10-28-2012, 03:59 PM
The only team to go 17-1 and not be ranked at any time during that 18 game stretch. Not so sure that is something to be ashamed about, because its more of a bias in polls than it is the team being bad. Wow.
(10-28-2012 04:01 PM)7 Wrote: [ -> ]Is this real or are you just assuming?
(10-28-2012 04:15 PM)HuskieFan84 Wrote: [ -> ]It's a matter of timing.. have no reason to complain about not being ranked this year.
(10-28-2012 04:15 PM)HuskieFan84 Wrote: [ -> ]It's a matter of timing.. have no reason to complain about not being ranked this year.
(10-28-2012 04:17 PM)thxjoenovak Wrote: [ -> ](10-28-2012 04:15 PM)HuskieFan84 Wrote: [ -> ]It's a matter of timing.. have no reason to complain about not being ranked this year.
Stop making sense.
(10-28-2012 04:22 PM)HuskieFan84 Wrote: [ -> ]has no business ever being ranked is not what I said. I said they have no reason to complain about not being ranked this year.
(10-28-2012 04:18 PM)MaddDawgz02 Wrote: [ -> ](10-28-2012 04:17 PM)thxjoenovak Wrote: [ -> ](10-28-2012 04:15 PM)HuskieFan84 Wrote: [ -> ]It's a matter of timing.. have no reason to complain about not being ranked this year.
Stop making sense.
I just disagree with you guys that NIU has no business ever being ranked. I know we should have gone 18-0 but how many other teams have to go 18-0? Look at NU, they can go 3-2 over a 5-week period and then beat an average Big 10 team and be nearly ranked again. I understand some adjustment has to be made for SOS, but not to that extreme. And especially that is true this year, when a Big 10 win has about the same value as a MAC win in terms of quality of opponent. What worries me is the trend, MAC teams are getting less and less credit through time and have already been separated out as sub-FBS by the media and AQ coaches. Take a look at BG in 2003, they lost 3 games and ended up #23. You think that could ever happen again? No way in hell.
(10-28-2012 04:23 PM)MaddDawgz02 Wrote: [ -> ](10-28-2012 04:22 PM)HuskieFan84 Wrote: [ -> ]has no business ever being ranked is not what I said. I said they have no reason to complain about not being ranked this year.
8 game winning streaks are not a reason to complain? How many exactly does NIU have to win a row to deserve consideration, 15? 20? 25?
(10-28-2012 04:34 PM)NIUHuskie Wrote: [ -> ](10-28-2012 04:18 PM)MaddDawgz02 Wrote: [ -> ](10-28-2012 04:17 PM)thxjoenovak Wrote: [ -> ](10-28-2012 04:15 PM)HuskieFan84 Wrote: [ -> ]It's a matter of timing.. have no reason to complain about not being ranked this year.
Stop making sense.
I just disagree with you guys that NIU has no business ever being ranked. I know we should have gone 18-0 but how many other teams have to go 18-0? Look at NU, they can go 3-2 over a 5-week period and then beat an average Big 10 team and be nearly ranked again. I understand some adjustment has to be made for SOS, but not to that extreme. And especially that is true this year, when a Big 10 win has about the same value as a MAC win in terms of quality of opponent. What worries me is the trend, MAC teams are getting less and less credit through time and have already been separated out as sub-FBS by the media and AQ coaches. Take a look at BG in 2003, they lost 3 games and ended up #23. You think that could ever happen again? No way in hell.
In 2003 Bowling Green lost to #4 Ohio State (by 7) and#10 Miami (twice)...you:bow:need to find another example
(10-28-2012 04:46 PM)NIUSox10 Wrote: [ -> ]To be ranked, you need to beat good opponents. Sadly, our SOS does not favor that this year, yet. Our only good win thus far is vs Ball State.
Iowa (Loss)
Tenn Martin (Win but FCS)
Army (Win, 1-7)
Kansas (Win, 1-7)
CMU (Win, 3-5)
BSU (Win, 6-3) <-- Our solid win for the season thus far, and only team with a winning record.
Buffalo (Win, 1-7)
Akron (Win, 1-7)
WMU (Win, 3-6)
How does this resume of an 8-1 record justify one of the top 25 teams in the country? Sure we have wins, and by a large margin, but our SOS is crap this year and the polls reflect that. If we woulda beat Iowa, this would be a different story. Beating teams and going on winning streaks does matter, but it takes longer to be recognized if our opponents are not considered to be quality opponents. Our next game vs UMASS will not help our SOS either...
(10-28-2012 04:51 PM)MaddDawgz02 Wrote: [ -> ](10-28-2012 04:46 PM)NIUSox10 Wrote: [ -> ]To be ranked, you need to beat good opponents. Sadly, our SOS does not favor that this year, yet. Our only good win thus far is vs Ball State.
Iowa (Loss)
Tenn Martin (Win but FCS)
Army (Win, 1-7)
Kansas (Win, 1-7)
CMU (Win, 3-5)
BSU (Win, 6-3) <-- Our solid win for the season thus far, and only team with a winning record.
Buffalo (Win, 1-7)
Akron (Win, 1-7)
WMU (Win, 3-6)
How does this resume of an 8-1 record justify one of the top 25 teams in the country? Sure we have wins, and by a large margin, but our SOS is crap this year and the polls reflect that. If we woulda beat Iowa, this would be a different story. Beating teams and going on winning streaks does matter, but it takes longer to be recognized if our opponents are not considered to be quality opponents. Our next game vs UMASS will not help our SOS either...
Therein lies the problem, what is perceived as strong and what is perceived as a weak schedule.
(10-28-2012 04:55 PM)MaddDawgz02 Wrote: [ -> ](10-28-2012 04:51 PM)MaddDawgz02 Wrote: [ -> ](10-28-2012 04:46 PM)NIUSox10 Wrote: [ -> ]To be ranked, you need to beat good opponents. Sadly, our SOS does not favor that this year, yet. Our only good win thus far is vs Ball State.
Iowa (Loss)
Tenn Martin (Win but FCS)
Army (Win, 1-7)
Kansas (Win, 1-7)
CMU (Win, 3-5)
BSU (Win, 6-3) <-- Our solid win for the season thus far, and only team with a winning record.
Buffalo (Win, 1-7)
Akron (Win, 1-7)
WMU (Win, 3-6)
How does this resume of an 8-1 record justify one of the top 25 teams in the country? Sure we have wins, and by a large margin, but our SOS is crap this year and the polls reflect that. If we woulda beat Iowa, this would be a different story. Beating teams and going on winning streaks does matter, but it takes longer to be recognized if our opponents are not considered to be quality opponents. Our next game vs UMASS will not help our SOS either...
Therein lies the problem, what is perceived as strong and what is perceived as a weak schedule.
Also NIUSox, here is another problem, NIU is apparently being penalized for losing 1 game to Iowa, and that wipes out the entire success of the whole season, YET...Northwestern beats Iowa and that gives them a monumental vote boost. Well if Iowa is that good where winning one game can turn NU into a top 25 team overnight, isnt 1 single loss to Iowa not a good enough reason for NIU's whole season to be ruined and locked out of the top 25. It is a double standard and rigged. Can you imagine if NU beat Rutgers, even if NU had 4 losses that would be ranked #20 today
(10-28-2012 04:58 PM)NIUHuskie Wrote: [ -> ](10-28-2012 04:55 PM)MaddDawgz02 Wrote: [ -> ](10-28-2012 04:51 PM)MaddDawgz02 Wrote: [ -> ](10-28-2012 04:46 PM)NIUSox10 Wrote: [ -> ]To be ranked, you need to beat good opponents. Sadly, our SOS does not favor that this year, yet. Our only good win thus far is vs Ball State.
Iowa (Loss)
Tenn Martin (Win but FCS)
Army (Win, 1-7)
Kansas (Win, 1-7)
CMU (Win, 3-5)
BSU (Win, 6-3) <-- Our solid win for the season thus far, and only team with a winning record.
Buffalo (Win, 1-7)
Akron (Win, 1-7)
WMU (Win, 3-6)
How does this resume of an 8-1 record justify one of the top 25 teams in the country? Sure we have wins, and by a large margin, but our SOS is crap this year and the polls reflect that. If we woulda beat Iowa, this would be a different story. Beating teams and going on winning streaks does matter, but it takes longer to be recognized if our opponents are not considered to be quality opponents. Our next game vs UMASS will not help our SOS either...
Therein lies the problem, what is perceived as strong and what is perceived as a weak schedule.
Also NIUSox, here is another problem, NIU is apparently being penalized for losing 1 game to Iowa, and that wipes out the entire success of the whole season, YET...Northwestern beats Iowa and that gives them a monumental vote boost. Well if Iowa is that good where winning one game can turn NU into a top 25 team overnight, isnt 1 single loss to Iowa not a good enough reason for NIU's whole season to be ruined and locked out of the top 25. It is a double standard and rigged. Can you imagine if NU beat Rutgers, even if NU had 4 losses that would be ranked #20 today
We would be top 25 if we had beat a bad Iowa team. But we lost so it will take a little longer.