Jerry Palm
Jerry Palm
battle closer number three
The battle for number three is a lot closer than the battle for number two right now.
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It worked out pretty well. We're going to get one of the most anticipated games in quite a while.
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They are going to need to get higher in the polls than ninth or 10th, however that happens. Either teams ahead of them need to lose, or the pollsters would need to help them out.
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It's a paper-thin margin. It's irrelevant, because Virginia Tech is not going to catch Southern Cal and they have a faint hope of catching Texas. Virginia Tech isn't going to catch Southern Cal before they (the Trojans) catch Texas.
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It's a nonevent. If you have to write 1,000 words on this, I feel for you.
based four losing losses road strength
It's all pretty much based on strength of schedule. Another thing you have to look at is all four of Pitt's losses have been on the road. In the new RPI formula, losing on the road is useful.
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The regular-season championship is going to mean something. Say Temple, Saint Joseph's or Xavier wins it, then that team plus George Washington could get in.
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What it means is that you can't simply trust conference records to be a method of evaluating teams in the same conference. Everybody in that league will get a chance to play some good teams at some point, but not all 8-8's are the same.
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The poll margin is enormous. Virginia Tech would have to be two spots ahead of Texas in the computers to get close. They need to hope those poll margins erode.
beat care collection nice terrible wins
They have a pretty nice collection of wins and no terrible losses. So if they take care of business, they could still be a No. 2 (seed), even if they don't beat Illinois.
bid given three
They haven?t given a bid to a (team that finished) 3-7 in three years.
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Albany is a good candidate for that game as well. Also, the committee knows about everyone's injuries and those are a consideration.
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You're already seeing signs that Virginia Tech is catching Texas.
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You never want to be stuck in the middle, but I don't see them falling much further than that. They hurt themselves by losing two of their last three games, but their RPI is strong at 30 and they did a lot of great things this season.