StatTiger 3,188 Posted November 29, 2004 Share Posted November 29, 2004 My E-Mail: Jeff, In your latest poll, Harvard is rated as the 36th best team in the Country. I realize they are 10-0 and have played well this season but do you really think they are better than Arkansas, Boston College, Clemson, Alabama, South Carolina, Minnesota, Syracuse, Pittsburgh, UAB, Nebraska and Michigan State? Throwing out your formula for rating the teams, do you actually think that Harvard would beat the above listed teams? Thankyou for any response Stat His Response: My intuition would agree with yours I'm sure. But guess what, none of us would have predicted that MAINE(I-AA) would win on the HOME FIELD of MISSISSIPPI STATE of the mighty SEC. Note that he singled out the upset over MSU and his sarcastic reference to the "mighty" SEC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streyeder 0 Posted November 29, 2004 Share Posted November 29, 2004 His ratings are part of the BCS. What else did you expect? If the guy can't come up with a better system than he's got, were you really looking for higher intelligence? What an ass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Proud Tiger 4,261 Posted November 29, 2004 Share Posted November 29, 2004 His ratings are part of the BCS. What else did you expect? If the guy can't come up with a better system than he's got, were you really looking for higher intelligence?What an ass. 126923[/snapback] Isn't Sagarin a bama grad? I know he has some close connection to bama. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarolinaTiger 0 Posted November 29, 2004 Share Posted November 29, 2004 i'm surprised he takes the time out to reply to anybody...much less those that criticize him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StatTiger 3,188 Posted November 29, 2004 Author Share Posted November 29, 2004 i'm surprised he takes the time out to reply to anybody...much less those that criticize him. 126927[/snapback] I thought the same. A poster from ITAT sent him an e-mail and responded with the MSU-Maine game too. I think he whips that response out like a gun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUHansel 0 Posted November 29, 2004 Share Posted November 29, 2004 What does that have to do with Harvard? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rexbo 104 Posted November 29, 2004 Share Posted November 29, 2004 Wow, he really doesn't have a clue. His poll doesn't represent what one team might pull off in some 1 in a 100 game, it should really try to represent which team is better over the entire season. Las Vegas should put a poll together, they would never be stupid enough to claim that Harvard would be favored over 'Bama. Ask that Sagarin guy if he is willing to take his poll to Vegas and put some money on his higher rated teams over the mighty SEC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasTiger 13,136 Posted November 29, 2004 Share Posted November 29, 2004 I think his formula is off this year, but I do remember in 1983 he had us #1. Thus the shirts, "I love NY Times polls!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streyeder 0 Posted November 29, 2004 Share Posted November 29, 2004 I threw in my two cents. I figure you could probably afford it now considering your ranking system is a part of the BCS. You actually got 1 and 2 correct, but where in God's name do you get the rest of the poll? When was the last time a 1-AA school beat a decent 1-A school? (No, the Maine v. MSU arguement won't work here. MSU was horrific at the beginning of the season.) The mighty Troy State? I doubt Harvard couldn't beat half of the 1-A teams below it. Your rankings are such a joke. Then again, they ARE part of the BSc...I mean BcS. I guess it is quite fitting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d-r 0 Posted November 29, 2004 Share Posted November 29, 2004 My E-Mail:His Response: My intuition would agree with yours I'm sure. But guess what, none of us would have predicted that MAINE(I-AA) would win on the HOME FIELD of MISSISSIPPI STATE of the mighty SEC. 126906[/snapback] So is he saying that his computer model isn't always capable of making accurate predictions about the outcome of college football games? That's sort of interesting, because I thought that was the whole basis of the computer ratings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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