tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35816861.post8402189311413953148..comments2023-10-14T05:50:09.559-04:00Comments on Saurian Sagacity: The Official Blog for Inquisitive Florida Gators Fans: Traditional Polling Doesn’t WorkHenry Louis Gomezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03167391252653145914noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35816861.post-9716226525522055562008-10-09T08:48:00.000-04:002008-10-09T08:48:00.000-04:00Resume ranking seems to be just as good as any sys...Resume ranking seems to be just as good as any system out there. At least there's justification for your ranking based on evidence.<BR/><BR/>Keep up the good work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35816861.post-34095843859840970102008-10-09T06:43:00.000-04:002008-10-09T06:43:00.000-04:00Anon -Your first post was deleted because of its i...Anon -<BR/><BR/>Your first post was deleted because of its insulting nature. If the most recent post had been your first it would still be there.<BR/><BR/>My guess is that later polls are more predictive, as will mine be. Even then they often fail to get it right (Ohio State was ranked higher than Florida in 2006, for instance). But once again, I'm not sure "prediction" is the purpose overall, Mergzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13815816581678431340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35816861.post-42894819229335138982008-10-08T15:47:00.000-04:002008-10-08T15:47:00.000-04:00Anon,It's cute that you come back here and act lik...Anon,<BR/><BR/>It's cute that you come back here and act like the offended party after your initial jackass posts. Whatever douchebag. If you don't like it, change the channel.Henry Louis Gomezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03167391252653145914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35816861.post-70401951268273412612008-10-08T15:25:00.000-04:002008-10-08T15:25:00.000-04:00cant we just wait to rank til about this point in ...cant we just wait to rank til about this point in the season (i didnt come up with this idea)?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35816861.post-57556634390184240452008-10-08T13:44:00.000-04:002008-10-08T13:44:00.000-04:00Mergz,I empathize with your frustration. I got f...Mergz,<BR/><BR/>I empathize with your frustration. <BR/><BR/>I got fed up with the standard "My conference is better than yours" banter on Rivals' CFB message board, so I <A HREF="http://collegefootball.rivals.com/showmsg.asp?fid=2150&tid=118566361&mid=118567301&SID=1144&Style=2" REL="nofollow">started a thread on why people don't like computer rankings</A>. I think a lot of the responses I Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35816861.post-3828131594217894162008-10-08T10:54:00.000-04:002008-10-08T10:54:00.000-04:00It's cute to delete a post and call it a troll bec...It's cute to delete a post and call it a troll because it exposes a flaw in your argument.<BR/><BR/>You cherry-picked a week (early in the season) where there were lots of upsets. Good work. But even a rudimentary understanding of statistics should suggest to you that this is a flawed defense of your methodology. <BR/><BR/>If you were actually interested in figuring out if you're right about the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35816861.post-38518906862225099392008-10-07T18:31:00.000-04:002008-10-07T18:31:00.000-04:00This ain't baseball. In baseball they play 162 ga...This ain't baseball. In baseball they play 162 games. You could argue that the short series in the baseball playoffs (particularly the first round best of five) are complete horseshit because of how they don't resemble the regular season. You could be the best team in your league by 10 games in the regular season and lose 3 games in the Division series and be out.Henry Louis Gomezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03167391252653145914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35816861.post-91086602772867841602008-10-07T16:55:00.000-04:002008-10-07T16:55:00.000-04:00"Florida is better than Mississippi."That's NOT wh..."Florida is better than Mississippi."<BR/><BR/>That's NOT what the SCOREBOARD said...<BR/><BR/>:(<BR/><BR/>yankeegatorAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35816861.post-5915947727250383972008-10-07T15:01:00.000-04:002008-10-07T15:01:00.000-04:00.. That is why in baseball they play a "best of" s..... That is why in baseball they play a "best of" series because any team can potentially knock any other team on any given day. (It is that way across physics (and sports, ie College Football)) So, in order to make it clear who should be the winner they play a series and noone complains about who is better.<BR/><BR/>In summation - If they wanted to cut the crap out of college football, let them Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35816861.post-41919987806850275202008-10-07T14:51:00.000-04:002008-10-07T14:51:00.000-04:00My definition of better is: Who would win the most...My definition of better is: Who would win the most games in a best of 5 series?<BR/><BR/>Missouri - 4 games<BR/>Vanderbilt - 1 game<BR/><BR/>That's my opinion. Thus, referring to my definition, Missouri is better.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35816861.post-7944807986635769872008-10-07T14:45:00.000-04:002008-10-07T14:45:00.000-04:00The ultimate purpose of college football rankings ...The ultimate purpose of college football rankings is to justify putting "The Greatest Team of All Time" and UF's Columbus campus (AN ohio state university) in the MNC game...<BR/><BR/><BR/>...or at least that's what the voices tell me.<BR/><BR/>yankeegatorAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35816861.post-24906405937037429612008-10-07T09:52:00.000-04:002008-10-07T09:52:00.000-04:00Whether a team is “better” than another is little ...Whether a team is “better” than another is little more than a hunch.<BR/><BR/>All we really have to compare is performances, and even that becomes convoluted. You can make a strict performance based argument that Stanford is better than USC. Why? Well Stanford beat Oregon State, who soundly beat USC. Now do I really think Stanford is “better” than USC? No, my hunch tells me they are not. But I Mergzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13815816581678431340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35816861.post-48105956421924849552008-10-07T09:07:00.000-04:002008-10-07T09:07:00.000-04:00Trader Rick, had Florida brought their "A" game to...Trader Rick, had Florida brought their "A" game to The Swamp that day we would have won. Yes we are a better team than Ole Miss and Vandy for that matter too (I wasn't impressed with the way they played Aubutn on Saturday night); if we could have avoided all the foolish mistakes we made in the past two games our ranking would be higher. Yet we shot ourselves in the foot and have nobody to blamejj gatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09885330507577141255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35816861.post-15510862333013347682008-10-07T08:58:00.000-04:002008-10-07T08:58:00.000-04:00Trader Rick,That may be so but losing to Ole Miss ...Trader Rick,<BR/><BR/>That may be so but losing to Ole Miss gets you knocked out of the top 25 for now. <BR/><BR/>We can argue that Florida is "better" than Ole Miss but the only empirical data we have on that is 60 minutes of football played at Florida's home stadium in which Florida had no major injuries.Henry Louis Gomezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03167391252653145914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35816861.post-80975192940425560192008-10-07T07:25:00.000-04:002008-10-07T07:25:00.000-04:00Florida is better than Mississippi.Florida is better than Mississippi.Trader Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079028073096259737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35816861.post-19527479606160628772008-10-06T23:45:00.000-04:002008-10-06T23:45:00.000-04:00I agree with the comment about where Florida would...I agree with the comment about where Florida would be if they had done exactly what Vandy has done so far. They'd be top 5, absolutely no question.<BR/><BR/>That's what coaches and AP voters, and Harris voters should do. Take away the names, and what do you get?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35816861.post-34267367998642178662008-10-06T22:36:00.000-04:002008-10-06T22:36:00.000-04:00I'm really starting to come around to your mode of...I'm really starting to come around to your mode of thinking. There are posters on ZFZ complaining that Vandy is not as good as its ranking. I pointed out that, if anything, it should be way up there: 5-0 with wins over Ole Miss, South Carolina, and Auburn--a resume that we (Florida) would be thrilled to have. <BR/><BR/>Florida, also, would be in the top 5 with that resume. So would any other Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35816861.post-4298555341406640892008-10-06T20:10:00.000-04:002008-10-06T20:10:00.000-04:00On second thought, troll post deleted.On second thought, troll post deleted.Mergzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13815816581678431340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35816861.post-62962944790439992042008-10-06T20:08:00.000-04:002008-10-06T20:08:00.000-04:00You sir didn't read a single thing I wrote.Or, you...You sir didn't read a single thing I wrote.<BR/><BR/>Or, you didn't understand it.Mergzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13815816581678431340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35816861.post-68497415526068262882008-10-06T19:19:00.000-04:002008-10-06T19:19:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com