So let's just say that...

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BruinVol said:
From an Rpi in the 90's to inside the top 40 with only 1 quality win!!!

Welcome to BTOs fantasy land where half season martin and Santa clause reside
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Will you please admit you don't understand how the RPI works, because this post makes it crystal clear you don't.

You don't have to have quality wins to move up bruin, good gosh.
 
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bleedingTNorange said:
Will you please admit you don't understand how the RPI works, because this post makes it crystal clear you don't.

You don't have to have quality wins to move up bruin, good gosh.
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Moving up from the 90's to the 70's sure you only need wins but if you think beating at home the 44th Rpi team in the country is going to jump us into the top 40 you better start looking in the mirror before you start accusing others of not understanding Rpi
 
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BruinVol said:
Moving up from the 90's to the 70's sure you only need wins but if you think beating at home the 44th Rpi team in the country is going to jump us into the top 40 you better start looking in the mirror before you start accusing others of not understanding Rpi
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70s? I thought it was triple digits?

40 is probably a reach, and I actually meant to put 50, but my point stands. 13-7 would not have our RPI in the triple digits, I assure you.
 
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BruinVol said:
Moving up from the 90's to the 70's sure you only need wins but if you think beating at home the 44th Rpi team in the country is going to jump us into the top 40 you better start looking in the mirror before you start accusing others of not understanding Rpi
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Question, we are 6-4. You're saying then 13-7, so what would final record be? Around 19-11?
 
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bleedingTNorange said:
70s? I thought it was triple digits?

40 is probably a reach, and I actually meant to put 50, but my point stands. 13-7 would not have our RPI in the triple digits, I assure you.
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Read the post. I said close to triple digits. There is zero difference between being 70 and 300 in Rpi. Nobody dances in that range anyway.

You clearly set the bar higher thAn 13-7 at the start of the season. This team has had zero injuries so changing expectations is silly unless of course you just can't stand to admit your hero half season is a classic underachiever
 
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BruinVol said:
Read the post. I said close to triple digits. There is zero difference between being 70 and 300 in Rpi. Nobody dances in that range anyway.

You clearly set the bar higher thAn 13-7 at the start of the season. This team has had zero injuries so changing expectations is silly unless of course you just can't stand to admit your hero half season is a classic underachiever
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There's 0 difference between an RPI of 70 & 300 on February 1st? You're more than a month out from selection Sunday, there's a HUGE difference bruin, c'mon man.

You're right, I had them at 15-5 at that point. I'm not sure what you're point is though, that I can't talk about the rest of the season without admitting I was wrong about how our first 11 games would play out?

We are 7-4, obviously it's now unlikely we go 15-5 in our first 20. I'm not asking to change my prediction, I'm simply saying where I think we can/should get to. I think 13-7 isn't a horrible spot to be heading into February. Our RPI would be in a decent spot, and the rest of the sec slate sets up for a strong finish. If we were 13-7, 21-9 would be a good goal.
 
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BruinVol said:
Oh the old reliable Rpi forecast that has been proven to be horse **** for 2 years now.

Rpi forecast and half season go hand on hand
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Uhm when was this? They've been on the money with our projections to miss the dance, our season record, and right where our RPI would be.

Care to refresh my memory?
 
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I would equate Martin with Dooley-in over his head. Not a very good recruiter or coach. Not a good combination.
 
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bleedingTNorange said:
Uhm when was this? They've been on the money with our projections to miss the dance, our season record, and right where our RPI would be.

Care to refresh my memory?
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Come on bto the last two years we have been expecting bigger jumps and not gotten what the Rpi forecast predicted.

This year will be even worse as big Rpi wins will be very hard to find in Febuary, mizzu and florida only two I see. The past 2 years we have had some big wins. This year not many chances.

13-7 or worse and this team isn't getting an at large IMO.
 
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GKSS 61 said:
I would equate Martin with Dooley-in over his head. Not a very good recruiter or coach. Not a good combination.
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Dooley always had more losses than wins and could not beat a rival or ranked team. Martin is no where near Dooley's level of ineptness. We probably still make the dance this year.
 
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BruinVol said:
Come on bto the last two years we have been expecting bigger jumps and not gotten what the Rpi forecast predicted.
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Uhm that's 100% false. There were times I admit that I said we will jump higher with a win, but we didn't, in fact it was right in line with what rpi forecast predicted. If you've got a specific example of a game I'm very interested, because they've been on the money with us the last 2 years.

This year will be even worse as big Rpi wins will be very hard to find in Febuary, mizzu and florida only two I see. The past 2 years we have had some big wins. This year not many chances.

13-7 or worse and this team isn't getting an at large IMO.
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What you're not understanding about RPI is how heavily road wins are weighed. Winning at say Vanderbilt, or Alabama will raise your RPI pretty significantly. The key to RPI is winning your home games (they weigh more in losses, and less in wins), and winning some road games (they weigh more in wins, and less in losses).

Being worse than 13-7 wouldn't be good, but 13-7 is hardly season over. 19 wins regular season and this team is likely dancing, that's not counting tusculum.

You see we jumped almost 10 spots in the RPI tonight after beating Morehead State?
 
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bleedingTNorange said:
:whistling:
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BTOs fantasy land math regarding 13-7 and our Rpi rating

6 more wins jump 10spots per win.

3 tough road losses jump 5 spots per loss.


Boom we are in the top 10 RPI!

Half season Martin, Santa clause, the tooth fairy, and bto are all sitting down together for Christmas Eve lunch in this Fantasy Land!

Have a great day!
 
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cncchris33 said:
Bruin, that is so stupid and reactionary.
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Posted that after game 1.

I stick to my opinions and don't waiver like some others here that are now "ok" with 13-7.

Zero excuses for changing expectations.


No injuries
Experienced team
Just one constant .......
 
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BruinVol said:
BTOs fantasy land math regarding 13-7 and our Rpi rating

6 more wins jump 10spots per win.

3 tough road losses jump 5 spots per loss.


Boom we are in the top 10 RPI!

Half season Martin, Santa clause, the tooth fairy, and bto are all sitting down together for Christmas Eve lunch in this Fantasy Land!

Have a great day!
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There you go embellishing again. Is that when you do when you realize how foolish your original post was, embellish what others say to make yourself feel better about the lunacy in your post?

The fact is you made the statement that the second he hits 13-7 his a$$ should be fired. That so ridiculous it truly doesn't even deserve a response, but I went against my better judgment and tried to explain why it was foolish.

Your response to my post, which was based off past history and facts was to use blatant sarcasm and embellish everything that I said. Are you incapable of having a conversation like an educated adult, and admitting you may have been wrong when all the evidence says as much?
 
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BruinVol said:
Posted that after game 1.

I stick to my opinions and don't waiver like some others here that are now "ok" with 13-7.

Zero excuses for changing expectations.


No injuries
Experienced team
Just one constant .......
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If our SEC schedule started differently I could agree, however it starts brutal and sets up for a possible run. At 13-7 this team would be sitting squarely on the bubble heading into the easy part of their schedule. It's a complete joke to fire a coach mid season that has his team on the bubble with 10 games remaining.
 
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bleedingTNorange said:
:whistling:
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I've been watching rpiforecast since day one.
They've been right on except for games we were supposed to win easily and didn't show up for.
Even predicted first loss to Xavier.
Spreads have been close also.
Now predicting VA as a toss up at 50%.
Key game coming up.
 
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calban said:
I've been watching rpiforecast since day one.
They've been right on except for games we were supposed to win easily and didn't show up for.
Even predicted first loss to Xavier.
Spreads have been close also.
Now predicting VA as a toss up at 50%.
Key game coming up.
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Yup, they've been very good the last 2 years. There were games I thought we would jump more and predicted as much, but rpifotecast was right on the money just about every time.

And I agree, it is a huge game.
 
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