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All of the currently unbeaten teams. They have unblemished records.....unless I missed that the final score is no longer the determining factor of who won. Now if you are talking about some mythical Don Quixote scenario...

I agree with donovan. People who have spent much time in life fixing things, building things, applying preventive maintenance and performing similar tasks...we like the obvious case. No blemishes provide for a much more readied analysis. Because once you find some blemish...well...then we have to characterize it don't we. Looking for color, texture, surface size, depth...where exactly is the blemish and what all. And this is just the eye test. Next comes, x-rays, uv, infrared, ultra-sonic, electromagnetic inspection........

But then we can't stop there...we then have to move from the diagnostic scope to the beauty contest. People just show much sameness. In many jobs you go from reviewing the process, to reviewing the reviewing processes, then cross-examining those metrics...and heck...then one more again...and so on and so forth. Pretty soon, in the world we live today, we spend more time reviewing the reviewing and lose total sight of the original examination...let alone just looking at the original work!

How many guys took the field yesterday? How many guys earn a buck today and this week reporting, criticizing, and just talking about them?

Show me the donuts! I'll christen them. Then when we get down to none or one...then will talk about the dunkin' sticks. This way I can avoid much work than may never really be needful.

(I'll fix somebody's something at work and get it back within spec., some say thank you, some then immediately ask me to delve into further examinations, some better than others (like prevention) and still others begin to squeak loudly about adding to the spec and hanging shiny bells and whistles on it...when they know dang good and well there are many other things out of spec that I need to put time to.)

So if we are getting down to the nitty-gritty and want to examine a "body of work" I'll just procrastinate more than I prognosticate and get to it in a month. I'll let the process do as much of the work that I can possibly allow for!

choose, I'd like you to clue me in if the analysis is saying one of the favorite top 20 teams going into a game is not the favorite. (I don't think it happens often, not when a line comes out because I think by this time of the year the odds makers use a form of this in creating the line.)

donovan wrote:All of the currently unbeaten teams. They have unblemished records.....unless I missed that the final score is no longer the determining factor of who won. Now if you are talking about some mythical Don Quixote scenario...

Windmills have a strong SOS.

choose, I think they use the a similar program, not the same. TO make it more predictive I think they add many factors. I imagine (in static form) many to use a polynomial equation, and I think the indirect method has a place in each coefficient (every game played is a "nomial").

But outside of prediction, just ranking...the indirect wins analysis would be interesting between Michigan St. And Missouri.

Delaware is undefeated.

Auburn has the best "body of work"...

They are undefeated playing a schedule ranked #25. Unless you are a fan of another school, it is hard to argue their success.

Auburn has already beaten four teams who are currently ranked in the top 25 of the latest BCS standings, No. 12 LSU, No. 19 Arkansas, No. 20 South Carolina and No. 21 Mississippi State. And a game against Alabama still remains...and maybe, a confewrence championship game.

Hurrah for computers....

billybud wrote:Auburn has already beaten four teams who are currently ranked in the top 25 of the latest BCS standings, No. 12 LSU, No. 19 Arkansas, No. 20 South Carolina and No. 21 Mississippi State. And a game against Alabama still remains...and maybe, a confewrence championship game.

Hurrah for computers....

Hurrah for friends sitting around the table at lunch drawing their own conclusions and laughing and giggling and stiffing you with the bill.

There is an actress on a tv show called modern family, she plays a women from Columbia - anyway she would get my vote for best body of work. I don't think it is close. I don't know what her schedule strength, but I would make it as easy on her as I could.

donovan wrote:

billybud wrote:Auburn has already beaten four teams who are currently ranked in the top 25 of the latest BCS standings, No. 12 LSU, No. 19 Arkansas, No. 20 South Carolina and No. 21 Mississippi State. And a game against Alabama still remains...and maybe, a confewrence championship game.

Hurrah for computers....

Hurrah for friends sitting around the table at lunch drawing their own conclusions and laughing and giggling and stiffing you with the bill.

I'd be more than happy to stiff you with the bill

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Spence wrote:There is an actress on a tv show called modern family, she plays a women from Columbia - anyway she would get my vote for best body of work. I don't think it is close. I don't know what her schedule strength, but I would make it as easy on her as I could.

What kind of "System" would you run with her?

Guys, guys!

Usually it's Donovan off on a wild fantasy, but now even Spence!

Too much time on Congrove (the fantasy board). I would love to know his algorithm...how many points he deducts if you are a BCS team.

No wonder the non BCS boys love CCR...he has Boise, TCU, and Utah as one, two, four....and Auburn at #7. If his algorithmn involves the odds of running the table, he may be right on. If his algorithmn purports to measure wins/losses against a "win value"...I don't get it.

Utah's big win was over 4-3 Pitt in overtime (The same Pitt Miami throttled31-3). What kind of algorithmn would put an undefeated Utah over an undefeated Auburn?

I can't figure what Utah has shown vs Auburn to warrant that.

Derek wrote:

Spence wrote:There is an actress on a tv show called modern family, she plays a women from Columbia - anyway she would get my vote for best body of work. I don't think it is close. I don't know what her schedule strength, but I would make it as easy on her as I could.

What kind of "System" would you run with her?

It is a personal system, but lots of fun to run.

uh huh!

Relys heavily on the quick and outs. Time of possession is usually short.