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Dale · Sunday at 7:11 PM

MSU guy had us 6th last week and dropped us a spot (moved up Ole Miss). Same for Texas reporter.

Cuse reporter dropped us from 6 to 8. Keeping 1 loss OSU and LSU ahead of us.

New Mexico guy has us to 7. I don’t see a ballot for him from last week unless I’m blind.

OU guy kept us at 7.

So most of the same suspects. Cuse guy definitely thinks he’s did something with his ballot not punishing basically any “good” team for losing.

Dale · Sunday at 7:15 PM

Don’t exactly understand how Texas A&M is ranked with a double digit loss at home to Kentucky, an apparently unranked team with the same 2 - 1 record

Ndaccountant · Sunday at 7:19 PM

Auburn guy doesnt have BYU ranked.

stlnd01 · Sunday at 7:33 PM

Dale said:
Don’t exactly understand how Texas A&M is ranked with a double digit loss at home to Kentucky, an apparently unranked team with the same 2 - 1 record

People are voting based purely off the NIL budget rankings that The Athletic published this week?

Huntr · Sunday at 8:35 PM

That Cuse writer often has a jacked up ballot. I started noticing it last year.

ulukinatme · Sunday at 11:45 PM

And we have like...40 rivalry trophies :laugh:

Dale · Monday at 10:02 AM

Jimmy3Putt · Monday at 11:20 AM

Does anyone else struggle to understand these graphs?

*asking for a friend.

GrangerIrish24 · Monday at 12:20 PM

Jimmy3Putt said:
Does anyone else struggle to understand these graphs?

*asking for a friend.

Dale · Monday at 12:22 PM

Jimmy3Putt said:
Does anyone else struggle to understand these graphs?

*asking for a friend.

Good pass offense, good pass defense, good run defense, average run offense

Old Man Mike · Monday at 3:03 PM

For me, the graphs are an interesting concept but are dependent upon data input as are all graphs. In my opinion, we're WAY to early to think that we have good data to create these. So -- I'd just view them as fantasy fun, and maybe a small element of what media-style people will be thinking/saying when they close their minds and open their mouths.

.... and it will be interesting to see how that Nittany lion stays so far up into the good zone on everything. (I believe the the ex-ISU coach is underrated by IE, but ...... )

NDIrishMan1964 · Monday at 4:30 PM

Came across this on social and thought some of you might find it interesting.

sixstar · Monday at 4:40 PM

I only expect 4 of those guys to show. Aneyas will probably get stopped trying to get through the door.

Huntr · Monday at 4:46 PM

Old Man Mike said:
For me, the graphs are an interesting concept but are dependent upon data input as are all graphs. In my opinion, we're WAY to early to think that we have good data to create these. So -- I'd just view them as fantasy fun, and maybe a small element of what media-style people will be thinking/saying when they close their minds and open their mouths.

.... and it will be interesting to see how that Nittany lion stays so far up into the good zone on everything. (I believe the the ex-ISU coach is underrated by IE, but ...... )

The graphs are simply telling you what has happened so far.

Old Man Mike · Monday at 5:07 PM

Yeh, duh. But they also yell at the graph readers to begin coming to opinions about their teams (otherwise there'd be no incentive for the click creators to make them.) My post is to say, OK, fun, but nothing close to real yet.

Dale · Monday at 5:18 PM

MOAR Graphs

1/2 is this is of course, part of the answer to the Denbrock/Carr complaints. We don’t run enough good/explosive plays for many’s liking but we really avoid negative ones at an elite clip under Carr’s tenure

Huntr · Monday at 5:34 PM

Old Man Mike said:
Yeh, duh. But they also yell at the graph readers to begin coming to opinions about their teams (otherwise there'd be no incentive for the click creators to make them.) My post is to say, OK, fun, but nothing close to real yet.

We're a quarter of the way through the season. That's ridiculous.

SportsingHard · Monday at 5:58 PM

Old Man Mike said:
Yeh, duh. But they also yell at the graph readers to begin coming to opinions about their teams (otherwise there'd be no incentive for the click creators to make them.) My post is to say, OK, fun, but nothing close to real yet.

The data is real and the yelling in your head is imaginary.

402puck · Monday at 6:00 PM

Dale said:
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MOAR Graphs

1/2 is this is of course, part of the answer to the Denbrock/Carr complaints. We don’t run enough good/explosive plays for many’s liking but we really avoid negative ones at an elite clip under Carr’s tenure

God that's so sexy

SeekNDestroy · Monday at 6:14 PM

Huntr said:
We're a quarter of the way through the season. That's ridiculous.

Nope. 1 more game. 😉

BigErnMcCracken · Monday at 6:18 PM

Old Man Mike said:
Yeh, duh. But they also yell at the graph readers to begin coming to opinions about their teams (otherwise there'd be no incentive for the click creators to make them.) My post is to say, OK, fun, but nothing close to real yet.

You are grumpy these days.

Huntr · Monday at 6:35 PM

SeekNDestroy said:
Nope. 1 more game. 😉

Crazy Balki · Monday at 6:38 PM

Dale said:
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MOAR Graphs

1/2 is this is of course, part of the answer to the Denbrock/Carr complaints. We don’t run enough good/explosive plays for many’s liking but we really avoid negative ones at an elite clip under Carr’s tenure

TF is North Carolina doing on the good side of offensive havoc? They've played 2 games against FBS opponents and are averaging 17.5 points in those games. Hell, they didn't look good against East Tennessee State.

Old Man Mike · Monday at 8:00 PM

Don't know why I bother (just trying to give the site a little addition now and then) but the statistical point is: we have graphs based upon essentially THREE data points. Three is lousy. It means that any collective of three having one outlier of any major sort (which early in a season is very likely) skews the (in this case) "placement of the logo" WAY off. The "data" in a sense are true, but the statistical accuracy towards any assumptions is probably NOT true. --- but hell, who cares? right. Just another attempt at a helpful comment rejected. The comment that the "graphs are simply telling you what has happened" is the definition of "graphs." But they don't necessarily with three data points tell you much about the teams. ... yet.

Dale · Monday at 8:11 PM

If it makes anyone feel better I’ll post “Take it for what’s it worth” every time I post something before week 12 of the season

OMM,

TIFWIW

zelezo vlk · Monday at 9:41 PM

Dale said:
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MOAR Graphs

1/2 is this is of course, part of the answer to the Denbrock/Carr complaints. We don’t run enough good/explosive plays for many’s liking but we really avoid negative ones at an elite clip under Carr’s tenure

Is this saying New Mexico had a top 5 havoc rate against the fighting Mateers?

Old Man Mike · 2026-09-22T10:19:10-0400

I love those graphs, Dale. Much fun --- all in my own head or not. Please keep doing them.

Your suggestion (don't know if you were serious) is spot on for me, so TIFWIW is the mantra for me.
(It will be exceptionally nice if any "objector" pays any attention to it, admittedly.)

jerseyborn1971 · 2026-09-22T10:30:55-0400

ulukinatme said:
And we have like...40 rivalry trophies

Technically, UCF does too. we own the War on I-4 trophy from USF and the "Civil War" trophy from our beloved Bob Diaco's time at UCONN. The trophy we said we didn't want and then left on the field after the last time we beat them because even the team didn't realize it was thing.

FOTY977 · 2026-09-22T12:12:09-0400

jerseyborn1971 said:
Technically, UCF does too. we own the War on I-4 trophy from USF and the "Civil War" trophy from our beloved Bob Diaco's time at UCONN. The trophy we said we didn't want and then left on the field after the last time we beat them because even the team didn't realize it was thing.

Civil ConFLiCT was phenomenal. I believe the trophy remains missing to this day.

Dale · 2026-09-22T13:53:59-0400

Up to #2 in FEI

Basically half pre-season, half 2026 in their rating now

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