Well, technically, he probably isn't.
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The ESPN FEI rankings are out; after week #9, M remains at #1 leading Alabama by 0.02.
Heh. ......
Team efficiencies are based on the point contributions of each unit to the team's scoring margin, on a per-play basis. The values are adjusted for strength of schedule and down-weighted for "garbage time" (based on win probability). The scale goes from 0 to 100; higher numbers are better and the average is roughly 50 for all categories. Efficiencies update dilly during the season and this far in they are a good measure of how good one team is in comparison to another.
M is ahead of Alabama because their FEI rank for offense is higher than Bama's. I'd agree with that from an eyeball view and I've only watched two of Bama's wins so, not great in comparing, Bob. I doubt M is going to hold on to that top spot if the top two win out given the remaining games for both teams with Alabama's schedule being the harder of the two ..... That last statement is going to be open to discussion based on how you view and measure the strength of future opponents for each team.
IMO, bringing in a mobile QB and running some RPO plays, like The Nick has done at Alabama, seems to represent leading edge thinking in College ball. Clearly, it's a tough offense to defend when it's run well at the elite level. I can't say I really can judge the Alabama offense overall like I can M's. But there is no question Alabama's D is terrifying. I've seen enough of that to know.
Anyway, osu dropped out of the top 5 as a result of their weak offensive and defensive performances against nFw. The numbers say M is going to win out but this is CFB. I'll believe that one game at a time and after the final second of each of M's remaining games ticks off. Keep in mind that Hanni was exactly right. Even though the numbers predicted M would beat MSU by some obscene number, they only won by 11 making those of us and the rest of the CFB world who predicted a big win blithering idiots.Mission to CFB's National Championship accomplished. But the shine on the NC Trophy is embarrassingly wearing off. It's M B-Ball ..... or hockey or volley ball or name your college sport favorite time ...... until next year.
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Originally posted by AlabamAlum View PostKeep in mind that Hanni was exactly right. Even though the numbers predicted M would beat MSU by some obscene number, they only won by 11 making those of us and the rest of the CFB world who predicted a big win blithering idiots.
Harbaugh won the day v Dantonio on the 2 point conversion attempt. Year of Harbaugh confirmed.
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Originally Posted by AlabamAlum
Keep in mind that Hanni was exactly right. Even though the numbers predicted M would beat MSU by some obscene number, they only won by 11 making those of us and the rest of the CFB world who predicted a big win blithering idiots..Last edited by AlabamAlum; October 31, 2016, 10:07 PM."The problem with quotes on the Internet is that it is sometimes hard to verify their authenticity." -Abraham Lincoln
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