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Lol better than a team they lost to. What a joke.

See but that's using MARGIN of Victory. How does that prove a 9-1 team is better than a 10-0 team. There is the fault in the math. Sure the breakers are a tough good team, nobody is slighting them that, but the fact remains that the record is the key. Sure I know a team could have one off day and blow a perfect season. (cough PATS COUGH) But they had been ranked that year as the best team in the NFL as they were undefeated until the superbowl.

There's a strategy to how WE play our games. We don't just go for the big win. Our coaches want us all to build to become better. They are concerned about the whole picture and not just about five or six players, that if injuries were in play in this version of the beta would kill our team if we lost them. Do the Heels have their superstar players? Yes, we do. IS my player one of them? No, but he does his part, he gets play time in and he earns his exp and levels up. He's now a level 28 TE, he hasn't been as prolific this year with receptions, but he stepped it up in tackles and pancakes. what alot of teams go for now is the we want superstar players that play hard. Well when the injuries come into play (when ever Bort gets around to it) I think we are going to see a bunch of teams that were power houses because of four or five guys ending up hurting because something happens to one of two of them.

You want to list the Breakers as the number one team in the league because they posted more points on the teams they beat that's fine.. What I'm saying is an undefeated team always has more clout in the REAL world than a team that has a loss... records mean just as much as margin of victory. At the end of the day it's the win loss tally that the sports writers look at not how many points who beat who by.

great job jimo, i love it.

Originally posted by jimo2305
rofl some of y'all are taking this way outta proportion..

to whatever idiot up there was saying some hooplah about 'omg looka the records and we're still below.. obviously doesnt know how power rankings work..'

if power rankings were about records.. then whats the point of even looking at other factors..

the team on top only lost 1 game.. and guess who they lost to.. the tarheels..
those 200 point games on offense and shutouts on defense really helped their cause..

and on top of that.. earlier i noted it still surprised me how austin came up on top.. obviously it surprised u too.. then even you answered whyt hey came out ont op.. you said u were testing strategies against the cupcake teams and weren't intent on blowing them outta the water..

there's no way to measure amount of strategy being used.. sorry.. yea of course it's like the BCS.. these rankings take into amount the margin of victory, the amount of wins, the amount of poitns scored, the amount of points allowed, and the strength of teams faced before, being the heaviest weighted..

but hey.. who says you have to believe my power rankings? they're mine not yours.. read the title of the thread

And weren't a majority of the coaches pissed in the BCS,. Isn't that why they were calling for a Championship Series instead of using power rankings a few years ago? So why use a formula even real coaches don't like. Just seems like a way to stir the pot. I know you want to treat this like real football, and do all the fun neat stuff like this that Sports pundents do, but you also have to be ready for the backlash and controversy like they receive. I feel my team is the best in the leauge this year, and I'm gonna help them prove it. You know there's only one way to do that... and that's win the championship. That is the only way to truly find the number one team in the leauge... The rankings are fun and all, but don't mean anything as they are just numbers you plugged in to a formula similar to one thast pissed real football coaches off.....

And now I'm done.

Originally posted by jimo2305
rofl some of y'all are taking this way outta proportion..

to whatever idiot up there was saying some hooplah about 'omg looka the records and we're still below.. obviously doesnt know how power rankings work..'

if power rankings were about records.. then whats the point of even looking at other factors..

the team on top only lost 1 game.. and guess who they lost to.. the tarheels..
those 200 point games on offense and shutouts on defense really helped their cause..

and on top of that.. earlier i noted it still surprised me how austin came up on top.. obviously it surprised u too.. then even you answered whyt hey came out ont op.. you said u were testing strategies against the cupcake teams and weren't intent on blowing them outta the water..

there's no way to measure amount of strategy being used.. sorry.. yea of course it's like the BCS.. these rankings take into amount the margin of victory, the amount of wins, the amount of poitns scored, the amount of points allowed, and the strength of teams faced before, being the heaviest weighted..

but hey.. who says you have to believe my power rankings? they're mine not yours.. read the title of the thread

the strength of teams faced before, being the heaviest weighted.. how in gods green earth can you say that, the tarheels beat the top two teams in the division going into this season. Everyone thought Austin and Anchorage were going to battle it out for the conference championship. So the weight isnt that heavy on strength of teams faced.

Also I did a little research and you are correct we are not the top ranked team in a "power" rankings but you know what austin isnt either. I only did your top 3 and Louisville is number one followed by austin and then the tarheels. And the margin was well over 50 points. The formual I used is how texas ranks high school teams, and they put a premium on points scored as well.

So I agree with you that the Tarheels are not the top team but I bet some of your other teams may be higher or lower as well.

Try this formula on for size:
[(Avg score x 6)+(high score+low score)x2]+[(Win%x200)x2]/10

Originally posted by dmaxwell
Lol better than a team they lost to. What a joke.

Originally posted by Aaddron
AT THIS POINT:

Good Day Sir!

^ yea i was ready for the backlash.. lol i even backlashed myself.. when i first saw the rankings.. even after i posted it and went to work the following day.. i was thinking 'man those rankings are gonna tick off some people..' i know what to expect.. wasnt born yesterday..

as a matter of fact:

i thought the tarheels were gonna take the cake at the top..

i thought the chupacabras were gonna be higher..

the richmond empire is even ahead of my team..

but the math isn't solely based on margin of victory..

this isn't power rankings in depth..
i dont scout every game and look for efficiency ratings or whatever..
i don't go look for who subbed who when in what quarter when they were down by how much..

what the power rankings do is take the averages of 5 different elements.. hey im sure in another version of power rankings.. teams may be ranked a little different.. but that all depends on what formula they used isn't it?

in the BCS bowl.. you'd have jason white's sooners get trucked by matt leinart's trojans.. you'd have troy smith's buckeys get murdered by the gators.. and u ask yourself? isnt that a little flawed? then again it's the same bowl that pit up young's longhorns vs. bush's trojans and the sooners vs. the tigers.. so seriously pick a side..

it's the first power rankings of the season.. more games need to be played

Originally posted by ajkj36

I only did your top 3 and Louisville is number one followed by austin and then the tarheels.

I agree with you on that. You can believe me or not when I say this but I was thinking about saying Louisville was number one when you asked me if I feel Beakers were the best but went with "but I can't say who's the best at this point in the season."

If I had to put it it would be like this:

Louisville
austin
tarheels

If the Tarheels do really good against LA then depending how Louisville does:

Louisville
Tarheels
Austin

Its a close race and one game could change everything.

I think everyone can agree its to early to tell. But there fun the read.

All my comments were based on power ranking not records, playoff seeds whatever.

TEXAS TARHEELS

09/21/2008 *Austin Breakers W 34-24
09/23/2008 *Anchorage Vikings W 40-16
09/25/2008 at Cullowhee Catamounts W 171-0
09/27/2008 Gardner Paraplegics W 236-0
09/29/2008 at Chicago Whodat's W 31-26
10/01/2008 Amish Farmers W 80-16
10/03/2008 at Texas Two Step W 149-7
10/05/2008 Phoenix Scorpions W 73-23
10/07/2008 at Big Money Dynasty W 113-0
10/09/2008 Wellsboro Crawling ChaosW 178-0

AUSTIN BREAKERS
09/21/2008 at Texas Tarheels L 24-34
09/23/2008 Cullowhee Catamounts W 206-0
09/25/2008 at Gardner Paraplegics W 255-0
09/27/2008 Chicago Whodat's W 42-16
09/29/2008 at Amish Farmers W 70-17
10/01/2008 Texas Two Step W 159-0
10/03/2008 at Phoenix Scorpions W 83-6
10/05/2008 Big Money Dynasty W 104-0
10/07/2008 at Wellsboro Crawling ChaosW 220-0
10/09/2008 LA Chupacabras W 22-3


texas tarheels face tuff team austin.. yay they beat 'em
texas tarheels face tuff team anchorage.. yay they beat 'em
who else do they face? let's look at the records..
cullowhee - 2 - 8
gardner - 1 - 9
chicago 6 - 4
amish - 7 - 3
phx 5 - 5
big money d ynasty 1 - 9
wellsborough 2 - 8

a whopping: 24 - 46 record

lets look at austin.. to be fair.. lets take off their 2 toughest opponents.. texas tarheels and la chupacabras

cullowhee 2 - 8
gardner 1 - 9
chicago 6 - 5
amish 7 - 3
phx 5 - 5
big money 1 - 9
wellsborough 2 - 8

guess what? the same teams! 24 - 26 record

nowwww look at how badly austin beat the same opponents tarheels faced..

when they both faced cullowhee:
austin dropped 206, and gave up 0 pts
tarheels? 171 to 0

when they both faced gardner:
austin - 255 to 0
tarheels? 236 to 0

vs chicago?
austin - 42- 16
tarheels? 31 - 26

do we see where this is going? it's pretty much like that down the list.. yess.. you do have the better record.. but the amount of points and points allowed per game made them overcome the hump..

once again.. this doesnt say you're actually better than one team or another.. there is still games to be played..

I'm the DC of the Red Bank Thundercats. Was I surprised that these rankings have us listed at #4 when we have a perfect record? Yes. Am I pissed? No.

With the BCS, I can understand teams being upset, because it has a real effect on whether they get an opportunity to play for the championship or not. These rankings don't have that effect. So what is there to be pissed about? If you think the rankings are flawed, prove them wrong on the field. You have that opportunity. If you want to use these rankings as bulletin board material to pump up your team, fine. But bitching about it here just makes you look like a punk and a cry baby.

Sorry to be so harsh. But a lot of the comments that have been made already are unduly harsh. Jimo put a lot of work into doing this for our entertainment. And I appreciate that effort. If you don't agree with them, fine. But don't be a jerk about it. Shut up and prove them wrong on the field, or put forth the effort to make your own.

You guys that are getting upset are taking things a little too seriously. These are power rankings, and do not reflect the overall record. Just ask Brick how long it took for his Oakland team to get to the #1 spot in his rankings last year.. I think it was around week 12. Power rankings are based on points scored and other things, so if you aren't at the top of the list, it just means that you haven't played enough weak teams, or that you haven't scored enough points on the teams you have played. It has nothing to do with who is going to win the championship this year. If you don't like the rankings, don't read them. If your team prefers to use backups when you play cupcake teams, then don't take these rankings seriously.

Jimo, I think you are doing a fine job. Keep it up.

Like kcfdx said above me, you don't see anyone from Red Bank getting upset over being #4 on the list. We know we are the top team in the East right now, and we know that Power rankings do not mean that we aren't going to the championship this season. Once we see how the rankings shape out in week 16, we can argue about the validity of these rankings. Until then, don't take it so seriously. These are meant to be fun, and for the majority of us, they are.

Originally posted by KrackMan
Jimo, I think you are doing a fine job. Keep it up.

I agree.

I hope cooler heads have finally prevailed and everyone has calmed down a little bit.

Looking at the power rankings i am impressed at the work Jimo did and its all in good fun.

I got a great group of guys who are really passionate about our team and it seems to me that you guys all feel the same way about your teams so anything where we start the "My team is better then yours" is always a slippery slope to go down.

Lets all agree to disagre and close this thread and move on...

Remeber - were from the conference that is better then all that.. were from the 7 for crying out loud !!!!

Jimo - keep up the good work and I look forward to reading your next posting.

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thank u guys

Originally posted by ajkj36
Friendly Challenge Cleveland??

I don't see where wwe got involved but sure why not? Looks to be closely matched enough and should be a good game and a way to test for the playoffs.