Recruiting Football Talk VIII

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VolGee4 said:
So is that mid-major Xavier, who is 1-9 in Q1 games. Or Boise State who is 3-5 in Q1 games and 4-2 in Q3 games. If there were better teams to compare, then they would get in over OU.
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Not even talking about those scrubs.

If the Drake Bulldogs get knocked out of Conference tournament and it happens still should get in. To hell with the Quad 1 wins. Drake could beat Oklahoma and Texas on a Neutral court Today. BTW the 1 Quad win victory Drake has is over a SEC team Vanderbilt and also beat the same Miami team Tennessee did. People act like if teams don't play in P4 conference they SUCK. We obviously have a difference if opinion and that's cool Oklahoma want get past first 4 game.
 
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knoxvol52 said:
Not even talking about those scrubs.

If the Drake Bulldogs get knocked out of Conference tournament and it happens still should get in. To hell with the Quad 1 wins. Drake could beat Oklahoma and Texas on a Neutral court Today. BTW the 1 Quad win victory Drake has is over a SEC team Vanderbilt and also beat the same Miami team Tennessee did. People act like if teams don't play in P4 conference they SUCK. We obviously have a difference if opinion and that's cool Oklahoma want get past first 4 game.
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Drake may very well get in even if they don't win their conference tournament although it would be much tougher for them.

But I don't like how we are moving toward how we "feel" about teams. The committee does it in football, too. What's the point in playing games if we are going to just speculate who would win? You use the resume in front of you and decide who is better. Objective facts. While I understand that it may be more difficult for mid-majors to schedule bigger games, Drake played two opponents this year named York College Nebraska and St. Ambrose. They are both NAIA schools. They can and should do better than scheduling teams like that.

OU has a 30 point win over Vandy, the same Q1 win for Drake. Even being in the toughest conference in the country, OU scheduled Providence, Arizona, Louisville, Georgia Tech, Oklahoma State, and Michigan. Won all of them. Drake is 10-3 in Q3 games. You can't just look at 25-3 and 17-12 and determine who is better.
 
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I went for a walk at Don Fox park here in Lebanon this morning while our cleaning lady was at the house. The TWRA Fisheries guys were releasing their fourth round of 350 Rainbow trout into the creek on the back side of the park. Before I could even reach my car, there was already 5 or 6 fishermen heading to the bank lol
 
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GiggerVol said:
I went for a walk at Don Fox park here in Lebanon this morning while our cleaning lady was at the house. The TWRA Fisheries guys were releasing their fourth round of 350 Rainbow trout into the creek on the back side of the park. Before I could even reach my car, there was already 5 or 6 fishermen heading to the bank lol
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I've never understood it. Even as a kid I thought it was weird. I've partaken, sure, but never gone out of my way to do so.

Edit: I understand why the agencies do it. I just never understood the allure of participating.
 
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SoilVol said:
Idea: Vols win out and beat Auburn in the SEC Championship.

Final ranking: 1 Duke, 2 Vols, 3 Auburn, 4 Houston? 👀
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If UT wins out including SEC tourney, they are seeded over Duke. Duke hasn’t played a ranked team since Dec. 2, and in this scenario UT would have a much better record against quad 1 teams than Duke.

It would be Auburn, UT, Duke, Houston if I had to guess
 
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VolGee4 said:
Drake may very well get in even if they don't win their conference tournament although it would be much tougher for them.

But I don't like how we are moving toward how we "feel" about teams. The committee does it in football, too. What's the point in playing games if we are going to just speculate who would win? You use the resume in front of you and decide who is better. Objective facts. While I understand that it may be more difficult for mid-majors to schedule bigger games, Drake played two opponents this year named York College Nebraska and St. Ambrose. They are both NAIA schools. They can and should do better than scheduling teams like that.

OU has a 30 point win over Vandy, the same Q1 win for Drake. Even being in the toughest conference in the country, OU scheduled Providence, Arizona, Louisville, Georgia Tech, Oklahoma State, and Michigan. Won all of them. Drake is 10-3 in Q3 games. You can't just look at 25-3 and 17-12 and determine who is better.
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Well we will just have to agree to disagree. BTW Xavier doesn't play in a Mid Major Conference. The Big East is considered a Power Conference in College Basketball.
 
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VolGee4 said:
While OU hasn't played well within the conference, they have wins over Michigan, Arizona, and Louisville. All top 25 NET teams. That's is what they are hanging their hat on and shows you how strong the SEC is.
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We could be 4-12 right now and still be in lol

No doubt the SEC was incredible in OOC play....but I just wonder how many damn losses can some of these teams absorb? There will be up to 7 BIG10/SEC teams with dbl digit losses that can make the dance. Just another example of how things are trending towards the SEC and BIG10 just dominating everything and phasing out everyone else.

Yay.
 
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knoxvol52 said:
Well we will just have to agree to disagree. BTW Xavier doesn't play in a Mid Major Conference. The Big East is considered a Power Conference in College Basketball.
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In today’s standards, the Big East is not a power conference, and I don’t know how you can disagree with facts.
 
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PlanetVolunteer said:
We could be 4-12 right now and still be in lol

No doubt the SEC was incredible in OOC play....but I just wonder how many damn losses can some of these teams absorb? There will be up to 7 BIG10/SEC teams with dbl digit losses that can make the dance. Just another example of how things are trending towards the SEC and BIG10 just dominating everything and phasing out everyone else.

Yay.
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They don’t look at conference standings. You look at schedule and who you beat. Conference standings and affiliation got thrown out the windows when we decided to have 14-18 team conferences with unbalanced schedules.

How is fair if UF beats us by one in the standings when they played UGA and USC twice this year? Blame conference greed for that.
 
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