Originally posted by GenoBong Hey ggezhb, what if you smoothed the results a bit by taking all these crazy blowouts against gutted or rebuilding teams and maybe cap the points for/against total at 49 before calculating that difference?
I think that might make the results a bit more normal.
well the amount of credit you get as the winner is already very well adjusted for. basically the teams that have played the wildcats are getting almost zero credit for that win even if they won 200-0
the big flaw in the system in regards to dealing with these blowouts is actually the 2nd level strength of schedule. a team that did win 200-0 will look like a very tough opponent on other teams' schedule.
anyway this effect goes away pretty quickly as you play more games.. that and i really don't feel like spending the time to proof it against 200-0 games.. they just shouldn't be happening!