seaofred92
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Nebraska's Mirror Opponents For 2017-18 (H/H)
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famoustitles
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Miles is our current coach but some think he won't be our future coach. mmmmmmmmmk
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.
teachercd
Head Coach
Sure, he is getting great mirror games. No MSU, no PU no Michigan with a home and home.
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....
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....
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teachercd
Head Coach
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.
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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
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
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teachercd
Head Coach
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.
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.
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