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<blockquote data-quote="Bruce Wayne" data-source="post: 99255" data-attributes="member: 231"><p>Part is our ripping their guts out with rusty hedge clippers.</p><p></p><p>One of my points is that statistics simply fail to capture the psychological intangibles of teams consisting in around one hundred 18-22 years olds (or 18-30 year olds at BYU), especially when things like actually being a student as well as an athlete gets factored in. The fact one doesn't have to factor that in for many factory teams, especially in the SEC, and can recognize that Saban operates a semi-pro team with little connection to collegiate or amateur athletics is the only reasonable basis I see for beginning with an assumption of such like teams superiority.</p><p></p><p>This sport is possibly the most difficult one in which to adequately gauge and judge the relative strength or weakness of its participating teams. I think that every other sport has a game format and structure (particularly as regards a postseason) far more conducive to bolder claims in ranking teams. I think one has to try and factor in as much as one can and then just make a lasting determination at the time of a game about the value of <em>that</em> win or loss.</p><p></p><p>All of this has an awful lot to do with why I am a Tech football fan but only <em>barely</em> a "college football fan." Tech is able to demonstrate what is admirable about collegiate athletics and when I find or sense that in <em>some</em> other teams or in some specific games (like rooting for an underdog against semi-pro factories) then I can enjoy the sport more broadly.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bruce Wayne, post: 99255, member: 231"] Part is our ripping their guts out with rusty hedge clippers. One of my points is that statistics simply fail to capture the psychological intangibles of teams consisting in around one hundred 18-22 years olds (or 18-30 year olds at BYU), especially when things like actually being a student as well as an athlete gets factored in. The fact one doesn't have to factor that in for many factory teams, especially in the SEC, and can recognize that Saban operates a semi-pro team with little connection to collegiate or amateur athletics is the only reasonable basis I see for beginning with an assumption of such like teams superiority. This sport is possibly the most difficult one in which to adequately gauge and judge the relative strength or weakness of its participating teams. I think that every other sport has a game format and structure (particularly as regards a postseason) far more conducive to bolder claims in ranking teams. I think one has to try and factor in as much as one can and then just make a lasting determination at the time of a game about the value of [I]that[/I] win or loss. All of this has an awful lot to do with why I am a Tech football fan but only [I]barely[/I] a "college football fan." Tech is able to demonstrate what is admirable about collegiate athletics and when I find or sense that in [I]some[/I] other teams or in some specific games (like rooting for an underdog against semi-pro factories) then I can enjoy the sport more broadly. [/QUOTE]
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