Mavric Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 That's a pretty manageable slate. Those teams were #9, #4, #12, #14 and #2 last year. Quote Link to comment
teachercd Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 Miles has been living right when it comes to his conference slate. Quote Link to comment
GBRFAN Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 Miles has been living right when it comes to his conference slate. care to explain Quote Link to comment
famoustitles Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 Miles is our current coach but some think he won't be our future coach. mmmmmmmmmk Quote Link to comment
Mavric Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 Miles has been living right when it comes to his conference slate. care to explain Miles one good year took good advantage of playing a lot of the bottom teams in the conference twice. Generally speaking, our "mirror" games have generally been more against the bottom than the top. That is probably not accidental. Quote Link to comment
teachercd Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 Miles has been living right when it comes to his conference slate. care to explain Sure, he is getting great mirror games. No MSU, no PU no Michigan with a home and home. Quote Link to comment
GBRFAN Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 You two guys are funny - you go out of your way to sell NU short (or atleast TM) Mirror game BigTen final rankings 2012-13 2/3/4/6/8/9/12 avg: 6.28 league avg 6.5 - so tougher then average 2013-14 1/5/8/9/10/11/12 avg: 8.0 league avg 6.5 - so easier then average 2014-15 1/2/5/8/11/13 avg: 6.7 league avg 7.5 - so tougher then average 2015-16 1/3/4/6/9/10/14 avg: 6.7 league avg 7.5 - so tougher then average 2016-17 5/6/7/8/11/13 avg: 8.3 league avg 7.5 - so eaiser then average so in the past 5 seasons we have had an easier go twice and a tougher go 3 times Keep up the sales pitch thou.... Quote Link to comment
teachercd Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 You two guys are funny - you go out of your way to sell NU short (or atleast TM) Mirror game BigTen final rankings 2012-13 2/3/4/6/8/9/12 avg: 6.28 league avg 6.5 - so tougher then average 2013-14 1/5/8/9/10/11/12 avg: 8.0 league avg 6.5 - so easier then average 2014-15 1/2/5/8/11/13 avg: 6.7 league avg 7.5 - so tougher then average 2015-16 1/3/4/6/9/10/14 avg: 6.7 league avg 7.5 - so tougher then average 2016-17 5/6/7/8/11/13 avg: 8.3 league avg 7.5 - so eaiser then average so in the past 5 seasons we have had an easier go twice and a tougher go 3 times Keep up the sales pitch thou.... Okay, miles is the greatest ever. If you don't think this years mirror games are great for NU I don't know what to tell you. Also, thank you for the compliment about me being funny. I appreciate that. Quote Link to comment
Mavric Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 First, since we're talking about mirror games, that's only the home-and-home games scheduled by the B1G. It looks like you included the B1G Tournament games some of the years. Second, since Nebraska tends to finish at the bottom of the conference and can't play themselves, that has the effect of pushing everyone else up the standings slightly and moves the average down slightly, making the schedule look a bit tougher. If you're going to rank the strength of schedule like this, you need to exclude Nebraska and move all the teams behind Nebraska up a spot so you get a "standings without Nebraska" ranking. Technically you should adjust each teams' record to exclude the games against Nebraska then re-rank them but that's a lot of work and probably wouldn't change things much. At any rate, here are just the scheduled mirror games each year with the final raking for each team if Nebraska was excluded from the standings. 12-13 - Ohio State, Wisconsin, Michigan State, Penn State, Illinois, Minnesota, Iowa - 2-4-3-11-8-9-6 = average rank of 6.1, conference average 6.0 = easier 13-14 - Ohio State, Michigan, Purdue, Penn State, Indiana, Northwestern, Illinois - 4-1-11-9-7-10-8 = 7.1, 6.0 = easier 14-15 - Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Maryland - 5-8-1-11-2 = 5.4, 7.0 = tougher 15-16 - Northwestern, Indiana, Rutgers, Purdue, Penn State - 9-1-13-4-10 = 7.4, 7.0 = easier 16-17 - Iowa, Northwestern, Michigan, Ohio State, Michigan State - 7-6-8-11-5 = 7.4, 7.0 = easier Quote Link to comment
teachercd Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 First, since we're talking about mirror games, that's only the home-and-home games scheduled by the B1G. It looks like you included the B1G Tournament games some of the years. Second, since Nebraska tends to finish at the bottom of the conference and can't play themselves, that has the effect of pushing everyone else up the standings slightly and moves the average down slightly, making the schedule look a bit tougher. If you're going to rank the strength of schedule like this, you need to exclude Nebraska and move all the teams behind Nebraska up a spot so you get a "standings without Nebraska" ranking. Technically you should adjust each teams' record to exclude the games against Nebraska then re-rank them but that's a lot of work and probably wouldn't change things much. At any rate, here are just the scheduled mirror games each year with the final raking for each team if Nebraska was excluded from the standings. 12-13 - Ohio State, Wisconsin, Michigan State, Penn State, Illinois, Minnesota, Iowa - 2-4-3-11-8-9-6 = average rank of 6.1, conference average 6.0 = easier 13-14 - Ohio State, Michigan, Purdue, Penn State, Indiana, Northwestern, Illinois - 4-1-11-9-7-10-8 = 7.1, 6.0 = easier 14-15 - Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Maryland - 5-8-1-11-2 = 5.4, 7.0 = tougher 15-16 - Northwestern, Indiana, Rutgers, Purdue, Penn State - 9-1-13-4-10 = 7.4, 7.0 = easier 16-17 - Iowa, Northwestern, Michigan, Ohio State, Michigan State - 7-6-8-11-5 = 7.4, 7.0 = easier #Truth Quote Link to comment
GBRFAN Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 I will give Mav credit that his is more accurate then mine- i actaully thought about removing NU so that we wouldn't be a factor and it changes the numbers slightly. So now the numbers state that NU had one season that was slightly easier / one season that was slightly harder and 3 seasons that were barely easier. (really all 5 years are talking about an average ranking of around 1 or less - which in 18 game schedule is about 1 loss or 1 win per team) Doesn't sound like something for both of you to hang your hat on but maybe you have small hats....Say what you want about our schedule this year, however we play wisc - who is always at the top of the standings and minn finished 4th last season. But, you guys are right we get the bottom teams every year and it is important for you two to remind the rest of us. Quote Link to comment
Mavric Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 Hey, don't act like that one win or loss is no big deal. In four out of Miles' five years one win/loss has made the difference between tying or breaking the school record for most losses in a season. #EveryGameCounts Quote Link to comment
GBRFAN Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 kind of like post - several that are full of facts and then every once in a while throw one in that has no backing - hoping it is taken as facts..... Quote Link to comment
teachercd Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 GBRFAN, you are a big Miles fan, what do you think he needs to accomplish this upcoming season to keep his job...or do you think he is safe no matter what? I see them struggling hard this year and will be in the bottom 3 of the league with Rutgers and Illinois. Quote Link to comment
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