[washingtonismoney]

My big annoyance is that people are still using "conference strength" as a meaningful analytical tool. The lesson of GREATEST NONCONFERENCE SCHEDULE EVER, ultimately, is -- this year, at least* -- the conferences are pretty close! Given that that's the case, you ought to assess teams as teams, not as conference-members.

* (In fact I have a sneaking suspicion that conferences were always pretty close! They simply didn't play frequently enough to establish it.)

[washingtonismoney]

My big annoyance is that people are still using "conference strength" as a meaningful analytical tool. The lesson of GREATEST NONCONFERENCE SCHEDULE EVER, ultimately, is -- this year, at least* -- the conferences are pretty close! Given that that's the case, you ought to assess teams as teams, not as conference-members.

* (In fact I have a sneaking suspicion that conferences were always pretty close! They simply didn't play frequently enough to establish it.)