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Teejers, citing Sagarin in a year when the conferences weren’t connected is silly.

BC

You could be right (or directionally right), though it begs the question why did Sagarin even bother to compile rankings if it was silly to do so?

Regardless, did you watch Michigan play that season?  (I assume you watched 4-2 Stanford.
If so, which team do you think was better that year?

Sagarin published his rankings because USA Today pays him to do so.

I watched Michigan last year.  I also watched Stanford go on a months long road trip where they were practicing in public parks and go 4-0 in that span.  I saw them show incredible grit that doesn’t get captured by Sagarin ratings (and, that was sadly missing this year).  Put Michigan through that gauntlet and then ask me what the eye test says… because the Michigan team I watched them struggle to beat Rutgers in overtime, lose to a Michigan state team whose only other win was against Northwestern and get waxed by Wisconsin.

BC

[BostonCard]

Teejers, citing Sagarin in a year when the conferences weren’t connected is silly.

BC

You could be right (or directionally right), though it begs the question why did Sagarin even bother to compile rankings if it was silly to do so?

Regardless, did you watch Michigan play that season?  (I assume you watched 4-2 Stanford.
If so, which team do you think was better that year?

Sagarin published his rankings because USA Today pays him to do so.

I watched Michigan last year.  I also watched Stanford go on a months long road trip where they were practicing in public parks and go 4-0 in that span.  I saw them show incredible grit that doesn’t get captured by Sagarin ratings (and, that was sadly missing this year).  Put Michigan through that gauntlet and then ask me what the eye test says… because the Michigan team I watched them struggle to beat Rutgers in overtime, lose to a Michigan state team whose only other win was against Northwestern and get waxed by Wisconsin.

BC