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I'll probably loose all credibility with that schedule comment, lol

I did check sos and stanfords was rated quite a bit higher but not sure if that was rating full schedule or games played

Just to put some numbers to that.

Sagarin ranks Stanford's schedule (games played so far) as the #1 most difficult in the country with a rating of 83.05.
Roughly this means that Stanford's average opponent would be Sagarin rated as the #21 team in the country, between Florida and Baylor.

Sagarin ranks und's schedule as the #46 most difficult schedule in the country with a rating of 68.83.
Roughly, this means that und's average opponent would be Sagarin rated #69, between Duke and Army.

Sagarin says that Stanford's average opponent would beat und's average opponent by 14.2 points.

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Of course there are issues in und's favour at this point.

und has had a credible offense, whereas Stanford has not.

A couple of weeks ago, I would have said Stanford has had a good defense whereas und has not. However, over the past two weeks Stanford's defense collapsed - coinciding with the loss of our starting CBs.

und has two more losses, but the games were competitive. Stanford's losses were blowouts.


Both teams are coming limping into this game. Hard to predict a favorite under those circumstances.

[CTcard]

I'll probably loose all credibility with that schedule comment, lol

I did check sos and stanfords was rated quite a bit higher but not sure if that was rating full schedule or games played

Just to put some numbers to that.

Sagarin ranks Stanford's schedule (games played so far) as the #1 most difficult in the country with a rating of 83.05.
Roughly this means that Stanford's average opponent would be Sagarin rated as the #21 team in the country, between Florida and Baylor.

Sagarin ranks und's schedule as the #46 most difficult schedule in the country with a rating of 68.83.
Roughly, this means that und's average opponent would be Sagarin rated #69, between Duke and Army.

Sagarin says that Stanford's average opponent would beat und's average opponent by 14.2 points.

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Of course there are issues in und's favour at this point.

und has had a credible offense, whereas Stanford has not.

A couple of weeks ago, I would have said Stanford has had a good defense whereas und has not. However, over the past two weeks Stanford's defense collapsed - coinciding with the loss of our starting CBs.

und has two more losses, but the games were competitive. Stanford's losses were blowouts.


Both teams are coming limping into this game. Hard to predict a favorite under those circumstances.