Re: Sagarin Predictor rulezzz!
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Not sure how anyone could favor a method other than figuring out who is the best team if it can't be determined on the field.
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Since the object of football is to win, that is all that should be considered when awarding championships. The fact that Team A won by 100, and team B won by 1 may indicate that Team A would be more likely to win if these two teams were to play head to head, but it shouldn't give them more claim to a championship. (Both teams met their goal of winning the game).
If you want to use points, then I would recomend setting confenence standings based on net points, not wins and losses. Also there should be no stigma toward running up the score (in fact it should be aplauded).
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Well, clearly if one team has zero losses and another team has one loss, and they both played comparable schedules, the zero loss team should make the championship game regardless of how close their games are. But, if three teams are undefeated, with similar schedules, and two teams blow everyone out and another team keeps most of their games within one score, I don't see how margin of victory isn't important in that sense. Of course, this all assumes a flawed BCS style championship game, not a true playoff which actually decides it on the field, which I am completely in support of.
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