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08-21-2005, 10:16 AM
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I like being ranked at 6. Especially with Michigan and Texas ranked ahead of us. Can you imagine if us and scUM goes undefeated up until the final game. Now that would just be crazy.
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08-21-2005, 10:17 AM
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6 seems like a good starting point. I'll take it.
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08-21-2005, 10:24 AM
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Buckeyes still #1 with me!
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Originally Posted by crazybuckfan40
Can you imagine if us and scUM goes undefeated up until the final game.
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08-21-2005, 10:26 AM
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08-21-2005, 10:37 AM
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Originally Posted by BB73
This is the problem with preseason polls. Rather than voting for who they think is the best team, folks vote for who they think has the easiest schedule. Voting should not be a prediction of what you think will happen, but an estimate of each teams' relative ability.
Voting for the teams with the easy schedules becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy, and incorrectly rewards teams that avoid tough opponents.
They seriously need to publish instructions on how to vote in the preseason, and then how to vote in the regular season (based only on what happened on the field during the season-to-date once some games have been played).
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I don't think there is necessarily one correct and proper way to approach voting. How many times have you heard someone say "How can they rank team X this high? No way X goes undefeated. They have games against Y, A, and B."
One of the top ways people look to discredit human polls is by comparing the final results with the preseason results. I think you are fine as long as you are honest with yourself in terms of why you voted a particular team high. If you're honest with yourself that you voted Louisville high because of their schedule, you can appropriately punish them harder for losing than you would another team ranked #1.
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08-21-2005, 01:29 PM
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I don't care whether the guy was honest with himself or not, it's a foolish rationale on which to rank teams in the preseason, in my opinion.
Imagine if a lot of the pollees thought this way and Louisville was preseason #2 behind USC. Imagine further that USC, Louisville, and Ohio State all go undefeated. Should Louisville get the nod for the championship game over Ohio State, precisely because Louisville had the easier schedule (and yeah, I know the AP is no longer part of the BCS, but you could apply this thinking to any poll).
Teams that play weak schedules get rewarded enough for that during the season. This guy's thinking gives them even more reward for weak schedules before the season even starts.
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08-21-2005, 01:50 PM
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Originally Posted by crazybuckfan40
I like being ranked at 6. Especially with Michigan and Texas ranked ahead of us. Can you imagine if us and scUM goes undefeated up until the final game. Now that would just be crazy.
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Well now that would be simply amazing. 6 is a great place to be especially after our rebuilding year last year.
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08-21-2005, 02:02 PM
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