Source:
https://www.goodbullhunting.com/2018/9/4...sery-index
The Fan Misery Index (FMI) uses a simple integer scale of 1 to 9 to measure how much suffering each teams fans are experiencing through the course of a season.
The two most important concepts to understand are:
1) Generally speaking, fans of good teams are just as miserable as the fans of bad teams. This is because of Football Satan’s right-hand man, a foul demon known only as “Expectations”.
2) Football is pain and the base emotion is misery, so all teams start off the season in the Third Circle.
A Team's Fans go UP a level if they:
- beat their rival
- put together a 3 game win streak
- put together a 5 game win streak
- are unranked and beat a ranked team
- are ranked and beat a team ranked higher than them
- beat a P5 team by 21 points or more
- make the college football playoff
A Team's Fans go DOWN a level if they:
- lose to their rival
- put together a 3 game losing streak
- put together a 5 game losing streak
- are ranked and lose to an unranked team
- lose to any FCS opponent
- lose any game by 21 points or more
- fail to become bowl eligible
This site is only tracking P5 teams, so I will do my best to track our conference. If you have any suggestions to tailor to our level, let me know.
We start at Level 3 out of 9. The higher the number, the more miserable we are (think 9 circles of hell).
Level 2:
Marshall (beat their rival Miami Ohio)
North Texas (beat their rival SMU)
Level 3:
Charlotte
FIU
La Tech
UAB
USM
Level 4:
FAU (lost by 21 or more)
MTSU (lost by 21 or more)
ODU (lost by 21 or more)
Rice (lost to their rival Houston)
UTEP (lost to FCS opponent)
UTSA (lost by 21 or more)
WKU (lost by 21 or more)