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jay santos · 01-08-2008, 09:22 PM

One of my pet peeves in ranking teams preseason is when schedule is used as a criteria.

"Hawaii has a really easy schedule and they have a shot to go undefeated, so I'm going to put them #15."

"USC has too tough of a schedule so I just can't put them #1."

"Ohio State gets Texas at home, so I'm going to put them #1. If they were going on the road to Texas it would be different story."

IDIOTS.

So there will be a lot of people saying BYU has a winnable schedule (though conference games it is opposite), and people will say they were #14 last year. Easier schedule this year, so they should be at least #14 again.

01-08-2008, 09:22 PM	#1
jay santos Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 6,177	Idiot pollsters working for us next year One of my pet peeves in ranking teams preseason is when schedule is used as a criteria. "Hawaii has a really easy schedule and they have a shot to go undefeated, so I'm going to put them #15." "USC has too tough of a schedule so I just can't put them #1." "Ohio State gets Texas at home, so I'm going to put them #1. If they were going on the road to Texas it would be different story." IDIOTS. So there will be a lot of people saying BYU has a winnable schedule (though conference games it is opposite), and people will say they were #14 last year. Easier schedule this year, so they should be at least #14 again.