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Topic: The Helmets (and near helmets) rolling 10-year winning percentages

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ftbobs

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Re: The Helmets (and near helmets) rolling 10-year winning percentages
« Reply #252 on: June 02, 2020, 12:45:56 AM »
Quote from: FearlessF on June 01, 2020, 01:14:30 PM
gee, back in 79 I thought the helmets played tougher schedules

huskers with only 1 ranked team, the Sooners???

well, Penn St was ranked #18 when they played in Sept

Penn State was also ranked by the coaches' poll at that point.  Remember, they only ranked 20 teams at that point.
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« Reply #253 on: June 02, 2020, 01:02:44 AM »
#1 vs #2:  ugh, 2 SEC teams?  Expand!

4-team playoff:  ugh, 2 SEC teams?  All-SEC NCG?  Expand!
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8-team playoff  ugh, 3 SEC teams?  All-SEC NCG?  Expand!

16-team playoff:  ugh, 5 SEC teams?  All-SEC NCG?  Expand!


Be careful what you wish for.
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« Reply #254 on: June 02, 2020, 01:09:42 AM »
Alright, here's a list of the top 10 AP teams (pre-bowl) each year from 1970 to 1985, with the number of opponents that were ranked in the pre-bowl poll in either the AP or UPI polls.  The In Poll column counts teams that were in the "others getting votes".











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Re: The Helmets (and near helmets) rolling 10-year winning percentages
« Reply #255 on: June 02, 2020, 07:15:43 AM »
It is good to have The Bobs back.
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« Reply #256 on: June 02, 2020, 12:46:29 PM »
some 4s, 5s, & 6s in there

and dern if Notre Dame didn't have a 7
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« Reply #257 on: June 02, 2020, 02:38:53 PM »
ND went 9-3, and amazingly, one of the losses was to an unranked Mizzou.


And we can all agree the Gators got hosed in 1984.  
I doubt our first SEC championship is voted away after the season if we're crowned national champs that year.
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« Reply #258 on: June 02, 2020, 02:40:25 PM »
friggin Mizzou

ruined a few of UNL's seasons

but, not 97!  Hah, reveange!
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« Reply #259 on: June 02, 2020, 03:05:24 PM »
Quote from: FearlessF on June 02, 2020, 02:40:25 PM
friggin Mizzou

ruined a few of UNL's seasons

but, not 97!  Hah, reveange!
They beat OU in 2010, the last time the game was in Columbia.  Same year as the last OU-Nebraska match-up, as the original Big 12 was about to break up.
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« Reply #260 on: June 02, 2020, 09:55:40 PM »
Quote from: ftbobs on June 02, 2020, 12:29:45 AM
If conference have wacky rules for their championship (and they do), it's on them.  I'm not in favor of bringing in a team that had their chance at a conference title and failed, over a team that only through subjective measures can we say they aren't as good as that team.  I'm for removing that subjective element when we can.
I like the fact that the committee has the freedom to recognize these champions are being decided in strange ways and not be handcuffed by “champions only.”

Objective measures are simpler. I’ll give you that. I’m not sure they are necessarily better.
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« Reply #261 on: June 02, 2020, 10:40:40 PM »
Quote from: CWSooner on June 02, 2020, 03:05:24 PM
They beat OU in 2010, the last time the game was in Columbia.  Same year as the last OU-Nebraska match-up, as the original Big 12 was about to break up.
the worst by far was the 1978 upset by the Tiggers

had finally beaten a great Sooner team


Rick Berns churned to a record-breaking 255 yards and two touchdowns on 35 carries to set the Nebraska single-game rushing mark and the career rushing record of 2,605 yards. But Berns' performance wasn't enough to counter a potent Missouri attack, led by the running of James Wilder - with 181 yards and four touchdowns - and the pass receiving of All-Big 8 tight end Kellen Winslow.

— Dashed Nebraska’s plans of taking the outright Big Eight championship up against Penn State for a national championship match in the Orange Bowl.

— Chased the top-ranked Nittany Lions off to the Sugar Bowl in pursuit of a more prestigious challenge.

Penn State lost a very close game to #2 Bama in the Sugar.  Penn State was obviously very strong, but Tom Osborne and I think the Huskers would have had a better shot at beating the Lions than those derned Sooners again.
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« Reply #262 on: June 02, 2020, 11:12:05 PM »
That was indeed a crappy ending to the season for a very good Husker team.

Lots of Sooner fans think that that was Switzer's most talented team that lost to the Huskers.

Too many fumbles though, and that was certainly true in Lincoln.
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« Reply #263 on: June 02, 2020, 11:32:17 PM »
Quote from: Kris60 on June 02, 2020, 09:55:40 PM
I like the fact that the committee has the freedom to recognize these champions are being decided in strange ways and not be handcuffed by “champions only.”

Objective measures are simpler. I’ll give you that. I’m not sure they are necessarily better.


Yeah, I understood where you're coming from from your other posts.  Giving a conference a second team when you have only objective measures to not give a champion a chances.  Seems like they had their opportunity.
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Re: The Helmets (and near helmets) rolling 10-year winning percentages
« Reply #264 on: June 02, 2020, 11:52:08 PM »
To give a different perspective here, here are the top 10 teams by wins with their number of opponents each decade that finished in the top 20 of the AP or Coaches' poll:

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« Reply #265 on: June 02, 2020, 11:55:24 PM »
And because I can't leave well enough alone, I added a couple columns to it:

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