College: Les Miles Press Conference

[AUTiger7222]

This is hilarious! It's worth your time.

[Greg M]

He is starting to remind me of Steve Martin...

[AUTiger7222]

(11-17-2012 11:00 PM)Greg M Wrote:  He is starting to remind me of Steve Martin...

I like Steve Martin. Les Miles not so much.

[Greg M]

(11-17-2012 11:09 PM)AUTiger7222 Wrote:  I like Steve Martin. Les Miles not so much.

Well yeah.. me too.. I was just sayin' lol..

[Beef]

Speaking of college, K-State and Oregon lost last night.

ND will be #1 with Bama and UGA #2 and #3. Both of which play each other in the SEC championship in a couple weeks. The winner will be in the National Championship likely vs ND.

ND has played a weak as hell schedule and might just be very overrated. In other words, if UGA somehow beats Bama, they have a damn good shot at winning a NC!

Gotta make it by GA Tech next week first, but UGA is playing really well right now. And Bama has shown vulnerabilities.

UGA is in control of their destiny. So they have a real shot.

[Jesus]

How has ND had a weak schedule?
They've played 4 ranked teams might be 5 depending on where USC ends up next week. That includes clobbering OK at Norman.
Georgia has played 2 ranked teams and got their ass handed to them by S. Carolina. Let us not forget those big games against Buffalo, Florida Atlantic and the very scary Georgia Southern.
I don't know how Hostess is going out of business considering all the Cupcakes the SEC brings in each year.

[RFlagg]

(11-18-2012 08:12 PM)Jesus Wrote:  How has ND had a weak schedule?
They've played 4 ranked teams might be 5 depending on where USC ends up next week. That includes clobbering OK at Norman.
Georgia has played 2 ranked teams and got their ass handed to them by S. Carolina. Let us not forget those big games against Buffalo, Florida Atlantic and the very scary Georgia Southern.
I don't know how Hostess is going out of business considering all the Cupcakes the SEC brings in each year.

Hey, Southern kept if closer than Auburn.

[Beef]

(11-18-2012 08:12 PM)Jesus Wrote:  How has ND had a weak schedule?
They've played 4 ranked teams might be 5 depending on where USC ends up next week. That includes clobbering OK at Norman.
Georgia has played 2 ranked teams and got their ass handed to them by S. Carolina. Let us not forget those big games against Buffalo, Florida Atlantic and the very scary Georgia Southern.
I don't know how Hostess is going out of business considering all the Cupcakes the SEC brings in each year.

First of all, where opponents are ranked at the end of the season along with their records is a much more accurate way of judging strength of schedule than doing it from pre-season and mid-season rankings.

Second of all, Georgia is ranked 30th in the country in strength of schedule and ND is ranked 42nd in the country in strength of schedule. And at the end of the season, they will have both played 3 teams who were ranked at the END of the season, but UGA will have played 3 tougher ranked teams by far.

I like to break this type of stuff down just to see for myself anyways, but here goes some interesting stats. They're pretty close to even on most things, except UGA has the harder strength of schedule according to all the rating sites.

Here's who ND has played:
Navy: 7-4, 82nd in total offense, 37th in defense, unranked when played, unranked now, +40 diff win, sos 92nd
Purdue: 5-6, 76th in total offense, 70th in defense, unranked when played, unranked now, +3 diff win, sos 71
Michigan St.: 5-6, 110th in total offense, 11th in defense, ranked 10th when played, unranked now, +17 diff win, sos 30
Michigan: 8-3, 48th in total offense, 17th in defense, ranked 18th when played, ranked 21st now, +7 diff win, sos 44
Miami: 6-5, 57th in total offense, 75th in defense, unranked when played, unranked now, +38 diff win, sos 52
Stanford: 9-2, 70th in total offense, 10th in defense, ranked 13th when played, ranked 13th now, +7 diff win, sos 2
BYU: 6-5, 73rd in total offense, 27th in defense, unranked when played, unranked now, +3 diff win, sos 16
Oklahoma: 8-2, 9th in total offense, 29th in defense, ranked 8th when played, ranked 12th now, +17 diff win, sos 21
Pittsburgh: 4-6, 72nd in total offense, 31st in defense, unranked when played, unranked now, +3 diff win, sos 56
Boston College: 2-9, 105th in total offense, 81st in defense, unranked when played, unranked now, +15 diff win, sos 58
Wake Forest: 5-6, 117th in total offense, 80th in defense, unranked when played, unranked now, +38 diff win, sos 68
USC: 7-5, 26th in total offense, 48th in defense, unranked when playing next week, sos 3

Total point diff: +188
Average win margin: 17 points
Average points scored: 27.2
Average points against: 10.1
Vs. average ranked offense: 70th
Vs. average ranked defense: 43th
Opponents over 500: 5
Opponent's average strength of schedule: 42
Number of ranked teams played and average rank: 3/15th
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Here's who UGA has played:
Buffalo: 4-7, 100th in total offense, 75th in defense, unranked when played, unranked now, +22 diff win, sos 110
Missouri: 5-6, 82nd in total offense, 54th in defense, unranked when played, unranked now, +21 diff win, sos 29
Florida Atlantic: 3-8, 107th in total offense, 84th in defense, unranked when played unranked now, +36 diff win, sos 84
Vanderbilt: 7-4, 75th in total offense, 16th in defense, unranked when played, unranked now, +45 diff win, sos 41
Tennessee: 4-7, 26th in total offense, 114th in defense, unranked when played, unranked now, +7 diff win, sos 34
South Carolina: 9-2, 41st in total offense, 13th in defense, ranked 6th when played, ranked 9th now, -28 diff loss, sos 17
Kentucky: 2-9, 119th in total offense, 84th in defense, unranked when played, unranked now, +5 diff win, sos 26
Florida: 10-1, 90th in total offense, 3rd in defense, ranked 2nd when played, ranked 4th now, +8 diff win, sos 10
Ole Miss: 5-6, 54th in total offense, 73rd in defense, unranked when played, unranked now, +27 diff win, sos 14
Auburn: 3-8, 109th in total offense, 59th in defense, unranked when played, unranked now, +38 diff win, sos 45
GA Southern: 8-3, 30th in total offense, 95th in defense, unranked when played, unranked now, +31 diff win, sos 50
GA Tech: 6-5, 16th in total offense, 78th in defense, unranked when playing next week, sos 54
Alabama: 10-1, 19th in total offense, 1st in defense, ranked 2nd when playing in 2 weeks, sos 5

Total point diff: +212
Average win margin: 21 points
Average points scored: 37.6
Average points against: 17.3
Vs. average ranked offense: 69th
Vs. average ranked defense: 54th
Opponents over 500: 5
Opponents average strength of schedule: 39th
Number of ranked teams played and average rank: 3/5th