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TargetMost8136 t1_jagx2c6 wrote

Reply to comment by DowntownScore2773 in [OC] - Which College Football Programs have been the Most Successful? by jonesjeffum

Definitely disagree with you on that one. People care a lot more about a 10-2 power 5 team than an 11-1 group of 5 team. There’s definitely bias in the AP25 rankings but it’s a decent measurement imo, definitely compared to wins or conference championships. The latter would show the most dominant team per conference, not necessarily the best college football programs of all time

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DowntownScore2773 t1_jagzpjy wrote

I didn’t say they cared about the schools. The good thing about numbers that are quantifiable is that they don’t care about opinions. The title of the chart is Which College Football Programs have been the most successful? Most successful at what? Winning? That’s not reflected in the chart. That chart shows what programs have been ranked the highest in the AP poll and it weights the playoff selection over the AP poll where there are conflicts. The AP is associated with the mythical National Championship and there is a reason the BCS relied on other polls as well to select the teams that played in the “championship game.” That was so controversial that it resulted in us finally getting a 4 team playoff which was controversial so we got a larger, fairer playoff. So, either the title of the chart needs to change or the data inputs and weighting needs to change.

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CDay007 t1_jahgq1o wrote

Everyone knows it’s impossible to do two things well

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DowntownScore2773 t1_jahmq95 wrote

Sorry, what two things are you referencing?

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CDay007 t1_jahszll wrote

Damn I replied to the wrong comment sorry 😂 I meant to reply to someone who said all the schools are failures because college should be about education and not sports

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DowntownScore2773 t1_jahv94n wrote

Hahaha. No problem at all. I couldn’t tell if you were agreeing or arguing. It all makes sense now.

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