Tougher Schedule BE vs Big 12

[DCWV4life]

www.bluegoldsports.com/wvu-schedule-comparison-big-east-v-big-12

On average teams we play in the Big 12 are 11 spots higher than teams we played in the BE on a week to week basis.

 

[DCWV4life]

Toughest Schedules 2002(pre raid) and 2012(Big 12)

www.bluegoldsports.com/wvu-football-strength-schedule-analysis-part-ii?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

 

[bbwvfan]

This year gonna blow them all away...

 

[WVUDAD]

Using the info YOU supplied, in both 2008 and 2009 WVU had a tougher schedule than in 2013........

 

[bbwvfan]

WVU played more ranked teams in 2013 than in 2008 and 2009.... combined!

Both game time ranked and year-end ranked.

 

[Anotherwvufan]

After looking at the article, looks like we only start with 3 ranked teams this year. If the B12 has an average year, they will finish with 4 in the top 25. Add Alabama, and we still may rank below 2002 as far as SOS.

When you compare the bottom of the schedule, 2002 had far more weak opponents. Tenn Chatanooga is no comparasion to Towson this year, Kansas and Iowa are no worse the Rutgers and Temple of those days.

 

[WVUDAD]

WVU played more ranked teams in 2013 than in 2008 and 2009.... combined!

Both game time ranked and year-end ranked.

Did you look at the article that was posted, BB? There is more to strength of schedule than purely how many ranked teams, which is the stronger schedule, one with 12 teams ranked 26-37, or one with three teams ranked 23-25 and the rest hovering above 80? READ the article that was posted, it had BOTH 2008 and 2009 stronger than 2013...................

 

[bbwvfan]

Did you look at the article that was posted, BB? There is more to strength of schedule than purely how many ranked teams, which is the stronger schedule, one with 12 teams ranked 26-37, or one with three teams ranked 23-25 and the rest hovering above 80? READ the article that was posted, it had BOTH 2008 and 2009 stronger than 2013...................

I did read both articles.

Are you disputing my post?

 

[WVUDAD]

Nothing to dispute:
Year

Strength-of-Schedule

(based on opponents’

“composite” rankings)

1996

59.22

1997

64.88

1998

58.95

1999

59.36

2000

48.27

2001

56.09

2002

65.00

2003

59.92

2004

57.89

2005

58.21

2006

50.22

2007

55.09

2008

52.15

2009

46.65

2010

59.37

2011

58.81

2012

45.90

2013

52.72

 

[bbwvfan]

Sagarin's SOS rankings…

2013… #33
USA Today | Sports | NCAAF

2012… #29
USA Today | Sports | NCAAF

2009…. #31
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/ncaaf/sagarin/2009/team/

2008… #47
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/ncaaf/sagarin/2009/team/

 

[bbwvfan]

According to Sagarin the 2008 season was much weaker than 2013.

 

[bbwvfan]

And 2010… the year Luck arrived and evaluated Stewart… Stewart's team was playing a really weak schedule… #60

USA Today | Sports | NCAAF

 

[WVUDAD]

According to Sagarin the 2008 season was much weaker than 2013.

According to the article this thread is based on, both 2008 and 2009 was stronger than 2013........

 

[bbwvfan]

According to the article this thread is based on, both 2008 and 2009 was stronger than 2013........

That is true!

It is interesting how WVU had to go out and find tougher oppt's for the OOC in '08 and '09 to improve the SOS... and, last year... the SOS simply took care of itself... just by being a member of the Big 12.