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re: So I thought Bama returned a lot of contributing players next season?

Posted on 2/8/16 at 1:04 pm to
Posted by Cheeky Fellow
Brookhaven-Oglethorpe MARTA Station
Member since Jan 2016
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Posted on 2/8/16 at 1:04 pm to
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So some computer geek writing on a blog crated some kind of formula. So?



Bill's work is awesome and generally very good, but some teams don't necessarily fit the same mold. This formula works on the idea that players get better as they get older, young player aren't ready to contribute, etc. It applies to 90% of college football programs. It just doesn't to us outside of massive changes in key positions, generally.

Posted by pvilleguru
Member since Jun 2009
60453 posts
Posted on 2/8/16 at 1:05 pm to
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You had a Heisman RB to lean on last year and an easier schedule

Wrong on both counts.
Posted by GregAl
Mobile
Member since Aug 2014
3659 posts
Posted on 2/8/16 at 1:08 pm to
We don't care about those rankings, we are STACKED! There is so much talent on campus right now, it makes the Broncos envious.
Posted by nc14
La Jolla
Member since Jan 2012
28193 posts
Posted on 2/8/16 at 1:11 pm to
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So


Why do people think this is the way to begin a sentence and when did it become a thing?
Posted by Cheeky Fellow
Brookhaven-Oglethorpe MARTA Station
Member since Jan 2016
1458 posts
Posted on 2/8/16 at 1:11 pm to
This chart can find some teams that have better than expected years, but it doesn't mean every one is going to have a great year (and Bill says that).

Some teams that proved to be undervalued that this noted from last year

#2 - North Carolina (92% O, 81% D, 87% OVR)
#5 - Georgia State (75% O, 94% D, 84% OVR)
#6 - Temple (77% O, 90% D, 83% OVR)
#10 - California (84% O, 79% D, 82% OVR)

Some teams that it didn't quite work for
#1 - UMass (90% O, 90% D, 90% OVR)
#9 - Vanderbilt (74% O, 91% D, 82% OVR)
#10 - Texas Tech (80% O, 83% D, 82% OVR)
#13 - SMU (81% O, 76% D, 78% OVR)
#14 - Colorado (75% O, 80% D, 77% OVR)
#21 - Kentucky (79% O, 72% D, 76% OVR)

#117 - Washington (43% O, 44% D, 44% OVR)
#116 - Alabama (26% O, 64% D, 45% OVR)
#110 - Florida State (38% O, 60% D, 49% OVR)
#103 - Iowa (43% O, 59% D, 51% OVR)
#102 - Clemson (64% O, 40% D, 52% OR)
This post was edited on 2/8/16 at 1:12 pm
Posted by BillyBadAss99
My STATE
Member since Feb 2016
44 posts
Posted on 2/8/16 at 1:13 pm to
I didn't say that but we are close. Starters don't always mean your best player. State has ALWAYS started upper class men to reward them for sticking with the system. State is known to have one of the hardest strength and conditioning programs at any level. Younger guys might be better but you reward older guys and start them. Younger guys can come in and play more, just don't start
Posted by RB10
Member since Nov 2010
43783 posts
Posted on 2/8/16 at 1:14 pm to
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I didn't say that but we are close


Posted by OldPete
Georgia
Member since Oct 2013
2803 posts
Posted on 2/8/16 at 1:14 pm to
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This says you're 104th in the nation?

It's not based on starters FYI

I'd imagine we probably weren't much better off at the beginning of this past season, maybe worse...especially considering we only returned 2 starters on offense (losing 80-90% of our receiving production and 'bout 90% of our passing production) and we didn't rotate near as much on our D-line. We still ended up doin' pretty OK, I think...

I feel reasonably confident we'll finish better than 104th among FBS schools next season...
Posted by BillyBadAss99
My STATE
Member since Feb 2016
44 posts
Posted on 2/8/16 at 1:14 pm to
?
Posted by Bamatab
Member since Jan 2013
15108 posts
Posted on 2/8/16 at 1:15 pm to
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What's your point? We lose players every year. We lose starters, backups, scout team, graduates every damn year. Bama still manages to field championship challengers and as long as Saban's running this factory expect more of what you've seen over the last 7-8 years.


Posted by Cheeky Fellow
Brookhaven-Oglethorpe MARTA Station
Member since Jan 2016
1458 posts
Posted on 2/8/16 at 1:15 pm to
UMass was #1 going into 2015 and they went 3-9

UMass is #119 going into 2016. YIKES!
Posted by RB10
Member since Nov 2010
43783 posts
Posted on 2/8/16 at 1:15 pm to
I don't think there's a need to explain. Not to anyone who doesn't regularly lick windows, at least.
Posted by coachcrisp
pensacola, fl
Member since Jun 2012
30583 posts
Posted on 2/8/16 at 1:18 pm to
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This says you're 104th in the nation?

It's not based on starters FYI

We just said that so y'all wouldn't absolutely crawl in a hole and die when we kick y'alls asses AGAIN next year.
Posted by madmaxvol
Infinity + 1 Posts
Member since Oct 2011
19104 posts
Posted on 2/8/16 at 1:20 pm to
How the SEC falls out on the site:

SEC Rank/ School/ Overall Rank

1) LSU - 1
2) UT - 12
3) UGA - 29
4) Mizzou - 35
5) Vandy - 40
6) aTm - 67
7) Arky - 73
8) USCe - 81
9) Ole Miss - 83
10) Auburn - 85
11) Kentucky - 90
12) Florida - 94
13) Miss St - 101
14) Bama - 104


Posted by idlewatcher
County Jail
Member since Jan 2012
78816 posts
Posted on 2/8/16 at 1:21 pm to
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Our best players usually don't start


Posted by stat19
Member since Feb 2011
29350 posts
Posted on 2/8/16 at 1:23 pm to
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GermantownTiger


You're going to need around the clock support after that 104th ranked team of non-contributors leaves Baton Rouge next November.
Posted by BillyBadAss99
My STATE
Member since Feb 2016
44 posts
Posted on 2/8/16 at 1:25 pm to
Maybe Miles should look into it. Y'all might could win more than 8 games with all those FIVE STARSS
Posted by Othello
the Neptonian Steel Mines
Member since Aug 2013
22914 posts
Posted on 2/8/16 at 1:25 pm to
Print the shirts because LSU isn't winning anything major this year in football. You thought you were gonna have the #1 recruiting class but that was mostly hype. That's what you had last year and that's all your program is anymore. Hype.
Posted by JustGetItRight
Member since Jan 2012
15712 posts
Posted on 2/8/16 at 1:28 pm to
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You had a Heisman RB to lean on last year and an easier schedule


Really?

The east opponent sees UGA on the road replaced with Kentucky at home.

Road trips to Auburn, aTm, and Mississippi State are swapped with trips to LSU, Arkansas, and Ole Miss.

If anything, replacing UGA with UK makes the 2016 schedule slightly easier than 2015.
Posted by OBReb6
Memphissippi
Member since Jul 2010
37637 posts
Posted on 2/8/16 at 1:29 pm to
This truly is setting up to be LSU's year. It will be interesting to see how they end up pissing it away.
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