check
Shitty schedule: check
Shitty conference: check
A couple OOC wins against teams from a major conference: check (Iowa, Purdue)
This is basically the formula Boise rode to multiple top 5 BCS rankings due to the love fest the media had with them.
The computers actually really like NIU. They are 7th in the computer rankings, but 17th in the Harris and 20th in the coaches.
I get the feeling that if Boise was doing this ESPN would be blowing them every chance they could, force feeding the "you can only beat the teams on your schedule" lines.
Undefeated: check
Shitty schedule: check
Shitty conference: check
A couple OOC wins against teams from a major conference: check (Iowa, Purdue)
This is basically the formula Boise rode to multiple top 5 BCS rankings due to the love fest the media had with them.
The computers actually really like NIU. They are 7th in the computer rankings, but 17th in the Harris and 20th in the coaches.
I get the feeling that if Boise was doing this ESPN would be blowing them every chance they could, force feeding the "you can only beat the teams on your schedule" lines.
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Posted on 11/30/13 at 10:36 pm to 1ranter1
If they had beaten FSU last year in the bowl game, they'd be pretty high up right now.
Posted on 11/30/13 at 10:43 pm to 1ranter1
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A couple OOC wins against teams from a major conference: check (Iowa, Purdue)
I think ORegon Georgia and Virginia Tech were on a bit of a different level than Iowa and Purdue
Posted on 11/30/13 at 10:58 pm to D011ahbi11
Meh that VT team lost to James Madison the next week. That Georgia team ended up losing 4 games. That Oregon team lost 3 games.
Definitely better teams than Iowa, but hardly wins that should get you to a top 5 ranking with the rest of the shite on the schedule they played.
Definitely better teams than Iowa, but hardly wins that should get you to a top 5 ranking with the rest of the shite on the schedule they played.
Posted on 11/30/13 at 11:14 pm to 1ranter1
I think voters are hesitant to put NIU up there in the polls bc they had their shot last year and blew it
Posted on 11/30/13 at 11:39 pm to D011ahbi11
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I think ORegon Georgia and Virginia Tech were on a bit of a different level than Iowa and Purdue
They played 6 ranked teams over 4 years excluding bowls. The rest of the time they played juggernauts like Idaho, Wyoming, and LaTech.
NIU isn't any better. 4 opponents with 1 win. Eastern Michigan kept that from being 5 with an OT win against 1-win Western Michigan.
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I think voters are hesitant to put NIU up there in the polls bc they had their shot last year and blew it
And their schedule blows cock.
This post was edited on 11/30/13 at 11:40 pm
Posted on 12/1/13 at 12:38 am to 1ranter1
Northern Illinois is about where Boise State was in 2004, the year of their first undefeated season. What they need to do now is have two or three more undefeated seasons along with wins over several AQ conference champions and a couple of BCS bowl wins, and then they'll be where Boise State was in 2010 and 2011, when they got back-to-back top five pre-season rankings.
Posted on 12/1/13 at 12:42 am to 1ranter1
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Meh that VT team lost to James Madison the next week. That Georgia team ended up losing 4 games. That Oregon team lost 3 games.
Definitely better teams than Iowa, but hardly wins that should get you to a top 5 ranking with the rest of the shite on the schedule they played.
Virginia was the undefeated ACC champions, Georgia was the SEC East champions and Oregon was the PAC 10 champions. If you start out the season top five, you drop in the rankings as long as you win impressively. This is a very weak attempt at trolling.
Posted on 12/1/13 at 1:28 am to 1ranter1
How many teams schedule oppon of that degree? Look at OOCs across the top 25 and how many are playing /division/conference champions?
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