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"The Bama Effect is Real"
Posted on 11/17/15 at 12:06 pm
Posted on 11/17/15 at 12:06 pm
The Bama Effect
Congrats to Tennessee and Arkansas for your supreme level of mental toughness.
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Percentiles are an effective way of measuring a team's performance (with opponent adjustments) in a single number. You can look at a team's schedule and quickly discern trends, highs, lows, etc.
Alabama's trends are, shall we say, strong. The Crimson Tide have played at the 80th percentile or higher in every game but one (you can guess the one), and after a bit of a dip against Texas A&M, they've improved for three straight weeks, from 80th percentile to 83rd to 88th (shutting down Leonard Fournette without overemphasizing him) to 95th (showing off a new pass rush by sacking Dak Prescott nine times).
I'm more interested in Alabama's opponents, however. The Bama Effect appears to be real. For all the attention Tide fans give to scheduling -- and how it kind of seems like every opponent gets a week off before playing Bama -- opponents should be more focused on getting a break afterward.
Let's look at conference opponents:
* Ole Miss' average performance was in the 97th percentile in the two weeks before Bama and the 41st in the two weeks after.
* Georgia's average performance was in the 86th percentile in the three weeks before Bama and the 41st in the three weeks after.
* Texas A&M's average performance was in the 79th percentile in the three weeks before Bama and the 35th in the three weeks after.
* For the season, LSU was averaging in the 84th percentile before Bama. Last week against Arkansas: 26th.
Arkansas and Tennessee appear to have immunized against the Bama Effect. Everybody else in the SEC: not so much. Alabama's latest victim, Mississippi State, plays at Arkansas this Saturday.
Congrats to Tennessee and Arkansas for your supreme level of mental toughness.
This post was edited on 11/17/15 at 12:09 pm
Posted on 11/17/15 at 12:12 pm to SummerOfGeorge
Someone should write an economics paper on it.
This post was edited on 11/17/15 at 1:39 pm
Posted on 11/17/15 at 12:14 pm to SummerOfGeorge
You guys should all start taking your bye weeks after us, you are most likely going to lose to us anyway, so might as well rest up for the rest of the schedule
Posted on 11/17/15 at 12:20 pm to SummerOfGeorge
Ole Miss played 2 horrible teams before Alabama. Of course they wouldn't keep putting up 70 point games.
Posted on 11/17/15 at 12:22 pm to SummerOfGeorge
Your back must be a mess from all that autofellatio.
Posted on 11/17/15 at 12:26 pm to SummerOfGeorge
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Arkansas and Tennessee appear to have immunized against the Bama Effect. Everybody else in the SEC: not so much.
Posted on 11/17/15 at 12:40 pm to SummerOfGeorge
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Arkansas and Tennessee appear to have immunized against the Bama Effect. Everybody else in the SEC: not so much. Alabama's latest victim, Mississippi State, plays at Arkansas this Saturday.
Arky loves our sloppy seconds. You're welcome, Hawgs.
Posted on 11/17/15 at 12:41 pm to SummerOfGeorge
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Congrats to Tennessee and Arkansas for your supreme level of mental toughness.
Posted on 11/17/15 at 12:56 pm to SummerOfGeorge
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* Georgia's average performance was in the 86th percentile in the three weeks before Bama and the 41st in the three weeks after.
Nick Chubb going down on the first play of the next game has a lot to do with this.
Posted on 11/17/15 at 1:02 pm to SummerOfGeorge
Arky and tenn fans are one in the same
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