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re: What's the reasoning for ole miss being 4?
Posted on 10/31/14 at 11:41 am to ballscaster
Posted on 10/31/14 at 11:41 am to ballscaster
quote:You are correct. I don't understand how a No. 2 team falls to only No. 4 after losing to an unranked team.
It's all over your head. You don't understand any of it.
ETA: Unless, of course, you're trying to keep Alabama propped up at No. 6 and feel justification by putting the team that beat them at No. 4.
This is the only logical explanation.
This post was edited on 10/31/14 at 11:44 am
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Posted on 10/31/14 at 11:44 am to TX Tiger
quote:
I don't understand how a No. 2 team falls to only No. 4 after losing to an unranked team.
Because they love Bama... Ole Miss beat Bama Gives the Rebs SUPER POWERS....
Posted on 10/31/14 at 11:46 am to dukke v
Right?
Posted on 10/31/14 at 11:46 am to TX Tiger
quote:Then you aren't in a position to criticize those who do.
You are correct. I don't understand how a No. 2 team falls to only No. 4 after losing to an unranked team.
quote:I provided you a link to more than 100 formulas, each of which has an individual link with an explanation of the formula. You are either too dumb or too lazy to educate yourself.
ETA: Unless, of course, you're trying to keep Alabama propped up at No. 6 and feel justification by putting the team that beat them at No. 4. This is the only logical explanation.
This post was edited on 10/31/14 at 11:48 am
Posted on 10/31/14 at 11:49 am to ballscaster
If I were you, I'd call in a tech immediately. Your computer is DOA. 
Posted on 10/31/14 at 11:58 am to ballscaster
quote:I have decades of education in closely following college football. I don't need a mathematical formula to explain bias. It's real and it's nothing new.
ETA: Unless, of course, you're trying to keep Alabama propped up at No. 6 and feel justification by putting the team that beat them at No. 4. This is the only logical explanation.
I provided you a link to more than 100 formulas, each of which has an individual link with an explanation of the formula. You are either too dumb or too lazy to educate yourself.
Mathematics is fun to dabble with but science and human element do not go hand in hand.
If math figured everything out, there wouldn't be a need to play the games.
And if you insist on telling me that a No. 2 team legitimately falls to No. 4 after losing to an unranked team, well then I suggest you remain in your mom's basement with your computer because you're going to be sorely disappointed if you ever venture outside.
Posted on 10/31/14 at 11:58 am to TX Tiger
quote:did you check the link with all of the combined computer polls? Virtually all of them have Ole Miss in the top 4.
ETA: Unless, of course, you're trying to keep Alabama propped up at No. 6 and feel justification by putting the team that beat them at No. 4.
This is the only logical explanation.
So either your logic is flawed or every one of these computer polls are trying to keep Bama ranked higher. Seems like a no brainer.
Posted on 10/31/14 at 12:01 pm to shel311
I can't visit with you any further today, I'm busy creating a computer that will spit out Marshall at No. 1.
Have a good day.
Have a good day.
Posted on 10/31/14 at 12:03 pm to TX Tiger
Sure thing, buddy.
Posted on 10/31/14 at 1:31 pm to Chair
It's as simple as the committee valuing who you beat more than who you lose to
Posted on 11/1/14 at 7:31 am to ballscaster
quote:Yes, and 15 of those have Ole Miss currently ranked No. 1.
I provided you a link to more than 100 formulas
This should sink into even your brain that these "formulas" are flawed to say the least.
It should also prove to anyone with a functioning brain that computers spit out only the information that is fed into it, which makes them as arbitrary as anyone else's best guess.
Posted on 11/1/14 at 8:39 am to TX Tiger
quote:You're the only one who's too dumb to understand why OM is #4, so don't think your attempt to talk intellectually down to anyone is going to be seen as anything more than you grunting.
This should sink into even your brain
quote:No formula is flawed. Its application may be subjective, but the formula itself yields only its own equitable result 100% of the time. In fact, you say so yourself right here:
that these "formulas" are flawed to say the least.
quote:
computers spit out only the information that is fed into it
quote:When the math community concludes with 95% unanimity that Ole Miss is in the top 4, and when you tell us that that's ridiculous and provide literally no scientific evidence to support your claim, you have not placed yourself anywhere near a position where you are to judge what is and isn't arbitrary.
which makes them as arbitrary as anyone else's best guess.
Posted on 11/1/14 at 10:00 am to TX Tiger
quote:
ETA: When was the last time a No. 2 team lost to an unranked team and only fell to No. 4?
tia
That didn't happen in this situation.
This was the first week of the poll. They couldn't "drop" from anywhere.
Ole Miss is ranked lower in the other polls that have been running since the beginning of the year.
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