wdhalgren
| Favorite team: | Georgia  |
| Location: | |
| Biography: | |
| Interests: | |
| Occupation: | |
| Number of Posts: | 4514 |
| Registered on: | 5/27/2013 |
| Online Status: | Not Online |
Recent Posts
Message
I wish he'd do SOS rankings by conference too. There are not enough P4 interconference games to make national rankings reliable. Intraconference data are the only meaningful stats until we start playing a lot more P4 interconference games and eliminate the cupcakes.
0
re: Conference only Stats: Scoring Offense. Scoring defense, and delta
Posted by wdhalgren on 11/10/25 at 5:37 pm to Hugh McElroy
Here's my attempt at opponent adjusted Scoring Margin for SEC conference games. The Headers are
Abb: Abbreviated team name,
TS: Team Scoring Average,
OS: Opponent Scoring average,
SM: Scoring Margin - average Magin of victory (or loss if negative), TS-OS
OSM: Opponent Scoring Margin - average Margin of victory of team's opponents, and
AdjSM: Adjusted Scoring Margin which is the SM + OSM.
Sorted by AdjSM
Abb ________ TS __________ OS ________ SM ________ OSM _______ AdjSM
Tam ________ 35.5 ________ 20 _________ 15.5 ________ -5.9 ________ 9.6
Ala ________ 27.8 ________ 18.3 ________ 9.5 _________ -0.4 ________ 9.1
Geo ________ 32.6 ________ 23.6 ________ 9 ___________ -1.7 _______ 7.3
Ole ________ 32.3 ________ 26.7 ________ 5.7 _________ -2.2 ________ 3.5
Van ________ 28.2 ________ 23.8 ________ 4.3 _________ -1.3 ________ 3.1
Ten ________ 36.5 ________ 35.5 ________ 1 ___________ 0.1 _________ 1.1
Tex ________ 27.8 ________ 23.4 ________ 4.4 _________ -3.5 ________ 0.9
Okl ________ 23 __________ 21.6 ________ 1.4 _________ -0.6 ________ 0.8
Mzz ________ 20.6 ________ 23.8 ________ -3.2 ________ 3.1 _________ -0.1
Lsu ________ 19.5 ________ 24 __________ -4.5 ________ 2.9 _________ -1.6
Aub ________ 18.3 ________ 23.1 ________ -4.9 ________ 2.4 _________ -2.4
Ark ________ 33.4 ________ 38.2 ________ -4.8 ________ 1.6 _________ -3.2
Ken ________ 20.7 ________ 26 __________ -5.3 ________ -0.4 ________ -5.6
Mst ________ 26.8 ________ 36 __________ -9.2 ________ 2.7 _________ -6.4
Flo ________ 17.7 ________ 26.3 ________ -8.7 ________ 1.7 _________ -7.0
Sca ________ 16.4 ________ 25.4 ________ -9 __________ 1.1 _________ -7.9
Abb: Abbreviated team name,
TS: Team Scoring Average,
OS: Opponent Scoring average,
SM: Scoring Margin - average Magin of victory (or loss if negative), TS-OS
OSM: Opponent Scoring Margin - average Margin of victory of team's opponents, and
AdjSM: Adjusted Scoring Margin which is the SM + OSM.
Sorted by AdjSM
Abb ________ TS __________ OS ________ SM ________ OSM _______ AdjSM
Tam ________ 35.5 ________ 20 _________ 15.5 ________ -5.9 ________ 9.6
Ala ________ 27.8 ________ 18.3 ________ 9.5 _________ -0.4 ________ 9.1
Geo ________ 32.6 ________ 23.6 ________ 9 ___________ -1.7 _______ 7.3
Ole ________ 32.3 ________ 26.7 ________ 5.7 _________ -2.2 ________ 3.5
Van ________ 28.2 ________ 23.8 ________ 4.3 _________ -1.3 ________ 3.1
Ten ________ 36.5 ________ 35.5 ________ 1 ___________ 0.1 _________ 1.1
Tex ________ 27.8 ________ 23.4 ________ 4.4 _________ -3.5 ________ 0.9
Okl ________ 23 __________ 21.6 ________ 1.4 _________ -0.6 ________ 0.8
Mzz ________ 20.6 ________ 23.8 ________ -3.2 ________ 3.1 _________ -0.1
Lsu ________ 19.5 ________ 24 __________ -4.5 ________ 2.9 _________ -1.6
Aub ________ 18.3 ________ 23.1 ________ -4.9 ________ 2.4 _________ -2.4
Ark ________ 33.4 ________ 38.2 ________ -4.8 ________ 1.6 _________ -3.2
Ken ________ 20.7 ________ 26 __________ -5.3 ________ -0.4 ________ -5.6
Mst ________ 26.8 ________ 36 __________ -9.2 ________ 2.7 _________ -6.4
Flo ________ 17.7 ________ 26.3 ________ -8.7 ________ 1.7 _________ -7.0
Sca ________ 16.4 ________ 25.4 ________ -9 __________ 1.1 _________ -7.9
re: O-Line with Bobo-Glover-Gaston
Posted by wdhalgren on 11/10/25 at 12:26 pm to Dawg4Life47
quote:
It's called data points, would you like everyone to wait until the end of the season and provide their assessment then in full to you?
Would that help the coping ?
If you know anything about "data", you know that small sample sizes aren't reliable. If you know anything about football, you'll know that inexperienced players make mistakes. And you'll also know that nobody is dominating right now because the NIL/TP era has upended the status quo.
That means that most of what gets stated as facts are actually opinions. We all do it from time to time, but it's worth remembering so that we can avoid doing really dumb things like suggesting that Georgia's head coach has lost his ability to manage this program at a high level. Probably more than any active coach, he deserves the benefit of the doubt from fans who "aren't in the arena" (I kinda like that quote from another very good head coach).
But, If tearing down Georgia's team and coaches based on insufficient data and unrealistic expectations helps you cope, carry on. Either way, I have no reason to trust your assessments over those of Kirby Smart and he'll be the first to admit that every season will be a challenge.
:cheers:
quote:
That Dawgnation article from 6 weeks ago about how bad our OL is has aged like milk
It's the timeless tale of college football. Every season people forget that these players are still learning the game, now more than ever, and draw worthless conclusions about which players and coaches and teams are champions or losers.
Is there any way to format a table in a post?
Posted by wdhalgren on 11/9/25 at 6:16 pm
Just simple rows and columns to make the table easily readable. Tabs and spaces get ignored. I tried putting html in a post and it was rejected. I know you can separate things manually with dashes, just wondered if there's any other way.
re: Note to self - throwing food is a "political statement" and not assault
Posted by wdhalgren on 11/6/25 at 5:01 pm to RelentlessAnalysis
quote:
What is next?
Illegal hurling of confetti with intent to tickle?
I bet if Tom Homan waited outside and threw sandwiches at the jurors leaving the courthouse, that would be assault.
I can never see anything on Facebook. Maybe because I don't have an account, or a browser setting.
quote:
Remember, someone made that passport for free…
Isn't that a basic function of government, providing free stuff? Free healthcare, right? Free food, shelter, utilities, smart phones, college education, transportation, legal services, spending money? Maybe the federal bureaucracies need a reminder that one person's free passport isn't really free; somebody else always does the work and pays the price.
If they already understand that, then they should also understand that the cost of all the free stuff has become unbearable and something must change. In other words, the govt is running out of other people's money.
quote:
I am at the point where I totally dread Chistma$$$$ at this point. It’s just a continuous, day-after-day, pipette that drains American’s bank accounts.
Very accurate. It's a massive propaganda campaign to convince Americans with too much debt and little to no savings that they must buy and exchange gifts that nobody needs or will ever use. Just another way that the US has gradually transformed itself into the largest debtor nation in history of the world.
re: Russia may soon start providing missiles to Venezuela
Posted by wdhalgren on 11/6/25 at 8:52 am to SlowFlowPro
quote:
That is EXACTLY the talking point Putin wants you to circulate as his NPC/sheep/puppet.
This is EXACTLY the talking point that Xi wants you to circulate as his NPC/sheep/puppet. Or more accurately, your statement (and my equally silly "NPC" response parroting yours) is nonsensical and irrelevant to this discussion. I don't care what Putin wants, I want what's best for America. Getting involved in hostilities with Russia over Ukraine is not what's best for America, it's just the opposite.
re: Sitting here in NYC
Posted by wdhalgren on 11/5/25 at 7:48 pm to 14&Counting
I remember reading the accounts of post-war Germany in 1918 and 1919. There was nightly dancing and revelry in the bars that flowed out into the streets. They had no idea that their country was entering a period of hyperinflation that would destroy the middle class and eventually morph into the rise of autocracy and another world war. The plebs are always the last to know when trouble's coming.
Any politician or person concerned about affordability of the basics should've spoken up a long time ago when we were overborrowing, overspending, monetizing debt, shutting down the economy for an extended period, and monetizing more debt. That's the recipe for unaffordability.
re: Things Aren't Looking Great For Trump In Supreme Court Tariff Arguments
Posted by wdhalgren on 11/5/25 at 1:54 pm to Major Dutch Schaefer
quote:
That would buy time for Trump to devise individualized tariffs for each major trading partner under a different provision of the same law, Section 301, which is used to counter unfair foreign trade practices.
The problem is that not all of our trade imbalance is due to unfair foreign trade practices. A fair portion is due to self-inflicted structural damage to the US economy, caused by the US govt over many decades.
re: JD Vance weighs in after the elections last night
Posted by wdhalgren on 11/5/25 at 1:36 pm to hawgfaninc
quote:
I care about establishing peace overseas
Establishing peace around the world is a not necessarily something we control. If establishing peace means engaging in or financing wars that are not in our national interest, I say take that one off the priority list.
quote:
I like it, it has some fricking legs. Go with it man.
I'm too old to chase cars, or to do anything if I had plans for when I caught one. Just an observer and occasional commentator.
quote:
I don't know what I have in mind. I just know it ain't this.
I can understand that because it's all very complex and nobody knows the right solution with 100% certainty. My philosophy is that the root cause of our problems is debt. Without it, the govt couldn't have distorted our economy and our society to the extent they have. People, of any political persuasion, who support expanding govt, or even maintaining the current size of govt, are making a mistake IMO. There's a hard road ahead even if it we make good choices. If we make bad choices there is no road ahead.
quote:
I like this guy. You're sharp.
I see, you're the elusive outsider. I'm good with that too. Less govt, less powerful politicians, cut spending, cut budgets, cut borrowing, reduce regulation, end welfare for non-citizens (including free healthcare), incentivize Americans to work and save, let the economy downsize to a sustainable level and balance trade deficits to stop exporting jobs.
Is that kind of what you have in mind?
quote:
Rents climb faster than salaries. Taxes eat away their paychecks. Buying a home feels impossible.
That's how inflation works. We could try to mandate higher wages, and inflation would go up even faster. We could try to increase social programs, and inflation would go up even faster. We could import more illegals from the south to work for lower wages, and inflation would go up faster. We could eliminate the tariffs and buy all of our stuff from overseas, and inflation would still go up faster. Etc., etc.
More govt is not the solution. Exporting dollars to import goods and services is not the solution. Importing people is not the solution. Less govt/less borrowing/less spending is the only solution.
:lol:
I didn't say it would be easy.
I didn't say it would be easy.
quote:
Big part of Mambani’s campaign and a major factor in his victory.
To the extent that's true, those voters are, to paraphrase an old saying, "cutting off their head to spite their face".
Popular
23
