Why is the BigXII (-4) getting so much love by the BcS computers?
by TX_HogFan on Nov 7, 2011 12:04 PM CST
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The BcS computers regard the BigXII (-4) as the best conference. That alone shows that the BcS computers need a reformat and a reboot. The computers have Oklahoma State as their #1 team, Oklahoma #4 (tied with Boise State) Kansas State #10, Texas #11, and Baylor #19 makes no sense to me.
Oklahoma lost to an unranked (and still unrakned) Texas Tech. OU has wins over an over-ranked Kansas State, way over ranked Texas, and unranked Texas A&M. The Sooners' win vs Florida State is hollow as FSU has dropped from top 10 to out of the polls. Oklahoma was the only BigXII (-4) team that was somewhat playing defense. They have been riddled by season ending injuries (to their top RB and WR in the last two weeks). OU is the class of the BigXII(-4) but that really isn't saying much.
Kansas State is a weak team, playing a weak schedule, with a weak defense, and weak offense. Their "best" win is vs Baylor who was ranked 15th at the time played. Baylor has since fallen from the rankings. When they played OU they were totally dominated and almost had a chance to win vs OSU, but both Oklahoma teams put up well over 50 points each on KSU.
Texas has played very weak teams and looked weak, two ranked teams and looked very weak. The human polls have Texas 21 and 20 but due to the unknown quantity of the BcS computers Texas is ranked 16th. The Longhorns' best win is vs an unranked Texas Tech squad or a 5-4 UCLA team.
I can only speculate that offense rankings is what is driving the BigXII(-4) so high and those offensive numbers are due in part to no BigXII team having a upper ranked defense.
Looking at the CBS Sports rankings I see a tragic injustice. Look at these Strength of Schedule rankings:
BigXII(-4) teams: OSU #7, Oklahoma #4, Texas #6, Kansas State #14, and Texas A&M #2
SEC teams: LSU #12, Alabama #15, Arkansas #56, South Carolina #16, and Georgia #40
HOW? LSU has played, and beaten, the #2 and #7 teams in the nation with a game vs another top 10 team coming up. They beat West Virginia, Auburn, Mississippi State and Florida when they were ranked. Arkansas has lost to the #2 team, then beat #9, and a top 25 ranked Auburn. Arkansas also beat a then ranked Texas A&M team.
No top ranked BigXII team plays more than three ranked teams (and they are all conference games). Also, none of them play more than one top 10 ranked team.
The Out of Conference wins still don't tip in the BigXII's favor. The SEC has out of conference wins vs Oregon, West Virginia, Texas A&M, Penn State, Connecticut, and Cincinnati.
The BigXii(-4) has OOC wins vs TCU, SMU, Arizona, BYU, Connecticut, Florida State, and Miami.
NONE of the BigXII(-4) OOC wins are vs teams that are now ranked.
The SEC's OOC wins are teams that are currently ranked (Oregon #7, Penn State #12, and Cincinnati #23). Two of the teams were ranked but they are either current BigXII(-4) members (Texas A&M) or future BigXII(-4) members (West Virginia.
Please someone let me know how we can get these computers reformatted and rebooted as there is a problem with their programming.
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I guess everyone else is as lost as I am
"I solemnly swear to tell the truth as I know it, the whole truth as I believe it to be, and nothing but what I think you need to know."
I'm sure Bill Clinton is at fault.
Or perhaps Houston Nutt. Or – wait a minute – Stan Heath and John Pelphrey.
by Stephen Expat on Nov 12, 2011 4:54 PM CST up reply actions
They probably have.....
some computer geek in Oklahoma City responsible for the whole setup. Probably got payed well for re establishing relevancy back to the Big 12.
I realize this is an Oooooold Post and I just ran across this site, but!
It’s hard to talk about a conference with teams giving up incredible amounts of yardage, blah, blah, blah and playing no defense, blah, blah, blah and then go to A&M and give up over 600. Yes, you won but with 100 or so less yards of offense than you gave up.
You gave up over 400 to Vandy, for heaven’s sake. LSU laid almost 500 on you. You nailed a supposed very stout S. Car defense with 4.5 hundred or more. Get the picture?
Yes, it appears sometimes that the Big 12 doesn’t play defense but I could try and make the case that the SEC can’t play offense. But that’s a ludicrous argument. Arkansas has one of the finest passing quarterbacks in the nation and if you had an offensive line of any quality whatsoever and a defense that could stop a running attack, you’d be in the mix for a national title right now.
As for strength of schedules, please. Look at your own. Look at Alabama’s. Except for the top four or five teams in the SEC, the rest have a problem beating their own scout teams.
If I'd known I was going to live this long, I'd have taken better care of myself.
by ArkieCat on Dec 6, 2011 11:34 AM CST reply actions 1 recs
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