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FIFY if you believe that none of the bowls between the 62 Rose Bowl and 20 Outback Bowl were better than the Outback Bowl. I think the team that played in the 15 Citrus Bowl may disagree with you. The Citrus Bowl has always been a better bowl destination than the Outback (now Reliaquest) Bowl...

what, no year zero? He took over a program in signficant decline. Of all the coaches in the world that should get a little grace in the first season, Nick Saban is number 1. Belicheck is in the top 10. Because of his lack of college experience, next year better be a big step forward, or then I...

An 8-4 Michigan won't play in the Pinstripe bowl.

Thanks for sharing this. This was interesting to read through and I appreciate your bringing it up. Admittedly, my attempts were not nearly as in depth as Dr. Colley's. I toyed with redoing this using his formula, but did not for two reasons. 1) My goal was not to rank the teams in total as...

When I started this exercise, the goals was to get some sense of how to consider the results of the relative strength of the teams to each other when any one team plays 9 conference games, not playing the other 8. So it's a strength of schdule of a sort. As the year went on, I tweaked it when...

Never said no one was trying. But just because you really want to and you really work hard, doesn't change the results. As we saw in the Nebraska game, this team is much better than it's performance on the field in every other game. DT's inablity to stay healthy isn't something that can't be...

based on the way the season has played out, it appears that is accurate using the methodology I am using. Their resutls of their head to head won't figure into the final, but it will shift a little based on how next weekend falls out.

Take a look at their conference only records. At the end of this season, Fleck will have coached one more B1G game in 9 years than Mason did. Assuming we beat both Northwestern and Wisconsin: In 80 games, Mason coached against 32 ranked teams. in 81 Games, Fleck coached against 22 ranked teams...

Below is the standing in the B1G as of yesterday's games. I keep track of a number of stats, because it's fun, and with the bigger conference, it helps put perspective since any teams record in the new B1G is not impacted by 8 teams. What started this was the argument that Alabama is the best...

If you've watched this season unfold and think there's nothing wrong with the performance of the team being a mess on the road and not much less of a mess at home aside from the Nebraska game and the second half of the Rutger's game, then we'll have to agree to disagree.

I don't understand why people who claim he gets so much more ignore the numbers behind his record, but i've given up on that. It's not going to change because it's germane to the belief that Fleck isn't just Mason with more resources, easier schedules, a shit ton of mantras, and shorter pants...

Poster child for the Fleck era. Cool story. Long on character, short on results.

When we have a soft schedule......

Actually, he didn't. He beat Alverez a few times. As for Brees. If there had been replay, we would have beaten Brees once. I

1) his coordinator hiring. 2) Having the team prepared and showing up for a full 60 minutes each and every week. On showing up, I'm not saying that teams and coaches don't have bad games. I'm saying ready to play at the kick off, something we have done exactly once this season (Nebraska. I...

Ok so you explained the Ohio State and Oregon games. Am I to believe that Iowa is paying for players at that level as well? And if it's because the other teams are paying so much money for their players, how do you explain the same approach in years 1-7, when players weren't being paid (legally...

FIFY This would be a more interesting discussion, but pointless. Fleck is our coach. He will be unless or until he continues to lose his composure on the sidelines and punches a ref, or he chooses to leave. I thnk there needs to be more accountability for him in more than words, but we need a...

but what about his close personal friends?

I do think we'll see more stories of borken dreams and incomplete educations becuase of the jumping around. I don't believe anyone (including the NCAA which should just go away) are prepared for what will be left in the wake of all of the changes going on in college athletics right now. As you...

and his dog!