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why are 6.5 point dogs @ 2-4 ECU this weekend.


Time to make some extra cash...

mustangfan01 wrote:why are 6.5 point dogs @ 2-4 ECU this weekend.


Time to make some extra cash...

ive given up putting money on SMU...

expony18 wrote:

mustangfan01 wrote:why are 6.5 point dogs @ 2-4 ECU this weekend.


Time to make some extra cash...

ive given up putting money on SMU...

Good policy.

probaby because home field advantage is worth 4-5 points and SMU has victories over the 113th, 116th, 121st, and 128th rated teams and losses to the 97th and 118th rated teams in the Sagrin ratings. But that's all right because we can become bowl eligible by beating Rice(108) and UAB(110) becoming the first team to ever go bowling without a victory over a Top 100 team.

Stallion wrote:probaby because home field advantage is worth 4-5 points and SMU has victories over the 113th, 116th, 121st, and 128th rated teams and losses to the 97th and 118th rated teams in the Sagrin ratings. But that's all right because we can become bowl eligible by beating Rice(108) and UAB(110) becoming the first team to ever go bowling without a victory over a Top 100 team.

Sagarin ratings are a joke. In the current ratings, Youngstown State, Montana, and Massachusetts are ranked 48, 49, and 50.

Stallion wrote:probaby because home field advantage is worth 4-5 points and SMU has victories over the 113th, 116th, 121st, and 128th rated teams and losses to the 97th and 118th rated teams in the Sagrin ratings. But that's all right because we can become bowl eligible by beating Rice(108) and UAB(110) becoming the first team to ever go bowling without a victory over a Top 100 team.

Ha ha ha. That'd be funny, but it won't happen and you know it. It'll take at least 3 (maybe 4) more wins to go bowling. Maybe ECU will be pushed over 100 after we beat them, though.

ECU has beaten Virginia and Memphis...both at home.

I'm sure those teams dominate the nationally acclaimed Sagarin ratings.

BRStang wrote:

Stallion wrote:probaby because home field advantage is worth 4-5 points and SMU has victories over the 113th, 116th, 121st, and 128th rated teams and losses to the 97th and 118th rated teams in the Sagrin ratings. But that's all right because we can become bowl eligible by beating Rice(108) and UAB(110) becoming the first team to ever go bowling without a victory over a Top 100 team.

Ha ha ha. That'd be funny, but it won't happen and you know it. It'll take at least 3 (maybe 4) more wins to go bowling. Maybe ECU will be pushed over 100 after we beat them, though.

Do you really think so? We could get to a bowl with only two more wins, though it is unlikely we would be picked if another conference team is eligible. We need to win as many games as possible and hope UAB does not get three more wins, IMO.

Stallion, I was just beginning to like you...that was mean!

FWIW--ECU is ranked 95 in Sagarin ratings, while SMU is 91. If Vegas has ECU favored, perhaps the Sagarin ratings are meaningless drivel, defeating the whole point of Stallion's rant.

Like anyone would know or care about who we beat to get to the bowl.

Only lonely football nerds would even track it.

This is a results based football society.

I guarantee you Vegas figures in RPI, strength of schedule, performance against quality opponents into its equation. Then they add 4-5 points to their equation for the home team and consider intangibles too-just an honest answer. Maybe a tad high but its a better explanation than just looking at won-loss records.

Stallion wrote:I guarantee you Vegas figures in RPI, strength of schedule, performance against quality opponents into its equation. Then they add 4-5 points to their equation for the home team and consider intangibles too-just an honest answer. Maybe a tad high but its a better explanation than just looking at won-loss records.

Home-field advantage is worth 3 points.

Stallion wrote:I guarantee you Vegas figures in RPI, strength of schedule, performance against quality opponents into its equation. Then they add 4-5 points to their equation for the home team and consider intangibles too-just an honest answer. Maybe a tad high but its a better explanation than just looking at won-loss records.

Yes. And Virginia and Memphis are quality opponents.

We are their 5th home game and their homecoming game. Should be a fun spoiler game.