If you ask for logic and reason from others, you should try holding yourself to the same standard (and you should also learn the difference between “their” and “there”).
Simply looking at a team’s record to determine if it is a solid team or not is foolish, much like the rest of your post.
Imagine if a team played a schedule of Clemson, Ohio State, Alabama, Utah, Georgia, Oklahoma, Baylor, Auburn, Oregon, LSU, and Penn State.
Now, imagine that team went 5-6 against that schedule. That would prove they are solidly a part of that group and one of the top 10 teams in the country.
Yet your argument is that a 5-6 team can’t be a solid team based on its record. Logic and reason? You’ve used neither.
In the case of Baylor, they lost to an 11-1 Big 12 team in 3 OTs. The my list to another 11-1 Big 12 team by a few points. They lost to a 10-2 AAC team by one possession. They lost to an 8-4 Big 12 team by one possession. They lost to another 8-4 team by one possession. In fact, all of their losses except for one were by one possession.
What does that show? It shows they were one small piece away from not just being solid, but rather, great.
That’s why Sagarin’s formula has them #33 in the country. Care to see where FIU is ranked compared to TCU in every major rating?
I believe you mean “write” and not “right.”
Don’t ever try arguing logic and reason on here when 1) your argument has neither 2) you don’t know the difference between “their” and “there” 3) you don’t know the difference between “write” and “right.”
JFC...I’m on a phone. You’re one of those guys?
Reason and logic are not tied to literacy, which is what you were trying to show.
Let’s break this down into simpler, Lehman terms...
Your argument is that WVU’s victory over TCU, who you heartless as a solid team, is a positive for them. However, Marshall’s struggled win over an average team, FIU, isn’t a positive. Thus, WVU has had a better end of season at 5-7 as opposed to Marshall at 8-4. Right?
My argument is that TCU cannot be a solid team and FIU an average one.
Using Safari rankings does **** for your argument. Of course, TCU is going to be higher than FIU in Sagarin and any other ratings you provide.
There are 2 teams in the Top 50 that aren’t in the AAC or P5 - Louisiana and NDSU. The highest is FAU at 58, then another drop before the next mid-major in there.
So, telling me that Marshall beating a 117th Sagarin rated team means they are below average is a complete misrepresentation of those ratings.
The truth is this. TCU has been completely self destructing AND has a **** ton of injuries. You wanna tell me that’s a good loss because they lost some close games to a couple of good teams, then by all means, that’s your prerogative.
FIU just came off a win where they were a 3 TD underdog to a middle of the road P5 school.
You know how many wins this conference has against P5 or AAC schools? 3..
WKU beat the piss out of Arkansas (who is terrible)
FIU best UMASS (who is terrible)
FIU best UM-FL
That’s it.
So comparing FIU to every other FBS school isn’t logical. Comparing them to other CUSA schools, how they’ve played recently, the spot, etc. is more sound.
Beating FIU was fine. It was neither good or bad. It was expected. It was ugly, but they won.
Because of that, it doesn’t mean that WVU, who was 5-7, should get awarded any points for upsetting a team that also wasn’t good.