Common Opponent

[huskers1217]

In case anyone takes common opponents seriously.

UCONN beat Oklahoma last week by 16 and we play Oklahoma Wed night.

 

[jedburks]

The common opponent stat might be the worst possible stat that people use all the time.

 

[nolehusker]

The common opponent stat might be the worst possible stat that people use all the time.

Agreed. All it is is the grown up version of "My daddy is better than yours". However, it does make for good conversations.

 

[huskers1217]

i forgot the website, but there was a site (for football) that you could plug two teams in it and it would find all possibilites for one team to beat the other. it was pretty funny.

i found a way for UNO to beat Alabama.

 

[nolehusker]

i forgot the website, but there was a site (for football) that you could plug two teams in it and it would find all possibilites for one team to beat the other. it was pretty funny.

i found a way for UNO to beat Alabama.

My Team Is Better Than Your Team - The Transitive Property of College Football

Holy shit. If you do UNO beat Alabama, it takes like 20 matches to get there.

 

[landon410]

Div II NE Omaha beat Washburn 31 - 21
Div II Washburn beat C Missouri 36 - 21
Div II C Missouri beat Missouri S&T 50 - 13
Div II Missouri S&T beat St Francis IN 39 - 37
NAIA St Francis IN beat Walsh 20 - 14
NAIA Walsh beat Urbana 59 - 21
NAIA Urbana beat Dayton 13 - 10
Div I - FCS Dayton beat Robert Morris 21 - 14
Div I - FCS Robert Morris beat Albany NY 13 - 10
Div I - FCS Albany NY beat Maine 20 - 16
Div I - FCS Maine beat Massachusetts 19 - 9
Div I - FCS Massachusetts beat New Hampshire 23 - 17
Div I - FCS New Hampshire beat Villanova 28 - 24
Div I - FCS Villanova beat William & Mary 28 - 17
Div I - FCS William & Mary beat Virginia 26 - 14
Div I - FBS Virginia beat North Carolina 16 - 3
Div I - FBS North Carolina beat Virginia Tech 20 - 17
Div I - FBS Virginia Tech is better than Alabama because Virginia Tech beat Tennessee 37 - 14
while Alabama only beat Tennessee 12 - 10

Therefore, NE Omaha is better than Alabama in 2009
as shown in 18 rounds by a combined score of 509 - 304.