Teams We Beat - Thread

[Spoofin]

You don’t think it is harder to beat people who are accustomed to winning and have developed decent habits than teams who have grown accustomed to losing and have developed habits of finding ways to lose?

Do you think winning and losing is random?
Do you thinking winning and losing is based purely off talent ratings?

I guess I’m not sure what you are arguing Spoofin. What are you arguing?

He is usually not sure what he is arguing. He likes to be an instigator and it works.

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What I am arguing is the notion that GSU is a quality win because they are accustomed to winning and have had success in the Sun Belt Conference. Yes, tougher than a bottom tier sun belt team, but so what - we are a B1G team. A victory over a middling or even typical bottom (Rutgers may not qualify) B1G team is a more quality victory than a top-tier sunbelt, FCS, etc. team.

Put another way....

PJ's pulled this debate into the absurd. He called GSU a championship caliber team. That's absurd.

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[Gophers7NatTitlesBadgers0]

Well, you got me curious. They opened the season with a lopsided win over Southern Oregon. I wasn't aware they had a football program, but you learn something new everyday. They then lost 19-7 at Arizona St (who won at MSU by 3 the next week). Then they beat Northern Colorado 50-0. I wondered how good Northern Colorado was, so I checked. Not very. They lost 59-17 to Washington St the previous week. What does it all mean? I have no idea.

My theory: Sac St > Wazzu. Change my mind!

 

[GopherWeatherGuy]

PJ's pulled this debate into the absurd. He called GSU a championship caliber team. That's absurd.

They were one win away from playing in the Sun Belt championship game last season, and they beat Appalachian St, the team that won it. They were absolutely championship caliber in the Sun Belt last season.

 

[Spoofin]

They were one win away from playing in the Sun Belt championship game last season, and they beat Appalachian St, the team that won it. <b>They were absolutely championship caliber in the Sun Belt last season.</b>

So no * then?


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[60's Guy]

What I am arguing is the notion that GSU is a quality win because they are accustomed to winning and have had success in the Sun Belt Conference. Yes, tougher than a bottom tier sun belt team, but so what - we are a B1G team. A victory over a middling or even typical bottom (Rutgers may not qualify) B1G team is a more quality victory than a top-tier sunbelt, FCS, etc. team.

Put another way....

Quality of win is a completely different topic isn’t it? The question you raised is if it makes any difference if a team is used to winning versus playing a team that is used to losing all the time. You said it was a non factor. I disagreed.
Ya, beating Rutgers is a bigger win than beating Georgia Southern. Not the point. Not relevant. Keep up ..

 

[Spoofin]

Quality of win is a completely different topic isn’t it? The question you raised is if it makes any difference if a team is used to winning versus playing a team that is used to losing all the time. You said it was a non factor. I disagreed.
<b>Ya, beating Rutgers is a bigger win than beating Georgia Southern. </b>Not the point. Not relevant. Keep up ..

I think you are confused. This is the post I responded to...

It means all 3 teams won ten games last year and are championship teams.. right?

The point I raised was that winning games at a lower level doesn’t mean squat. The bolded above is what I am saying.


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