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Wall St. Journal - A Radical Realignment Plan for College Football
Posted on 7/24/14 at 1:24 pm
Posted on 7/24/14 at 1:24 pm
What If Schools Were Sorted Based on Football Strength?
The Big 5
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To do that, Jonathan Jensen and Brian Turner chose to ignore geography and tradition, the typical forces in conference realignment. Instead, they focused solely on football and its financial implications, coming up with a formula that factored in every team's football revenue, winning percentage, computer ranking and attendance between 2003 and 2013. Then they sorted teams into clusters to figure out which schools were most alike—and should be playing each other.
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The 10 teams that were most similar to each other, and far stronger than all other teams, were Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana State, Michigan, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Oklahoma and Texas.
The Big 5
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But there were some surprises in their analysis. They found that not all teams in top conferences deserved to be with their current peers. Boise State and Brigham Young would be promoted up, while 23 schools would be relegated, including Arizona, Baylor and Mississippi State.
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Posted on 7/24/14 at 1:24 pm to AnonymousTiger
Stanford would rape Cluster 3
Posted on 7/24/14 at 1:25 pm to AnonymousTiger
duck 
Posted on 7/24/14 at 1:25 pm to AnonymousTiger
Posted on 7/24/14 at 1:25 pm to AnonymousTiger
why is Notre Dame in cluster 1?
Posted on 7/24/14 at 1:26 pm to Turkey_Creek_Tiger
Because they're Notre frickin' Dame
Posted on 7/24/14 at 1:27 pm to roadGator
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
Posted on 7/24/14 at 1:28 pm to AnonymousTiger
Posted on 7/24/14 at 1:29 pm to Turkey_Creek_Tiger
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why is Notre Dame in cluster 1?
they dont even belong in cluster 3
Posted on 7/24/14 at 1:29 pm to Turkey_Creek_Tiger
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Instead, they focused solely on football and its financial implications, coming up with a formula that factored in every team's football revenue, winning percentage, computer ranking and attendance between 2003 and 2013
I assume ND still ranks pretty high on all of these despite their fall from grace over the last couple of decades.
Posted on 7/24/14 at 1:29 pm to CNB
so I'm guessing he is suggesting Southern Cal should be relegated? 
Posted on 7/24/14 at 1:30 pm to mizzoukills
what if I could shite in a cheetah's ear?
ain't happening
ain't happening
Posted on 7/24/14 at 1:32 pm to theGarnetWay
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I assume ND still ranks pretty high on all of these despite their fall from grace over the last couple of decades.
I would imagine the fact that they were just in the title game two years ago as well would have something to do with it. They may have had a mediocre stretch their, but they are still one of the premier programs in the country.
Posted on 7/24/14 at 1:33 pm to Loathor
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I would imagine the fact that they were just in the title game two years ago as well would have something to do with it. They may have had a mediocre stretch their, but they are still one of the premier programs in the country.
But then again, FSU is in Cluster Two.
Posted on 7/24/14 at 1:34 pm to CNB
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But then again, FSU is in Cluster Two.
True... I retract my statement. List is shite!!
Posted on 7/24/14 at 1:37 pm to Loathor
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I would imagine the fact that they were just in the title game two years ago as well would have something to do with it. They may have had a mediocre stretch their, but they are still one of the premier programs in the country.
They've had 3 10+ win seasons since Holtz's last year at ND, as many as we've had in that same time span. Give us that 2012 schedule of theirs and we'd be sitting in that title game.
This post was edited on 7/24/14 at 1:38 pm
Posted on 7/24/14 at 1:41 pm to AnonymousTiger
this sounds like a giant cluster
Posted on 7/24/14 at 1:44 pm to narddogg81
I think we would have a shot at winning that cluster. This is like the EPL, you would have to work your way into cluster 1 to compete for a national championship.
Posted on 7/24/14 at 1:45 pm to AnonymousTiger
cluster 2 
Posted on 7/24/14 at 1:47 pm to AnonymousTiger
i could sit around and draw up all kinds of dikwit conferences but they ain't happenin either
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