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SEC's Program Success Index
Posted on 3/15/12 at 8:33 am
Posted on 3/15/12 at 8:33 am
Inspired by the thread yesterday on which program was the best throughout all sports I put this together.
Taking the current rankings and championship finishes as of 3/15/2012, I've developed a simple index for program success. Where a team finishes in the final poll or as in track and field where the team places in the Championship meet is where the points come from. There is a 50 point penalty for not being ranked in a sport, essentially ranking the sucky teams 50th in each respective sport. If a team finished lower than 50th, they were rounded up to 50th in the calculations.
This is the spreadsheet of all SEC sponsored sports and bass fishing since all the schools participate and it's a prevalent activity in our southern culture.
Here is the aggregate totals and the average by team.
And the rankings top to bottom by avg.
So the Program Success Index reveals a few things.
Some that were not a suprise and some that are interesting.
First Florida is across the board solid in all of its sports teams, Football is usually top 15 in the last 20 year so Muschamp has to right that really quick.
Second, Texas A&M. I was surprised to see them rank in as many sports as they do, but the important ones they suck arse in. The revenue sports A&M lags way behind in.
Third, tFLAGSHIP. We either go big or go home. Way overperforming, we shite the pot at the Xcountry championships and DNP in a sport we dominated not that long ago.
Fourth, Tenner is in deep shite, only bass fishing saved them from averaging over 40 on a scale that maxes out @ 50. The Tennessee program is underperforming so badly its embarassing.
Fifth, Mizzou really sucks, this hoops team being ranked high is their feather in the cap, and Florida could very well bounce them in the 2nd round this weekend to drop them further down the index.
Sixth, Why in the hell is Vanderbilt still in the SEC? Why do we not have more events in Nashville? Great music town, centrally located, lots of entertainment and hotel rooms. Nashville should be host to more SEC tournaments and Champ. games.
Seventh, Alabama only cares about football, if they had to do it clean they'd be Miss. St. Bama is the most overrated program in college sports.
Eighth, LSU really has the most potential in the SEC. Larger population base, deep pool of athletes, great warm weather, they are the major university in their state, they don't really have to share the state with other schools. La Tech, ULL, Tulane are glorified DII schools.
Ninth, S. Carolina and Kentucky are one trick ponies, they really need to step it up and leverage their SEC membership in neighboring states.
Tenth, Why in god's name is Missouri now in the SEC? I don't mind A&M, but Missouri is culturally a non-fit and their wrestling program is soon to be an orphan. They might as well offer Lacrosse and men's soccer. They're the welfare recipient of the SEC.
Taking the current rankings and championship finishes as of 3/15/2012, I've developed a simple index for program success. Where a team finishes in the final poll or as in track and field where the team places in the Championship meet is where the points come from. There is a 50 point penalty for not being ranked in a sport, essentially ranking the sucky teams 50th in each respective sport. If a team finished lower than 50th, they were rounded up to 50th in the calculations.
This is the spreadsheet of all SEC sponsored sports and bass fishing since all the schools participate and it's a prevalent activity in our southern culture.
Here is the aggregate totals and the average by team.
And the rankings top to bottom by avg.
So the Program Success Index reveals a few things.
Some that were not a suprise and some that are interesting.
First Florida is across the board solid in all of its sports teams, Football is usually top 15 in the last 20 year so Muschamp has to right that really quick.
Second, Texas A&M. I was surprised to see them rank in as many sports as they do, but the important ones they suck arse in. The revenue sports A&M lags way behind in.
Third, tFLAGSHIP. We either go big or go home. Way overperforming, we shite the pot at the Xcountry championships and DNP in a sport we dominated not that long ago.
Fourth, Tenner is in deep shite, only bass fishing saved them from averaging over 40 on a scale that maxes out @ 50. The Tennessee program is underperforming so badly its embarassing.
Fifth, Mizzou really sucks, this hoops team being ranked high is their feather in the cap, and Florida could very well bounce them in the 2nd round this weekend to drop them further down the index.
Sixth, Why in the hell is Vanderbilt still in the SEC? Why do we not have more events in Nashville? Great music town, centrally located, lots of entertainment and hotel rooms. Nashville should be host to more SEC tournaments and Champ. games.
Seventh, Alabama only cares about football, if they had to do it clean they'd be Miss. St. Bama is the most overrated program in college sports.
Eighth, LSU really has the most potential in the SEC. Larger population base, deep pool of athletes, great warm weather, they are the major university in their state, they don't really have to share the state with other schools. La Tech, ULL, Tulane are glorified DII schools.
Ninth, S. Carolina and Kentucky are one trick ponies, they really need to step it up and leverage their SEC membership in neighboring states.
Tenth, Why in god's name is Missouri now in the SEC? I don't mind A&M, but Missouri is culturally a non-fit and their wrestling program is soon to be an orphan. They might as well offer Lacrosse and men's soccer. They're the welfare recipient of the SEC.
This post was edited on 3/15/12 at 8:37 am
Posted on 3/15/12 at 8:38 am to CtotheVrzrbck
So some teams get ranked outside of the top 25 and some teams do not?
Posted on 3/15/12 at 8:39 am to CtotheVrzrbck
We've got a very well rounded Athletic Dept, but without success in Foosball it feels lacking.
Posted on 3/15/12 at 8:40 am to CtotheVrzrbck
Take out bass fishing:
1) it makes UT look worse
2) it makes UF look worse
3) it's not an NCAA sanctioned event
Pretty cool ranking system you did there.
I've added you to the good Arky list. The other three Arkies on it and I welcome you and congratulate you on this very special honor bestowed upon you.
1) it makes UT look worse
2) it makes UF look worse
3) it's not an NCAA sanctioned event
Pretty cool ranking system you did there.
I've added you to the good Arky list. The other three Arkies on it and I welcome you and congratulate you on this very special honor bestowed upon you.
Posted on 3/15/12 at 8:40 am to CtotheVrzrbck
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Seventh, Alabama only cares about football, if they had to do it clean they'd be Miss. St. Bama is the most overrated program in college sports.
obvious troll is obvious....but i'll leave you with this......
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Posted on 3/15/12 at 8:45 am to CtotheVrzrbck
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Seventh, Alabama only cares about football, if they had to do it clean they'd be Miss. St. Bama is the most overrated program in college sports.
Posted on 3/15/12 at 8:56 am to CtotheVrzrbck
And not a single frick was given that day.
Posted on 3/15/12 at 9:06 am to CtotheVrzrbck
Where's gymnastics and softball? Did you really count fishing?
Posted on 3/15/12 at 9:07 am to CtotheVrzrbck
Holy shite. I had no idea we had a bass fishing team.
Posted on 3/15/12 at 9:14 am to CtotheVrzrbck
Vanderbilt is 20th in the AP basketball poll, not 33rd.
Posted on 3/15/12 at 9:14 am to CtotheVrzrbck
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Where's gymnastics and softball? Did you really count fishing?
Posted on 3/15/12 at 9:17 am to CtotheVrzrbck
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LSU really has the most potential in the SEC. Larger population base
Larger than Florida, Texas and Georgia? Are you out of your mind?
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deep pool of athletes, great warm weather,
You just described pretty much every SEC state except maybe Arkansas, Tennessee and Kentucky.
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they are the major university in their state, they don't really have to share the state with other schools. La Tech, ULL, Tulane are glorified DII schools.
Florida shares a much bigger state with really only three other significant programs: Miami, FSU and USF. Georgia shares its bigger state with only one: Ga. Tech. A&M shares a freaking HUGE state with maybe five: Texas, Baylor, Texas Tech, TCU, Houston. All the rest are Tulane, ULL, ULM, La. Tech level programs. Missouri shares another bigger state with no one.
Taking the population of each SEC state and dividing it by the number of major programs in the state to get the population presumably available to each school, LSU would not rank in the top four in the SEC. At the very least, Florida, Georgia, Texas A&M and Missouri would rank ahead in terms of available population per school.
Posted on 3/15/12 at 9:19 am to CtotheVrzrbck
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Seventh, Alabama only cares about football, if they had to do it clean they'd be Miss. St. Bama is the most overrated program in college sports.
This part is spot on, though.
Posted on 3/15/12 at 9:31 am to CtotheVrzrbck
Made NCAA postseason in baseball (Omaha) and basketball as well as a bowl game for football. Guess we should just give up since our bass fishing rank is nonexistent
Posted on 3/15/12 at 9:58 am to CtotheVrzrbck
lol at having 3 types of track on the list, who gives a shite
Posted on 3/15/12 at 10:13 am to CtotheVrzrbck
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I was surprised to see them rank in as many sports as they do, but the important ones they suck arse in. The revenue sports A&M lags way behind in.
That's par for the course for Bill Byrne (AD). He overpays for the non-revenue sports and goes to the flea market for the revenue sports.
Posted on 3/15/12 at 10:27 am to CtotheVrzrbck
frick YEAH BASS FISHING
Posted on 3/15/12 at 10:36 am to CtotheVrzrbck
You wasted a lot of time making this spreadsheet. Congrats!
Posted on 3/15/12 at 12:02 pm to CtotheVrzrbck
Take bass fishing out you moron
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