Red Robot wrote:GSWbandwagon wrote:that pac10 stat is a really strange one. not highly relevant and weirdly selective (why don't wins at notre dame count? why do losses at notre dame count when throwing out wins there?)
i'm not sure the #s are right either. the last 4 years are the 2004-2007 seasons. looking at just my cal bears (because i remember cal games and would have to research other teams) there is only 1 loss in that timespan. there are a few games (all wins) that fall right along that rocky mountain border, like at air force, at colorado st, and at new mexico state. there are wins at southern miss and the armed forces bowl (in texas). so ignoring the border wins, cal is 2-1 in such games. and just for the heck of it, i'm looking up usc. in that timespan, ignoring the notre dame games, they've won in maryland, florida, arkansas, and nebraska. they've lost none. so cal and usc are a combined 6-1 east of the rockies ignoring notre dame games in that timespan. does that mean that the rest of the pac10 actually won a combined NEGATIVE one game and lost 34?
i'll take a big sell on fabricated statistics copied from other internet message boards.
It's becoming pretty clear that stat is made up. Oregon is 3-1 east of the rockies in the last four years. Wins in Michigan, Houston, and at the Sun Bowl, and a Loss at Oklahoma.
Oregon State also won the sun bowl in that period. And off the top of my head Washington won at Syracuse a couple years ago and Stanford won at Navy. Not that those mean anything, but it's starting to show how far off those numbers are.
It's straight from Sporting News College Football preview, the Midwest edition. Once I get home I'll look it up again.
Sell on Houston winning C-USA. They'll go to a bowl but I think Tulsa and ECU are better.
Buy or sell:
At least one team will finish the season with zero wins, including against I-AA competition.
