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<blockquote data-quote="TheGridironGeek" data-source="post: 122083" data-attributes="member: 1898"><p>The reason "body of work" is important is because football teams only tend to play each other once, or twice maximum during a season. Would Ohio State lose to Duke and North Carolina in succession? Championships are rightly a matter of "climbing the mountain" as opposed to being plus-number in every statistical breakdown of the scores. The ideal way to crown a best team by a strict Las Vegas standard would be to play series of 5 or 7 games between two teams at a time, but it's beyond the practical limitations of the competition.</p><p></p><p>For instance, I used to think the IIHF ice hockey championships were unfair, because countries play in a single-elimination final round as opposed to NHL-style playoff series. But then I realized a gold medal team has to win 3 games in a row (or more) to prevail, so it's like sweeping a best-of-5 playoff, only against different opponents each night. </p><p></p><p>Ohio State won the conference championship by 50+ points, then soundly beat Alabama. Oregon pounded a top-10 team and then blew out a team nobody could beat for 2 years. They're the two best teams right now, regardless of any if-then scenarios.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheGridironGeek, post: 122083, member: 1898"] The reason "body of work" is important is because football teams only tend to play each other once, or twice maximum during a season. Would Ohio State lose to Duke and North Carolina in succession? Championships are rightly a matter of "climbing the mountain" as opposed to being plus-number in every statistical breakdown of the scores. The ideal way to crown a best team by a strict Las Vegas standard would be to play series of 5 or 7 games between two teams at a time, but it's beyond the practical limitations of the competition. For instance, I used to think the IIHF ice hockey championships were unfair, because countries play in a single-elimination final round as opposed to NHL-style playoff series. But then I realized a gold medal team has to win 3 games in a row (or more) to prevail, so it's like sweeping a best-of-5 playoff, only against different opponents each night. Ohio State won the conference championship by 50+ points, then soundly beat Alabama. Oregon pounded a top-10 team and then blew out a team nobody could beat for 2 years. They're the two best teams right now, regardless of any if-then scenarios. [/QUOTE]
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