I haven’t searched every schedule but there are surely many teams who only play three ranked opponents a year.
I’m not talking about being ranked. Im talking about being a top 25 team. If you can’t best the average peer then you aren’t the average peer. It’s the definition.
You have me confused on this distinction as well. How do you measure what a “Top 25” team is except for the rankings?
Could have just said Tennessee this past year. 0-3 vs top 25 (end of season rankings) and lost to us. Which is the prefect example of a team that did nothing to earn their ranking, but they were highly ranked because of the prior year so they just hung around.
Humans typically rank but record which is incredibly flawed. I don’t care about those rankings Various computer models do a much better job dealing with schedule disparities. We can easily win 7 and be a top 25 team in good computer models but not ranked by humans. Or think something like power rankings or Vegas rankings. They also care little about record.
Agree to an extent. Those models can be just as slow to adjust to on field results. Preceived super talented teams will remain highly rated until the negative results overcome that weighting. Wothout every team playing eachother on neutral fields it's a best guess process. Even then injuries can significantly skew results.
Hmmn, Spurrier lost to Miami by 10 points the only time the Gators played them while he was Florida's coach. To add insult to injury, in 2003 Zook had us leading 33 -10 deep into the 3rd quarter. But then we allowed Spurrier's QB recruit Brock Berlin, who had transferred to the 'Canes, to lead a comeback by scoring 23 unanswered!
UF better "Forget" the schedule and consider there is one game and one game only in 2024. Miami. Nothing else matters. IMO, arguably the biggest opener in recent history, maybe ever. I posted this previously. The losing coach, IMO, is probably done, unless the loser rattles off some big win streak which is unlikely, especially UF, with our schedule. Me? I'm hoping UF beats them down so bad that another "lay-down" to help a Gator get an NCAA record, would be....... well, satisfying! lol
That dude is an idiot if he thinks UF only wins two games next season, regardless of how difficult the schedule appears today. But, in the event of such a catastrophe, I am morbidly curious how the “Napier gets five seasons no matter what!” crowd would justify not terminating him.
I’m someone. I believe it’s an option in the event of catastrophe. And I believe 2-10 (that guy’s prediction, not mine) would make it a guarantee.
Agree with both points. Where we diverge is what that number is. I say it’s seven or bust for him after the last two seasons. He needs to show he can do it. The doubts are manifesting.
One day you’ll realize that crowd has about as much control over who gets fired and who doesn’t as you do. You’re both wasting your time.