CAA is back!

[vutomcat]

Proud as you should be. You are one of the few teams nationally that would have had a winning record in the CAA this year. There are not many others.

there are 3 or 4 teams from the BSC alone that would have.

Not this year. Which teams were you referring to?

[kalm]

there are 3 or 4 teams from the BSC alone that would have.

Not this year. Which teams were you referring to?

Poly
SUU
UM
MSU
EWU
NAU

[vutomcat]

Proud as you should be. You are one of the few teams nationally that would have had a winning record in the CAA this year. There are not many others.

Lehigh?
Fordham?
Gardner Webb?
Brown?
Duquesne?
Central Conn St?

Griz- none of those teams are in the CAA. You guys should just drop the replies if this the kind of responses you come up with. Just let us gloat on the superiority of the CAA. Your refutations are futile.

[kalm]

Lehigh?
Fordham?
Gardner Webb?
Brown?
Duquesne?
Central Conn St?

SELA'S
SHSU
McNeese
NDSU
SDSU
SIU
UNI
Samford
JSU
EIU
CCU
Fordham


Do I need to go on


Griz- none of those teams are in the CAA. You guys should just drop the replies if this the kind of responses you come up with. Just let us gloat on the superiority of the CAA. Your refutations are futile.

[vutomcat]

Not this year. Which teams were you referring to?

Poly
SUU
UM
MSU
EWU
NAU[/quote


You don't even believe that.

[kalm]

Poly
SUU
UM
MSU
EWU
NAU[/quote


You don't even believe that.

Why wouldn't I?

[vutomcat]

Poly
SUU
UM
MSU
EWU
NAU[/quote


You don't even believe that.

Why wouldn't I?

For starters, Monatana State and Poly didn't make the tourney from a weaker conference. Montana, SUU and N. Az got smacked in the mouth in the first round and even Montana lost the first game they played.

Not much of a resume to make your argument.

[89Hen]

Pretty good Kalm, but you're not ready to take me on yet.

[kalm]

Pretty good Kalm, but you're not ready to take me on yet.

[Gil Dobie]

Well, they are still back, back behind the MVFC.

16 MISSOURI VALLEY (AA)= 59.04 58.99 ( 16) 10 58.79 ( 17)
17 COLONIAL (AA)= 58.71 57.77 ( 18) 11 58.79 ( 16)
18 SUN BELT (A) = 58.46 57.62 ( 19) 8 58.08 ( 19)
19 MAC-EAST (A) = 58.27 58.05 ( 17) 7 58.40 ( 18)
20 CONFERENCE USA-EAST (A) = 57.65 56.59 ( 20) 7 57.95 ( 20)
21 OHIO VALLEY (AA)= 52.73 52.25 ( 21) 9 52.77 ( 21)
22 SOUTHLAND (AA)= 51.43 51.69 ( 22) 8 51.55 ( 22)
23 IVY LEAGUE (AA)= 49.86 48.14 ( 23) 8 50.04 ( 23)
24 SOUTHERN (AA)= 48.44 47.88 ( 24) 9 48.17 ( 24)
25 BIG SOUTH (AA)= 47.31 47.66 ( 25) 6 47.30 ( 25)
26 BIG SKY (AA)= 47.02 47.11 ( 26) 13 47.15 ( 26)
27 PATRIOT (AA)= 45.61 45.34 ( 27) 7 45.55 ( 27)
28 I-AA INDEPENDENTS (AA)= 41.84 41.18 ( 28) 6 41.96 ( 28)
29 NORTHEAST (AA)= 40.81 40.86 ( 29) 7 40.77 ( 29)
30 MID-EASTERN (AA)= 39.29 39.94 ( 30) 11 39.48 ( 30)
31 SWAC-EAST (AA)= 34.32 33.40 ( 31) 5 33.93 ( 31)
32 SWAC-WEST (AA)= 27.34 27.42 ( 32) 5 27.32 ( 32)
33 PIONEER (AA)= 26.86 25.98 ( 33) 12 27.30 ( 33)
34 ***UNRATED*** (__)= -90.00 -90.00 ( 34) 1 -90.00 ( 34)

According to Sagarin

[93henfan]

Well, they are still back, back behind the MVFC.

16 MISSOURI VALLEY (AA)= 59.04 58.99 ( 16) 10 58.79 ( 17)
17 COLONIAL (AA)= 58.71 57.77 ( 18) 11 58.79 ( 16)
18 SUN BELT (A) = 58.46 57.62 ( 19) 8 58.08 ( 19)
19 MAC-EAST (A) = 58.27 58.05 ( 17) 7 58.40 ( 18)
20 CONFERENCE USA-EAST (A) = 57.65 56.59 ( 20) 7 57.95 ( 20)
21 OHIO VALLEY (AA)= 52.73 52.25 ( 21) 9 52.77 ( 21)
22 SOUTHLAND (AA)= 51.43 51.69 ( 22) 8 51.55 ( 22)
23 IVY LEAGUE (AA)= 49.86 48.14 ( 23) 8 50.04 ( 23)
24 SOUTHERN (AA)= 48.44 47.88 ( 24) 9 48.17 ( 24)
25 BIG SOUTH (AA)= 47.31 47.66 ( 25) 6 47.30 ( 25)
26 BIG SKY (AA)= 47.02 47.11 ( 26) 13 47.15 ( 26)
27 PATRIOT (AA)= 45.61 45.34 ( 27) 7 45.55 ( 27)
28 I-AA INDEPENDENTS (AA)= 41.84 41.18 ( 28) 6 41.96 ( 28)
29 NORTHEAST (AA)= 40.81 40.86 ( 29) 7 40.77 ( 29)
30 MID-EASTERN (AA)= 39.29 39.94 ( 30) 11 39.48 ( 30)
31 SWAC-EAST (AA)= 34.32 33.40 ( 31) 5 33.93 ( 31)
32 SWAC-WEST (AA)= 27.34 27.42 ( 32) 5 27.32 ( 32)
33 PIONEER (AA)= 26.86 25.98 ( 33) 12 27.30 ( 33)
34 ***UNRATED*** (__)= -90.00 -90.00 ( 34) 1 -90.00 ( 34)

According to Sagarin

That's rich. Ivy three spots better than Big Sky?

I'll just stop there. Sagarin!

[kalm]

Well, they are still back, back behind the MVFC.



According to Sagarin

That's rich. Ivy three spots better than Big Sky?

I'll just stop there. Sagarin!

No shit...and the Big South OVC, and Southern.

[93henfan]

That's rich. Ivy three spots better than Big Sky?

I'll just stop there. Sagarin!

No shit...and the Big South OVC, and Southern.

Gotta love computer rankings.

[Grizalltheway]

A chimp picking conferences at random would be a more accurate ranking than Saragin.

[Gil Dobie]

Fox Sports is even better, CAA #4

1. Missouri Valley
2. Big Sky
3. Southern Conference
4. CAA Football
5. Southland Conference
6. Ohio Valley Conference
7. Patriot League
8. Ivy League
9. Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
10. Big South
11. Northeast Conference
12. Southwestern Athletic Conference
13. Pioneer Football League

[Gil Dobie]

GPI similar to Sagarin

Rank, League, Total Average
1. Missouri Valley Football Conference (27.11)
2. Colonial Athletic Association (34.23)
3. Southland Conference (35.46)
4. Ohio Valley Conference (37.94)
5. Big Sky Conference (43.65)
6. Southern Conference (46.90)
7. Ivy League (49.57)
8. Big South Conference (51.71)
9. Patriot League (56.92)
10. Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (63.21)
11. Independents (64.41)
12. Northeast Conference (67.92)
13. Pioneer Football League (78.38)
14. Southwestern Athletic Conference (79.76)

[kalm]

Fox Sports is even better, CAA #4

1. Missouri Valley
2. Big Sky
3. Southern Conference
4. CAA Football
5. Southland Conference
6. Ohio Valley Conference
7. Patriot League
8. Ivy League
9. Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
10. Big South
11. Northeast Conference
12. Southwestern Athletic Conference
13. Pioneer Football League

Whoa hoh...now that's more like it!!!!

[Gil Dobie]

GPI Expanded, 5 MVFC teams rated higher than UNH. UNH deservied to be in the playoff, it's not the CAA teams that bumped YSU. YSU had the W-L record, but the 3 straight loses hurt. UNI and SIU had too many losses.

Rank, League, Total Average
1. Missouri Valley Football Conference (27.11)
1. N Dakota St (1.14)
7T. S Dakota St (8.14)
12T. Northern Iowa (15.86)
12T. Youngstown St (15.86)
14. S Illinois (17.00)
27. Missouri St (25.71)
28. Illinois St (26.00)
47. South Dakota (41.57)
53. W Illinois (45.86)
94. Indiana St (74.00)

2. Colonial Athletic Association (34.23)
5. Towson (6.00)
9. Maine (10.00)
19. New Hampshire (19.57)
20. Villanova (19.86)
24. William & Mary (23.57)
37. Richmond (33.29)
39. Delaware (35.43)
42. James Madison (36.71)
43. Stony Brook (37.14)
88. Rhode Island (72.29)
106. Albany (82.71)

[Gil Dobie]

TheRank.net

1 Ohio Valley Conference 60-53 -0.220
2 Southland Conference 55-45 -0.229
3 Big South Conference 42-32 -0.258
4 Missouri Valley Football Conference 62-59 -0.259
5 Colonial Athletic Association 71-62 -0.273
6 Southern Conference 49-60 -0.300
7 Big Sky Conference 76-82 -0.303
9 The Ivy League 41-39 -0.346
10 Sun Belt Conference 0-12 -0.363
11 Patriot League 40-43 -0.381
12 Northeast Conference 39-42 -0.387
13 Southwestern Athletic Conference 50-66 -0.403
14 Pioneer Football League 62-75 -0.438

[93henfan]

Having NDSU in any conference is going to skew that conference heavily, as NDSU is playing on a different level than everyone else the past three years. The schedule that NDSU plays is going to be easier than what a CAA team plays, because NDSU doesn't have to play NDSU.

Top to bottom, there is no better league than the CAA, and save for a couple of years, that's the way it's been for over a decade now. That's why the CAA has been in the finals 8 of the last 11 seasons and has a chance for a fifth different champion this season (and that's nit even counting UMass's championship).

[Grizalltheway]

Having NDSU in any conference is going to skew that conference heavily, as NDSU is playing on a different level than everyone else the past three years. The schedule that NDSU plays is going to be easier than what a CAA team plays, because NDSU doesn't have to play NDSU.

Top to bottom, there is no better league than the CAA, and save for a couple of years, that's the way it's been for over a decade now. That's why the CAA has been in the finals 8 of the last 11 seasons and has a chance for a fifth different champion this season (and that's nit even counting UMass's championship).

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMRrNY0pxfM[/youtube]

[93henfan]

Having NDSU in any conference is going to skew that conference heavily, as NDSU is playing on a different level than everyone else the past three years. The schedule that NDSU plays is going to be easier than what a CAA team plays, because NDSU doesn't have to play NDSU.

Top to bottom, there is no better league than the CAA, and save for a couple of years, that's the way it's been for over a decade now. That's why the CAA has been in the finals 8 of the last 11 seasons and has a chance for a fifth different champion this season (and that's nit even counting UMass's championship).

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMRrNY0pxfM[/youtube]

[vutomcat]

Yup

Computer models probably support this.

Yep they did. The result of the game too.

That dunce cap look good on you?

[kalm]

Computer models probably support this.

Yep they did. The result of the game too.

That dunce cap look good on you?

Meh...it was a good game between two solid teams from elite conferences. Unlike you, I wouldn't have been surprised either way. If you need more help with this see Sagarin's conference rankings above and tell me how far the Big South, Southern, and OVC teams made it this year.

EWU 2 CAA 1.

[vutomcat]

Yep they did. The result of the game too.

That dunce cap look good on you?

Meh...it was a good game between two solid teams from elite conferences. Unlike you, I wouldn't have been surprised either way. If you need more help with this see Sagarin's conference rankings above and tell me how far the Big South, Southern, and OVC teams made it this year.

EWU 2 CAA 1.

I only had a couple mins on this day and figured you would be the only loser on the site

I was right again.


Merry Christmas