LSUgrasshopper

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how should I go about convincing the girlfriend to play co-op with me?

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Get her to help you as you play through single player. Introduce her to the basic concepts, and she'll want to play co-op.

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Washington has at RB break down as expected, Keiland could get some carries

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You could get credit for this, but

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Scott will probably be the starting FB in Zona so he will see the most immediate action.

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:rolleyes: :yack:

Hey Joe, Let me google that for you

It does surprise me that ESPN still makes a big deal out of the rankings like there's a big mystery to them.

The formula is much simpler since USC got left out due to SOS. It's simply no longer hard to project what the rankings will be from week to week. Now projecting out the final poll is the fun game, projections would look identical what you think the polls would look like and they would be correct because the polls make up a majority (66.67%) and the computers basically correct gross errors by pollsters.

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Do the computer polls intrinsically rank BCS schools as tougher opponents than non-BCS schools or does it just work out this way from records and opponent records alone?

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By the end of the year it's all about teams records and how they matched up. That ultimately favors BCS teams because their conferences are stronger, but it's not really factored in.

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They all mimic eachother, there isn't much difference in any at the end of the season

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True, and last year it was dead on with the coaches, but historically (all 5 years :rolleyes: ) and in theory it's a replacement for the AP that pulled out.

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LSU’s computer score would be even better than AU’s I think.

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For an "expert" I would think you would actually go and look at the computer numbers. :cheers:

Sagarin 8
Anderson Hester 1
Billingly 1
Colley Matrix 1
Massey 3
Wolfe... not yet released.

So dropping the lowest and the highest we have 1,1,3 and whatever wolfe has.

We will be the highest rated school in the computers, but it doesn't mean anything because the computers are a measly 3rd of the actual number.

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The Harris mimics the Coaches Poll mostly anyway.

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The Harris poll mimics the AP poll, not the coaches. Simple mistake.

For all who think it's complicated.

1/3 Harris, 1/3 Coaches, 1/3 computers and done. No SOS, no MOV, no vs top whatever.

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The good news is Brock actually has a chance to beat a well respected fighter that's not 45. He won't, but he's got a chance.

Carwin can actually wrestle and has something Brock does not.... Knock out power, and stand up skills.

Look how easy he handled a juiced up Mir. Brock is 1-1 against a lazy Mir.

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Werdum is a legit top 10 guy,

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I'm the biggest Fedor supporter on this site, and I think that's a stretch.

Strikeforce wanted a heavyweight tournament that would see Fedor vs Overeem in the finals. That didn't happen, but it kinda did.

Fedor wins easy and then you'll see him get Alistar at the end of the year. Carwin will win easy over Brock and fight Cain next. Whoever's left standing are your two best heavyweights. Barnett make get back in the mix fighting juiced in Japan.